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Hot Springs National Park

Protecting the Water

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

This program explores the ways that Hot Springs National Park protects the natural water cycle and harnesses the water for human use. Students will explore different challenges from habitat protection to engineering that the park faces in protecting the 143-degree thermal water for public use. Designed for 5th and 6th grade Earth Science and Engineering. Advanced programs may be used for High School programs.

Glacier National Park

The Work of Water

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students construct a river model. Then use a watering can or hose to observe the role water has in causing weathering, erosion, deposition and sculpting the landscape.

Wind Cave National Park

Is the Water Safe?

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

A brief student activity to help students realize that taste and smell aren't always good indicators of pollution.

Arches National Park

Water Cycle

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

Students hear a story and dance to a water cycle music video. While visiting a wetlands ecosystem they act out the process of erosion in different environments, and participate in a relay where they pretend to be agents of evaporation and precipitation. Students imagine they experience the water cycle first hand and write a poem about it. Afterwards, each student creates a regional drawing of the water cycle.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

What’s in the Water?

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

Determine effects people have on the water in the environment and how to protect this necessary natural resource. Meets Kentucky 3rd-5th grade science standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

What's in the Water?

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Water quality is measured using many physical, chemical, and biological assessments. In this lesson, introduce your students to five water chemistry tests. Students will become familiar with pH, nitrates, phosphates, dissolved oxygen and turbidity and their relationship to the Cuyahoga River Watershed. They will begin to understand acceptable test value ranges, make connections between water quality and the biological community and become familiar with the causes of poor water quality.

Everglades National Park

"The Water Watch" Water: 4-6 Grade

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

The student will be able to: a) list two reasons why water conservation is necessary for the preservation of the Everglades, b) list two ways in which they can increase community involvement in water conservation, and c) produce a petition which lists ways to conserve water and get at least one hundred signatures on their petition.

Everglades National Park

"Water Poetry" Water: 4-6 Grade

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

Students will learn the importance of the water cycle to the Everglades watershed. They will also be able to describe ways in which they use and conserve water, after which they will write a poem about water.

Wind Cave National Park

Infiltrating the Water Cycle

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Two demonstrations to introduce students to the water cycle and the idea of infiltration.

Hot Springs National Park

Turning Water into Medicine

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

This student-led exploration of historic Fordyce Bathhouse Museum and Visitor Center allows students to use historical sources to understand how the bathhouses influenced medical practices in the United States in the early 20th century. Designed for 4th grade social studies lessons.

Wind Cave National Park

Daily Water Use

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

And introduction to how much water your students use everyday.

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.

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.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Why Water Matters

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

The Cuyahoga River gained national attention when TIME magazine published the infamous burning river photograph in 1969. Though the incident helped propel improved standards in water quality nationwide and ultimately helped inspire the Clean Water Act, we continue to struggle as a nation with water quality issues. Explore the topic of water quality with your students and help them discover that water quality issues are a global environmental problem.

Lake Clark National Park & Preserve

How Clear Is the Water?

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

In this lesson students will test their knowledge of ecosystems and the qualities necessary to sustain life by creating Secchi disks, testing turbidity (water clarity), and making predictions about the habitat that might exist. This fun, hands-on lesson allows students to be the scientist and make predictions based on their findings in their lab reports.

Buffalo National River

Fish Out of Water

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

What comprises a fish? How can one fish affect an ecosystem? Learn more through this lesson and the activities that follow.

Yellowstone National Park

Landscaping with Wind and Water

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

In this activity, students will demonstrate the destructive forces of erosion on small “mountains” and survey an area to identify evidence of erosion.

Big Cypress National Preserve

Let the Water Flow

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will watch an interactive video produced by Big Cypress National Preserve. The video will cover various topics of hydrology in the Big Cypress Watershed, allowing students to participate in answering/solving questions regarding the flow of water.

Acadia National Park

Organisms in and Around Water

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

• Students will take a look at different ways water makes its way to a pond/lake. • Students will also be thinking about how that water carries contaminants and sediment and what impact that has on ponds/lakes. • Students will make a food chain and/or a food web to share what biotic factors play a role in watersheds.

Hot Springs National Park

How the Water Gets Hot

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

Students will explore rock outcroppings, look for evidence of the water recharge area, and examine the emerging hot springs to learn about the stories of rocks and water millions of years in the making. This program introduces students to this portion of the ancient Ouachita Mountain Range, and the remarkable waters that bubble up after a 4,400-year-old journey. Designed for 4th and 5th grade geology lessons.