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- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This lesson will have students looking at the items bought by the Lewis and Clark expedition and how their estimated cost compared to the actual cost of the expedition. It will then have students identify items they would need to bring on their own trip somewhere.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Who were the Americans that settled the United States' 19th century frontier?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will create a Jeopardy-type game that will show knowledge of unit content and will use the game for review.
Gateway Arch National Park
Railroading Merit Badge
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
A full day workshop that allows scouts to earn their Railroading Merit Badge while traveling aboard Amtrak from St. Louis Missouri to Springfield, Illinois accompanied by staff members from Gateway Arch National Park. Fee is dependent on Amtrak ticket prices.
Fort Scott National Historic Site
(1860s) Saws and Scalpels: Civil War Medicine
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
During the program, students volunteers discuss symptoms, diagnose illnesses, and determine treatments. The Civil War Medical program can be presented any time of year, except during Life on the Frontier programs and special events, providing that staffing is available. Program time runs from fifteen to forty-five minutes. This version is designed for middle school level.
Indiana Dunes National Park
West Beach Walk
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Explore the dunes and experience the forces of nature that created them. Observe water, wind and waves in action and learn how they work together to form mountains of sand. Program availability: spring, summer, fall. Age group: Preschool - 3rd grade. Location: West Beach. Length: 1.0 - 1.5 hours.
Indiana Dunes National Park
A Grain of Truth
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Explore the dunes and gain a personal experience of how they came to be. Observe how winds and powerful waves work to create and erode moving sand dunes. Hike the foredunes and beach to learn about the processes of dune building, glaciation, and erosion. Program availability: Spring-summer-fall. Age group: 4th grade and up. Location: West Beach. Length: 1.5 hours.
Indiana Dunes National Park
Secrets of Succession
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Experience and appreciate the variety of plant communities found in the dunes. Follow the legacy of early dunes scientist, Henry Chandler Cowles, and hike from the beach over foredunes and through forests. By exploring the environment, discover the forces that shape the dunes and produce this unique succession of plants. Program availabilty: Spring - summer - fall. Age group: 5th grade and up. Location: West Beach. Length: 1.5 - 2.0 hours.
Indiana Dunes National Park
A Royal Journey
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The goal of A Royal Journey is to spread the voice on conservation and need of this threatened species. We also strive to bring a scientist’s journey into the concept of the student’s thinking. The dynamic timeliness of necessity has inspired the Indiana Dunes National Park to invite and educate students of today and adults of tomorrow to learn and save this imperiled species.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
Cheatham Hill Scavenger Hunt (Self-Guided)
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This interactive scavenger hunt takes students through the history of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain at Cheatham Hill