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Niobrara National Scenic River

Ecology Unit

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

Six terrestrial ecosystems combine with the riparian and aquatic ecosystems of the Niobrara to create a mix of plants and animals that exist together like nowhere else. This unit focuses on the ecology and biodiversity of the Niobrara River Valley. It contains a field experience component in addition to pre and post experience classroom work.

Kenai Fjords National Park

Temperate Rainforest Ecology

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

Students will review the concept of ecosystems and thoroughly examine the members of their local ecosystem. By concentrating on a specific relationship within the rainforest ecosystem, students will better understand the entire community.

Grand Canyon National Park

Self-guided Ecology Trip

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

Observe and experience the diversity of life at Grand Canyon. Get to know the adaptations of the resilient plant life on the rim and engage with the intricate relationships between living things in this community.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Black Hills Fire Ecology

• Type: Distance Learning ... Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

How does fire help our landscapes? In this lesson students will learn about prescribed burns and the helpful side of fire through an activity and lesson.

Glacier National Park

Eco-enrichers

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

Students evaluate the importance of soil as well as plant and animal matter as contributors to soil through observing earthworms decompose composting materials.

Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area

Ecology Three-Touch Field Trip Model

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

Have you ever thought about how to power a person? We don't plug ourselves into an outlet on the wall, rather we get our energy from the food that we eat. This field trip focuses on the questions surrounding how energy is transferred throughout an ecosystem, how ecologists classify living things, and how living and non-living things interact. The field trip follows a three-touch model, where students complete activities in the classroom before and after a field trip.

Acadia National Park

Virtual: Grades K-8: Acadia’s Winter Ecology

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Freeze, stay, or go away.  We will focus on the strategies of hibernation, tolerance, and migration that Acadia's animals use to survive Maine's winters.  Join us to explore the winter ecology of Acadia and learn about some of the amazing animals who adapt to this challenging season!  (Adapted to each grade level) (30-45 minutes)

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

National Park Labs: Studies of Wildland Fire Ecology

• Type: Science Labs
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

National Park Labs: Studies of Wildland Fire Ecology curriculum is progressive and builds on the knowledge of each prior lesson. Teacher materials include guidelines that provide the concept, objective, method, materials, duration, procedures for conducting lessons, student handouts, and student investigation worksheets.

Acadia National Park

Virtual: Grades 5-6: Pond Ecology, Citizen Scientists at Work!

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Learn how scientists track the health of Acadia by looking at who is living in a pond! Discover how you can help inventory the plants and animals that live near you! (45 minutes)

Gateway Arch National Park

ECO Rangers Summer Camp

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

Explore what lives in our lakes, ponds, streams, forests, and prairie lands. Do the same macros live in the creeks and ponds? What birds and animals live in the prairie lands vs woodlands? Fish the lakes and rivers, fine tune your archery marksmanship, net for macros in ponds, and search for the birds in our Missouri’s public lands.

Glacier National Park

Forest Poetry

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

Students highlight their forest experience through poetry

Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve

Forest Exploration

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

Use America's largest national park as a pathway to discovery! In this lesson, students learn about the types of small creatures that live in a forest habitat.

Glacier National Park

⁠Forest Communities

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

Students collect conifer tree needles and cones (not in the national park but from locations where it is permissible) and make displays from them. They identify trees and take note of where their samples were collected.

Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve

Forest Life: The Basics

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

In this classroom activity, students will learn the basics of animals survival in the forest.

Glacier National Park

Mature Forest Mime

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

Students learn forest terminology and ecological concepts through pantomiming and watching pantomiming.

Where is the Native Forest?

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

The original plant and animal species that colonized the islands had to make various adaptations to better survive in the unique ecosystems on Maui. Students will view maps that show the different ecosystems, the park boundary, and the reality of how it looked both before and after human contact. They will discover if Haleakalā National Park and their protection efforts are working to preserve native species and their native habitats.

Haleakalā National Park

Maui Forest Birds

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

In Hawaiian mythology, the demigod Māui loved the forest birds and painted them bright colors for all to see and enjoy. The native Hawaiians loved to use the feathers of these forest birds to create lei kāmoe (feathered lei), mahiole (feathered helmets), kāhili (feathered standards), and ʻahu ʻula (feathered cloaks). These birds’ populations have been steadily declining since European settlers came in the 19th century bringing non-native plants and animals.

Glacier National Park

Old Growth Forest Mural

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

Students learn about the components of old growth forests and related conservation issues through the creation of a mural.

Zion National Park

The Forests, Wetlands, and Deserts of Zion

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This distance learning program focuses on the plants and animals that live in Zion’s varying ecosystems. Students will learn about their adaptations and relationships to each other in this interactive lesson with a creative and critical thinking activity. (45 minutes)

Getting to Know your Forest

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

In this mini unit students will identify an outdoor space with trees that they would like to observe. They will count the amount of live trees and dead trees (snags). They will watch for changes over time and share the data they collect with others.