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Saratoga National Historical Park

On Hallowed Ground

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

Ready-to-use materials for teachers can greatly contribute to a meaningful educational experience for students and teachers alike. This activity accompanies a self-guided battlefield tour during the course of a visit to Saratoga National Historical Park.

Gateway Arch National Park

Finding Common Ground

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

Gather in the Gateway Arch visitor center to learn and practice the art of debate, compromise, and mediation as we strive to find a common ground. Call 314-655-1635 for more information.

African Burial Ground National Monument

Exploring the African Burial Ground

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

African Burial Ground trips consist of a 90 minute visit, which includes a site film, a ranger led discussion, and a tour of our memorial, as well as a chance to explore the exhibits in our visitor center. On-site visits are offered Tuesday-Saturday at 10 AM, 11:30 AM, 1 PM, and 2 PM and are limited to groups of 40 people or less.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Seeing Into the Ground: Archeology and Magnetometry

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

Learn how archeologists use geophysical techniques like magnetometry to learn more about ancient objects and people. Explore the scientific process behind magnetometry, including magnetic fields, and how archeologists interpret their results. Complete a simulated magnetometry analysis using data from Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.

Statue Of Liberty National Monument

Liberty Island Grounds: Self-Guided Tour

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

As you approach the Statue of Liberty in beautiful New York Harbor, think about how the statue is viewed today compared to 100 years ago. Think about all the different ways and places that you have seen the Statue of Liberty displayed. How is she percieved? What symbols make up her design and how does that affect how she is viewed? Another line of questioning could be a consideration of the statue’s enormous scale.

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Ground Level Ozone Biomonitoring - High School Garden Study

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

Scientists have noticed that ground level ozone levels tend to be worse at higher elevations, especially at night. This field trip will introduce students to these ozone issues. The attached field trip packet is broken into three parts - onsite activities in the park accompanied by two preparation activities and two wrap-up activities.

African Burial Ground National Monument

Discover the African Burial Ground National Monument: A Lightning Lesson from Teaching with Historic Places

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

Identify ways people memorialized the dead at the “Negros Buriel Ground” in colonial New York and ways people memorialized the African Burial Ground National Monument.

Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park

Anchialine Pools STEM Kit, Grades 9-12

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

Through these activities, students build physical models and make observations to learn how the hidden groundwater is vital to the survival of these culturally significant pools.

Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park

Anchialine Pools STEM Kit, Grades 6-8

• Type: Science Labs
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Anchialine pools are unique coastal brackish water pools that occur in the United States only on the islands of Hawaiʻi. Fresh groundwater from higher elevations seeps through the lava and mixes with seawater in the coastal pools creating a unique habitat. Through these activities, students build physical models and make observations to learn how the hidden groundwater is vital to the survival of these culturally significant pools.

Hot Springs National Park

A Journey of Rocks and Water

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

Students will create an understanding of the hydrogeological system of Hot Springs through observations of notable rock formations and examinations of the permeability of groundwater through certain rock types. Program designed for 7th grade and high school Earth Science courses.

Olympic National Park

What is a Watershed?

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

Through this activity, students will learn that healthy watersheds are vital for a healthy environment and economy. They will explore the following question: How can understanding watersheds and particularly the Elwha watershed help you protect the water and other natural resources?

Hot Springs National Park

Finding Hot Springs' Habitats

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

“Finding Hot Springs’ Habitats” is an environmental science program training students to “read” the many habitats of Hot Springs National Park. Students will learn about how the hot springs environment relies on a healthy ecosystem. Students analyze open air springs for water quality and thermal habitats before exploring terrestrial environments on a 0.5 mile naturalist hike. Designed for 2nd & 3rd grade Life Science lessons.

Hot Springs National Park

How the Water Gets Hot

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

Students will explore rock outcroppings, look for evidence of the water recharge area, and examine the emerging hot springs to learn about the stories of rocks and water millions of years in the making. This program introduces students to this portion of the ancient Ouachita Mountain Range, and the remarkable waters that bubble up after a 4,400-year-old journey. Designed for 4th and 5th grade geology lessons.

Hot Springs National Park

Where the Water Begins

• Type: Student Activities ... Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

“Where the Water Begins” is an interactive science program to understand the thermal water cycle of Hot Springs National Park. It involves several demonstrations to illustrate the geology of the Ouachita Mountains, the water cycle, the potential impact of pollution in the Hot Springs recharge zone, and hot springs ecology. The program also involves larger field activities to integrate the messages of the hot springs water cycle and the protection of the recharge zone.

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

Chattahoochee's Cold Water Fisheries

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

Trout streams are particularly susceptible to thermal pollution, because they need to maintain cold temperatures year round. Trout streams are either well shaded or receive cold groundwater inputs. Artificial tailwater fisheries may be created at the outflow from large dams, where the size of the reservoir creates a steep temperature difference, with colder water stored at the bottom of the reservoir near the outlet. The Chattahoochee River below Buford Dam is an example of a tailwater fishery.

Fort Donelson National Battlefield

Natural History Collection at FODO

• Type: Online Galleries
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Ground pine found on the park trail. Native plants are helpful to prevent soil erosion and to enrich the soil.

Acadia National Park

Botany for Elementary Students

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

Students will make observations of the nature found on their school grounds in order to use specific and detailed language to describe specimens.

Glacier National Park

Erosion and Preservation of the Water Table

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

Teacher will demonstrate or have students take turns, pouring water on different ground covers to observe which holds the sediments in place better.

Arthurdale: A New Deal Community Experiment

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

Welcome to historic Arthurdale, West Virginia, a New Deal village built from the ground-up for coal miners and their families during the Great Depression.

Alaska's Site Summit: Cold War Defense and its Legacy in the North (Teaching with Historic Places)

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

Learn about Alaska's Site Summit and Nike Hercules, a nationwide ground-based anti-aircraft missile system that protected the U.S. during the Cold War.