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Bryce Canyon National Park

Bryce Canyon National Park: Hoodoos Cast Their Spell
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

The lesson could be used in U.S. history, social studies, and geography courses in units on westward expansion (especially the Mormon settlement of Utah) and the conservation movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It could also be used in a geology course.

Kings Mountain National Military Park

The Battle of Kings Mountain
  • Type: Student Activities
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The Battle of Kings Mountain (October 7, 1780) was one of the most dramatic and hotly contested battles of the Revolutionary War. On an isolated ridge top in the Carolina backcountry, nearly 1000 American Patriots surrounded and overwhelmed an approximately equal number of American Loyalists.

At a Crossroads: The King of Prussia Inn
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Learn how transportation routes affected a local inn, how archaeology revealed the inn's use over time, and how preservation efforts saved the historic site from suburban sprawl.

Kings Mountain National Military Park

Tactics in the Battle of Kings Mountain
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

*How did the Kings Mountain area terrain and settlements effect the tactics in the Battle of Kings Mountain? *How were the tactics used at the Battle of Kings Mountain similar and different than other battles in the American Revolution? *How were the tactics used by loyalists and patriots at the Battle of Kings Mountain similar and different?

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

How Devastating Can It Be?
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

The often dramatic and voluminous eruptions that occur on Kīlauea volcano can wipe out forest far from the actual eruption site. Using this field trip guide, students examine the aftermath of one such eruption on location; using scientific practice and historical evidence to understand the changes caused by the eruption, and how the land in the area is still changing today.

Grand Canyon National Park

Lesson Guide: Exploring Geology at Grand Canyon National Park Video
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Join Ranger Sarah and her fellow rangers in this engaging journey through Grand Canyon National Park, where we uncover the geological wonders and cultural significance of this breathtaking landscape! From the South Rim to the North Rim and the depths of the canyon, discover how the canyon was formed and how it continues to change.

Lake Clark National Park & Preserve

Can You Identify Me?
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Students will have the opportunity to study and identify fish as really wildlife biologists. They will watch clips taken of salmon swimming up stream through the Silver Salmon Weir in Lake Clark National Park. Their job will be to use their identification cards and see how many salmon they can identify as they swim past. Be careful -- some salmon look awfully similar!

Rocky Mountain National Park

What are National Parks?
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

What is a National Park and what were they created to protect? Meet with a ranger to investigate the meaning behind each symbol within the National Park Service emblem and explore various NPS sites across the country.

What is a National 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!

National Park of American Samoa

What is a National Park?
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The National Park of American Samoa is one of over 400 units of the National Park Service. This activity helps students explore and understand the various units in the system.

Haleakalā National Park

What is a National Park?
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will analyze the arrowhead logo as an introduction to the National Park Service, an agency whose mission is to protect and preserve natural and cultural resources for future generations and provide visitors with opportunities for recreation and learning. 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.

Haleakalā National Park

What Is A National Park?
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to determine how Haleakalā National Park protects special native habitats and how the students can help protect them too.

Haleakalā National Park

What Is A National Park?
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to determine how Haleakalā National Park protects cultural and natural resources and how the students can help protect them too.

What National Park Is It?
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

This activity challenges students to look at different pictures of national park sites and try to guess which park the picture represents. The pictures page gives a distinguishing feature of each park and an interesting fact to help students match to the list of possible choices.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Symbolism in National Parks
  • Type: Distance Learning ... Primary Sources ... Student Activities
  • Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

History of the iconic NPS Arrowhead logo, and a dive into what symbols are, and how we use them. Students will get activities to create their own symbols about their lives.

Glacier National Park

Create a National Park
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students create a mini-national park in a specified outdoor area, marking a nature trail and providing visitors with information about the park.

Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park

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

Learn the special role played by the National Park Service in preserving our shared natural, cultural, and historical heritage through the lens of the history of Paterson, New Jersey!

Everglades National Park

"Create a National Park" National Parks: 4-6 Grade
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

In this activity, students will create their own national park, while learning about the value of national parks.

Can You Outrun the Wright Flyer?
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The Wright Flying Machine

Mesa Verde National Park

Can You Solve It? A Scavenger Hunt
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

“Can You Solve It?” is a FIELD TRIP activity designed to engage students in an active exploration of the Chapin Mesa Archeological Museum. It complements a self-guided visit to Spruce Tree House nearby. Activity cards describe fictional scenarios that depict the life of Ancestral Pueblo people in A.D. 1200 to A.D 1275. Much like a scavenger hunt, students must locate objects, solve problems, and answer questions by examining exhibits, making observations, and recording what they find.