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Colorado National Monument

Four for Fourth: Comprehensive 4th Grade Science (Every Kid Outdoors)
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Topics: Adaptations, Weathering/Erosion/Deposition, Structure/Function, Force/Energy/Motion | This 4th grade stations program combines four subjects (Animals, Geology, Plants, and Water), where learners in small groups investigate each component of the ecosystem.

Charles Young Buffalo Soldiers National Monument

Benjamin O. Davis, Jr.: From Fourth Graduate to Four Star General
  • Type: Distance Learning ... Guest Speakers
  • Grade Levels: Adult Education

General Benjamin O. Davis, Jr. built a legacy well beyond being the fourth African American to graduate from West Point. He learned from the legacies that came before him to go further and higher in his military career. He commanded the Buffalo Soldiers, the Tuskegee Airmen, and served all over the world. Even after retirement, he continued to serve the public in various administrations, creating change on various levels to leave a legacy all his own.

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

3rd Grade Birding
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will have the opportunity to go on a bird walk led by a park ranger. They will also "migrate" between three adaptation stations where they participate in hands-on activities related to beak, wing, and foot adaptations of birds.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

4th Grade: Geology
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will learn that wind, water, and ice are the forces that drive weathering, erosion, and deposition. They will discover that some of these processes occurred long ago, and some are still occurring today. Students will make observations about the rocks and minerals that make up our sand. Students will understand that the dunes at Sleeping Bear are special and that plants that grow on them can change them, too.

Wright Brothers National Memorial

The First Four Flights--Math Up!
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This lesson plan will allow students to understand the path that led to the Wrights' success on December 17, 1903 by relating the stories of their interest in flying from youth, the growing interest in flight in the late 1890s and the flight experiments that led to their first flights in 1903. The story of their dream to fly will be used as a backdrop for students to solve relevant mathematical problems and connect with Wright Brothers National Memorial.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Waste Not: 4th - 5th Grade
  • Type: Guest Speakers
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Bison were an essential animal for many plains tribes. This lesson explores the many uses tribal people had for the bison as well as economic and cultural significance.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Habitats: 1st - 3rd Grades
  • Type: Guest Speakers
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Activities help students understand the main elements needed in a habitat for wildlife to survive and the characteristics of the 4 habitats distinct habitats at Grant-Kohrs Ranch. Length: 1 hour

Acadia National Park

Protecting the Park (3rd Grade)
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

How do park rangers and community members protect special places like Acadia? Students explore the current research projects happening in the Park. Then, they become "Junior Scientists" as they study biodiversity and learn to address the challenges facing our environment today. The schoolyard will be utilized as on outdoor classroom!

Acadia National Park

Ecosystem Explorers (1st Grade)
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

These programs are written for grades K-2 as a fall exploratory hike along Maine's wild coastline. Each program builds on the previous one and is based on the Next Generation Science Standards.

Acadia National Park

Ecosystem Explorers (2nd Grade)
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

These programs are written for grades K-2 as a fall exploratory hike along Maine's wild coastline. Each program builds on the previous one and is based on the Next Generation Science Standards.

Acadia National Park

At Home in Acadia (1st Grade)
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

An exploratory walk is part of each program. The focus is on sensory experiences as the group slowly and quietly moves through the forest, by the stream and in an open area. We never know what wonderful things we will find!

Zion National Park

Chat with a Ranger - All Grades
  • Type: Distance Learning
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

In Chat with a Ranger, students learn about Zion National Park, the park service, and the life of a ranger. Students prepare and send questions ahead of time. This program can be adapted to fit different curriculum objectives, and is appropriate for any age group. (30 minutes)

Manassas National Battlefield Park

Bridging the Watershed-4th Grade
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Acadia National Park

At Home in Acadia (2nd Grade)
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

An exploratory walk is part of each program. The focus is on sensory experiences as the group slowly and quietly moves through the forest, by the stream and in an open area. We never know what wonderful things we will find!

Shenandoah National Park

3rd Grade | Adaptations for Survival
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Living things use adaptations to respond to life needs for survival. These adaptations may be behavioral or physical in nature. Students will investigate adaptations of plants and animals living in Shenandoah National Park using observation, cooperation, discovery, and participation skills.

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Survival of the Fittest (3rd Grade)
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Standing 400 feet above the Kīlauea Iki crater down to the depths of a 550 year old lava tube, students explore and understand the ecosystem of Hawaii's natural rainforest. Through this field trip, they will understand how these plants and animals made their way over vast oceans, and how they began to adapt to elements and terrain presented to them upon arrival. The students will begin to gain a deeper sense of appreciation for the environment in which they live.

Governors Island National Monument

4th Grade Traveling Trunk
  • Type: Traveling Trunk
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Packed with lesson plans, primary source documents, reproduction artifacts, movies, and more, our Traveling Trunk is a ready-made and easy way to make New York City and U.S. history tangible to students.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Cowboy Gear: 3rd - 4th Grade
  • Type: Guest Speakers
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Cowboys on the open range needed tools to do the job, like most workers. Explore the essential tools and gear needed for a cowboy, and the history behind them.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Native Games: K - 4th Grades
  • Type: Guest Speakers
  • Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Oral traditions are an important historical source we can use to learn about people of the past. Through native games that have been passed down for generations, students will learn about native cultures and traditions.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

What is Preservation?: 4th – 5th grade
  • Type: Guest Speakers
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

What is the difference between preservation and restoration? How do people help preserve the past in their daily lives? Students will learn about the concept of “preservation” and the careers that work in preservation.