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Catoctin Mountain Park

Close Encounters of the Catoctin Kind

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

Bring Catoctin Mountain Park to your classroom!

Shenandoah National Park

Kindergarten | Sense Scientists

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

A child investigates the world and learns about his/her surroundings through the five senses. Shenandoah National Park is a great place to expand a child’s sense of wonder and develop observation skills through hands-on discovery and nature experiences. Students will learn stewardship behaviors and find ways they can help protect and preserve the environment.

Acadia National Park

Phenology Routine Kindergarten

• Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

The study of seasonal and cyclical changes in the natural world is called phenology. This study is important in understanding the needs of plants and animals and the ways in which they adapt to seasonal changes. Documenting the seasonal changes in the natural environment provides students with an opportunity to practice paying close attention to their surroundings.

Acadia National Park

Ecosystem Explorers (Kindergarten)

• 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 (Kindergarten)

• 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!

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Secrets of The 'Apapane - Kindergarten

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

Young students learn about the 'apapane and it's role in the native Hawaiian forest through utilizing their senses and observational skills.

Acadia National Park

Leave No Trace Kindergarten Routines

• Type: Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Leave No Trace is a framework for interacting with the natural environment in a sustainable way. These activities review the first two principles: Plan Ahead and Prepare, and Walk or Camp on Durable Surfaces.

Everglades National Park

"Nature Hunt" Everglades ABCs: Kindergarten

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

Students will be able to explain at least two reasons why animals communicate. Students will be able to demonstrate sounds and movements of at least three native Everglades animals.

Assateague Island National Seashore

Kindergarten| Feathers & Hair: What Animals Wear!

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

Whether it is feathers, fur, skin, or hair, young learners will explore what animals wear with a story that comes to life with props and pantomime. Program Length: 45 minutes NGSS: 1-LS1-1

Everglades National Park

"Circle Round and Round" Everglades ABCs: Kindergarten

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

Our "Everglades ABCs - Activity Guide for Grades K-3" is broken up into 9 sections with materials in each section. The activities take 30 to 45 minutes to complete, and are targeted mainly at kindergarten to third grade students. A class doesn't have to complete every lesson in the unit, though some lessons do refer to one another and are better done in sequence. However, each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources.

Everglades National Park

"Gar, Gar, Gator" Everglades ABCs: Kindergarten

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

Students will be able to define what a simple food chain is and describe at least 3 Everglades food chains.

Shenandoah National Park

1st Grade and Kindergarten | Virtual Wildlife Detective

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Help rangers solve the mystery of the missing berries while virtually exploring Shenandoah National Park! Use your senses to find clues, meet some of the animals that live here, and learn all about the importance of Shenandoah and all National Parks. 30 minutes

John Fitzgerald Kennedy National Historic Site

"The Measure of a Man's Success in Life is Not the Money He's Made. It's the Kind of Family He Has Raised.": Separating the Myth from Reality in the Life and Times of Joseph Patrick Kennedy Sr.

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

This lesson plan allows high school students to identify who Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. was and his role in United States history. Students will examine Kennedy family photographs, letters from Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. to his family, and quotes from Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., to form their understanding of his influence. Students will evaluate the ways in which historians form complex understandings of controversial historical figures.

Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park

Klondike Railroad

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

How did railroad owners use the Klondike Gold Rush to their advantage? What kinds of things drew more people to trains? What kind of people took trains back then?

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!

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

Survival of the Fittest

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

Create your own new kind of animal and learn why some animals thrive in certain environments and not others.

Acadia National Park

What is Algae?

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

Students will be introduced to algae and research the different kinds. Students then will make algae in the classroom and take a field trip to see and observe macroalgae.

National Park of American Samoa

Everybody Needs A Home

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

The main purpose of this activity is for students to generalize that animals need a home. Homes are not just houses. A house may be considered shelter. People build houses, apartments, trailers, houseboats, and other kinds of shelter in which to live. Animals also need some kind of shelter. The shelter might be underground, in a bush, in the bark of a tree, or under some rocks.

Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve

Bottomland Hardwood Trail Hike

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

Join Rangers Allyn and Natasha on a trail hike through a beautiful bottomland hardwood forest and see what kind of animals are waiting for you!

Scotts Bluff National Monument

"Symbols of Our Nation"

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

This fun lesson is appropriate for kindergarten and first grade.