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Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Climate Change at Sleeping Bear Dunes

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

The Climate Change program will introduce your students to the ways in which climate change affects the Great Lakes and Sleeping Bear Dunes and what they can do to make positive changes in their communities.

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Lodge for Sale! Beavers at Sleeping Bear Dunes

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Lodges are beaver homes and Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is a great place for a beaver to live. Have your students make a for sale flyer for a beaver home at Sleeping Bear.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Chat with a Ranger at Sleeping Bear Dunes - All Grades

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Find out more about Sleeping Bear Dunes, the National Park Service, and what it is like to be a park ranger.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

High School: Succession

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Succession is an important ecological process. It provides information about particular communities at Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The dunes provide a wealth of information regarding succession, the health of the dunes and the apex forest.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Bear Essentials

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Our Bear Essentials program will introduce your students to the essentials bears need to survive and inspire them to think like scientists.

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From Glacier to Dune

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

Uncover the fascinating geologic history that shaped present-day Sleeping Bear Dunes, from giant glaciers to the elemental forces of wind and water.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Anishinaabe: Past and Present

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

The story of the Sleeping Bear comes from the Anishinaabe people. Learn more about who the Anishinaabe are, as well as some of their traditional lifeways through the various seasons.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Write Out 2023

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

A six-word story can be a great way to capture what makes nature cool!

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

5th Grade: Dunes Food Web

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

Students will understand the components of a food web and how they interact. They will create a food web based off a “mini ecosystem” that was marked out along the trail. They will define “invasive species” and identify common invasive species in our area.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Watching the Watershed

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

We’ll use a model of a watershed to investigate how water moves through our landscape and have a chance to make our own model to test in the classroom.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

2nd-3rd Grade: Habitat Needs

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

Students will discover what plant and animal species live in or travel through the dunes here at Sleeping Bear, what factors make the dunes a challenge, and learn about the ways they adapt to survive in this harsh environment. Students will also understand that animals and plants use their adaptations to find food, water, shelter, air and space to survive.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Snowshoe Field Trip Pre-visit

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

Coming on a snowshoe field trip to Sleeping Bear Dunes? Find out what to expect from a snowshoe visit to Sleeping Bear Dunes, as well as which animals are found in the park and what adaptations they have to survive during the winter season.

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Water Those? Aquatic Invasive Species at Sleeping Bear

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

The Water Those? program will introduce your students to aquatic invasive species, how they impact our ecosystems, and what we can do to help.

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Sharing Star Stories

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

Bring the night sky to your classroom with Sleeping Bear Dunes' mobile planetarium. This school visit explores how different cultures have connected with the night sky through constellations, and how light pollution threatens these connections. This program requires a large open room (like a gymnasium) that is at least 17 ft x 17 ft, and at least 12 ft high. The planetarium is accessible for students with physical disabilities.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

4th Grade: Geology

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

Students will learn that wind, water, and ice are the forces that drive weathering, erosion, and deposition. They will discover that some of these processes occurred long ago, and some are still occurring today. Students will make observations about the rocks and minerals that make up our sand. Students will understand that the dunes at Sleeping Bear are special and that plants that grow on them can change them, too.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Great Lakes Piping Plover

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

The Great Lakes Piping Plover program will introduce your students to the endangered piping plover, what factors impact their survival, and how rangers at Sleeping Bear Dunes are making a big difference for this little bird.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Middle School: Ecosystem Comparison

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

Students will compare the biotic and abiotic factors of a forest and a dune ecosystem, enabling them to discover why the dunes are a challenging, yet unique ecosystem. Students will also learn that animals and plants have developed adaptations that help them live or travel through the dunes.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

K-1st Grade: Dunes Survival

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Students will learn that all living things need food, water, shelter, air and space to survive. They will discover that there are special plants and animals that live in the dunes that use their external parts to get what they need to survive. Students will understand that national parks like Sleeping Bear take care of the places where plants and animals get what they need to survive.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Where's the Ranger?

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Use teamwork to play a game of 20 questions with the ranger to guess their National Park site. SHHH don’t give it away, the answer is Sleeping Bear Dunes. Great for students of all ages, but a basic knowledge of US geography is helpful.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Teacher-led Field Trip Kit

• Type: Media for Loan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade