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Shenandoah National Park
7th-12th Grade | Exploring Earth Science
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This curriculum has 5 (five) teacher-led lesson plans that provide in-depth opportunities to study different earth science processes and concepts. The lessons include pre-visit and post-visit classroom activities as well as on-site activity descriptions, maps, and worksheets for the park field trip. The lesson that is ranger-led can be viewed on the ranger-led field trips page.
Shenandoah National Park
9th-12th Grade | Virtual Exploring Earth Science: The Shenandoah Salamander and Climate Change
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
The Shenandoah salamander is an endangered species found only on a few rocky slopes within Shenandoah National Park. Its survival is being threatened by changing climate and habitat competition. Students will virtually explore and research to determine how climate change and habitat competition could be impacting the survival of the Shenandoah salamander. Students will collaborate and present potential survival plans for the species. Two 60 minute sessions
Shenandoah National Park
9th-12th Grade | Exploring Earth Science: The Shenandoah Salamander and Climate Change
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
The Shenandoah salamander is an endangered species found only on a few rocky slopes within Shenandoah National Park. Its survival is being threatened by changing climate and habitat competition from the more common red-backed salamander. Students will conduct field research on the red-backed salamander to compare the two salamander species’ habitat requirements and determine how climate change and habitat competition are impacting the survival.