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Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park

Resources and Energy

• Type: Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Teachers can use these worksheet templates to help students understand resource and energy use. One worksheet provides a Venn diagram template with U.S. Energy Consumption source graph, and another worksheet provides a chart template for students to record information on different types of energy sources. There is also an energy research project assignment with rubric.

Badlands National Park

Bison Banquet

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

All life needs energy to grow and survive. Plants receive a vital part of their energy from the Sun, while animals receive their energy from eating plants or other animals. The path energy takes through a series of organisms is known as a food chain, while all the paths energy can travel through an ecosystem is known as a food web. Discover how the mixed-grass prairie plants and animals of Badlands National Park are connected to each other through food chains and an overall food web.

Lowell National Historical Park

Waterpower: Powering a Revolution Virtual Field Trip

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

Explore how Lowell's many integrated systems, including waterwheels and turbines, transformed the potential energy of the Merrimack River into kinetic energy that ran the machines. Through a series of investigations led by one of our educators, students generate hypotheses and analyze data to determine the most efficient ways to distribute energy to all the mills' machines.

Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument

Pleistocene Food Scene

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

Students will model the flow of energy through Pleistocene (Ice Age) food chains.

Yellowstone National Park

To Eat or Be Eaten

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

In “To Eat or Be Eaten,” students demonstrate energy transfer and connections between plants and animals.

Plants, Pollen, and People: Archeology and Pollen Analysis

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

Students will learn how archeologists use pollen to learn more about past lifeways and environmental conditions, the methodological steps involved in pollen analysis, and how archeologists interpret their results. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.

Zion National Park

Sustainable Design Solutions: Mitigating Effects of Natural Resource Use

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

Using Zion's visitor center as inspiration, students will design energy-efficient buildings to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Puʻuhonua o Hōnaunau National Historical Park

Telling the Stories of Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau

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

Pu'uhonua o Hōnaunau contains many stories of past and present Hawaiian peoples. This lesson couples 3D virtual tours with oral histories, archeological data, and historical information to reveal and explore these narratives. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site

Frederick Douglass, The Educator of Anacostia: “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”

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

Students will learn about Frederick Douglass’s passion for learning and sharing knowledge with the African-American community. They will use 3D printed replicas to practice skills in primary source research, critical thinking, discussion, and writing. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.

Middens and Math: “Crashing the Gates” with Florence Hawley Ellis

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

Students will learn about the challenges that 19th- and 20th-century women faced when choosing a career path. They will then read a biography of Florence Hawley Ellis, one of the earliest American women to break into the male-dominated field of archeology. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.

Art and Archeology: “Crashing the Gates” with Ann Axtell Morris

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

Ann Axtell was a prominent archeologist, artist, and author. Ann spent much of her time recording and painting architecture, petroglyphs and pictographs, landscapes, and expedition work. Many of her recording methods are still in use today by modern archeologists. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.

Chaco Culture National Historical Park

Scouts and Shovels: “Crashing the Gates” with Bertha Dutton

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

Bertha Dutton was one of the first female archeologists who worked with the National Park Service. This lesson plan emphasizes her original methodologies and why her work was so important to both women’s history and cultural resource preservation. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.

Cane River Creole National Historical Park

What Did They Eat?: Archeology and Animal Bones

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

This lesson illustrates how archaeologists use faunal analysis, or the study of animal bones, to explore what people in the past ate and how they obtained their food. By applying concepts of taxonomy and scientific classification, it demonstrates how archaeologists use both scientific methods and historical research to interpret past lifeways. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.

Martin Van Buren National Historic Site

"Temperature, Clouds and Sun is Weather - Oh, My!"

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

The program consists of videos, hands-on projects, and observation-based activites. The participant will: Create a cloud headband. Learn about the job of a Meteorologist. Predict tomorrow’s weather. Learn about Martin Van Buren’s year without a Summer. Conduct an experiment to create a cloud in a jar and document the type of cloud by comparing it to a cloud chart. Enjoy some En Plein Air drawing or painting of cloud formations.

Temperature, Clouds and Sun is Weather - oh, my!

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

The program consists of videos, hands-on projects, and observation-based activites. The participant will: Create a cloud headband. Learn about the job of a Meteorologist. Predict tomorrow’s weather. Learn about Martin Van Buren’s year without a Summer. Conduct an experiment to create a cloud in a jar and document the type of cloud by comparing it to a cloud chart. Enjoy some En Plein Air drawing or painting of cloud formations.

Richmond National Battlefield Park

Neither Cold Nor A Harbor: Archeology and a Civil War Soldier’s Experience at the Battle of Cold Harbor

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

In June of 1864, the soldiers at Cold Harbor had to make use of the limited resources they had to survive. They used repurposed materials and their own hands to dig trenches and earthenwork mounds that would protect them from gunfire and mortar shells. This lesson plan combines artifact and map inquiry to learn about the Civil War landscape. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.

Yellowstone National Park

Atomic Elements and Archeology: Tracing Ancient Resource Access and Trade Routes Using XRF

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

X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is one scientific tool archeologists use to study the chemical composition of artifacts found on a site. This lesson plan illustrates the method behind XRF and describes how the resulting data can illustrate where and how ancient peoples obtained resources, whether through local sources or trade. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.

Maggie L Walker National Historic Site

“Nickels to Dollars”: Maggie L. Walker's Quest for African American Economic Empowerment

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

Students will pretend to go back in time to 1903 when Maggie Walker chartered the St. Luke Penny Savings Bank. They will use a 3D replica of, or the computer aided models of, the 1927 Maggie Walker collection bank to learn about the economic tools African Americans used to resist discrimination and uplift their communities during the Jim Crow era. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Seeing Into the Ground: Archeology and Magnetometry

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

Learn how archeologists use geophysical techniques like magnetometry to learn more about ancient objects and people. Explore the scientific process behind magnetometry, including magnetic fields, and how archeologists interpret their results. Complete a simulated magnetometry analysis using data from Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.

Alaska Public Lands

Climate Change Kit

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

This kit provides students with the chance to learn more about climate change and renewable energy through activities and demonstrations. Packed with curriculum and starter kits your students will have a blast learning together.