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Homestead National Historical Park

Territorial Ranges

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

In the "Territorial Ranges" activity, students will look at the first Americans and why they moved.

Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument

Climate Change & Bird Range

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

Tule Springs Expedition Research Learning Center partners with our local Audubon Society Chapter to participate in the Climate Watch bird survey citizen science project. Citizen scientists across North America report the data they collected during these surveys to help document how bird species are responding to climate change and shifting their ranges. This activity explores how different climate change scenarios may affect bird populations locally. Author: Jake Johnson & Lauren Parry

Open Your Eyes

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

The purpose of this activity is to give students practice for a real BioBlitz event, conducted either locally or within a national park.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Cattle Drives and Roundups

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

The Open Range Cattle Era helped to shape life in the American West during the late 19th century, lasting from about 1866-1900. Ranching activities are defined by the seasons of the year and the life cycles of the livestock. For cattle ranchers in the Open Range Cattle Era, two practices became routine for cowboys, the cattle drive and the roundup. In this lesson, students will learn about cattle drives and roundups, what they were and their importance to the Open Range Cattle Era.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Experience Grant-Kohrs Ranch

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

Programs may be available on topics such as pioneer life, the Open Range cattle era, the cowboy, the chuck wagon, blacksmithing, livestock and much more.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Cowboy Gear: 3rd - 4th Grade

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

Cowboys on the open range needed tools to do the job, like most workers. Explore the essential tools and gear needed for a cowboy, and the history behind them.

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site

Debating Abolition

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

Should you kill to end slavery? This program works with students to understand the range of options open to abolitionists, from pacifist William Lloyd Garrison to the violence of John Brown.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Reading for Rustlers

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

During the Open Range Cattle Era of the late 1800s, one of the most valued cowboy skills involved reading. Cattle brands, or hot irons used to mark cattle ownership, were the only way to tell whose cattle belonged to who on the open range. In this lesson, students will learn how to “read” the mysterious symbols used on cattle brands. They will also take on the role of cowboys and use their brand reading skills to find cattle thieves, called rustlers.

Women's Rights National Historical Park

Opening the Gates to Change: the Erie Canal and Woman’s Suffrage

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

In this lesson from the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, students will analyze the impacts of the Erie Canal on development of 19th century social reform movements, particularly women’s rights. Students will examine historic examples of groups who struggled for equality and will compare past movements to contemporary issues. Students will consider their own capacities as change-makers.

Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

Land of Many Opportunists

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Through this activity, students will learn how aggressive exotic species take advantage of a wide range of resources in order to expand their range and compete in a nonnative habitat.

Glacier National Park

The Bear Facts

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

Explore the ranges and habitats of different types of bears.

Glacier National Park

Carving Mountains

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

Through individual and group research, students create a clay model of a mountain range with glacial features labelled.

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.

Statistics and Saguaros of Section 17

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

The objective of this lesson is to help students learn how to identify statistical questions as well as be able to work with data by finding the mean, median, mode and range.

Glacier National Park

Turning Parks into Islands

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

Students will assume the role of managers and weigh the range of developments proposed in and near a park.This activity uses overheads to generate class discussion and then small collaborative groups to plan a future for the park.

Glacier National Park

Predicting the Future

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

Students identify the process by which scientists in W-GIPP are determining/predicting the short and long range effects of global climate change in this two session lesson plan with research time in between.

Acadia National Park

Phenology for Upper Elementary Classes

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

Phenology is the study of when natural cues in the environment happen and how those cues can change over time. This unit ranges from seed dispersal, to plant identification, to invasive species.

Fort Pulaski National Monument

Cannons by the Numbers

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

In this teacher-led activity, students will stop at several locations in Fort Pulaski featuring cannons or equipment used with cannons. Students will learn about the weight, range and usage of cannons while solving addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems.

Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site

Guided Tour of the Vanderbilt Mansion

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

Ranger-guided tours of the Vanderbilt Mansion are offered throughout the school year. These field trips cover a variety of topics ranging from Vanderbilt family history, the Gilded Age, and art and architecture. The program can be adapted for all grades.

Everglades National Park

"Win, Lose or Adapt" Wildlife: 4-6 Grade

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

Students will form two teams. These teams send up one student at a time to draw pictures that help their team correctly guess an adaptation. The team that guesses their adaptations the fastest wins! This activity can be applied to a wide range of plant and animal adaptations.