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Fort Larned National Historic Site

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

Juan travels with his father from Santa Fe to Hays, Kansas, helping with the trade caravan along the way.

Death Valley National Park

Elevation Above and Below Pre-Trip Activity
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

For this activity students will explore the way topographic maps are used to describe elevation such as “sea level,” “below sea level,” and “above sea level.” Students will compare and contrast side view diagrams of mountains and valleys to topographic maps. Students will use their own hands to create a topographic map of their own.

Cedar Breaks National Monument

Life Up High: Precipitation, Elevation & the Sub-alpine Forest
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This interactive presentation introduces students to the three main ecosystems across Utah: deserts, wetlands and forest. The goal is to give students a sense of why the environment at Cedar Breaks National Monument is noticeably different from their more familiar environment down in Cedar City. Emphasis is placed on understanding the effects of elevation on precipitation, temperature and dominant plant life in each ecosystem, with a focus on the high alpine forest ecosystem.

Grand Canyon National Park

Japanese Americans at Grand Canyon - Bellboys and WWII Heroes
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

From bellboys at El Tovar Hotel to highly decorated war heroes in 442nd Regimental Combat Team, learn about stories like George Murakami's that provide a window into the Japanese American experience at Grand Canyon.

Zion National Park

Earth's Features: Interpreting Patters with Topographic Maps
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will identify a landform around them and create their own topographic map. They will also build a mountain out of playdough and divide the mountain into sections, which they will use to make a topographic map that shows contour lines, elevation changes, and gradients.

Olympic National Park

Aspect, Treeline, and Climate
  • Type: Student Activities
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

In this activity, students will learn about the factors that determine the location of the treeline in different locations in the world. The elevation of treeline is affected by the combined effects of snowpack depth, minimum winter temperatures, aspect, and soil moisture conditions. Treeline varies by latitude, but is also affected by whether it is an arid, temperate, or tropical climate.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Ground Level Ozone Biomonitoring - High School Garden Study
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Scientists have noticed that ground level ozone levels tend to be worse at higher elevations, especially at night. This field trip will introduce students to these ozone issues. The attached field trip packet is broken into three parts - onsite activities in the park accompanied by two preparation activities and two wrap-up activities.

Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site

Incline 6: An Intepretive Hike
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

the students will hike a trail to the bottom of Incline 6 and hike back up by way of the incline itself. On the way down, students will learn about the natural resources used as raw materials in the building of the Allegheny Portage Railroad. On the way up, students will learn about the cultural resources related to the incline. They will also have the opportunity to determine the angle of the incline and the change in elevation.

Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park

Anchialine Pools STEM Kit, Grades 6-8
  • Type: Science Labs
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Anchialine pools are unique coastal brackish water pools that occur in the United States only on the islands of Hawaiʻi. Fresh groundwater from higher elevations seeps through the lava and mixes with seawater in the coastal pools creating a unique habitat. Through these activities, students build physical models and make observations to learn how the hidden groundwater is vital to the survival of these culturally significant pools.

Rocky Mountain National Park

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

Due to changes in elevation, precipitation, and temperature within Rocky Mountain National Park, the ecosystems found here are extremely diverse. Join an education ranger and become ecosystem explorers on a mission to uncover the biodiversity found in each ecosystem! Students will research one of Rocky's four ecosystems before connecting with an education ranger and will present their findings during the live program. Rangers will elaborate on each ecosystem, showing videos

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

"Cross and Examine"
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This lesson plan is intended for use at Fort Clatsop but can be used with any area with a slope or hill. This lesson will have students look at the expedition's ideas on crossing the river or moving up stream for their winter camp site. It will help teach students how to measure incline and the importance of choosing a good camp site.

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

Freeing the Elwha (Aspect and Soil Moisture)
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

What combination of factors both natural and man made is necessary for healthy river restoration and how does this enhance the sustainability of natural and human communities?

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

The Arrowhead: Emblem of the National Park Service Middle School Lesson
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

In this lesson students will learn about the mission of the National Park Service and how it relates to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore through a guided exploration of elements represented on the NPS Arrowhead emblem. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to answer the questions: *How do the five elements on the arrowhead emblem symbolize the NPS? *How can the five elements on the arrowhead emblem be seen at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore?

Locke and Walnut Grove: Havens for Early Asian Immigrants in California
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

How did Chinese and Japanese immigrants develop California's industry and culture?