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Haleakalā National Park
Species in Danger
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to: 1. Identify endemic and endangered species in Maui and explain why native habitats are critical to the survival of these species. 2. Understand that biodiversity of an ecosystem depends on many interconnected factors and that an effect on one factor can influence all the others. 3. Name three reasons why people should care about the loss of endemic species.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
This activity will introduce students to some of the invasive species that pose a threat to native species in Haleakalā National Park. Students will learn how to identify different invasive species and will create an invasive species poster to share with their classmates.
Grand Canyon National Park
Superhero Species
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will create original drawings illustrating plant and animal adaptations that they find in their surrounding environment.
Grand Canyon National Park
Save the Endangered Species!
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will learn about endangered species through research and conversation and will create an original poster about one endangered species they want to protect.
Niobrara National Scenic River
Prehistoric Species of the Niobrara River
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
40 minutes classroom time https://youtu.be/N1baY1BbEYA Students will be able to compose a fictional first-person narrative from the perspective of a prehistoric species of the Niobrara National Scenic River following the guided prompts to examine and articulate its internal and external life experience of changing climate and landscape in a 9 minute essay.
Haleakalā National Park
Autobiographies of Extinct and Endangered Species
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This lesson is about why species become endangered or extinct. Students will do a case study of one extinct and one endangered species. The two biggest threats to a species survival are invasive species and habitat loss. Students will learn what an invasive species is and see visuals of habitat loss on Maui. Without intervention and management, these endangered species could disappear within the students’ lifetime.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students begin this activity listening to a children’s storybook that teaches them about a science concept. They will then be challenged to use their creativity to write a children’s story that young children could read to learn about invasive species. In the process of writing the book, their understanding of invasive species and their impact on the environment will be further enhanced.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This activity encourages students / teachers to make a difference in the area they live in and either (1) educate the public about invasive species, (2) change your lifestyle to prevent introduction of invasive species, or (3) take on a project to highlight and/or eradicate an invasive species in your area. After an introduction to the learning objective, student groups start to brainstorm ideas of things they can do in their community and create an action plan.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
There are many different and varied invasive species, but for this lesson the key points are that the species is (1) not native and (2) causes harm to either the economy or the environment. This activity will allow students to focus on one invasive species and present the information that they find about their species to classmates in a classroom go-around at the end of their research.
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore
Invasive Species in the Great Lakes
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
A classroom-based program that reviews pre-site and field trip lessons about animal adaptation, survival, and their ecosystems. This is part three of a three part series, but can be done independent of the prior two activities/field trip.
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Explore Barataria! Invasive Species – Water Hyacinth
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Learn about one invasive species present at the Barataria Preserve, called the Water Hyacinth. Then see if you can you answer all of the questions and teach a sibling, friend, parent, or guardian about control measures for invasive species.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
Water Those? Aquatic Invasive Species at Sleeping Bear
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The Water Those? program will introduce your students to aquatic invasive species, how they impact our ecosystems, and what we can do to help.
Cowpens National Battlefield
The Cowpens Landscape Today: Native, Exotic, and Invasive Species
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
To demonstrate to students how exotic and invasive species are changing the Cowpens National Battlefield landscape in context of comparative changes,nationwide.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Study personal accounts of soldiers who fought in the first battle of the Civil War, and debate whether the U.S. should maintain historic sites where few substantial remains exist.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Today the cotton gin is quiet. The commissary, where sharecroppers could buy supplies, looks as if someone just closed and locked the door. Hoes, oxen yoke, and ploughs rust in the blacksmith's shop. What froze this place in time? What clues tell the history of this place? Let's begin the story.
Fort Necessity National Battlefield
The French and Indian War 1754-1763: How Did The War End? - Unit 5
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This unit teaches the students about how the war ended with the Treaty of Paris, and what the consequences were to the different groups who were involved. Both the American colonists and the American Indians were not involved in the peace treaty. The lesson includes background information and one student activity, “Making Peace.”
Haleakalā National Park
Biodiversity Unit Field Trip
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Biodiversity is critical to the health of native habitats and species in Haleakalā National Park. Many plants on the slopes of Haleakalā are endemic and evolved to live in these unique habitats. Explore these habitats and learn why biodiversity is important and how Haleakalā National Park protects these rare, endemic, and endangered species.
Haleakalā National Park
Map Analysis
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Haleakalā National Park protects the biodiversity of endemic species. This activity will introduce students to the boundaries and topography of Haleakalā National Park.
Haleakalā National Park
A Habitat Is A Home
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to demonstrate an understanding that a habitat is a home, and native habitats are the best and only home for native species.
Haleakalā National Park
Biological Diversity Field Study
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to: 1. Understand that biodiversity of an ecosystem depends on many interconnected factors and that an effect on one factor can influence all the others. 2. Name three reasons why people should care about the loss of endemic species.