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Poets of the Air

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

Do you think you can fly?

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.

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

Scrubbing Your Water Clean!

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

Why is clean water important? What can you do to help clean water?

Fort Vancouver National Historic Site

Visit to Pearson Air Museum

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

A ranger or docent will introduce your class to the museum and Pearson Field, the oldest continuously operated airfield west of the Mississippi. This hour long visit gives your students enough time to browse the museum space with their chaperone and/or enjoy the park film when available (25 minutes). Designed with 15 minutes left to walk to/from HBC Fort Vancouver.

Craters Of The Moon National Monument & Preserve

Prepare For Cold Air: SnowSchool Pre-visit Activity

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

Students will conduct experiments and observe the differences in insulation values for a variety of materials. Students will discover factors that influence winter survival for animals and learn how to dress for an outdoor snowshoe hike at Craters of the Moon.

Mālama Maui

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

Mālama means to care for. This activity helps us to remember ways we can care for the environment on our special island.

Chapter 5 Lesson Plan: The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963

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

Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) paratroopers jump from a U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft over Bangladesh during exercise Cope South 14 Nov. 10, 2013. Cope South is an annual bilateral aerial exercise designed to increase the combat readiness and interoperability of the U.S. Air Force and the BAF. Public domain photograph from defenseimagery.mil.

Wind Cave National Park

What's That Green Stuff In The Cave?

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

Photos of cave clean up and bleaching algae. A small demonstration to show what happens when we touch the cave.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Preserving the Past: 6th - 8th grade

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will explore the world of museum curators in this lesson. A variety of hands on activities allow students to experience different jobs including cleaning, pest control and more.

Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site

Who Are the Tuskegee Airmen?

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

Two famous Tuskegee Experiments were conducted in the small town of Tuskegee, Alabama between 1932 and 1972. One conducted by the U.S. Public Health Service (Public Health) beginning in 1932, later called the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. The other conducted by the U.S. Army Air Corps (Air Corps) beginning in 1941, the participants of which were later dubbed "Tuskegee Airmen"

Glacier National Park

Snow Characteristics Lab Activity

• Type: Science Labs
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

In this science lab activity, students take temperatures at different depths in the snow and compare them to the air temperature. They will discover the insulating effect of snow and understand that temperature varies according to snow depth.

Levitating Ping Pong Balls

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

How does an airplane get in the air? In this in-classroom lesson plan, students will explore one of forces of flight by constructing and using a simple device to demonstrate lift. Subject: Science. Grades: 3rd-5th.

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

National Park Legacy - Wildlife in Cities Grades K - 2

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

Coexisting with wildlife requires that actions be taken to reduce conflicts and minimize impacts from human activity so that a healthy appreciation of wildlife can be fostered. Specifically addressed in this lesson are efforts SMMNRA is making to encourage residents to clean up unintentional food resources such as pet food, and secure trash cans so that unwanted wildlife do not seek food on personal property.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

2nd-3rd Grade: Habitat Needs

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

Students will discover what plant and animal species live in or travel through the dunes here at Sleeping Bear, what factors make the dunes a challenge, and learn about the ways they adapt to survive in this harsh environment. Students will also understand that animals and plants use their adaptations to find food, water, shelter, air and space to survive.

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.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

K-1st Grade: Dunes Survival

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

Students will learn that all living things need food, water, shelter, air and space to survive. They will discover that there are special plants and animals that live in the dunes that use their external parts to get what they need to survive. Students will understand that national parks like Sleeping Bear take care of the places where plants and animals get what they need to survive.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Salamander Research Field Trip (High School)

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Salamanders are an especially abundant and diverse group in the Great Smokies. Since salamanders breathe through their skin they are more susceptible to water and air pollution. During this study, high school students will work in groups to collect and record data in taking an inventory in monitoring many of the salamanders found in the park. The field trip packet includes pre, onsite, and post-visit activities.

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument

Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.: From Fourth Graduate to Four Star General

• Type: Distance Learning ... Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Adult Education

General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. built a legacy well beyond being the fourth African American to graduate from West Point. He learned from the legacies that came before him to go further and higher in his military career. He commanded the Buffalo Soldiers, the Tuskegee Airmen, and served all over the world. Even after retirement, he continued to serve the public in various administrations, creating change on various levels to leave a legacy all his own.

Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park

Building Stewardship Through Science - Mercury in Our Environment

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

By working with various partners, including Dartmouth College's Toxic Metals Research Program, students determine mercury levels in macroinvertebrates taken from the Pogue (pond) in Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP. Students learn how mercury moves through air, water, and through the food chain. By reading Marsh, learning about Billings and Rockefeller, students will cultivate a sense of stewardship and reflect on their own choices.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Salamander Research Field Trip (Middle School)

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

Researchers use salamanders as a bio-indicator to help assess the health of our forests threatened by air pollution and impacts from a changing climate. When students visit the Smokies on their field trip, one group will be collecting data as part of a Salamander study. The pre, onsite, and post-visit activities in this packet will introduce the scientific method and use the identifying anatomical characteristics to key different species of salamanders.