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Olympic National Park

Geology

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

This program for second grade students takes place at the Hurricane Ridge Visitor Center. It involves two separate activity stations and a ranger-led nature/geology walk.

Scotts Bluff National Monument

Geology Rocks: The Geology of Scotts Bluff

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Learn more about the geologic forces that have shaped, and continue to shape, Scotts Bluff.

White Sands National Park

Giant Geology

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

Targeted Grades: Grades 3-7. Can be used with older and younger students.

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Geologic Timeline

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

Students will conduct research on extinct species annotating specified information. Students will then locate where on the geologic timeline each species fits. From there, students will create their own geologic timeline trail using their pictures.

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Geologic Maps

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

Students will make their own interpretive map of the Florissant valley using either watercolor paint or whatever else is available to them. The students will create their maps using a video filmed at the overlook point on the geologic trail to provide them with a large view of the valley. They will use Arthur Lakes’ 1878 watercolor map of the Florissant valley as a reference.

Lava Beds National Monument

Geology Traveling Trunk

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

Check out a Geology Traveling Trunk from Lava Beds National Monument!

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.

Fossil Butte National Monument

Geology, Relatives, and Time

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

Using a simple three or four generation family tree, students construct a relatives time tree that mimics the major divisions of the geologic time scale, Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic.

Grand Canyon National Park

Self-guided Geology Trip

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

Explore the fascinating geology of Grand Canyon with four engaging activities. Walk the Trail of Time, learn about the dramatic erosive forces of the Canyon, and observe and reflect on change over time.

Petrified Forest National Park

Clam Beds Geology Hike

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

Geology/Clam Beds Hike: Grades 3-8, 60-90 minutes Students hike with a ranger into the badlands of Petrified Forest where they learn how to make observations, read the rocks around them, discover fossil evidence and discuss ideas about Arizona's geologic past. Group Size is limited to 25 students.

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Permian Reef Geology Trail

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

McKittrick Canyon contains a unique biotic community that clings to an intermittent stream which flows over fragile, travertine formations.

Arches National Park

Field Trip in a Box: Geology

• Type: Media for Loan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will explore how geologic processes cause continual changes in the Earth's physical features.

Haleakalā National Park

Geology Unit Field Trip

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

Pāhoehoe lava rock is one of many rock formations made by volcanoes. Rocks can show us all kinds of information like types of volcanoes and kinds of lava flowed, where lava flowed and whether lava cooled down fast or slow. Geology rocks!

Lava Beds National Monument

Lava Beds Geology in Mushpot Cave

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

Ranger-led tour through cave.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Northeast Ohio Geology: Teacher Resources

• Type: Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Materials for educators who teach about northeast Ohio geology or earth science.

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)

Olympic National Park

Geology pt 2: Rock Sorting

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

Students will be able to identify the three basic types of rocks (Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic) and sort samples of rocks into the three types?

Olympic National Park

Geology pt 1: Rockity Rock Rock

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

Students will be able to identify the three basic types of rocks (Igneous, Sedimentary, Metamorphic) and basic characteristics of each.

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Geology Lesson 1. The present is the key to the past.

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

During the Permian period a sea covered the area and a reef started to form in this marine environment. The actual fossils you can find hiking the Permian trail at Guadalupe are remnants of this ancient feature. This lesson will help high school students to infer what happened in the area using important geological tools like rocks, fossils and satellite images.

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Geology Lesson 2. Global building blocks

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

Rocks and minerals are the building blocks of the Earth Crust. Learning how to identify the main types of rocks and their minerals will help students understand the geology of the Guadalupes and how a beautiful reef can transform into a mountain.