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Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park
Seattle Streets
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
What kinds of opportunities and problems arise during large events like the gold rush? What role did Seattle play for many hoping to strike it rich in the Yukon? How did decisions people made in Seattle affect their time in the Klondike?
Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park
Seattle, Gateway to the Gold Fields
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Contact us for information to plan your field trip!
Kenai Fjords National Park
Supper Sea
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Supper Sea is a National Park Service published educational book focused on the humpback whales that visit Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska. Humpback whales migrate over 2,500 miles to feed in Alaska’s cold waters. Why do they make such a long journey for lunch? A National Park Ranger will answer this question and more. The ranger will engage students with photos, story time, and song to broaden their understanding of this showy marine mammal.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The lesson will help students understand how Seattle exemplified the prosperity of the Klondike Gold Rush. It can be used in units on western expansion, late 19th-century commerce, and urban history.
Olympic National Park
Sediment Deposition at Sea
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Through this activity, students will learn about depositional and erosional effects as rivers meet the sea. As a river meets the sea, the sediment it carries is deposited in a fan-like formation called a delta. As longshore drift picks up and transports the sediment, it can be carried and deposited down current to form shoreline sediment features such as sand bars, spits, and barrier islands.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Explore the causes and effects of sea level rise. Learn how you can join park staff in protecting coastal areas threatened by climate change.
Everglades National Park
Sea Level Rise: Climate Change
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
1. Show what happens to sea level when ice sheets melt. 2. Show what happens to sea level when icebergs melt. 3. Connect sea level changes in Miami to icesheets melting. 4. Explain that sea level changes are caused by melting/freezing of ice sheets in Antarctica/Greenland. 5. Show that communities in Florida will be affected by sea level rise. 6. Realize that South Florida has been under water many times in the geologic past. 7. Discuss ways communities can mitigate/adapt to sea level rise.
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Activities for children to learn about sea otters in Alaska.
Acadia National Park
I Notice, I Wonder: Sea Star in a Tidepool
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Observing a video of a sea star in a tidepool, students can explore observations of patterns in plants and animals.
Everglades National Park
"Sea Level Rise" Climate Change: 4-6 Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Using props, ice, building dioramas, maps and art, students will see how sea level rise is caused by melting ice-sheets (not by melting ice-bergs).
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Investigate the Spanish Shipwrecks
Death Valley National Park
Elevation Above and Below Pre-Trip Activity
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
For this activity students will explore the way topographic maps are used to describe elevation such as “sea level,” “below sea level,” and “above sea level.” Students will compare and contrast side view diagrams of mountains and valleys to topographic maps. Students will use their own hands to create a topographic map of their own.
Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
Seals of Glacier Bay Lesson One: Flipper Feet
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
*What characteristics distinguish seals from sea lions? *How can careful observation lead to a better understanding of an animal? *How are seals and sea lions similar and different?
Kenai Fjords National Park
Swimming on Your Back
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Swimming on Your Back is a National Park Service published educational book focused on the sea otters in Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska. Sea otters are the largest members of the weasel family, and lack the blubber, and consequently size, that all other warm-blooded sea animals need to stay warm. So how do they survive our cold Alaskan waters? A National Park Ranger will answer this question and engage students with photos, story time, and song.
Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park
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?
Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park
Klondike Railroad
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
How did railroad owners use the Klondike Gold Rush to their advantage? What kinds of things drew more people to trains? What kind of people took trains back then?
Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
Erosion: Washing Away the Earth
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Erosion can be a major issue. It is caused by a number of factors, both manmade and natural. The effects of erosion are very evident on Arctic coastal villages that are experiencing storm surges and no longer have the added protection of longer lasting sea ice. Research indicates that both the storm surges and lost of sea ice are the result of climate change.
Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park
Klondike's Environmental Impact on People
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
What situations were travelers to the Klondike Gold Rush prepared to handle? Are there any bugs or animals that could have caused them harm? Do you think the small chance of finding gold successfully outweighed the risks and costs of sailing and hiking into the Yukon?
Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park
Taming the River
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
"Taming a River" looks at the possible effects which occur during most mining operations that took place during the historic gold rushes in North America. The lesson plan can also be modified to see what could happen in areas underlain with permafrost.
Acadia National Park
I Notice I Wonder: Seafoam on the Coast
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
I notice I wonder is an opportunity for students to watch videos and explore phenomena in Acadia National Park. Sea foam is a unique part of the coastline.