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Cumberland Island National Seashore

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

Every year approximately 14 billion pounds of trash are dumped into the ocean. This trash can create problems for people and wildlife. In this lesson, you can help your students better understand this important issue.

Assateague Island National Seashore

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

Assateague is moving! Toes in the water, sand in their hands, and wind in their hair; students will explore the processes of barrier island ecology. Students will also discover the necessary adaptations required to survive in this ever-changing environment.

Acadia National Park

A Day at Sand Beach
  • Type: Primary Sources ... Student Activities
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Story maps are virtual and visual way to teach about specific locations. Sand Beach is a great example of beach formation and processes. Use the story map to explore the phenomena of Sand Beach and learn about deposition, weathering, and erosion.

Indiana Dunes National Park

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

Explore the dunes and experience the forces of nature that created them. Observe water, wind and waves in action and learn how they work together to form mountains of sand. Program availability: spring, summer, fall. Age group: Preschool - 3rd grade. Location: West Beach. Length: 1.0 - 1.5 hours.

Cape Cod National Seashore

Beaches in Motion - Coastal Vulnerability
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This Earth Science lesson includes classroom materials, field trip activities and a post assessment activity. The classroom lessons include Powerpoints, readings and activities to increase understanding of coastal processes. The beach activities offer place –based learning to observe and measure conditions to evaluate the vulnerability of a beach to erosion. The post assessment activity requires students to use a model to demonstrate a beaches response to different climate

Beach Debris Design Challenge
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Find out about watersheds and how to protect them.

Acadia National Park

Self Guided Sand Beach Scavenger Hunt
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Sand Beach is an interesting place even in the winter. This scavenger hunt includes family friendly activities that can guide adventures together.

Acadia National Park

Sedimentary Sleuths Program Planner
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This hands-on program takes place at Sand Beach and is an exploration of geological processes such as weathering and erosion. Interpretation of geologic and topographic maps is included.

Gateway National Recreation Area

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

Students will perform a trash survey in their own neighborhood, then one at the beach at Gateway. After comparing the results of the two surveys, students will identify which trash is the most prevalent, and come up with ways to reduce the trash. Rangers will provide lesson plans and equipment for the beach pick up. Please note that this program requires transportation between two points within the park.

Indiana Dunes National Park

A Grain of Truth
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Explore the dunes and gain a personal experience of how they came to be. Observe how winds and powerful waves work to create and erode moving sand dunes. Hike the foredunes and beach to learn about the processes of dune building, glaciation, and erosion. Program availability: Spring-summer-fall. Age group: 4th grade and up. Location: West Beach. Length: 1.5 hours.

Indiana Dunes National Park

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

Experience and appreciate the variety of plant communities found in the dunes. Follow the legacy of early dunes scientist, Henry Chandler Cowles, and hike from the beach over foredunes and through forests. By exploring the environment, discover the forces that shape the dunes and produce this unique succession of plants. Program availabilty: Spring - summer - fall. Age group: 5th grade and up. Location: West Beach. Length: 1.5 - 2.0 hours.

Acadia National Park

Ocean Path Scavenger Hunt: Girl Scout Edition
  • Type: Student Activities
  • Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

The Park Loop Road has many significant sites. Learn more about them and have fun making observations with a scavenger hunt along the Ocean Path Trail.

Assateague Island National Seashore

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

Using basic sampling and collecting equipment, students explore the island from beach to bay to learn how the habitats weave together to form a barrier island ecosystem. This program is designed for returning groups and groups that are studying barrier island ecosystems. Students will get wet to their knees. Wear snug footwear and clothing that can get wet. This program is designed for 7th-12th grade, and lasts 1.5 hours. *Note: Offered until mid-October.

Fort Pickens and the Outbreak of the Civil War
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

The peaceful surroundings--white sugar-sand beaches, clumps of golden sea oats, and the soothing sounds of coastal waves pounding on the shores of a long barrier island--belie the serious purpose of Fort Pickens, located on Santa Rosa Island in Florida. One of the largest brick forts built in the United States, Fort Pickens provided the setting for a serious effort by a small group of men to avert or at least postpone the outbreak of the Civil War.

Olympic National Park

Freeing the Elwha: "Marine-Derived Nutrients from Salmon"
  • Type: Student Activities
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Through this activity, students will learn how the carcasses of dead adult salmon support young salmon and how salmon are essential to the marine food web as well as the freshwater ecosystems of the Pacific Northwest.

Acadia National Park

Virtual: Grades 4-5, Sedimentary Sleuths
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Wind, waves, and ice! Become a sediment detective and investigate how weathering and erosion have shaped the landscape of Acadia National Park over time. (1 hour)

Assateague Island National Seashore

4th Grade| What Rangers Do
  • Type: Guest Speakers
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will discover what National Park rangers do and the roles and responsibilities they have in protecting and preserving National Parks. Students will also receive their 4th grade Every Kid in a Park pass.

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.

Acadia National Park

Acadia National Park Scavenger Hunts
  • Type: Student Activities ... Other Education Materials
  • Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Want to explore more of Acadia? Try an Acadia scavenger hunt! Print a location sheet and complete 3 or more activities. Certificates included

Channel Islands National Park

Channel Islands Live Hike: What’s in Your Backpack, Park Ranger?
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Students explore park ranger jobs through meeting a ranger in an interactive distance learning program. Students learn about job responsibilities by using objects from the ranger's backpack as discussion prompts. Program was specially developed for classes reading Exploring Parks with Ranger Dockett in their Houghton Mifflin Harcourt language arts textbook. Can be adapted for other grade levels.