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Montezuma Castle National Monument

Ladders for Success

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

Your 4th graders will learn about the number of family members and community members it took to farm, get water, chop and deliver wood for the fire pits and other daily tasks. They will discuss the labor intensive chore of making a ladder, and then make their own mini version to see how it was done.

Cane River Creole National Historical Park

A Fish's Journey

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

Learn about the life cycle of fish! In this choose-your-own adventure inspired activity, players will travel through their life cycle as a Bluegill living in Cane River Lake. Try to survive to adulthood and spawn the next generation of Bluegills – but watch out for predators and other challenges along the way.

Buffalo National River

Fish Out of Water

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

What comprises a fish? How can one fish affect an ecosystem? Learn more through this lesson and the activities that follow.

Haleakalā National Park

He Aha Lā He Kūkulu?

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

Kekahi hale Hawaiʻi ma kahi o Ka Pāka Aupuni Ma Ka Moku O Kīpahulu

Acadia National Park

The Great Fish Migration (7th Grade)

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

The Great Fish Migration is a 4 hour program that partners with the MDI Historical Society and the Somes Meynell Wildlife Refuge to bring a historic and scientific picture of the fishing history of Somesville and the revitalization of the local Alewife population.

Everglades National Park

"Fish Relay" Wildlife: 4-6th Grade

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

Our "Wildlife" unit is broken into 15 lesson plans, each taking from 20 minutes to several class periods to complete, and targeted mainly at 4th-6th grade students. A class needn't complete every lesson in the unit, though some lessons do refer to one another and are better done in sequence. However, each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources

Everglades National Park

"Who's Killing Our Fish?" Water: 4-6 Grade

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The student will be able to: a) locate the Dry Tortugas, b) analyze the effects of overharvesting on various fish populations, and c) discuss reasons that make wildlife restrictions important to the survival of populations.

Rock Creek Park

Herring Highway

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Visit Rock Creek Park to explore a new fish passage for River Herring.

Olympic National Park

Freeing the Elwha: "Hatcheries - Saviors or Scourge for Wild Salmon?"

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

This activity helps students understand the history and roles that hatcheries serve in sustaining commercial fisheries, native fish populations, and saving endangered fish stocks. They will also do their own research on the pros and cons of hatcheries.

Assateague Island National Seashore

Aquarium Talk

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

Have a firsthand introduction to the creatures that live in the waters surrounding Assateague Island. Students will learn about this fish-eat-fish world and the fascinating adaptations some creatures have evolved to keep from being someone else's lunch!

The Truth: You Decide

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

Future Civil War Major General and President Ulysses S. Grant, started developing his leadership skills as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Battle of Resaca de la Palma. Grant’s Memoirs, written 39 years after the battle, mentioned his experience in the battle. Students review a primary and secondary document about the Battle of Resaca de la Palma. The primary document is part of Grant’s Memoirs. The secondary document is a lithograph of the Battle. Afterwards, they answer questions about the documents.

Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument

Gran Quivira: A Blending of Cultures in a Pueblo Indian Village

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

The quiet remnants of the village of Las Humanas, now called Gran Quivira, only hint at the vibrant society that thrived here until the late 17th century. Today it is one of three sites that make up Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument.

Gateway Arch National Park

Rookie Rangers Summer Camp

• Type: Student Activities ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Rookie Rangers is an introduction to the adventures of the Outdoor Ranger Camps. Join us in Ranger adventures in hiking, water safety, fishing, archery, outdoor survival skills, and cave exploration.

Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park

Kaloko Loko I'a (Fishpond) Curriculum

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

Kaloko-Honokōhau is a wahi kūpuna (ancestral place) that is deeply loved and cherished by the kamaʻāina (natives) of Kona. Remembered today for the fishing village that existed along the coast, these reminders of the ancestors remain. Remnants of the fishing village includes kahua (ancient house site platforms), heiau (religious sites), loko iʻa (fishponds), holua (toboggan slide), kiʻi pōhaku (petroglyphs), papamū (kokane game boards), ahu (altar), and ala hele(trails).

Johnstown Flood National Memorial

An Interview with Colonel Elias J. Unger

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

During this interactive play, students will meet Colonel Elais J. Unger, president of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club. A ranger will portray Unger and tell the story of the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889.

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

Lesson 5 - CODED SPIRITUALS, METAPHOR IN AFRICAN AMERICAN SPIRITUALS

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

This is the fifth set of lessons in a multi lesson unit. It is based on the two-cd set Freedom Is Coming: Songs of Freedom, Resistance, and the Underground Railroad, available from the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, 916 North Peters Street, New Orleans, La, 70116. www.nps.gov/jazz

Olympic National Park

Overfishing and Fisheries Collapses

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

This activity focuses on the recent collapse of marine fisheries across the world due to increased commercial fishing pressures, a result of increased technology coupled with the changing climate of marine environments related to greenhouse gas pollution.

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

Lesson 6 - RESEARCHING CONTEMPORARY SLAVERY

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

This is the final set of lessons in a multi lesson unit. Lessons are based on the two-cd set Freedom Is Coming: Songs of Freedom, Resistance, and the Underground Railroad, available from the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park, 916 North Peters Street, New Orleans, La, 70116. www.nps.gov/jazz

Fossil Butte National Monument

Making a Fossil Game

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

Students will play a game where a volunteer plays a fish that sinks to the bottom of the lake after death. The remaining students will slowly cover the volunteer with their jackets, showing how over time organisms are covered with sediment and slowly become a fossil.

Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park

Historical Characters

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

In this activity, students will learn about nine key participants in the Battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma and the Siege of Fort Brown. They will discover how the personalities of these key leaders helped them during these clashes and influenced their outcome. Students them compare their own personality traits to discover how they are like or different from these leaders.