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Death Valley National Park

Mining Unit: Death Valley Characters

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

This lesson is part of a cross-curricular mining unit focused on the impacts of miners on the Death Valley community and environment. This is lesson provides students an opportunity to explore the individuals who moved to the Death Valley area for mining. Students will read an online article and role play characters representing different jobs in the mining camps.

Death Valley National Park

Thriving in Death Valley Pre-Trip Activity

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

Students will research animals that live in Death Valley National Park and create a presentation about the animals’ adaptations. Students will share their presentations with their classmates. After these presentations, students will compare and contrast two animals and their adaptations using a Venn diagram.

Death Valley National Park

Mining Unit: It's Mining Time

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

This lesson is part of a cross-curricular mining unit focused on the impacts of miners on the Death Valley community and environment. This is the third lesson in the unit which provides students opportunities to explore the true meaning of a boom and bust mining operation. Students will practice basic math operations while examining a Death Valley mining timeline.

Death Valley National Park

Mining Unit: Discovering a Stamp Mill

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

This lesson is part of a cross-curricular mining unit focused on the impacts of miners on the Death Valley community and environment. This is the introductory lesson which provides students journal writing opportunities to explore their meaning of discovery. Students will watch a short online video on mining in Death Valley and actively sequence the steps of a typical stamp mill.

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument

Death Traps

• Type: Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

This scripted slideshow for teachers describes the process by which animals have died and become fossilized in waterholes, influenced by a severe drought. It compares two sites, separated by 13 million years: Agate Fossil Beds and the Badlands. It is designed to teach students the principles relating to the behavior, habitat and survival of living animals; as well as scientific study of past life forms known as fossils; and severe climatic events.

Death Valley National Park

Sand Dunes Post Trip Activity

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

Students will recall factual information, as well as personal experiences to create a diorama or visitor pamphlet of the Mesquite Sand Dunes. Students will participate in a science sort and a brainstorming session of observations they made while on their field trip to the sand dunes.

Death Valley National Park

Landscape Stories Post Trip Activity

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

In groups, students use their knowledge and experience from the geology-based field trip to create landscape stories about Death Valley National Park. Students record their stories using a cartoon strip.

Death Valley National Park

Comparing Desert Habitats Post Trip Activity

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

Students will reflect on their field trip to Death Valley. Drawing from their experience in the park, students will compare and contrast two habitats. Utilizing the information collected through a graphic organizer, the students will write a compare and contrast essay on the Mesquite Sand Dunes and Salt Creek.

Death Valley National Park

Elevation Above and Below Pre-Trip Activity

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

For this activity students will explore the way topographic maps are used to describe elevation such as “sea level,” “below sea level,” and “above sea level.” Students will compare and contrast side view diagrams of mountains and valleys to topographic maps. Students will use their own hands to create a topographic map of their own.

Death Valley National Park

Extreme Temperatures: Pre-Virtual Trip

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

Students will research temperature and precipitation data from three National Park System units and their local community. Students will express the data into charts & graphs and interpret the information to determine which park unit's weather is most similar to their local community.

Death Valley National Park

Floodwaters in the Desert Lab Activity

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

Students will explore precipitation through discussion, videos, and a PowerPoint presentation. For the lab activity, students will explore the way flood waters can affect the landscape and topography in the desert. Students will observe what happens to the landscape as different amounts of water are dropped on the hillside.

Colorado National Monument

Ciclo de Rocas

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

At the completion of this lesson, students will be able to identify one or two ways that rocks can be broken down and/or combined and students will be able to describe the rock cycle of the sandstone.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

1800 and Froze to Death

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

In 1816, a volcano changed the lives of people here in Kentucky. Students will explore how can the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact when the atmosphere is impacted by volcanic activity. Meets Kentucky 3rd-5th grade science standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.

Death Valley National Park

Extreme Temperatures: Post-Virtual Trip

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

Students will build on previous sessions to plan a trip to a destination of their choice. Students will research the weather of the location, plan activities, and items to bring that are appropriate for the location's conditions. Student findings will be incorporated into a letter and a piece of art.

Acadia National Park

Sieur de Monts Stewards

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

Students explore various trails and the new Nature Center exhibit to delve into the topic of human change in the environment. This program takes place along easy to moderate hiking paths with some uneven terrain.

Saint Croix Island International Historic Site

Sieur de Mad-Lib

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Use our words and your own silly words to fill in the blanks in Pierra Dugua's story of how and why he came to North America.

Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site

First Lady of the World: Eleanor Roosevelt at Val-Kill

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

Examine how Roosevelt's use of her at home reflected her interest in human rights and her leadership in creating the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Valley Forge National Historical Park

Valley Forge: By the Numbers

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

The Continental Army marches into Valley Forge on December 19, 1777.

Acadia National Park

Sieur de Monts Scavenger Hunt

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

Sieur de Monts has limited accessibility in the winter but can offer great flat locations to explore. Use this scavenger hunt to guide your experience. Fill out at least 3 activities to print the scavenger hunt certificate.

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.