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The Spirit of the Mountain
Buffalo Soldiers - Klondike Gold Rush
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Who were the original protectors of the National Parks before the National Park Service was established? Why was the military sent up to Alaska during the gold rush? How did the people in the towns feel about the Buffalo Soldiers?
Spies in the Park
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Careers in Parks
- Type: Distance Learning ... Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Park or Preserve?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will understand the purpose of the National Park System and the types of places that are protected by the NPS. Students will distinguish between a National Park and a National Preserve. Students will identify the various ways in which NPS employees and visitors manage, explore and interact within the preserve and why
Park Films
Park Puzzle
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

This lesson plan is a part of Making Connections: A Curriculum Guide to Mammoth Cave National Park, GrK-3, produced by the park's Environmental Education program. The GrK-3 Guide comprises ten lessons; this is lesson 1 of the set. After being introduced to symbols and grouping, students will assemble two puzzles symbolic of our national parks - a ranger hat and the arrowhead patch.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This is a quick and fun assessment to establish what students know about the ocean environments and the animals that live there.
National Parks: Where Plants Hold a Place of Honor! Grades 2-3
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Read With a Park Ranger: If I Were A Park Ranger
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Read a book with a Park Ranger! Join us in reading If I Were A Park Ranger written By Catherine Stier. While reading this book, students will learn what it is like to be a Park Ranger: what Park Rangers do, where they work, and all the amazing experiences they get to have! Students will learn about the different types of National Parks and all the hard work that the Park Rangers do to make assure the National Parks are safe and fun for visitors.
Law and Order: Does the punishment fit the crime?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
At the end of this activity, the student will be able to: -Summarize the establishment of state and national governments. -Explain the structure and function of the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the federal government.
Park History Talk
- Type: Field Trips ... Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Explore Your Park!
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This park ranger-led classroom program is designed for 4th grade students. They will learn about the National Park Service, Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historical Park, and the people and events of the Civil War in the Shenandoah Valley. Students will have the opportunity to engage with a hands-on activity about Civil War uniforms and camp equipment. Every Kid Outdoors 4th grade access passes will be distributed to students.
What are National Parks?
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Me and My Park
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will analyze the arrowhead logo as an introduction to the National Park Service. Students learn how the design of the National Park Service arrowhead is made up of symbols, and then have a chance to create their own design specific to Hawai‘i. We will then be introducing ways that we can help care for our parks through the 7 Leave No Trace principles, and help students to understand that the National Parks belong to each and every one of us!
Turning Parks into Islands
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade