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Homestead National Historical Park

Agriculture and Inventions

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

In "Agriculture and Inventions," students research agricultural inventions and describe their impact on agriculture.

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Flora on the Plains: Grasses, Trees, and Agriculture

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

Follow alongside a trading caravan with Josiah Gregg to observe how plant life contributed to and threatened survival in the southern Great Plains. Consider how human impact and responsible management of natural resources was necessary during the fur trade era just as it is today.

Acadia National Park

Age of Exploration

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

There are many different ways to look at history ranging from a broad view of major events on a global scale to a small scale looking at specific local events. We start out with the big picture: how, when and why did the Europeans cross the Atlantic to a land that had been inhabited for thousands of years then look at an example of the cultural interface close to home.

Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument

Ice Age Investigation

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

An independent research activity where students will make observations and understand that many Ice Age animals are similar to animals that still live today.

Where Does Food Come From? - Agriculture and Animal Care at Oxon Hill Farm

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

Learn where your food comes from by exploring historic Oxon Hill Farm. This Field Trip is geared to Pre-K through 3rd grade but is also available for 4th grade and up.

Ages and Stages: The Life of a Hawaiian Volcano

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

Students will learn about the evolution of a volcanic island from origin to erosion. They will understand that Hawaiian volcanoes have gradually progressed through different stages as they are formed, emerge, and erode back into the sea from which they came.

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

See, Touch, and Hear: Preschool-age students

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

Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park has special things to see and touch. This field trip will enable preschool-age students to discover special plants and animals by using their senses.

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.

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.

Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument

Pleistocene Food Scene

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

Students will model the flow of energy through Pleistocene (Ice Age) food chains.

Saguaro National Park

How Much Water Can Sunny The Saguaro Drink?

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

How does Sunny the Saguaro's age over the years compare to his height? The objective of this lesson is to help students learn about the relationship between the height of saguaros and their age while utilizing their geometric equations to calculate the volume of Sunny the Saguaro.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Subsistence: Women’s Influence

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

Students will learn how women shaped the lives and livelihoods of the tribes living at Knife River Indian Villages through agricultural practices and trade by reading and discussion, graphic organization utilizing the KWL (Know/Want to Know/Learned) model and through experiential learning.

Layers of Time

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

Guiding Questions: What is stratigraphy? What is the law of superposition? How can archaeologists study stratigraphy to determine the age of archaeological objects? Students will: Explain what stratigraphy is. Describe the law of superposition. Understand how stratigraphy can be used to determine the age of archaeological objects.

Tree Rings

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

In this lesson students will learn about tree rings and how archaeologists use them to help date sites and artifacts. What are tree rings? How are tree rings used to determine the age of archaeological sites? Students will... ●Understand how trees grow and why growth rings are formed. ●Describe how climate and weather affects the growth of tree rings. ●Explain the age of a tree by its rings. ●Understand how ring patterns can be used to determine the age of archaeological sites.

Yellowstone National Park

Yellowstone Forever Institute

• Type: Field Schools & Institutes
• Grade Levels: Adult Education

Youth and college programs for middle-school through college-age groups are designed to engage the next generation of park stewards.

Olympic National Park

Freeing the Elwha (Sediment Deposition and River Structures)

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

As rivers age and slow they deposit sediment and form sediment structures. How are sediments and sediment structures important to the river ecosystem?

Friendship Hill National Historic Site

Field Trip: Gallatin House Tour for School Groups

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

Every age students can participate in guided house tours.The tours cover Gallatin's accomplishments, the Gallatin family and the history of Friendship Hill.

César E. Chávez National Monument

César’s Road, Rangers in the Classroom Program

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Many people have heard of César Chávez and how he fought for rights and justice for agricultural workers, but what were the conditions that nurtured his activism? Our education rangers guide students in a math activity that puts them in César's shoes, showing how difficult it was for migrant farmworkers to have stable housing. Finally, they learn how César Chávez fought for better conditions for farmworkers.

Everglades National Park

"Incredible Shrinking Habitat" Environment: 4-6 Grade

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

The Florida panther has succumbed to numerous pressures, including loss of habitat, to become a highly endangered species. Access into wilderness areas by road building for drainage canals, and increased development for ranching, lumber, agriculture, mining, oil and gas drilling, housing and recreation all impact the panther habitat. Students will become panthers, deer and vehicles in an active tag-like game to learn about the impact of development.

George Washington Carver National Monument

Overcoming Obstacles: George Washington Carver’s Pathway to Education

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

At about 10-12 years of age, George Washington Carver left Diamond, Missouri to pursue an education. This photo was taken around the time he set out on his own.