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Johnstown Flood National Memorial

The Great Johnstown Flood
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

An interdisciplinary curriculum bsed program about the Great Johnstown Flood of 1889.

Mount Rainier National Park

Flood, Fire, and Fury!
  • Type: Student Activities
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

This activity provides information about how some of the earliest human inhabitants in the Pacific Northwest witnessed geologic activity at Mount Rainier. Native Americans used oral, rather than written, communication to pass down historical information, heritage, and traditions.

Johnstown Flood National Memorial

Johnstown Flood Museum: Academy-Award winning film, "The Johnstown Flood"
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will enter the museum theater to watch the 26-minute Academy Award winning film for Best Documentary, Short Subject.

Johnstown Flood National Memorial

Media Representations of the 1889 Johnstown Flood
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

For students to learn about media coverage at the time of the flood and the 19th century.

Johnstown Flood National Memorial

Johnstown Flood Museum: Museum Tour
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

For students to learn about the disaster by viewing artifacts and museum exhibits.

Johnstown Flood National Memorial

Johnstown Flood Museum: Oklahoma House
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The students will then be given a tour of an original "Oklahoma" house.

Johnstown Flood National Memorial

Johnstown Flood Museum: Main Exhibt Hall
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will receive an orientation into the life of Johnstown before, during, and after the flood.

Run for Your Lives! The Johnstown Flood of 1889
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Determine how environmental management, technology, and the actions of 19th-century industrialists contributed to a disaster in Pennsylvania that shocked the nation. Also understand why a community spent funds to restore a railway built to save lives.

Rocky Mountain National Park

Natural Hazards Happening Now
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Rocky Mountain National Park and its surrounding communities have experienced major flooding events. In this program, students will act as meteorologists and study historic floods using a virtual flood table model. Students will apply their new knowledge to predict future natural hazards.

Pre and Post Field Trip Activities
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will be able to understand the role of Fort Matanzas in relation to Spanish colonial history and how Fort Matanzas played an integral role in protecting the city of St. Augustine, FL.

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.

Death Valley National Park

Floodwaters in the Desert Lab Activity
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will explore precipitation through discussion, videos, and a PowerPoint presentation. For the lab activity, students will explore the way flood waters can affect the landscape and topography in the desert. Students will observe what happens to the landscape as different amounts of water are dropped on the hillside.

Johnstown Flood National Memorial

The South Fork Dam: A Guided Walk through the Ruins
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

The students will take a ranger-led hike into the lakebed and walk through the ruins of the South Fork Dam.

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Exploring the C&O Canal's Cushwa Basin
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will learn about preserving the C&O Canal as a place to learn and explore our history, describe the C&O Canal as an early transportation system including canal operations, lock technology, and life for canal workers, and explain the concepts and effects of various earth processes, including: weathering, erosion, deposition, and flooding.

Zion National Park

Carving the Canyon - The Geologic Story of Zion
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Trace the geologic history of earth through the stunning canyon walls of Zion National Park. This program introduces students to the unique and complex story of Zion and the southwest, and allows students to gain a deeper understanding of geologic processes. Students interact with park rangers to discuss the formation of this canyon, and then engage in a critical-thinking activity about erosion. (60 minutes)

Lyndon B Johnson National Historical Park

LBJ and the Environment of the 1960s
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Learn about the environmental issues of the 1960s and how President Lyndon B. Johnson took action.