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National Mall and Memorial Parks

Urban Pools

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

Students will explore the use and management of water in the parks in the District of Columbia are reflections of the enduring and evolving relationship between humans and nature. Students will collect water quality data from at least two of the Mall’s urban pools and compare data with current management plans.

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Discover Urban Insects!

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Discover what insects are hanging around your town with Dr. Aimee Thomas. Download the application “Seek” or borrow an insect field guide from the library and use those to identify FIVE insects in or around your home! Take notes on what you see to help you identify them next time!

Prince William Forest Park

Spies in the Park

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

Discover the hidden history of WWII-era spies that trained in Prince William Forest Park. A one to two hour ranger talk and activities paired with an optional quarter to one mile hike in the forest gives students the chance to learn about this secretive period of the park's history.

Hot Springs National Park

Careers in Parks

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

Students will learn from a ranger about careers in the National Park Service, from studying park history and science (Resource Management), protecting features and visitors (Law Enforcement), building and maintaining infrastructure (Maintenance), and sharing the nation's stories (Interpretation).

Big Cypress National Preserve

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

Andersonville National Historic Site

Park Films

• Type: Media for Loan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

The park offers two films to choose from which explore the story of the Andersonville Prison and the experience of American prisoners of war. You may request one or both for classroom viewing.

Mammoth Cave National Park

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.

"Park Vocabulary" National Parks: 4-6 Grade

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

Students will build on previous vocabulary pertaining to National Parks, while also thinking about the deeper meaning of what these words entail.

Cane River Creole National Historical Park

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.

Prince William Forest Park

Park History Talk

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

Discover the rich history of Prince William Forest Park. This 30 minute to one hour overview program offers information covering various time periods from Native American history to the Great Depression and World War II.

Cedar Creek & Belle Grove National Historical Park

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.

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.

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

Me and My Park

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

A shorter ranger-conducted program for Pre-K. Designed for this age group's attention span. Includes science, a walk, and a fort program with a ranger and age appropriate activities.

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!

Glacier National Park

Turning Parks into Islands

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

Students will assume the role of managers and weigh the range of developments proposed in and near a park.This activity uses overheads to generate class discussion and then small collaborative groups to plan a future for the park.

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

Protect Our Parks

• 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.

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.