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Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

Clatsop and Chinookan Culture of the Lower Columbia River Traveling Trunk

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This trunk uses the journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to learn about the American Indian peoples--Clatsop and Chinookan, who lived at the mouth of the Columbia River when the expedition visited the area in 1805-06.

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

Clatsop & Chinookan Culture of the Lower Columbia River Traveling Trunk

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

This trunk uses the journals of the Lewis and Clark Expedition to learn about the American Indian peoples--Clatsop and Chinookan, who lived at the mouth of the Columbia River when the expedition visited the area in 1805-06.

Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park

Taming the River

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

"Taming a River" looks at the possible effects which occur during most mining operations that took place during the historic gold rushes in North America. The lesson plan can also be modified to see what could happen in areas underlain with permafrost.

Tumacácori National Historical Park

River Ramble

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This exploratory walk highlights the ecology of the Santa Cruz River Valley. This program will also touch upon the importance of river corridors as locations for traditional O’odham villages. Students will learn about the plants that were used for clothing, tools, and food. Learning will involve inquiry, sensory activities, and language arts.

Mississippi National River & Recreation Area

Winter River

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students are introduced to the fun side of winter with a day of recreation and orienteering challenges at Fort Snelling State Park. Students learn about adapting to colder weather, view animal tracks, explore winter forest habitat and vegetation, experience snowshoeing, warm up around a sheltered fire, and more! The program includes a video to watch together beforehand to learn how to properly prepare and dress for the outdoors in winter.

Arches National Park

Imaginary River Trip

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Students take an imaginary river trip -- right in their classrooms. Along the way they explore how humans, animals, and insects use the river to survive.

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.

Mississippi National River & Recreation Area

Big River Journey

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The Big River Journey is a great way for students to learn more about the Mississippi River. The award-winning program offers an integration of river and classroom experiences that connect 3rd-5th grade students with the science and heritage of the Mississippi River and promote stewardship.

Olympic National Park

Restoring the Elwha River

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

This activity focuses on the plans to remove the dams, restore the river, and return salmon to the Elwha River watershed. Students will complete reflection journal entries on dam removal and river restoration.

Ste. Geneviève National Historical Park

Mississippi River Vocabulary

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

Introductory materials to set the foundation for learning about rivers and how people have interacted with them over time. This lesson is self-contained and does not require additional material. This lesson is designed as preparation for the Settling the Mississippi unit so familiarity with later lessons may help educators steer this lesson toward uniform terms and repeatable examples throughout the unit.

Mississippi National River & Recreation Area

Living River Online

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This online program helps kids understand how organisms live within an ecosystem. Three interactive stations feature exciting videos and fun learning modules about floodplains, mussels, pike and the Mississippi River! The course explores different ways to look at the river to determine its vitality.

Mississippi National River & Recreation Area

Take Me to the River

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Take Me to the River is a hands-on educational program designed for fourth graders run out of Hidden Falls Regional Park each fall. The program focuses primarily on the cultural history of the river, but also addresses geography, geology, and physical science through hands-on activities. Students rotate through three activity stations led by National Park Service rangers including orienteering, geocaching, shelter-building, and fire-building.

Mississippi National River & Recreation Area

Working River Online

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This program engages students with four topics deeply associated with the upper Mississippi River: its geology, its role as a transportation corridor, its waterpower, and continual stewardship efforts.

Grand Canyon National Park

Revolutionizing the River - Down the Colorado River Through Grand Canyon

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

Travel down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon demonstrates the diversity of people's experiences and showcases the need for even more representation in the future.

Mississippi National River & Recreation Area

Big River Journey Online

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Big River Journey Online is the next best thing to a riverboat field trip on the Mississippi River itself! Filled with fun and exciting video clips and interactive learning modules about birds, boats, bugs, water quality and much more, Big River Journey Online allows kids to explore the mysteries of the Mississippi from school or home.

Niobrara National Scenic River

Peoples of the Niobrara River Valley

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

60 minutes classroom time, or split into two 30 minute lessons https://youtu.be/5xPK4AJ4nQg Students will learn about the many different caretakers of the Niobrara River through-out history and examine the impact that the river had on their families and culture at those times. Each era of Niobrara Caretakers is followed by a discussion and writing prompt asking students to examine their own experiences of family and culture today.

Niobrara National Scenic River

Prehistoric Species of the Niobrara River

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

40 minutes classroom time https://youtu.be/N1baY1BbEYA Students will be able to compose a fictional first-person narrative from the perspective of a prehistoric species of the Niobrara National Scenic River following the guided prompts to examine and articulate its internal and external life experience of changing climate and landscape in a 9 minute essay.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Ranching, Roads and Rivers, Then and Now

• Type: Teacher Workshops & Other Programs
• Grade Levels: Graduate Level (Masters, PhD)

Join the staff at Grant-Kohrs Ranch for a five-day Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM) continuing education workshop for teachers. Gain an in-depth understanding of the natural and cultural resources at GRKO and incorporate that information into educational curricula. Explore new ideas and strategies on best practices for cross-curricular design, incorporate Art into STEM lessons and add to your collection of ready to use lessons.

Buffalo National River

Water Quality and Buffalo River

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

This lesson plan was designed to help students understand the importance of water quality as it relates to the Buffalo River.

Olympic National Park

Neighbors Along the Elwha River

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

After reading an article explaining the use of Township and Range to identify land parcels, students will look at two specific townships along the lower Elwha River. The teacher will assign each student a name to research on the BLM website and find information about homesteads.