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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.
What's Great About Great Sand Dunes
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
From supervolcanoes to endemic insects to archaic people, the 'greatness' of Great Sand Dunes amazes even the most seasoned visitors. Hands-on activities and short walks appropriate for all ages and abilities. Inquire at the Visitor Center (719-378-6395) about the availability of Dunes wheelchairs if appropriate.
Sieur de Monts Stewards
Sieur de Mad-Lib
The Great Johnstown Flood
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
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.
American Indians and the Great Plains
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
American Indians have lived in North America for thousands of years. All of the lands that make up the United States today were exclusively Indigenous lands long before Europeans first arrived about 500 years ago. The growth of the United States through westward expansion challenged traditional ways of life for many Indigenous tribes during the 1800s as more settlers crossed the Mississippi River for a new life in the West.
Great Lakes Piping Plover
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Traveling the Great Wagon Road
Invasive Species in the Great Lakes
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The Great Fish Migration (7th Grade)
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Optical Illusions and Mirage on the Great Plains
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Are your eyes playing tricks on you or is it the light? This lesson explores the properties of light and the environmental conditions which cause mirages. Students will examine some famous optical illusions before reading Josiah Gregg's experience with them when traveling across the Great Plains in the 1830s and 1840s.
Geography: Navigation and Isolation on the Great Plains
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Getting lost in unfamiliar surroundings is a common human experience. In this lesson students will take on the role of navigator and mapmaker to pinpoint a location. By doing so, students will recognize that migration across the Great Plains landscape in the 1830s and 1840s required a unique set of survival skills and navigational tools.
Population of Great Blue Heron in Curecanti
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Using data from the park, students analyze the great blue heron population living in Curecanti National Recreation Area from 1989-2019. Students identify potential limiting factors that influenced the sudden decline in great blue heron population and identify which ones are density dependent and density independent factors. They also hypothesize what might happen to the population and learn about the value of citizen science.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Students will learn about the Great Lakes and be introduced to the ecological impact of invasive species in this region. An optional pre-site program is designed to orient students to terminology used by land managers when controlling invasive species. Students will watch the virtual program in which National Park Service rangers will talk about the Great Lakes and introduce the concept of invasive species to classrooms. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist focus on sea lamprey and their control.
The Great Acadia National Park Scavenger Hunt
"The Great Crusade:" Ike and the Men of D-Day
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This program allows students to use virtual resources to learn more about the 1944 Invasion of Normandy by exploring the lives of several men who took part in it, as well as the leadership of the man who orchestrated and commanded it, General Dwight D. Eisenhower. This program will explore multiple parts of General Eisenhower’s leadership in the D-Day invasion, as well as real stories of soldiers who were killed on D-Day and are now buried in Gettysburg National Cemetery.
American Indians and the Great Plains (Distance Learning)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
In this distance learning program, students will compare and contrast their lives with that of traditional Plains Indian tribes during the 1800s. They will learn how tribes such as the Dakota, Lakota, Osage, and others used nature and the lands around them to shape traditional tribal customs, and discuss how westward expansion changed their way of life.