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Indiana Dunes National Park

Science Fridays at Indiana Dunes Speaker Series

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Adult Education

The speaker series is a monthly event designed to share information on a range of topics related to natural and cultural resources of the Indiana Dunes and the Great Lakes. Presenters may include local scientists, resource managers, community partners, federal and non-federal agency partners, and educators. Presentations are generally aimed at a young adult and adult audience, they are open to families and any science-minded, nature-loving, curious people.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

From Glacier to Dune

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

Uncover the fascinating geologic history that shaped present-day Sleeping Bear Dunes, from giant glaciers to the elemental forces of wind and water.

Gateway Arch National Park

Indian Lore

• Type: Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

At the Museum at the Gateway Arch, scouts will learn about the traditions, practices, and histories of American Indian tribes in a variety of regions, but specifically about the Osage Indians who played a major role in the history of St. Louis.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

5th Grade: Dunes Food Web

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

Students will understand the components of a food web and how they interact. They will create a food web based off a “mini ecosystem” that was marked out along the trail. They will define “invasive species” and identify common invasive species in our area.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

K-1st Grade: Dunes Survival

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Students will learn that all living things need food, water, shelter, air and space to survive. They will discover that there are special plants and animals that live in the dunes that use their external parts to get what they need to survive. Students will understand that national parks like Sleeping Bear take care of the places where plants and animals get what they need to survive.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Climate Change at Sleeping Bear Dunes

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

The Climate Change program will introduce your students to the ways in which climate change affects the Great Lakes and Sleeping Bear Dunes and what they can do to make positive changes in their communities.

Death Valley National Park

Sand Dunes Post Trip Activity

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

Students will recall factual information, as well as personal experiences to create a diorama or visitor pamphlet of the Mesquite Sand Dunes. Students will participate in a science sort and a brainstorming session of observations they made while on their field trip to the sand dunes.

Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

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.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Lodge for Sale! Beavers at Sleeping Bear Dunes

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Lodges are beaver homes and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is a great place for a beaver to live. Have your students make a for sale flyer for a beaver home at Sleeping Bear.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Chat with a Ranger at Sleeping Bear Dunes - All Grades

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Find out more about Sleeping Bear Dunes, the National Park Service, and what it is like to be a park ranger.

Gateway Arch National Park

Plains Indians Traveling Trunk

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

In this traveling trunk, students will explore the culture of the Plains Indians with Chief Red Cloud. Red Cloud shares his vivid memories and precious belongings, telling the stories of his people and describing the days of the great buffalo hunts and the darker days of life on the reservation.

Gateway Arch National Park

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.

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

French and Indian War Activity

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

Representing the competing interests of the European nations on a global scale, set in the North American contenient. These battles ultimately shaped political and cultural divisions across the world, especially here in Louisiana that are still felt today!

Gateway Arch National Park

Plains Indians Scout Program

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Explore the culture of the Plains Indians. Learn about their dependence on the buffalo, what they ate, what they wore, and how they had fun. Takes place at the Museum at the Gateway Arch.

Fort Necessity National Battlefield

George Washington and the French and Indian War

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Talk with one of Fort Necessity National Battlefield’s park rangers via video conferencing equipment about young George Washington and the French and Indian War. Using George Washington’s actions and writings students will see how his ambition, hard work and experiences helped him mature into the famous man we all know today.

Homesteaders, Immigrants & American Indians Curriculum Unit

• Type: Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Homesteaders, Immigrants & American Indians Curriculum Unit.

Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site

North American Indian Migration into North Dakota

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

This lesson plan compares and contrasts the Great Plains and the Central Lowlands, identifying different tribes territories on maps, and explaining the ways the climate regions influenced Upper Missouri Plains Indian culture in North Dakota.

Gateway Arch National Park

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.

Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site

North American Indian Migration into North Dakota

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

In this lesson, students will compare and contrast the Great Plains and the Central Lowlands. Then, students will identify different tribal territories on maps. By the end of the lesson, students will answer the following essential question: How did the different climate regions of North Dakota influence Indian cultures in those regions?

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.