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Niobrara National Scenic River

Ecology Unit

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

Six terrestrial ecosystems combine with the riparian and aquatic ecosystems of the Niobrara to create a mix of plants and animals that exist together like nowhere else. This unit focuses on the ecology and biodiversity of the Niobrara River Valley. It contains a field experience component in addition to pre and post experience classroom work.

Kenai Fjords National Park

Temperate Rainforest Ecology

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

Students will review the concept of ecosystems and thoroughly examine the members of their local ecosystem. By concentrating on a specific relationship within the rainforest ecosystem, students will better understand the entire community.

Grand Canyon National Park

Self-guided Ecology Trip

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

Observe and experience the diversity of life at Grand Canyon. Get to know the adaptations of the resilient plant life on the rim and engage with the intricate relationships between living things in this community.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Black Hills Fire Ecology

• Type: Distance Learning ... Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

How does fire help our landscapes? In this lesson students will learn about prescribed burns and the helpful side of fire through an activity and lesson.

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

Ecology Three-Touch Field Trip Model

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

Have you ever thought about how to power a person? We don't plug ourselves into an outlet on the wall, rather we get our energy from the food that we eat. This field trip focuses on the questions surrounding how energy is transferred throughout an ecosystem, how ecologists classify living things, and how living and non-living things interact. The field trip follows a three-touch model, where students complete activities in the classroom before and after a field trip.

Acadia National Park

Virtual: Grades K-8: Acadia’s Winter Ecology

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

Freeze, stay, or go away.  We will focus on the strategies of hibernation, tolerance, and migration that Acadia's animals use to survive Maine's winters.  Join us to explore the winter ecology of Acadia and learn about some of the amazing animals who adapt to this challenging season!  (Adapted to each grade level) (30-45 minutes)

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

National Park Labs: Studies of Wildland Fire Ecology

• Type: Science Labs
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

National Park Labs: Studies of Wildland Fire Ecology curriculum is progressive and builds on the knowledge of each prior lesson. Teacher materials include guidelines that provide the concept, objective, method, materials, duration, procedures for conducting lessons, student handouts, and student investigation worksheets.

Acadia National Park

Virtual: Grades 5-6: Pond Ecology, Citizen Scientists at Work!

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

Learn how scientists track the health of Acadia by looking at who is living in a pond! Discover how you can help inventory the plants and animals that live near you! (45 minutes)

Glacier National Park

Eco-enrichers

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

Students evaluate the importance of soil as well as plant and animal matter as contributors to soil through observing earthworms decompose composting materials.

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.

Gateway Arch National Park

ECO Rangers Summer Camp

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

Explore what lives in our lakes, ponds, streams, forests, and prairie lands. Do the same macros live in the creeks and ponds? What birds and animals live in the prairie lands vs woodlands? Fish the lakes and rivers, fine tune your archery marksmanship, net for macros in ponds, and search for the birds in our Missouri’s public lands.

Devils Postpile National Monument

Climate Science in Focus: Data and Tools

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

Students will use scientific data on streamflow from the Sierra Nevada to analyze snowpack and draw conclusions about the changing climate. Students will be able to predict changes that will occur to the Sierra Nevada snowpack if the climate change continues, and predict the changes that will result on the biosphere due to climate change.

Exploring Climate Science: Stream Flow Tools and Data

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

In “Exploring Climate Science (Streamflow Tools and Data),” students will use data to draw conclusions about climate change. The students will be able to: 1. Create a double line graph to show the changes in streamflow throughout the year 2. Make two predictions about how climate change may affect stream flows

Lake Clark National Park & Preserve

How Many Salmon Are Enough?

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

Use this lesson to explore ecology, biodiversity and populations. This lesson takes real life experiences and scientific data to connect with students at a personal level and achieve a greater understanding in how wildlife and humans are connected.

Denali National Park & Preserve

Snowshoe Hare Population Cycles in Denali

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

This lesson introduces population ecology to students by using real data on snowshoe hares collected in Denali National Park and Preserve. Students will analyze recent population trends and predict future population changes.

Everglades National Park

"Alligator Hole Eco-Drama" Wildlife: 4-6th Grade

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

Our "Wildlife" unit is broken into 16 lesson plans, each taking from 20 minutes to several class periods to complete, and targeted mainly at 4th-6th grade students. A class needn't complete every lesson in the unit, though some lessons do refer to one another and are better done in sequence. However, each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Girl Scouts Cadette Eco Trekker at Carl Sandburg Home NHS

• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Follow this Girl Scouts Cadette "Eco Trekker" badge lesson to plan a visit with your scouts at Carl Sandburg Home NHS. Girls will learn about invasive species, leave no trace and how to practice eco friendly trekking while enjoying the outdoors.

Glacier National Park

Mature Forest Mime

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

Students learn forest terminology and ecological concepts through pantomiming and watching pantomiming.

Glacier National Park

Climate Mime-it

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

Students interpret and identify ecological concepts related to climate change, through the use of pantomime.

Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

Trail Skits

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Students will learn how to be prepared, respect the natural ecology, and be safe on their trip to Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.