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Haleakalā National Park

Habitat

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

In this lesson, haumana (students) will learn about the geology, plate tectonics, hot spots, and volcanoes such as Mt. Saint Helens, Kīlauea and Haleakalā, Pele and Maui and how their moʻolelo relates to geology.

Manassas National Battlefield Park

Habitats

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

•Describe the 5 major biomes on Earth •Describe the factors that make up a successful habitat

Glacier National Park

Habitat Adventure

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

A ranger will take your class on a virtual "hike" to discover the four different habitats of Glacier National Park. We will learn what living things need to survive and meet at least one animal that lives in each habitat. Come prepared for an adventure, as you never know what will happen in the wild!

Rocky Mountain National Park

Habitat Investigators

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

Forest, tundra, wetland- oh my! Ever wonder what makes these habitats so unique? Go on a ranger-led exploration through these 3 different habitats to uncover the plants and animals that live there and create your very own "habitat investigator log" along the way!

Create A Habitat

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

Students will choose a habitat found in Haleakalā National Park and create a model of that habitat inside of a shoebox. The diorama projects will be shared with the class the following day.

Glacier National Park

Habitat Is Home

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

Students explore the idea that animals need a home and the basic parts of a habitat.

Glacier National Park

Habitat Hunt

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

Students will understand the difficulty animals have finding all the components of their habitats through a role-playing game (best done outside).

Haleakalā National Park

A Habitat Is A Home

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

At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to demonstrate an understanding that a habitat is a home, and native habitats are the best and only home for native species.

Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve

Basics of Habitat

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

Use America's largest national park as a pathway to discovery! In this lesson, students think about essential survival needs

Glacier National Park

What's That Habitat

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

Students identify their own basic needs for food, water shelter and space in a suitable arrangement and generalize that wildlife and people have similar basic needs.

Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

Creepy Crawly Habitat

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

Even unlikely places can be productive habitat! Bring your students to explore Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.

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!

Badlands National Park

Prairie Animals and Habitats

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

Badlands National Park protects 244,000 acres of mixed-grass prairie habitat and the wild animals that live in it. Prairie vegetation is mostly grasses--find out why. Then take a look at some of the wildlife (including bison, pronghorn, prairie dogs, and black-footed ferrets) that have adaptations that allow them to thrive in the prairie environment. Students participating in the in-class program may see and touch animal pelts, complete a puzzle, or complete a craft.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Habitats: 1st - 3rd Grades

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Activities help students understand the main elements needed in a habitat for wildlife to survive and the characteristics of the 4 habitats distinct habitats at Grant-Kohrs Ranch. Length: 1 hour

Prince William Forest Park

Habitats: Home Sweet Home

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

Where do animals live and why? How are their needs similar to what people need? Are humans and animals so different after all? What habitats does the park offer and who lives in them? A 0.2 mile hike of the paved Piedmont Forest Trail will follow a short talk where we will look for some park "residents". This program lasts 30 minutes to one hour.

Hot Springs National Park

Finding Hot Springs' Habitats

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

“Finding Hot Springs’ Habitats” is an environmental science program training students to “read” the many habitats of Hot Springs National Park. Students will learn about how the hot springs environment relies on a healthy ecosystem. Students analyze open air springs for water quality and thermal habitats before exploring terrestrial environments on a 0.5 mile naturalist hike. Designed for 2nd & 3rd grade Life Science lessons.

Haleakalā National Park

Habitat Unit Field Trip

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

A habitat or home is not only important to people but plants and animals need them to survive. A habitat of native trees like ʻōhiʻa, amaʻu ferns, and the shrub plant kūpaoa provide food, water, space, and shelter for many native species.

Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve

Pathways to Discovery - Model Habitat

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

Use America's largest national park as a pathway to discovery!

Olympic National Park

Habitat Requirements of Pacific Salmon

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

In this activity, students will learn about the specific habitat requirements for each Pacific salmon species, as well as, other anadromous fish of the Elwha River watershed. The ecological habitat of each salmon species includes their adult range in the ocean and the specific parts of the river, and its tributaries, that are critical spawning habitat.

Glacier National Park

Native Harvest

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

Discussion of the value of native plants and plants as cultural resources. Students have access to materials, library, internet to do plant research. Best if can also do field trip to park or other wild area to see native plants in their natural setting.