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Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

Mars Traveling Trunk

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

Journey through time and space, through the geography and geology of sand dunes, and the feats of engineering that make such exploration possible.

Federal Hall National Memorial

Evacuation Day marked the final British evacuation from New York City in 1783, after seven years.

Type: Other Education Materials
Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

The National Park Service invites you to our annual Evacuation Day Event, this year being held VIRTUALLY! Evacuation Day marked the final British evacuation from New York City in 1783, after seven years. Evacuation Day remained a city holiday into the 1930s and the occasion was often marked by parades and colorful ceremonies.

Fort Necessity National Battlefield

Traveling the National Road: Unit 10 Artifact Activities

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

This unit has students reenact a tollhouse on the National Road where the students are required to calculate the toll rates charged and use coins to pay the correct toll. The students also use their math skills while participating in two different activities to calculate distances using the miles listed on the mile markers.

Haleakalā National Park

He Aha Lā He Kūkulu?

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

Kekahi hale Hawaiʻi ma kahi o Ka Pāka Aupuni Ma Ka Moku O Kīpahulu

Whiskeytown National Recreation Area

The Wintu of Whiskeytown

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

Image of California’s Native American tribe boundaries with the Wintu traditional lands in Northern California labeled with a pin mark.

Glacier National Park

Create a National Park

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

Students create a mini-national park in a specified outdoor area, marking a nature trail and providing visitors with information about the park.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Carving Tools at Mount Rushmore for Grades 3, 4 and 5

Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Learn about the marks that carving tools make. Students will learn about the processes of rock removal at Mount Rushmore and understand why the different tools were used at each point of the process.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

5th Grade: Dunes Food Web

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

Students will understand the components of a food web and how they interact. They will create a food web based off a “mini ecosystem” that was marked out along the trail. They will define “invasive species” and identify common invasive species in our area.

Civil War to Civil Rights Trading Cards

Type: Online Galleries
Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Collect stories about the Civil War and civil rights! The National Park Service is offering more than 500 trading cards to mark the 150th anniversary of the Civil War and the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Carving Tools at Mount Rushmore for Grades K, 1 and 2

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

Students will practice identifying and correctly naming geometric shapes within Mount Rushmore. Students will learn about the marks that carving tools make. Students will also learn about the processes of rock removal at Mount Rushmore and why the different tools were used at each point of the process.

Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

Humpback Whales of Glacier Bay Lesson 2: A Whale of a Tail

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

In this investigation, students study the identification and monitoring of humpback whales in Glacier Bay National Park. Students will identify individual humpback whales by their fluke markings. Then, students will use these skills in a simulated whale monitoring trip. Finally, students will identify the humpback whales seen and learn more about the life histories of individual whales.

Haleakalā National Park

ʻĀhinahina Haleakalā

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

Eia ihola ke kiʻi o nā ʻĀhinahina ma Haleakalā. Akāka ke kiʻi o ka ʻĀhinahina mākua.

Cane River Creole National Historical Park

Read With a Ranger: Our National Parks Need You

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

Read a book with a Park Ranger! Join us in reading Our National Parks Need You by Stacy Tornio. This book shows how students can protect National Parks to make keep them safe and beautiful for future visitors. It encourages students to stay on the marked paths, take pictures instead of souvenirs, and to find beauty in each part of the park.

Andersonville National Historic Site

Exploring Andersonville: A Self-guiding Prison Site Walking Tour

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

The site of the Camp Sumter Military Prison, commonly known as Andersonville, is preserved as part of the Andersonville NationalHistoric Site. Today a grassy field punctuated with stakes to mark the location of the deadline and stockade wall, the prison site provides a unique opportunity to explore the experiences of the 45,000 prisoners of war held here in 1864-65. This document provides a guide for teachers leading students around the prison site.

Acadia National Park

Habitat Scavenger Hunt

Type: Student Activities ... Other Education Materials
Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Walk around a safe outside space with adult supervision and make a mark every time you see an example of food, water, shelter, and space. These are what animals need in their habitats to survive. You can write in a little dot, a checkmark, or you can even draw a little picture. Hint: A shelter could be a nest or a house, but remember it could also be the area underneath a log! Try with a partner and compare what you find!

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Reading for Rustlers

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

During the Open Range Cattle Era of the late 1800s, one of the most valued cowboy skills involved reading. Cattle brands, or hot irons used to mark cattle ownership, were the only way to tell whose cattle belonged to who on the open range. In this lesson, students will learn how to “read” the mysterious symbols used on cattle brands. They will also take on the role of cowboys and use their brand reading skills to find cattle thieves, called rustlers.

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

Pratt Cabin Field Trip

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

The hike to Pratt Cabin is 4.8 miles round-trip and generally takes 3 to 4 hours. There are picnic tables near and at the cabin, but there are no restrooms in the canyon. Beyond Pratt Cabin, the hike to the Grotto is another mile. There are stone picnic tables at the Grotto.

Saratoga National Historical Park

Nature Hike: A walk on the Wilkinson Trail

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

Nature hikes are a great way to explore outdoor areas, and Saratoga National Historical Park’s main hiking trail, the 4+ mile Wilkinson Trail, has much to offer. Named for British mapmaker Lieutenant William Wilkinson, the trail has a shorter, 2 mile option useful with students. This activity sheet accompanies the 2-mile hike, encouraging students to look around them and engage with the natural world around them.

Alaska Public Lands

Marine Mammals Kit

Type: Traveling Trunk
Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

With over 6,500 miles of coastline, Alaska has a diversity of marine mammals. This kit provides an opportunity to have fun while learning about these amazing creatures.