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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.

Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park

Caring For Our Forests - A Legacy of Stewardship

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

This is a Global Studies and English unit that is ideally designed as part of a forest-focused, across the curriculum unit, which would complement work being done in the subject specific areas of math, science, and physical education of a typical middle school in Vermont. This unit could also stand on its own in terms of a place-based unit using forests as its focal point

Cedar Breaks National Monument

Plant Adaptations in the Sub-alpine Forest Ecosystem

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

This lesson plan is built for use on a ranger or teacher guided nature walk at Cedar Breaks. Students will learn about plant adaptations to the sub-alpine forest ecosystem. After learning to identify five of the most common sub-alpine trees and shrubs, students will engage in a hands on study of a one-meter plot of forest. The class then will discuss how the plants are uniquely adapted to long cold winters as well as how forests adapt to changing environmental conditions.

Petrified Forest National Park

Where in the World is Petrified Forest Virtual Field Trip

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

Is your classroom too far away to visit the park? Don't worry, you can still connect with a ranger! The Where in the World is Petrified Forest program is for Grades 4-6. This program is an introduction to the environment that existed during the Late Triassic, Plate Tectonics, and Geography. It consists of 90 minutes of pre-program classroom activities with a 45 minute live video conference with a ranger.

Cedar Breaks National Monument

Life Up High: Precipitation, Elevation & the Sub-alpine Forest

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

This interactive presentation introduces students to the three main ecosystems across Utah: deserts, wetlands and forest. The goal is to give students a sense of why the environment at Cedar Breaks National Monument is noticeably different from their more familiar environment down in Cedar City. Emphasis is placed on understanding the effects of elevation on precipitation, temperature and dominant plant life in each ecosystem, with a focus on the high alpine forest ecosystem.

Adaptations - Redwood Forests (2nd Grade: Lesson 1 of 2)

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

Students will create their own forest creature and understand what adaptations are.

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Ko Kākou Mau Hoaloha i ka Ulu Lā‘au: “Our Friends in the Forest”

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

Using the powers of observation, students learn the importance of our native forest and trees to humans in every day life.

Channel Islands National Park

Channel Islands Live Dive: High School

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Students explore the kelp forest with a park ranger-diver through an interactive distance learning program. Program emphasis is on the park's kelp forest inventory and monitoring program and the rationale for creation of marine protected areas (MPAs). Affects of human activities on kelp forests are also explored.

Channel Islands National Park

Channel Islands Live Dive: 6th Grade

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

Students explore the kelp forest with a park ranger-diver through an interactive distance learning program. As kelp forest inhabitants are encountered, students identify their roles as producers or consumers. Food chains are constructed and the transfer of energy is discussed. Affects of human activities on kelp forests are also explored.

Kenai Fjords National Park

Succession and Nutrient Cycling in a Temperate Rainforest Ecosystem

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

Students will examine succession in two forest ecosystems: a recently de-glaciated area and an established temperate rainforest. (Note: This lesson can be adapted to succession in any forest ecosystem.)

Channel Islands National Park

Channel Islands Live Dive: 4th Grade

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

Students explore the kelp forest with a park ranger-diver through an interactive distance learning program. As kelp forest inhabitants are encountered, fourth grade students identify their roles as producers or consumers. Food chains are constructed. What if one organism in a food chain disappears? What if some condition in the kelp forest changes?