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Showing 2,406 results for Bridging The Watershed ...
Manassas National Battlefield Park
Bridging the Watershed-4th Grade
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Watching the Watershed
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
We’ll use a model of a watershed to investigate how water moves through our landscape and have a chance to make our own model to test in the classroom.
Olympic National Park
What is a Watershed?
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Through this activity, students will learn that healthy watersheds are vital for a healthy environment and economy. They will explore the following question: How can understanding watersheds and particularly the Elwha watershed help you protect the water and other natural resources?
Acadia National Park
Watershed Lessons
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will take a look at different ways water makes its way to a pond/lake. Students will also be thinking about how that water carries contaminants and sediment and what impact that has on ponds/lakes.
Buffalo National River
Buffalo River Watershed
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This lesson was designed to help students better understand what a water shed is, how it pertains to Buffalo River, and effects human activities have on the river.
Hot Springs National Park
Protecting the Water
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This program explores the ways that Hot Springs National Park protects the natural water cycle and harnesses the water for human use. Students will explore different challenges from habitat protection to engineering that the park faces in protecting the 143-degree thermal water for public use. Designed for 5th and 6th grade Earth Science and Engineering. Advanced programs may be used for High School programs.
Glacier National Park
The Work of Water
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students construct a river model. Then use a watering can or hose to observe the role water has in causing weathering, erosion, deposition and sculpting the landscape.
Wind Cave National Park
Is the Water Safe?
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
A brief student activity to help students realize that taste and smell aren't always good indicators of pollution.
Arches National Park
Water Cycle
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students hear a story and dance to a water cycle music video. While visiting a wetlands ecosystem they act out the process of erosion in different environments, and participate in a relay where they pretend to be agents of evaporation and precipitation. Students imagine they experience the water cycle first hand and write a poem about it. Afterwards, each student creates a regional drawing of the water cycle.
Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park
What’s in the Water?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Determine effects people have on the water in the environment and how to protect this necessary natural resource. Meets Kentucky 3rd-5th grade science standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.
Cuyahoga Valley National Park
What's in the Water?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Water quality is measured using many physical, chemical, and biological assessments. In this lesson, introduce your students to five water chemistry tests. Students will become familiar with pH, nitrates, phosphates, dissolved oxygen and turbidity and their relationship to the Cuyahoga River Watershed. They will begin to understand acceptable test value ranges, make connections between water quality and the biological community and become familiar with the causes of poor water quality.
George Washington Memorial Parkway
Meaningful Watershed Education Experience
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This Meaningful Watershed Education Experience is a three and a half hour program that gives students hands-on experience exploring the biotic and abiotic components that make up a freshwater marsh biome.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Wandering the Watershed Video Questions
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Find out about watersheds in the Great Lakes Basin.
Devils Postpile National Monument
Exploring Climate Science (Watershed)
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Rainbow Falls. NPS Photo
Devils Postpile National Monument
Exploring Climate Science: Watersheds
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In “Exploring Climate Science (Watersheds),” students will explore the local watershed to learn how communities, the region, and state are connected by water. The students will be able to: 1. State the watershed(s) in the area and explain why it is important. 2. Show how the watershed connects their town to others in the area/region
Everglades National Park
"The Water Watch" Water: 4-6 Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The student will be able to: a) list two reasons why water conservation is necessary for the preservation of the Everglades, b) list two ways in which they can increase community involvement in water conservation, and c) produce a petition which lists ways to conserve water and get at least one hundred signatures on their petition.
Everglades National Park
"Water Poetry" Water: 4-6 Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will learn the importance of the water cycle to the Everglades watershed. They will also be able to describe ways in which they use and conserve water, after which they will write a poem about water.
Shenandoah National Park
6th Grade | Virtual Shenandoah Watersheds
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Shenandoah National Park lies at the headwaters for three of Virginia’s watersheds. Through virtual exploration and observation of a mountain stream, students will connect local water sources with larger watersheds and better understand the dynamics of stream life and the extensive impacts of water management and usage. 60 minutes
Wind Cave National Park
Infiltrating the Water Cycle
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Two demonstrations to introduce students to the water cycle and the idea of infiltration.
Hot Springs National Park
Turning Water into Medicine
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This student-led exploration of historic Fordyce Bathhouse Museum and Visitor Center allows students to use historical sources to understand how the bathhouses influenced medical practices in the United States in the early 20th century. Designed for 4th grade social studies lessons.