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Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument

Ice Age Investigation

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

An independent research activity where students will make observations and understand that many Ice Age animals are similar to animals that still live today.

Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument

Ice Age Mammals of Tule Springs Research Project

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

Students will identify key information about a past species. Students will describe modern relatives of a species found in the fossil record.

Acadia National Park

Age of Exploration

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

There are many different ways to look at history ranging from a broad view of major events on a global scale to a small scale looking at specific local events. We start out with the big picture: how, when and why did the Europeans cross the Atlantic to a land that had been inhabited for thousands of years then look at an example of the cultural interface close to home.

Kenai Fjords National Park

Listening to the Ice

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

What are global warming and climate change? How are they caused, and how they are impacting our planet? A National Park Ranger will use Kenai Fjords National Park as a looking glass through which to observe our planet's health. The ranger will engage students with questioning, video content and other techniques in order to broaden their local and global understanding of climate change and leave them with a hopeful attitude about the future of our natural environment.

Mount Rainier National Park

Fire and Ice

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

Students use ice cream glaciers and hot wax lava flows to simulate the interactions of glaciers and lava flows. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to answer the question: How do a volcano and its glaciers work together, specifically at Mount Rainier?

Ages and Stages: The Life of a Hawaiian Volcano

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

Students will learn about the evolution of a volcanic island from origin to erosion. They will understand that Hawaiian volcanoes have gradually progressed through different stages as they are formed, emerge, and erode back into the sea from which they came.

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

See, Touch, and Hear: Preschool-age students

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

Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park has special things to see and touch. This field trip will enable preschool-age students to discover special plants and animals by using their senses.

Acadia National Park

Fire and Ice: Discovering Acadia's Geologic Past (5th-8th Grade)

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

With a new found knowledge and appreciation of Acadia's geology, students will discuss ways they can help take care of the geologic resources in the park.

Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument

Pleistocene Food Scene

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will model the flow of energy through Pleistocene (Ice Age) food chains.

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

Uncovering Beringia: The Lost Continent

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

Travel back in time to learn about the animals and landscape of Beringia during the last ice age! Students will join a Park Ranger to explore the role of Beringia and Bering Land Bridge National Preserve in the history of human migration into the Americas.

Everglades National Park

"Sea Level Rise" Climate Change: 4-6 Grade

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

Using props, ice, building dioramas, maps and art, students will see how sea level rise is caused by melting ice-sheets (not by melting ice-bergs).

Glacier National Park

Breaking it Down

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

Students observe a concrete example of water weathering rocks by freezing a jar of water and then letting the broken jar with ice, un-thaw to illustrate power of ice in weathering rocks.

Wind Cave National Park

Cave Cracks

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

A "cool" demonstration using a block of ice to simulate carbonic acid dissolving away a cave.

Bering Land Bridge National Preserve

Erosion: Washing Away the Earth

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

Erosion can be a major issue. It is caused by a number of factors, both manmade and natural. The effects of erosion are very evident on Arctic coastal villages that are experiencing storm surges and no longer have the added protection of longer lasting sea ice. Research indicates that both the storm surges and lost of sea ice are the result of climate change.

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

Me and My Park

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

A shorter ranger-conducted program for Pre-K. Designed for this age group's attention span. Includes science, a walk, and a fort program with a ranger and age appropriate activities.

Haleakalā National Park

Rolling Stones: Haleakalā National Park Rocks!

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

This lesson explores the forces of weathering and erosion that shape our island home. It recounts volcanic creation, and then delves into the gradual destruction caused by the forces of wind, water, ice and waves.

Saguaro National Park

How Much Water Can Sunny The Saguaro Drink?

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

How does Sunny the Saguaro's age over the years compare to his height? The objective of this lesson is to help students learn about the relationship between the height of saguaros and their age while utilizing their geometric equations to calculate the volume of Sunny the Saguaro.

Layers of Time

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

Guiding Questions: What is stratigraphy? What is the law of superposition? How can archaeologists study stratigraphy to determine the age of archaeological objects? Students will: Explain what stratigraphy is. Describe the law of superposition. Understand how stratigraphy can be used to determine the age of archaeological objects.

Glacier National Park

Model Glaciers

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

Using river trough from Unit 2, students place/move frozen ice blocks with gravel/rocks in them through the sand to form glacially carved valleys, cirques, tarn lakes, etc.

Tree Rings

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

In this lesson students will learn about tree rings and how archaeologists use them to help date sites and artifacts. What are tree rings? How are tree rings used to determine the age of archaeological sites? Students will... ●Understand how trees grow and why growth rings are formed. ●Describe how climate and weather affects the growth of tree rings. ●Explain the age of a tree by its rings. ●Understand how ring patterns can be used to determine the age of archaeological sites.