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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Rock Identification

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

The Rock Cycke

Acadia National Park

Biodiversity: Plant Identification

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

In this second part of a study of leaves, students will use their knowledge of attributes including leaf shape, edges and arrangement to identify many of the different plants, shrubs and trees in a selected nearby area, such as an outdoor classroom. Use data to create a field guide to plants (including bushes & trees) in the local habitat.

Acadia National Park

Acadia Rock Identification

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

Students will make observations of rocks along the shore of Mount Desert Island (site to be determined by teacher). Students will categorize rocks, and will use resources to identify types of rocks. Students will create a journal entry with drawing and description so work can be continued in the classroom without the rock sample.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

Leaf ID - Part One

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

Observe, compare, and identify leaves! Meets Kentucky 1st grade science standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

Leaf ID - Part Two

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

Meets Kentucky 1st Grade science standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Flags and National Identity

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

The records Lewis Garrard kept during his ten-month journey along the Santa Fe Trail provide an outsider's view into intercultural interactions in the 1840s. This lesson features how national identity and sovereignty have been communicated through dress, color, and symbols in early American history as well as today.

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.

Lake Clark National Park & Preserve

Can You Identify Me?

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

Students will have the opportunity to study and identify fish as really wildlife biologists. They will watch clips taken of salmon swimming up stream through the Silver Salmon Weir in Lake Clark National Park. Their job will be to use their identification cards and see how many salmon they can identify as they swim past. Be careful -- some salmon look awfully similar!

Glacier National Park

⁠Forest Communities

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

Students collect conifer tree needles and cones (not in the national park but from locations where it is permissible) and make displays from them. They identify trees and take note of where their samples were collected.

Olympic National Park

The Key to the Tree

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

Students will connect their neighborhood or outdoor space to the National Parks by identifying specific types of trees.

Glacier National Park

Who Grows There?

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

Students will compile a collection of exotic and noxious plants for identification purposes, and perform a service learning eradication project in their community.

Alaska Public Lands

Track Kit

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

Teachers and students will have the opportunity to discover the wonders of animal identification through animal tracks. Activities and samples will enhance their experience.

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.

Using Dichotomous Keys

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

A dichotomous key is an important scientific tool, used to identify different organisms, based the organism’s observable traits. Dichotomous keys consist of a series of statements with two choices in each step that will lead users to the correct identification.

Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve

Pathways to Discovery – Getting to Know a Tree

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

Use America's largest national park as a pathway to discovery! This lesson helps to familiarize students with the structure, function and importance of trees, and to develop identification skills.

Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

Humpback Whales of Glacier Bay Lesson 2: A Whale of a Tail

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

In this investigation, students study the identification and monitoring of humpback whales in Glacier Bay National Park. Students will identify individual humpback whales by their fluke markings. Then, students will use these skills in a simulated whale monitoring trip. Finally, students will identify the humpback whales seen and learn more about the life histories of individual whales.

Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument

Owl Pellets from the Past

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

The students will develop an understanding of animal identification through bones and bone fragments found in their owl pellets and how they are connected to fossils found at the Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument.

Acadia National Park

Phenology for Upper Elementary Classes

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

Phenology is the study of when natural cues in the environment happen and how those cues can change over time. This unit ranges from seed dispersal, to plant identification, to invasive species.

Glacier National Park

Puzzle it Out

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

Students will identify the components of Earth’s climate system using a puzzle.

Cowpens National Battlefield

Unsung Patriots: Women at the Battle of Cowpens

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

The student will be able to identify the varied roles of women in the American Revolution.