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Haleakalā National Park

Every Kid Outdoors

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

In this lesson, haumāna (students) will learn about the Jr. Ranger program and the Every Kid Outdoors program that allows 4th graders and their family and friends into federal lands, parks and waterways for free. At the end of the program haumāna will earn their Every Kid Outdoors passes.

Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park

Every Kid Outdoors

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will learn the National Park Service mission while getting an overview of Cedar Creek & Belle Grove NHP. They will understand the different types of parks within NPS and how many are within a close distance of where they live. They will learn about the different types of jobs park rangers do.

Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park

Every Kid Outdoors

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

Attention 4th grade educators! Did you know your 4th grade students can obtain a pass to visit National Parks for free? This virtual program will take your students on a virtual nature walk to explore Lyndon B. Johnson NHP and learn how to obtain an Every Kid Outdoors Pass.

Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park

Every Kid Outdoors (EKO)

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

Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park would like to invite you and your 4th grade class for a virtual presentation of the NPS Every Kid Outdoors program! Completion of this program entitles fourth grade students to a free one-year pass to National Park sites.

Gateway Arch National Park

Every Kid Outdoors 4th Grade program

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

Gateway Arch National Park would like to invite you and your 4th grade class for a FREE visit to the park through the Every Kid Outdoors (EKO) program! Thanks to a grant from the National Park Foundation, transportation costs will be paid in full. Your visit will include a ranger-led museum program and FREE rides to the Top of the Gateway Arch.

Ulysses S Grant National Historic Site

Every Kid Outdoors Field Trip (4th Grade)

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

Are you a 4th grade teacher? Interested in Ulysses S. Grant and Civil War history? The Every Kid Outdoors program offers the chance for your classroom to visit Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site for a free field trip, all travel expenses paid.

Cane River Creole National Historical Park

Virtual Ranger Visit: Every Kid Outdoors - 4th Grade

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

Join a Park Ranger live and learn about why National Parks are important to preserve the natural and cultural resources of our country. Students explore a variety of National Parks, while learning about stewardship. All 4th grade students are eligible to receive a free public lands pass through the national Every Kid Outdoors program.

Colorado National Monument

Four for Fourth: Comprehensive 4th Grade Science (Every Kid Outdoors)

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

Topics: Adaptations, Weathering/Erosion/Deposition, Structure/Function, Force/Energy/Motion | This 4th grade stations program combines four subjects (Animals, Geology, Plants, and Water), where learners in small groups investigate each component of the ecosystem.

Petrified Forest National Park

Every Kid In a Park - Exploring Public Lands and Waters

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

Every Kid in a Park: Grade 4, 30 minutes in the park (45-60 min pre-visit lesson) Students meet a ranger in the park for a 30 minute question and answer session. This program can be conducted at any overlook or trail in the park. 4th grader passes are issued to the class at the end of the program.

Gateway Arch National Park

MO Outdoor Rangers

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

Splash your way through a week of water fun. Paddle your way through our great Missouri waterways, build a creek dam and explore nature’s water creatures, and catch a big one fishing the shores of Missouri’s parks and public lands.

Acadia National Park

Outdoor Triangle Proportions

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

By the end of this unit students will be able to understand similar triangles and proportions. Students will do this through measuring a tree shadow and using their own height and shadow length to set up a proportion. By finishing the calculation, the students will find the height of the tree or building. Activity designed for grades 5-9 but can be modified higher or lower.

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument

Indoor and Outdoor Field Trips

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

On site field trips are the best way for students to connect with where fossils were found and where James Cook ranched and became friends with Red Cloud. Agate Fossil Beds field trips include indoor programs about mammal fossils, historic excavations, American Indian culture and artifacts. Guided hikes on the park's two trails explore the historic dig sites, interesting trace fossils and the natural wonders of mixed grass prairie and Niobrara River.

Acadia National Park

Outdoor Plant Adaptation Hunt

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

What adaptations do plants have to help them survive? This activity explores outdoors and gets children looking at plants.

Petrified Forest National Park

Student Phenology for Outdoor Citizens (SPOC)

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

Student Phenology for Outdoor Citizens (SPOC) is a citizen science program focusing on the plants and animals of the park. It has pre- and post-visit lessons, as well as a ranger-guided hike where students make natural history observations. Fourth grade classes are eligible for the National Park Foundation's Open Outdoors for Kids grant funds, which includes free snacks and/or lunches. Please inquire about other travel grant funding for other grade levels.

Colonial National Historical Park

Interacting with Yorktown Through Outdoor Activities

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

One historic building on Yorktown's Main street.

Acadia National Park

Outdoor Classroom: Weather K-2

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

This unit introduces K-2 students to the concept of weather and how it influences their lives and the communities around them. Using tools, students observe, discuss, measure, record, data on wind, precipitation and temperature.

Glacier National Park

Puzzle it Out

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

Students will identify the components of Earth’s climate system using a puzzle.

Cowpens National Battlefield

#Hashtag it out!!!!

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

Students will use their knowledge of social media to develop hashtags for pictures representing the Battle of Cowpens. #TurningPoint

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument

Ranger-Guided Outdoor Fossil Hiking Programs

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

Bring your class or group to see the Miocene fossil sites, American Indian heritage artifacts and more up close and interactively!

Everglades National Park

"Everglades A, B, C’s" Everglades ABCs: 1st Grade

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

Our "Everglades ABCs - Activity Guide for Grades K-3" is broken up into 9 sections with materials in each section. The activities take 30 to 45 minutes to complete, and are targeted mainly at kindergarten to third grade students. A class doesn't have to 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.