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Death Valley National Park
Mining Unit: It's Mining Time
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This lesson is part of a cross-curricular mining unit focused on the impacts of miners on the Death Valley community and environment. This is the third lesson in the unit which provides students opportunities to explore the true meaning of a boom and bust mining operation. Students will practice basic math operations while examining a Death Valley mining timeline.
Grand Canyon National Park
Current Events – Uranium Mining
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
How do we work together to find sustainable solutions to everyday problems? Uranium mining near the Grand Canyon is a controversial subject. This lesson takes shape in the form of a townhall style debate.
Prince William Forest Park
Hike to the Cabin Branch Pyrite Mine
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Learn the history of the park's iron pyrite mine on this moderate, two mile hike that lasts around two hours. Rangers will hike with students to the old mine site, and give students the opportunity to learn about the park's mine reclamation efforts, stroll along a boardwalk, and see several existing foundations and capped off mine shafts.
Death Valley National Park
Mining Unit: Discovering a Stamp Mill
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This lesson is part of a cross-curricular mining unit focused on the impacts of miners on the Death Valley community and environment. This is the introductory lesson which provides students journal writing opportunities to explore their meaning of discovery. Students will watch a short online video on mining in Death Valley and actively sequence the steps of a typical stamp mill.
Death Valley National Park
Mining Unit: Death Valley Characters
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This lesson is part of a cross-curricular mining unit focused on the impacts of miners on the Death Valley community and environment. This is lesson provides students an opportunity to explore the individuals who moved to the Death Valley area for mining. Students will read an online article and role play characters representing different jobs in the mining camps.
Keweenaw National Historical Park
Commercial and Non-Industrial Occupations Pre-Visit Activity 2: Non-Mining Jobs
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will be able to name and define at least one non-mining job.
Keweenaw National Historical Park
Influence of War Post-Activity 2: Influence of War on Copper Industry
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will be able to demonstrate the rise and fall of copper production and how it often coincides with times of conflict in the later years of mining.
Klondike Gold Rush - Seattle Unit National Historical Park
Taming the River
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
"Taming a River" looks at the possible effects which occur during most mining operations that took place during the historic gold rushes in North America. The lesson plan can also be modified to see what could happen in areas underlain with permafrost.
Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument
Cookie Conservation
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will mine chocolate chips out of chocolate chip cookies as a proxy for fossil collecting. The point of this activity is to get students to think about how fossil collecting can make a public land site much less appealing to visit and eventually leave no fossils for future generations to see.
Everglades National Park
"Incredible Shrinking Habitat" Environment: 4-6 Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The Florida panther has succumbed to numerous pressures, including loss of habitat, to become a highly endangered species. Access into wilderness areas by road building for drainage canals, and increased development for ranching, lumber, agriculture, mining, oil and gas drilling, housing and recreation all impact the panther habitat. Students will become panthers, deer and vehicles in an active tag-like game to learn about the impact of development.
River Raisin National Battlefield Park
A Soldier's Notes From Michigan's Big Battle
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Territory during the War of 1812 in Monroe, MI. This lesson will explore maps and primary sources to understand the significance of the battlefields. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to answer the question: Why should River Raisin and other War of 1812 battlefields be preserved and protected?
Petrified Forest National Park
Every Kid In a Park - Exploring Public Lands and Waters
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Every Kid in a Park: Grade 4, 30 minutes in the park (45-60 min pre-visit lesson) Students meet a ranger in the park for a 30 minute question and answer session. This program can be conducted at any overlook or trail in the park. 4th grader passes are issued to the class at the end of the program.