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Denali National Park & Preserve
Denali's Dinosaurs
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Denali was created to protect wild animals, but it also protects some of the most expansive and significant dinosaur trackways in the world. During this Distance Learning program, students travel back in time with a ranger to learn about how the predator-prey interactions of Denali’s dinosaurs mirror those of wild animals in Denali today.
Alaska Public Lands
Dinosaur Kit
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals once roamed across the world, including Alaska. More than a dozen dinosaur species have been found in Alaska alone! This kit will give you an opportunity to learn about a few.
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
No Dinosaurs Here, Only Mammals!
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Join an Education Ranger as they introduce students to several species of mammals that once roamed the Nebraska plains during the Miocene epoch some 26-15 Million Years ago. Learn about how climate change, geology and other environmental factors contributed to the evolution and extinction of these species. And some other fun facts as well!
Zion National Park
Dinosaur Discovery Travel Trunk
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The trunk contains nine different plaster replicas of dinosaur tracks and other fossils, and six molds of tracks that can be used to make impressions. A binder includes outlined activities, background information, laminated images, and resources.
Everglades National Park
"Algae: It Feeds, Kills and Dies" Plant Activities: 4-6th Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Our "Plant" unit is broken into six lesson plans, each taking from 20 minutes to several class periods to complete, and targeted mainly at 4th-6th grade students. A class needn't complete every lesson in the unit, though some lessons do refer to one another and are better done in sequence. However, each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources.
Denali National Park & Preserve
Why Wilderness?
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
The protected land of Denali National Park and Preserve encompasses an intact ecosystem of over 6 million acres. High school classes are invited to learn about and discuss the social and environmental benefits and challenges of protecting wilderness. Denali’s sled dogs, dinosaur tracks, and more will inspire students to become stewards of wilderness everywhere.
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
LESSON 11: OD POR ODELIA
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Od Por Odelia was written by LeRoy Etienne as an ode to his mother who told him this story. In the tale an old man sells her rotten bananas. But dishonest conduct brings bad luck, and the old man dies soon thereafter.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
A picture of a statue at Kelly Ingram Park called The Four Spirits. This statue honors the lives of the 4 girls who died in the dynamite blast at 16th Street Baptist Church on September 15, 1963. Photo courtesy of the Alabama Tourism Department, Chris Granger (photographer).
Gateway Arch National Park
Tort Liability: Franke v. City of St. Louis
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Frederick Franke was injured in St. Louis when part of a building fell on his head as he was walking. Tragically, he died as a result of his injuries. His mother, Julia Franke, sued the owner of the building and the City of St. Louis for damages. This case was heard in 1888 in the St. Louis Courthouse (the Old Courthouse). Students will reenact the case and hear from all sides.
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.
Eisenhower National Historic Site
Ike and the Men of D-Day (Virtual Program)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Explore the "Great Crusade" with General Eisenhower and the Men of D-Day in this virtual education program. Students will discover the events of D-Day through the leadership principles of General Eisenhower and the sacrifices of real soldiers who fought and died on D-Day. This program gives students a chance to examine primary source documents and research real D-Day casualties who are buried in Gettysburg National Cemetery.