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Lowell National Historical Park
Engineering a Better Future Virtual Field Trip
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Crushed fingers, broken legs, cuts and bruises … these were just some of the injuries suffered by 19th-century mill workers as they operated large, dangerous machines. Students will examine the Boott Cotton Mills’ looms and apply the engineering design process to identify safety problems and propose possible solutions. Using breakout groups and collaboration technology, students will design a safer loom by applying modern solutions to a historical problem.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
If you were an engineer, how would you create a “bee” to help pollinate plants? Students will •analyze parts needed by a robotic bee to operate efficiently •describe different structures and functions of their robotic bee •create a robotic bee that would be able to accomplish pollination
Glacier National Park
Going-to-the-Sun Road: A Model of Landscape Engineering - A Teaching with Historic Places Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Using the Going-to-the-Sun Road in Glacier National Park in Montana, this lesson plan allows students to identify problems encouraged in designing and building Going-to-the-Sun road and analyze the role of Frank A. Kittredge in planning the road. Students will use historic maps, readings, photographs and drawings to describe and evaluate arguments for building roads to provide access to Glacier National Park and other backcountry and wilderness regions.
Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve
Mars Traveling Trunk
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Journey through time and space, through the geography and geology of sand dunes, and the feats of engineering that make such exploration possible.
Hot Springs National Park
Protecting the Water
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This program explores the ways that Hot Springs National Park protects the natural water cycle and harnesses the water for human use. Students will explore different challenges from habitat protection to engineering that the park faces in protecting the 143-degree thermal water for public use. Designed for 5th and 6th grade Earth Science and Engineering. Advanced programs may be used for High School programs.
Acadia National Park
Virtual: Grades 3-5: Carriage Road ABCs: Architects, Bridges, and Carriages!
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Draw, design, and move along as we explore the stories of those who helped engineer, build, and maintain the historic carriage roads and bridges of Acadia. (45 minutes)
Arches National Park
Plant Adaptations
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students explore the structures of plants and their functions by comparing desert and riparian plant adaptations. Students engineer mechanisms to help seeds travel, and design their own plants in the classroom.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Now one of the most beautiful spots in Puerto Rico, the battlements illustrate the remarkable work of Spanish military engineers and recall more than 400 years of history in the Americas.
Glacier National Park
Meeting the Fire Triangle
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this activity, students make a physical model of the Fire Triangle as a geometric shape. They manipulate the model and discuss the components of the Fire Triangle in the context of things they are already familiar with - candle flames, campfires, and engines.
Statue Of Liberty National Monument
Statue of Liberty Pedestal and Museum: Self-Guided Tour
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This self-guided program will tour you through the Statue of Liberty’s lobby, museum and observation deck. As you approach the statue think about how the statue could have changed over the years, inside and out. Think about the engineering that when into supporting a statue of this size in windy New York Harbor.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This lesson is based on the National Register of Historic Places documentation for “The Stockade” and “Florence National Cemetery,” part of the “Civil War Era National Cemeteries MPS;" and on archival and archeological research sponsored by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration (NCA), conducted by archeologists with MACTEC Engineering and Consulting, Inc. (MACTEC).
Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
Ranching, Roads and Rivers, Then and Now
- Type: Teacher Workshops & Other Programs
- Grade Levels: Graduate Level (Masters, PhD)
Join the staff at Grant-Kohrs Ranch for a five-day Science, Technology, Engineering, Art and Mathematics (STEAM) continuing education workshop for teachers. Gain an in-depth understanding of the natural and cultural resources at GRKO and incorporate that information into educational curricula. Explore new ideas and strategies on best practices for cross-curricular design, incorporate Art into STEM lessons and add to your collection of ready to use lessons.
Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument
Henry O. Flipper, Colored Cadet at West Point
- Type: Guest Speakers
- Grade Levels: Adult Education
Henry O. Flipper was born enslaved and became the first African American officer and graduate from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1877. However, during his fifth year of service, on June 30, 1882, he was dishonorably discharged from the Army. Flipper fought to regain his honor for the rest of his life. He continued to serve as a public servant, working for the Department of the Interior as well as an engineer.
First State National Historical Park
In the Best Manner
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Compares and contrasts social differences in ownership of items and stylistic changes in architecture and decorative arts. This field trip is at the John Dickinson Plantation.
- 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.
Olympic National Park
North Olympic Watershed (N.O.W.) Science Program
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Working with the Feiro Marine Life Center and the Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary, the N.O.W. Science program is an inquiry based exploration of the Peabody Creek watershed.
Cape Lookout National Seashore
Cape Lookout Lighthouse Traveling Trunk
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This traveling trunk will teach students about this important aspect of our maritime history. Through journals, hands-on artifacts, and classroom activities, your class can experience some of the daily activities of a lighthouse keeper.
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.
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.