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Andersonville National Historic Site
The martyrs who, for our country, gave up their lives in the prison pens in Andersonville, Ga
- Type: Primary Sources
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Captain James M. Moore, assistant quartermaster United States army, led the expedition to Andersonville in the summer of 1865 which established the National Cemetery. This booklet includes his official report of the expedition and includes a listing of the dead buried at Andersonville.
Andersonville National Historic Site
Contributions relating to the causation and prevention of disease, and to camp diseases; together with a report of the diseases, etc., among the prisoners at Andersonville, Ga
- Type: Primary Sources
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This report by the non-governmental U.S Sanitary Commission is devoted to a series of medical issues pertaining to the Civil War. A third of the book is devoted to Andersonville, written by Confederate surgeon Joseph Jones, M.D. Portions of his essay are derived from the report he attempted to suppress at the end of the war.
Everglades National Park
"Greenhouse Gasses" Climate Change: 4-6th Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This is an active, running game. Students will be able to show how infra-red radiation is trapped by greenhouse gasses. Students will understand what happens to the temperature of the planet if more greenhouse gasses are put into the atmosphere.
Gateway Arch National Park
Lewis and Clark Traveling Trunk
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Learn about the Lewis and Clark voyage from the eyes of Patrick Gass, the longest living member of the expedition, in this interactive traveling trunk.
- Type: Science Labs
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In this science lab, students learn about the properties of lava by experimenting with liquids having varying gas contents and viscosities.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Using the Webquest Slides, students will explore and learn about the important members and contributors to the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Each slide will have links) to National Park web pages with information about each member or group. For each member, students find four facts and write a sentence about their role (contribution) to the expedition. This activity can be done in a handful of ways, with the suggested method being a Jigsaw.
Olympic National Park
Overfishing and Fisheries Collapses
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
This activity focuses on the recent collapse of marine fisheries across the world due to increased commercial fishing pressures, a result of increased technology coupled with the changing climate of marine environments related to greenhouse gas pollution.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will work to calculate time, distance, gas mileage from home to three important Southern Campaign of the American Revolution: Cowpens National Battlefield, Kings Mountain National Military Park, and Ninety Six National Historic Site.
Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park
A Kid's Life in Atlanta Virtual Program
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In this virtual program, students will be able to learn about the life of Carrie Berry, a 10 year old girl who lived during the Union siege and occupation of Atlanta, GA in 1864. Through her diary as a primary source and interaction with a park ranger, students will have opportunities to compare and contrast their own experiences with Carries.
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.
National Park of American Samoa
Coral Reefs: Ecosystems Dissolving
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Corals face in our modern world, a great threat due to a projected change in water chemistry in the ocean due to global warming. Just as carbon dioxide (the main greenhouse gas causing global warming) is increasing in the air, it also increases in seawater in its dissolved form. That makes seawater more acidic which, in turn, may slow the rate at which corals build their calcium carbonate skeletons.
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.
Acadia National Park
Virtual: Grades 6-8: Marine Chemistry
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Sea water is more than just H2O (water) and NaCl (salt). It is also made up of minerals, nutrients, and dissolved gasses that marine plants and animals need to survive. Learn about the chemistry of the ocean and why it is so important to marine and human life. (1 hour)