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Glacier National Park

Senses Songs

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

Students will sign songs to help them understand that humans have 5 senses which help them learn about the world around them.

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

Lesson 1 - JOURNALING WITH SONGS OF FREEDOM

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

This lesson plan is designed to accompany the two disc cd set FREEDOM IS COMING: SONGS OF FREEDOM, RESISTANCE, AND THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD. The set may be obtained from the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, 916 N. Peters Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70116, www.nps.gov/jazz

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

Kentucky Treasures: Exploring Symbols, Songs, and Traditions

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

Explore some of the symbolic features of Kentucky through songs and traditions. Meets Kentucky 1st grade social studies standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.

Niobrara National Scenic River

Early Birding

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

This lesson is designed to introduce Middle School level students to basic bird identification to some of the common, and a few rare but easily identified,birds and waterfowl found along and around the Niobrara National Scenic River.

Glacier National Park

Listening to Birds

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

Students will use the sense of hearing to explore bird sounds.

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

So You Wanna Be a Paleontologist?

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

Students will become familiarized with fossils that have been uncovered in Florissant Fossil Beds from the Eocene and Quaternary. They will select a certain extinct species and make a sketch on a Popsicle stick canvas. After shuffling their Popsicle stick fossil, they will then hide the sticks around a room and have someone else find and "excavate" the Popsicle stick fossil and attempt to put it back together. Best done with a partner to exchange fossils to find and put together.

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

So You Wanna Be a Paleobotanist?

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

Students will re-create scientific studies done by paleobotanists analyzing data from fossil plants found at Florissant Fossil Beds to draw conclusions about the paleoclimate 34 million years ago. In this activity, students will identify fossil plant species by their leaves, review data on the growing conditions of their nearest modern plant relatives, and compare as many species as possible to determine the range of temperature and precipitation that the fossil plant community can live in.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Songs with Social Influence (Grades 9-12) Carl Sandburg Home NHS

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

Students will look at how the events in time influence the writers and musicians then and now. The students will look at how the creations of these artists then influence society.

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

3rd Grade Birding

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

Students will have the opportunity to go on a bird walk led by a park ranger. They will also "migrate" between three adaptation stations where they participate in hands-on activities related to beak, wing, and foot adaptations of birds.

Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

Think Like a Bird

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

Students will understand the complexities of nest building by attempting to design and build a nest themselves.

Haleakalā National Park

Maui Forest Birds

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

In Hawaiian mythology, the demigod Māui loved the forest birds and painted them bright colors for all to see and enjoy. The native Hawaiians loved to use the feathers of these forest birds to create lei kāmoe (feathered lei), mahiole (feathered helmets), kāhili (feathered standards), and ʻahu ʻula (feathered cloaks). These birds’ populations have been steadily declining since European settlers came in the 19th century bringing non-native plants and animals.

Lava Beds National Monument

Birds Traveling Trunk

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Learn about Birds from your classroom with our Traveling Trunk!

Acadia National Park

Bird Data Scientist

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

Become a data scientist and use data to create an evidence-based argument whether humans are impacting migratory patterns of birds.

Acadia National Park

Identifying Birds of Acadia

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

Students will learn about common tools used by naturalists (binoculars and spotting sheets). They will then use them to practice observation skills, identify local bird species and create their own class book of birds local to their school.

Zion National Park

Bird Beak Adaptaions

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

A ‘bird beak relay’ race using different objects to represent the beaks and food sources of 3 different birds will demonstrate to students that animals are specifically adapted for the food they eat and their surrounding environment.

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

So you want to be an American President

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

This lesson is opened with a discussion, followed by the reading of Judith St. George and David Small's book, "So you want to be President", then progress into assignments, presentations, gallery walk and awards as applicable to the teacher.

Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument

Climate Change & Bird Range

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

Tule Springs Expedition Research Learning Center partners with our local Audubon Society Chapter to participate in the Climate Watch bird survey citizen science project. Citizen scientists across North America report the data they collected during these surveys to help document how bird species are responding to climate change and shifting their ranges. This activity explores how different climate change scenarios may affect bird populations locally. Author: Jake Johnson & Lauren Parry

Everglades National Park

"What's So Special?" Environment: 4-6 Grade

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

Students will draw a favorite plant, animal, or activity common to the Everglades environment and explain, in writing, the reason they chose it. This will help students recognize and identify one valuable aspect of a national park’s environment, and draw conclusions as to why they value that aspect of the environment.

Gateway National Recreation Area

Investigating Bird Migration and Climate Change

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

What makes Jamaica Bay such an important place for birds during migration? How will climate change impact the refuge? How can we maintain the refuge for generations to come?

Acadia National Park

Virtual: Grades 3-8, Acadia's Birds

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Feathers, beaks and special feet, birds have a diverse array of adaptations for survival! In this lesson, we will investigate several adaptive behaviors and structures that make birds so successful.  (45 minutes)