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Inference vs. Observation in Archeology

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

How can we tell the difference between an inference and an observation? Students will: 1) explain the difference between inference and observation and 2) use this knowledge to analyze an “artifact” making correct observation and inference statements.

John Muir National Historic Site

John Muir: Observation and Descriptive Writing

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

During the field trip to John Muir National Historic Site, students were encouraged to reflect on the home and work life of John Muir. They also learned about Muir’s battle to preserve wild places through writing articles and books about nature. His work influenced people all over the world and led to the creation of five National Parks. This exercise will give students a prompt for observation, analytical thinking, and descriptive writing.

Chaco Culture National Historical Park

Ancient Observatories

• Type: Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Ancient carving on rock

Haleakalā National Park

Protecting a Volcano

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to determine how Haleakalā National Park protects natural, cultural, and geologic resources and how the students can help protect them too.

Mount Rainier National Park

A String of Volcanoes

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students research information about Cascade volcanoes in Washington, Oregon, and California, then transfer the information onto the appropriate mobile piece before constructing the mobile "A String of Volcanoes".

Types of Volcanoes

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Learn about different types of volcanoes and why the stratovolcanoes near Florissant Fossil Beds were highly explosive over 34 million years ago.

Day 1 of Biodiversity Bee Week: External Observation of a Honeybee

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

What adaptations do bees have to be effective pollinators and to survive? Students will •observe and dissect the external structural adaptations of honey bees •compare the form of the structural adaptations of honey bees to their functions •explain how the adaptations allow honey bees to be effective pollinators and survivors

Mount Rainier National Park

Volcano Fan Club

• Type: Science Labs
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students simulate tephra transport by placing ingredients in front of running fan, and mapping the resultant layers.

Ages and Stages: The Life of a Hawaiian Volcano

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will learn about the evolution of a volcanic island from origin to erosion. They will understand that Hawaiian volcanoes have gradually progressed through different stages as they are formed, emerge, and erode back into the sea from which they came.

Mount Rainier National Park

Soda Bottle Volcano and Mount Rainier

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will examine how gases provide for explosive volcanic eruptions by making comparisons to gases in a soda bottle and by conducting a carefully controlled "eruption" of baking soda/vinegar or soda water.

Mount Rainier National Park

Lahar in a Jar

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Explore how small amounts of water can mobilize loose rock to form lahars by making a small lahar within the safety of a beaker or jar and analyzing it using scientific methods.

Mount Rainier National Park

Living with a Volcano in Your Backyard - Teacher Workshop

• Type: Teacher Workshops & Other Programs
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Mount Rainier National Park

Tephra Explorer

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students view distribution patterns of tephra layers found around Mount Rainier on an isopach map and discover their source. After this lesson, students will be able to answer the questions: How was tephra dispersed in the Cascade string of Volcanoes and specifically at Mount Rainier?

OO, OO, OO, Nature

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

This lesson is part one (the first set of OOs!) in a three-part framework called “OO, OO, OO, Nature!” that teaches students about three types of outdoor observation: 1)Observing Outside: observe the natural elements at their school 2)Observing Ourselves: observe our own behavior outdoors 3)Observing Others: observe others’ behavior outdoors The repeating “OO” mnemonic is designed to remind burgeoning nature observers of these three different ways of observing when outdoors.

Acadia National Park

I Notice, I Wonder: Sea Star in a Tidepool

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Observing a video of a sea star in a tidepool, students can explore observations of patterns in plants and animals.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Make Your Own Astrolabe

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Students build their own astrolabe to examine stars and planets in the night sky and observe relative movement using basic observations and geometry.

Acadia National Park

Sound Mapping

• Type: Student Activities ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students learn that scientists make observations using a variety of senses. Students practice the skill of observation through listening to collect data in their local environment.

Acadia National Park

I Notice, I Wonder: Bullfrog

• Type: Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

I notice, I wonder is an observation based method of inquiry to generate student curiosity about the natural world. Watch the video on bullfrogs and discuss observations as a group.

The Chesapeake Bay in John Smith's Time

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

An American Indian man observes English ships on the Chesapeake Bay.

Niobrara National Scenic River

Create a Brochure

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will take a field trip to an area of the Niobrara River Valley. During the trip they will use observation techniques and complete a Sensory Observation Sheet and use those ideas to prepare a brochure for a vacation would be taken in the Niobrara River valley.