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FDR’s New Deal Environmental Preservation
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Students will be able to argue by using multiple sources the effectiveness of FDR’s Relief, Recovery and Reform Programs toward environmental preservation.
Adapting to an Extreme Environment
LBJ and the Environment of the 1960s
Park or Preserve?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will understand the purpose of the National Park System and the types of places that are protected by the NPS. Students will distinguish between a National Park and a National Preserve. Students will identify the various ways in which NPS employees and visitors manage, explore and interact within the preserve and why
Preserving a Symbol
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
At the end of the lesson, students will be able to: 1. Identify the different natural elements that have helped the Statue of Liberty change color over time. 2. Describe how the oxidation process can impact metals like copper. 3. Interpret whether the Statue of Liberty will hold as much cultural significance today had the copper not oxidized
"Create a Community" Environment: 4-6th Grade
The People: Pre-1845
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Preservation at Mount Rushmore
- Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Learn about the various preservation concerns at Mount Rushmore. By learning to recognize the various types of rocks found in Mount Rushmore and their different characteristics and varying rates of erosion, students will be able to understand the complexity of caring for a monument like Mount Rushmore.
Barataria Preserve Pioneers
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The People: Pre-1845
- Type: Teacher Reference Materials
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
"What's So Special?" Environment: 4-6 Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will draw a favorite plant, animal, or activity common to the Everglades environment and explain, in writing, the reason they chose it. This will help students recognize and identify one valuable aspect of a national park’s environment, and draw conclusions as to why they value that aspect of the environment.
"Incredible Shrinking Habitat" Environment: 4-6 Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The Florida panther has succumbed to numerous pressures, including loss of habitat, to become a highly endangered species. Access into wilderness areas by road building for drainage canals, and increased development for ranching, lumber, agriculture, mining, oil and gas drilling, housing and recreation all impact the panther habitat. Students will become panthers, deer and vehicles in an active tag-like game to learn about the impact of development.
Building Stewardship Through Science - Mercury in Our Environment
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
By working with various partners, including Dartmouth College's Toxic Metals Research Program, students determine mercury levels in macroinvertebrates taken from the Pogue (pond) in Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller NHP. Students learn how mercury moves through air, water, and through the food chain. By reading Marsh, learning about Billings and Rockefeller, students will cultivate a sense of stewardship and reflect on their own choices.
Pre-visit Graphic Organizer
Pre-visit Student Worksheet
Pre-visit Crossword Puzzle
Family Ties (Pre Visit)
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Erosion and Preservation of the Water Table
Economy and Trade: Pre 1845
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade