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Prince William Forest Park
Introduction to Basic Orienteering
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Learn the basics of using a map and compass for navigation, and put that knowledge to work by finding fixed points in the forest. This activity can be ranger guided or self guided and depending on the orienteering course chosen, can last from 1.5 hours to a full day.
Johnstown Flood National Memorial
Johnstown Flood Museum: Main Exhibt Hall
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will receive an orientation into the life of Johnstown before, during, and after the flood.
Acadia National Park
"Eastings and Northings" A Mapping Activity
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The lesson builds up slowly to read Map Grid References for later learning and practice orienteering. Orienteering is a navigation and sport activity that incorporates walking or jogging, determining directions, and map reading. The object of the activity is to use a map and compass to locate specific points in each area.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Visit the home of the only man to serve the country both as president and chief justice, and meet the rest of his public service-oriented family.
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this activity, students will experiment with the spatial orientation and layout of Walnut Canyon and Wupatki National Monuments using the maps and map elements provided. Ideally students should be allowed to experiment with this activity before visiting the sites and after visiting the sites to gain a better understanding of the daily lives of the people who lived in these locations.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
On this field trip, students collect and examine data to understand how availability of resources affects populations of microorganisms in the desert. Students observe desert potholes and learn about strategies organisms use to survive in these diminishing ecosystems. Students also examine desert lichens to see how the orientation of rocks affects a lichen’s ability to thrive.
Wupatki National Monument
What's in a Room?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this activity, students will experiment with the spatial orientation and layout of Walnut Canyon and Wupatki National Monuments using the maps and map elements provided. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to answer the following questions: *How did people in the past live? *What were different rooms used for? *What kinds of objects were found in different rooms?
Mississippi National River & Recreation Area
Winter River
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students are introduced to the fun side of winter with a day of recreation and orienteering challenges at Fort Snelling State Park. Students learn about adapting to colder weather, view animal tracks, explore winter forest habitat and vegetation, experience snowshoeing, warm up around a sheltered fire, and more! The program includes a video to watch together beforehand to learn how to properly prepare and dress for the outdoors in winter.
Mississippi National River & Recreation Area
Take Me to the River
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Take Me to the River is a hands-on educational program designed for fourth graders run out of Hidden Falls Regional Park each fall. The program focuses primarily on the cultural history of the river, but also addresses geography, geology, and physical science through hands-on activities. Students rotate through three activity stations led by National Park Service rangers including orienteering, geocaching, shelter-building, and fire-building.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Students will learn about the Great Lakes and be introduced to the ecological impact of invasive species in this region. An optional pre-site program is designed to orient students to terminology used by land managers when controlling invasive species. Students will watch the virtual program in which National Park Service rangers will talk about the Great Lakes and introduce the concept of invasive species to classrooms. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist focus on sea lamprey and their control.