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Haleakalā National Park

Maui's Hawaiian Honeycreepers and Adaptive Radiation

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

A green and yellow parrot-billed bird called the Kiwikiu rests on a branch in an unknown location on Maui.

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.

Arches National Park

Heat, Light, and Sound

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

In these lessons, students investigate how energy moves through desert ecosystems in the form of heat, light, and sound. Students learn about insulators for heat and how sunscreen works to protect skin from UV light. They use sound to search for birds, and lenses to complete a scavenger hunt. The lesson concludes with a discussion about how too much heat, light, or sound can be harmful.

Alaska’s Matanuska Colony

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

The New Deal reform, recovery, and relief programs changed the relationship between American’s and their government in revolutionary ways. The Resettlement Administration (RA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA), and the Farm Security Administration (FSA) were programs to get displaced families off relief. More than eighty years after the Matanuska Colony was established much of it remains to tell the story of the New Deal resettlement program in Alaska.

Grand Teton National Park

Mountain Weather

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

Mountain weather is a force that climbers and outdoor enthusiasts need to understand and predict in order to plan safely and make good decisions in the backcountry. Use this lesson to help students understand weather patterns and processes and learn field prediction.

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.