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Hope Springs Eternal
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will participate with “Vote with Your Feet” activity where they stand on a spectrum based on yes and no questions. Students will physically stand on the spectrum depending on their response. Possible questions: Do you have siblings? Is there hope in Hope Arkansas? Are you an activist?
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Tule Springs Biodiversity Hunt
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Students will identify different species of plants, insects, and animals that live in Tule Springs in a self-guided field experience.
Hot Springs National Park
Finding Hot Springs' Habitats
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
“Finding Hot Springs’ Habitats” is an environmental science program training students to “read” the many habitats of Hot Springs National Park. Students will learn about how the hot springs environment relies on a healthy ecosystem. Students analyze open air springs for water quality and thermal habitats before exploring terrestrial environments on a 0.5 mile naturalist hike. Designed for 2nd & 3rd grade Life Science lessons.
Hot Springs National Park
Why They Came to Hot Springs
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
“Why They Came” is a student-guided history program to explore the lives of many people who came to work and be healed at Hot Springs. The program culminates in a discussion-based activity with park rangers about the history of public health at Hot Springs. Designed for 7th grade Social Studies lessons.
Craters Of The Moon National Monument & Preserve
Spring and Fall Field Trips
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Craters of the Moon National Monument is an exceptional area to study volcanic geology and the plants and animals native to Idaho's high desert. A field trip to Craters of the Moon allows students to engage first-hand with this volcanic landscape hiking up, around, and in volcanoes, walking through some of the youngest lava flows in the lower 48 states, and exploring one of our lava tube caves.
Glacier National Park
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Students discuss the characteristics of each of the four seasons by comparing photographs of Montana during spring, summer, fall, and winter.
Hot Springs National Park
Ask a Hot Springs Ranger
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
“Ask a Ranger” draws from pre-submitted student questions to emphasize specific areas of the park’s story, from history to ecology to geology.
Hot Springs National Park
Hot Springs and the National Park Idea
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Adult Education
This virtual program discusses the development of Hot Springs National Park and the ways in which it influenced the creation of the National Park Service. This program is popular with adult learner groups and fits into curriculum goals that explore the history of the National Park Service.
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
Treaty of Ghent and Treaty of Spring Wells Negotiations
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In the early history of the United States problems with Great Britain still existed, and culminated in the War of 1812. This activity packet, complete with background readings and graphic organizers, will discuss the signing of the Treaty of Ghent and Treaty of Spring Wells and how it affected not only the United States and Great Britain but also the Native American nations that were involved.
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Ice Age Mammals of Tule Springs Research Project
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Students will identify key information about a past species. Students will describe modern relatives of a species found in the fossil record.
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument Past vs. Present
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Independent reading comprehension. Students will describe the past species and climate of Tule Springs. Students will research the modern species and climate of Tule Springs. Students will theorize the effects climate change could have today at Tule Springs.
Hot Springs National Park
Where the Water Begins
- Type: Student Activities ... Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
“Where the Water Begins” is an interactive science program to understand the thermal water cycle of Hot Springs National Park. It involves several demonstrations to illustrate the geology of the Ouachita Mountains, the water cycle, the potential impact of pollution in the Hot Springs recharge zone, and hot springs ecology. The program also involves larger field activities to integrate the messages of the hot springs water cycle and the protection of the recharge zone.
Hot Springs National Park
Bathtub Time Machine
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
“Bathtub Time Machine” is a virtual program that shares the history of Hot Springs in the 19th and early 20th centuries through images and stories. Students will be able to understand the story of Hot Springs National Park and fit it into the larger picture of the National Park Service.
Hot Springs National Park
Thermophile Safari
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Thermophiles, organisms that survive in extreme heat conditions, are one of the most unique resources found in Hot Springs National Park. Students will use scientific studies and on-site observations to assess the factors that have made Hot Springs’ thermophilic ecosystem a destination for scientists. This specialty program is only available for smaller class sizes. Designed for 7th grade and high school biology lessons.
Hot Springs National Park
What's in the Ranger's Backpack
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
“What’s in a Rangers Backpack” is an interactive program to introduce students to the National Park Service and prepare them to visit Hot Springs National Park. The program involves discussion of the meaning of parks, introduces students to the NPS symbol and the resources protected by national parks, and discusses the NPS sites here in Arkansas. This program is ideal for students preparing to visit Hot Springs or part of the Every Kid Outdoors program.
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Owl Pellets from the Past
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The students will develop an understanding of animal identification through bones and bone fragments found in their owl pellets and how they are connected to fossils found at the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Wandering the Watershed Menu 5: Hybrid B: Design Challenge & Design Visit
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This hybrid track has students explore watersheds through prepared video. The students will then complete the design challenge in the classroom and visit the Lakeshore in the spring to test their design. (FREE design kits provided by the National Park Foundation.)
Hot Springs National Park
A Journey of Rocks and Water
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will create an understanding of the hydrogeological system of Hot Springs through observations of notable rock formations and examinations of the permeability of groundwater through certain rock types. Program designed for 7th grade and high school Earth Science courses.
Olympic National Park
Freeing the Elwha (River Flows and Sediment Movement)
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Seasonal weather patterns affect the flow patterns of water into the rivers (and watersheds) of Western North America. What landform features can form when erosion is caused by fast –moving water from Spring and Fall rains, and snowpack melt off?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Phenology is an area of ecology that investigates the seasonal rhythms of plants and animals. When do the leaves begin to bud? When do the birds return in the spring? By studying these patterns students can learn about seasons and climate patterns over time. Photo by Jacob Phillipson, FOA