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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.

Day 4 of Biodiversity Bee Week: Engineering a Bee

• 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.

Colorado National Monument

Ciclo de Rocas

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

At the completion of this lesson, students will be able to identify one or two ways that rocks can be broken down and/or combined and students will be able to describe the rock cycle of the sandstone.

Acadia National Park

Sieur de Monts Stewards

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students explore various trails and the new Nature Center exhibit to delve into the topic of human change in the environment. This program takes place along easy to moderate hiking paths with some uneven terrain.

Saint Croix Island International Historic Site

Sieur de Mad-Lib

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

Use our words and your own silly words to fill in the blanks in Pierra Dugua's story of how and why he came to North America.

Acadia National Park

Sieur de Monts Scavenger Hunt

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

Sieur de Monts has limited accessibility in the winter but can offer great flat locations to explore. Use this scavenger hunt to guide your experience. Fill out at least 3 activities to print the scavenger hunt certificate.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Designing a Monument

• Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Students utilize resources available in the art classroom to recreate the Mount Rushmore Sculpture, or design their own version, where they choose the four figures from history they feel should be represented by the monumental sculpture. Students will present their final art piece to the classroom with a persuasive argument for their choices of the figures.

Olympic National Park

Dam Removal: A long and difficult process

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

In this activity, students working in four groups will research one of four issues involved in dam removal as it relates to the Elwha River. The students will synthesize their research for presentation to the class.

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

Rose Window (Radial Design)

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Students will be able to recognize and create radial designs, and identify specific cultural artifacts that utilize radial designs.

Beach Debris Design Challenge

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

Find out about watersheds and how to protect them.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Wandering the Watershed Menu 5: Hybrid B: Design Challenge & Design Visit

• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This hybrid track has students explore watersheds through prepared video. The students will then complete the design challenge in the classroom and visit the Lakeshore in the spring to test their design. (FREE design kits provided by the National Park Foundation.)

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.

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.

Everglades National Park

"Designs Of My World" Native People: 4-6 Grade

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

Students will discover the meaning behind the patterns on traditional Miccosukee attire. The students will then design their own patterns based on important elements of their everyday life. Finally, the students write about what their design means to them.

Maya Lin: Designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Student Activity

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students examine the concepts of the designing of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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.

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.

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.