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Badlands National Park

Bison by the Numbers

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

The American bison was an important species to Native Americans on the Great Plains of North America. However, as settlers moved west during the nineteen century, the population numbers dramatically dropped from overhunting. In this exercise, students will learn graphing skills while learning about this species that almost went extinct.

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Bison Adaptations

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

Bison mother with calf

Badlands National Park

Bison Banquet

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

All life needs energy to grow and survive. Plants receive a vital part of their energy from the Sun, while animals receive their energy from eating plants or other animals. The path energy takes through a series of organisms is known as a food chain, while all the paths energy can travel through an ecosystem is known as a food web. Discover how the mixed-grass prairie plants and animals of Badlands National Park are connected to each other through food chains and an overall food web.

Fort Larned National Historic Site

Provider of the Plains - Bison

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Bison provided almost everything the Plains Indians needed for their daily life. Learn how these animals sustained American Indians on the Great Plains.

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Bison and the Food Web

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

Image of food web with examples

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Bison Life Cycle

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

Bison cow and calf

Badlands National Park

Bison Banquet - Distance Learning Program

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

Badlands National Park is home to a population of approximately 800 bison. Learn about the bison's natural and cultural history as you explore the many traditional Native American uses of the bison. Students will see bison parts and brainstorm possible uses for these items. (45 minutes)

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Bison or Buffalo? Which is the Correct Name

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

Bison herd at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve grazing in the native prairie grasses.

Badlands National Park

Bison Banquet: Food Chains and Food Webs of the Prairie

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

In this lesson students will students will identify the components of a prairie food chain and prairie food web. Students will be able to illustrate the transfer of energy in both a food chain and a food web. Students will also explore how environmental changes impact the food chain and food web.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Waste Not: 4th - 5th Grade

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Bison were an essential animal for many plains tribes. This lesson explores the many uses tribal people had for the bison as well as economic and cultural significance.

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

William's Wheel of Fortune Lesson Plan

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

This lesson plan engages the decisions made by William Bent, the manager of Bent's Fort's trading post during the fur trade era in the context of westward expansion. It examines contributing factors leading to the near extinction of bison herds decades later.

Natchez Trace Parkway

Traces Through Time: A General History of the Natchez Trace

• Type: Distance Learning ... Field Trips ... Field Schools & Institutes
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Are you a person who likes history or national parks? Join us for 45-minutes and learn the history of the Parkway, going back thousands of years when bison roamed through today. Learn about the people, explorations and stories held along this special place.

Homestead National Historical Park

Follow the Buffalo (3rd - 5th)

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

The American bison or “buffalo” was sacred to many Native American Tribes. The animals played an integral part in all aspects of daily life. In this lesson a Park Ranger will use real parts of the buffalo to examine the different ways Native American Tribes utilized the sacred animal.

Homestead National Historical Park

Follow the Buffalo (6th - 8th)

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

The American bison or “buffalo” was sacred to many Native American Tribes. The animals played an integral part in all aspects of daily life. In this lesson a Park Ranger will use real parts of the buffalo to examine the different ways Native American Tribes utilized the sacred animal.

Homestead National Historical Park

Follow the Buffalo (9th - 12th)

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

The American bison or “buffalo” was sacred to many Native American Tribes. The animals played an integral part in all aspects of daily life. In this lesson a Park Ranger will use real parts of the buffalo to examine the different ways Native American Tribes utilized the sacred animal.

Grand Teton National Park

Snow Desk

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Surprising geology has created a landscape of beauty and variety. As part of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem, the park is part of the largest intact, temperate ecosystem in the world, meaning it has the full spectrum of native species from producers to predators. From bison to beaver, hundreds of fascinating animals live in the Tetons and adapt to extreme winter conditions.

Homestead National Historical Park

The Buffalo Trunk

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The trunk includes curriculum materials, books, real buffalo bones and hides that can be integrated into history, social studies, art, reading, and language arts curriculum. Additionally, the curriculum materials include student station sheets, so students can rotate stations without the teacher having to repeat instructions.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Subsistence: Men’s Contributions

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

Students will learn how men contributed to the dietary needs of the people living at Knife River Indian Villages through hunting, trapping, fishing and foraging through reading and discussion, graphic organization utilizing the KWL (Know/Want to Know/Learned model and through dramatization in song or skit writing.

Washita Battlefield National Historic Site

Washita Battlefield Traveling Trunk

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Learn about the role that Washita Battlefield played in the Plains Indian Wars as an expanding United States came into conflict with many Plains tribes such as the Cheyenne. The traveling trunk covers both sides of the battle, containing items for both the Cheyenne and 7th US Cavalry as well as six lesson plans to cover the Battle of the Washita. Lesson plans can be adapted to fit a wider range of grade levels.

Badlands National Park

Prairie Animals and Habitats

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Badlands National Park protects 244,000 acres of mixed-grass prairie habitat and the wild animals that live in it. Prairie vegetation is mostly grasses--find out why. Then take a look at some of the wildlife (including bison, pronghorn, prairie dogs, and black-footed ferrets) that have adaptations that allow them to thrive in the prairie environment. Students participating in the in-class program may see and touch animal pelts, complete a puzzle, or complete a craft.