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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Field Scope Citizen Science Projects
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
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In partnership with field scope, the park provides teachers and classrooms access to the data collected during citizen science student projects in the park.

Cane River Creole National Historical Park

Virtual Ranger Visit: What Symbolizes Me?
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
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As a perfect introduction visit, students will join a Park Ranger in real time to learn about the National Park Service, and the symbolic meanings of the Arrowhead Patch! In an activity that sparks creativity, students will be able to design their own patch that represents themselves.

Denali National Park & Preserve

Denali's Dinosaurs
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
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Denali was created to protect wild animals, but it also protects some of the most expansive and significant dinosaur trackways in the world. During this Distance Learning program, students travel back in time with a ranger to learn about how the predator-prey interactions of Denali’s dinosaurs mirror those of wild animals in Denali today.

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument

Buffalo Soldiers and the Holocaust
  • Type: Distance Learning ... Guest Speakers
  • Grade Levels: Adult Education
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As the Allies Forces pushed into German controlled areas, they encountered and liberated survivors in concentration camps. The Buffalo Soldiers not only liberated concentration camps but connected with the sentiments of the survivors as they shared in the experience of being persecuted and segregated by the state. This connection built on shared experiences culminated in the fight against injustice abroad and at home.

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument

Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.: From Fourth Graduate to Four Star General
  • Type: Distance Learning ... Guest Speakers
  • Grade Levels: Adult Education
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General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. built a legacy well beyond being the fourth African American to graduate from West Point. He learned from the legacies that came before him to go further and higher in his military career. He commanded the Buffalo Soldiers, the Tuskegee Airmen, and served all over the world. Even after retirement, he continued to serve the public in various administrations, creating change on various levels to leave a legacy all his own.

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument

Buffalo Soldiers on the Move! How New Technologies Led to New Opportunities!
  • Type: Guest Speakers
  • Grade Levels: Adult Education
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As new modes of transportation were developed; they were adapted for military use. These new modes of transportation created new opportunities for soldiers to step into roles of leadership or be part of new regiments. African Americans took advantage of these new opportunities and combated the negative perception of their leadership abilities in the Army.

Saratoga National Historical Park

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

Ready-to-use materials for teachers can greatly contribute to a meaningful educational experience for students and teachers alike. This activity accompanies a self-guided battlefield tour during the course of a visit to Saratoga National Historical Park.

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

Life in the Arctic
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
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Join a National Park Service ranger to learn about the tundra, its animals, and what it's like to live in Alaska. In this free virtual program, students will learn how humans, plants, and animals survive in this challenging environment, and why it's important to protect such a unique place.

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

Uncovering Beringia: The Lost Continent
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
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Travel back in time to learn about the animals and landscape of Beringia during the last ice age! Students will join a Park Ranger to explore the role of Beringia and Bering Land Bridge National Preserve in the history of human migration into the Americas.

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

Virtual Tour of Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
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Welcome to Bering Land Bridge National Preserve! Join us from the comfort of your own classroom as we explore one of the nation’s most remote national park units. Learn about the rugged and wild landscape of the tundra and what it takes for plants and animals to survive in this challenging environment.

George Washington Carver National Monument

George Washington Carver National Monument 3rd & 4th Grade Art and Essay Contest
  • Type: Student Activities
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
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George Washington Carver National Monument preserves the birthplace and childhood home of George Washington Carver, renowned scientist, educator, and humanitarian. Carver was a prolific writer and artist. This contest strengthens writing skills and encourages artistic expression.

Grand Teton National Park

Ask a Ranger at Grand Teton National Park
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
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Flip your classroom! Grand Teton National Park has a variety of science and history to intrigue your whole class, so let your students’ curiosity take the lead.

Grand Teton National Park

Snow Desk
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
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Surprising geology has created a landscape of beauty and variety. As part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the park is part of the largest intact, temperate ecosystem in the world, meaning it has the full spectrum of native species from producers to predators. From bison to beaver, hundreds of fascinating animals live in the Tetons and adapt to extreme winter conditions.

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Exploring the C&O Canal's Cushwa Basin
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
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Students will learn about preserving the C&O Canal as a place to learn and explore our history, describe the C&O Canal as an early transportation system including canal operations, lock technology, and life for canal workers, and explain the concepts and effects of various earth processes, including: weathering, erosion, deposition, and flooding.

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Home on the Canal
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
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Students explore the past during a "Home on the Canal" field trip.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Anishinaabe: Past and Present
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
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The story of the Sleeping Bear comes from the Anishinaabe people. Learn more about who the Anishinaabe are, as well as some of their traditional lifeways through the various seasons.

Independence National Historical Park

"Join, or Die" Political Cartoon Activity for Grades 4-6
  • Type: Student Activities
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
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In this activity, upper elementary students will analyze the "Join, or Die" political cartoon before constructing their own political cartoon.

Olympic National Park

Ecosystem Olympic
  • Type: Guest Speakers
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
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Bring Olympic National Park's ecosystems into your classroom!

Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument

Tule Springs Biodiversity Hunt
  • Type: Student Activities
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
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Students will identify different species of plants, insects, and animals that live in Tule Springs in a self-guided field experience.

Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument

Ice Age Investigation
  • Type: Student Activities
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
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An independent research activity where students will make observations and understand that many Ice Age animals are similar to animals that still live today.