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Olympic National Park

Sediment Deposition at Sea

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

Through this activity, students will learn about depositional and erosional effects as rivers meet the sea. As a river meets the sea, the sediment it carries is deposited in a fan-like formation called a delta. As longshore drift picks up and transports the sediment, it can be carried and deposited down current to form shoreline sediment features such as sand bars, spits, and barrier islands.

Olympic National Park

Freeing the Elwha (Sediment Deposition and River Structures)

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

As rivers age and slow they deposit sediment and form sediment structures. How are sediments and sediment structures important to the river ecosystem?

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Snails as Bioindicators of Acid Deposition - Middle School

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

Teachers can use this field trip packet to help their middle school students better understand how snails are an important part of the soil’s food chain and why scientists are concerned about their population due to the links between calcium availability in soil and acid deposition. It includes onsite activities, a preparation activity and a wrap-up activity.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Snails as Bioindicators of Acid Deposition - High School Field Trip

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

Teachers can use this field trip packet to help their students better understand how snails are an important part of the soil’s food chain and why scientists are concerned about their population due to the links between calcium availability in soil and acid deposition. It includes onsite activities, a preparation activity and a wrap-up activity.

Colorado National Monument

Ciclo de Rocas

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

At the completion of this lesson, students will be able to identify one or two ways that rocks can be broken down and/or combined and students will be able to describe the rock cycle of the sandstone.

Acadia National Park

Sieur de Monts Stewards

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

Students explore various trails and the new Nature Center exhibit to delve into the topic of human change in the environment. This program takes place along easy to moderate hiking paths with some uneven terrain.

Saint Croix Island International Historic Site

Sieur de Mad-Lib

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

Use our words and your own silly words to fill in the blanks in Pierra Dugua's story of how and why he came to North America.

Acadia National Park

Sieur de Monts Scavenger Hunt

• Type: Student Activities ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Sieur de Monts has limited accessibility in the winter but can offer great flat locations to explore. Use this scavenger hunt to guide your experience. Fill out at least 3 activities to print the scavenger hunt certificate.

Olympic National Park

Sediment Effects of Elwha Dams

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

Through this activity, students will learn about the effects that building the Elwha River dams had on the natural sediment transport and deposition mechanisms in the Strait of Juan de Fuca.

Timpanogos Cave National Monument

How to Make a Cave

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

Just the power of weathering, erosion, and deposition is enough to make a cave! Students will explore a virtual scan of Timpanogos Cave to discover evidence of these concepts.

Glacier National Park

The Work of Water

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

Students construct a river model. Then use a watering can or hose to observe the role water has in causing weathering, erosion, deposition and sculpting the landscape.

Mount Rainier National Park

Shoebox Geologist

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

In this activity, students will model depositional processes from volcanically active areas using sediments in a shoebox, interpret geologic events from layers in a classmate's shoebox model and draw a stratigraphic column graphic.

Grand Canyon National Park

Forces Shaping the Grand Canyon: Upper Elementary

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

Students investigate the rocks and landscape of Grand Canyon looking for weathering, erosion, and deposition. Through guided inquiry students look for evidence of forces making the canyon wider and deeper. AZ Science Standard: 4.E1U1.6

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Learn at the Ledges

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

Hike the Ledges and discover how geologic processes have shaped the land. Look for evidence of how erosion and deposition have changed the land, examine how weathering occurs and explore the rocks that make up the Ledges.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Northeast Ohio Geology Virtual Program - Grades 3-5

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

This program focuses on earth science by exploring the Ledges area of the national park. Students will learn about local landforms and discover how geologic processes including erosion, deposition, and weathering continue to shape northeast Ohio.

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.

Colorado National Monument

Four for Fourth: Comprehensive 4th Grade Science (Every Kid Outdoors)

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

Topics: Adaptations, Weathering/Erosion/Deposition, Structure/Function, Force/Energy/Motion | This 4th grade stations program combines four subjects (Animals, Geology, Plants, and Water), where learners in small groups investigate each component of the ecosystem.

Grand Canyon National Park

Looking Back Through Geologic Time: Middle School

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

Students analyze Grand Canyon’s rocks to understand how interactions of the geosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere have changed over time. Through observation and inquiry, students model the processes of weathering, erosion, and deposition through geologic time. Arizona Science Standard: 8.E1U1.6

Shaping Landscapes Over Time & Space

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

This lesson gives students time to observe the Cedar Breaks amphitheater within a structured context. Students can participate in a ranger led interactive, presentation where they learn about the geological processes including deposition, uplift, weathering and erosion that formed the Claron Formation and our Cedar Breaks amphitheater.

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Exploring the C&O Canal's Cushwa Basin

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

Students will learn about preserving the C&O Canal as a place to learn and explore our history, describe the C&O Canal as an early transportation system including canal operations, lock technology, and life for canal workers, and explain the concepts and effects of various earth processes, including: weathering, erosion, deposition, and flooding.