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Oh, Caribou!

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

Students play the role of caribou and the habitat elements (food, shelter, and water) that they need to survive, exploring how limiting factors influence wildlife population size through time. This is adapted from lesson 8 in the Hoofin’ It! online curriculum unit from Noatak National Preserve. The full unit can be accessed via the National Park Service education portal. It is based on the Oh Deer! Lesson from the Project Wild curriculum guide, published by the Council for Environmental Edu.

Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve

Oh, Moose!

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

Use America's largest national park as a pathway to discovery! In this lesson, students learn about ecology by playing a game mimicking the life of moose.

The Ohio & Erie Canal: Catalyst of Economic Development for Ohio

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

Assess the importance of America's early canal system and its economic and social effects.

First Ladies National Historic Site

Discover Ohio's National Parks

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

When you think of national parks, what do you think of? Do you think of presidential homes, airplanes, or buffalo soldiers? If not, this program will teach your group about the eight national parks and what role they play in the great diversity of sites in the National Park Service.

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park

The Building of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal

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

Assess the importance of America's early canal system and its economic and social effects

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Northeast Ohio Geology: Teacher Resources

• Type: Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Materials for educators who teach about northeast Ohio geology or earth science.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Ohio & Erie Canal: Teacher Resources

• Type: Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Materials for educators who teach about Ohio history or canals.

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site

"Temperature, Clouds and Sun is Weather - Oh, My!"

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

The program consists of videos, hands-on projects, and observation-based activites. The participant will: Create a cloud headband. Learn about the job of a Meteorologist. Predict tomorrow’s weather. Learn about Martin Van Buren’s year without a Summer. Conduct an experiment to create a cloud in a jar and document the type of cloud by comparing it to a cloud chart. Enjoy some En Plein Air drawing or painting of cloud formations.

Temperature, Clouds and Sun is Weather - oh, my!

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

The program consists of videos, hands-on projects, and observation-based activites. The participant will: Create a cloud headband. Learn about the job of a Meteorologist. Predict tomorrow’s weather. Learn about Martin Van Buren’s year without a Summer. Conduct an experiment to create a cloud in a jar and document the type of cloud by comparing it to a cloud chart. Enjoy some En Plein Air drawing or painting of cloud formations.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Northeast Ohio Geology Virtual Program - Grades 3-5

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

This program focuses on earth science by exploring the Ledges area of the national park. Students will learn about local landforms and discover how geologic processes including erosion, deposition, and weathering continue to shape northeast Ohio.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Ohio & Erie Canal Virtual Program - Grades 3-5

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

This program explores Ohio’s canal era. Students will learn about the history and economic importance of the Ohio & Erie Canal. Through primary and secondary sources, they will learn how and why the canal was used and why it eventually became obsolete.

Butterflies, Hummingbirds, and Bees Oh My! Pollinators on the Tallgrass Prairie

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

Learn about pollinators.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

When War Hits Home: The Ohio & Erie Canal Town of Peninsula, and the Civil War Election of 1864

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

By investigating how the Civil War impacted one small canal town in Ohio, students find connections to the history of their own hometown, which may help them look to the future.

A Nation Repays Its Debt: The National Soldiers' Home and Cemetery in Dayton, Ohio (Teaching with Historic Places)

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

Learn about the Dayton National Cemetery and the soldiers buried there.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Prehistoric Native Americans: Teacher Resources

• Type: Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Materials for educators who teach about prehistoric Native Americans in Ohio.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Dr. Redmond's Archeology Lecture Transcript

• Type: Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Read the transcript of a lecture by Dr. Brian Redmond of the Cleveland Museum of Natural History examining the pre-contact archeology of Northeast Ohio.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Self-Guided Field Trip to Cuyahoga Valley's Station Road Bridge Area

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

The Station Road Bridge area is a great place to bring students to see and learn more about Ohio's only national park. From this location, students can see the Cuyahoga River, walk on the historic Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail, and maybe even spot a bald eagle, which are known to nest nearby. Introduce your students to the Cuyahoga Valley through this self-guided field trip.

Acadia National Park

Virtual: Grades K-2: Hooray for Habitats

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

Forests and coastlines and lakes, oh my! Discover how Acadia’s habitats provide animals with what they need to survive in this fun program full of puppets and imagination. (30 minutes)

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

HERstories of Cuyahoga Valley: the Suffrage Movement and Harriet Keeler

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

Many women in Northeast Ohio were active members of not only their communities but in the activist movements of the late 1800s and early 1900s. In this lesson, students will discover the life of Harriet Keeler.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Prehistoric Peoples Virtual Program - Grades 3-5

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

This program explores what archeologists have discovered about the prehistoric peoples of northeast Ohio. Students will learn about how these prehistoric groups met their needs, and how their cultures changed over time.