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Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Rushmore Rocks!

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

Through this interactive and hands-on lesson, your students will learn about the three rock types and how they are formed. In small groups they will also use evidence to identify three types of rocks and record their observations.

Liquid Rock

• Type: Science Labs
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

In this science lab, students learn about the properties of lava by experimenting with liquids having varying gas contents and viscosities.

Grand Teton National Park

Rock the Tetons

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

Students learn about geology in simple, tangible ways while witnessing first hand versions of mountain building and erosion.

Rock Stories

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

Students role-play a guided imagery story of the rock cycle

Glacier National Park

Rock Ranking

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

Students will sort rocks in various ways from a river gravel bar

Arches National Park

Moving Rocks

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

Students explore how weathering and erosion form the landforms seen at Arches National Park.

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Rock Identification

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

The Rock Cycke

Olympic National Park

Geology pt 1: Rockity Rock Rock

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

Students will be able to identify the three basic types of rocks (Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic) and basic characteristics of each.

Hot Springs National Park

A Journey of Rocks and Water

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will create an understanding of the hydrogeological system of Hot Springs through observations of notable rock formations and examinations of the permeability of groundwater through certain rock types. Program designed for 7th grade and high school Earth Science courses.

Hard Core Rock

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

Students are introduced to the study of geology. They will learn about what is hidden beneath the surface of the Earth and how the geology of the Earth gives shape to the landscape. They will learn about the theory of plate tectonics and how the movement of these plates affects the world around us.

Acadia National Park

Acadia Rock Identification

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

Students will make observations of rocks along the shore of Mount Desert Island (site to be determined by teacher). Students will categorize rocks, and will use resources to identify types of rocks. Students will create a journal entry with drawing and description so work can be continued in the classroom without the rock sample.

Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park

Nature, Art and Conservation at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Thomas Cole, the founder of the Hudson River School, stated “The ravages of the axe are daily increasing desecration by what is called improvement; which as yet generally destroys Nature’s beauty without substituting that of Art.” This unit, Nature, Art and Conservation at Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park, will explore this very issue through on-site visits, school based lessons and independent research. For this unit students will begin by reading Marsh’s Man and Nature...

Acadia National Park

Acadia Rocks Story Map

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

Story maps are visual explorations of challenging concepts. Explore the coast of Acadia National Park with a focus on the geologic processes. Learn the rock types, observe erosion and weathering in progress, and discover the wonders of Acadia's Great Head trail.

Rocky Mountain National Park

Every Rock Has a Story

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

Don't take these rocks for granite! Students will become geologists who learn how to describe and identify rocks by their family-sedimentary, igneous, and metamorphic. Students will apply their knowledge to uncover the geologic story of Rocky Mountain National Park.

Scotts Bluff National Monument

Geology Rocks: The Geology of Scotts Bluff

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

Learn more about the geologic forces that have shaped, and continue to shape, Scotts Bluff.

Olympic National Park

Geology pt 2: Rock Sorting

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

Students will be able to identify the three basic types of rocks (Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic) and sort samples of rocks into the three types?

Eisenhower National Historic Site

Eisenhower and Little Rock: A Civil Rights Lesson

• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Soldiers from the 101st Airborne Division escort African-American students to Central High School in Little Rock in Sept. 1957, after the governor of Arkansas tried to enforce segregation. Photo courtesy National Archives. Operation Arkansas

Haleakalā National Park

Rolling Stones: Haleakalā National Park Rocks!

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

This lesson explores the forces of weathering and erosion that shape our island home. It recounts volcanic creation, and then delves into the gradual destruction caused by the forces of wind, water, ice and waves.

Geology pt 3: Rock Types in National Parks

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

Students will be able to identify the major rock formation types in various national parks.

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Virtual Field Trip

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

Photo/Craig Blacklock