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Lowell National Historical Park

The Human Impact on the Living Planet Virtual Field Trip

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

Tracing the water cycle, from precipitation to surface water runoff, students investigate how humans’ impact the health of the environment. Through stories of everyday activities, students make predictions, conduct observations, and formulate conclusions as our staff conduct live experiments. After observing the test of a simple water filter, students propose changes to improve the design and discuss ways in which their community can reduce its impact on Earth’s resources.

White Sands National Park

Human History Traveling Trunk

• 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.

Women's Rights National Historical Park

Women’s Rights are Human Rights

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

In this series of four lesson plans from the Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor, students will be able to explore the development and growth of the American women's rights movement. This includes lessons about the Seneca Falls Convention, the Erie Canal, and the later women's rights movement. Developed by educator Lynn Girven of the Rochester City School District.

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

Asteroid Impact Model

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

This is a great model to look at the impact craters left behind by an asteroid. Models like this can help us to visualize how the craters on the moon were also formed.

Cape Lookout National Seashore

Horses and Humans: Shackleford Horses Unit

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

This science & math unit features the wild horses of Shackleford Banks. See attached complete unit.

Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park

Klondike's Environmental Impact on People

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

What situations were travelers to the Klondike Gold Rush prepared to handle? Are there any bugs or animals that could have caused them harm? Do you think the small chance of finding gold successfully outweighed the risks and costs of sailing and hiking into the Yukon?

Marsh - Billings - Rockefeller National Historical Park

Climate Change in Vermont: Measuring Predicted Impacts

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

In the "Emerging Science" episode (VT Public Television) “Climate Change: A Northeast Primer,” students are introduced to present-day and potential future impacts of climate change on Vermont. Through these activities, students plan ways to measure climate change, explore climate change data, and use phenology to detect a species’ response to climate change.

Olympic National Park

Freeing the Elwha: "The Impacts of Hydroelectric Dams on Salmon"

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

Through this activity, students will learn about the impacts of hydroelectric dams on anadromous salmon migration and some of the mitigation techniques that have been designed to reduce these impacts.

Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site

"Where Do Human Rights Begin? In Small Places Close to Home."

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This packet includes 4 different activities to help students understand the legacy of Eleanor Roosevelt and her work on social justice issues. Students will learn about the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and its impact on the lives of all people as well as Eleanor Roosevelt's impact on the country through her "My Day" columns.

Gettysburg National Military Park

Slyder Family Farm (Formerly Called Impact of War)

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

The battle of Gettysburg affected not just the soldiers who fought it, but also the civilians in and around the town - destroying property, stability and livelihoods. The goal of this program and its accompanying materials is to instill a sense of ownership for the Slyder Family Farm in the minds of all the students who visit it, thereby establishing a sensibility and connection to the impact that wars have on entire generations of Americans - soldier and civilian.

Potomac Gorge: A Natural Monument in the Shadow of National Monuments

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

On this field trip to either C&O Canal National Historical Park or the George Washington Memorial Parkway, students will conduct a field study activity, to identify some of the ways human impacts affect organisms that live in the Potomac and assess the human impact on a 20-meter stretch of trail in the park.

Acadia National Park

Bird Data Scientist

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

Become a data scientist and use data to create an evidence-based argument whether humans are impacting migratory patterns of birds.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

Planet Protectors: Exploring Pollution and Solutions

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

Explore human impacts on the environment! Meets Kentucky 2nd grade social studies standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.

The Changing World of the Shenandoah Salamander

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

Define the mission of the National Park Service. Name three national park areas and their significant features. Explain how Shenandoah protects plants and animals, specifically the Shenandoah salamander. Identify three environmental/human influences that can impact the ecosystem of the Shenandoah salamander. Describe potential consequences to the Shenandoah salamander's survival. Explain three ways that individuals can help reduce the impact of human-accelerated climate change.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Why People Move: Human Migration (Grades 3-5) Lesson 1 of 3 Carl Sandburg Home NHS

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

Using examples from North Carolina's own migration history this lesson helps upper elementary students to understand the different types of human migration. Examples range from antebellum mountain summer homes to post-Civil War African American history. Western North Carolina has a long history of human migration in many forms. This lesson is a fun introduction to migration vocabulary with interactive activities to encourage critical thinking and the use of context clues by students.

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Flora on the Plains: Grasses, Trees, and Agriculture

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

Follow alongside a trading caravan with Josiah Gregg to observe how plant life contributed to and threatened survival in the southern Great Plains. Consider how human impact and responsible management of natural resources was necessary during the fur trade era just as it is today.

Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site

First Lady of the World: Eleanor Roosevelt at Val-Kill

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

Examine how Roosevelt's use of her at home reflected her interest in human rights and her leadership in creating the United Nations' Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Glacier National Park

Models of Succession

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

Students apply the process of succession to human activity and examine human habitat construction and its effects on the natural environment -- by building a model of a city and demonstrating their succession theories.

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.

George Washington Carver National Monument

George Washington Carver - An Original Conservationist: Sharing the Soil

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

For this activity students will create a brochure for farmers. The brochure will describe the needs each crop has (soil type, weather, etc.), the impact of the crop on the soil and the different ways the crop can be used. Students will focus on cotton, tobacco, peanuts, soybeans and sweet potatoes. The goal is for students to understand the impact cash crops may have on soil quality and how farmers can replenish their soil through crop rotation.