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Fossil Butte National Monument

Leafy Thermometers and Rain Gauges

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

During this six-part activity, students investigate climate and climate change. Using fossil leaves from southwestern Wyoming and modern leaves from their area, students classify leaves, determine mean annual temperature and precipitation using leaf margin and leaf area analysis, analyze climate data (temperature and precipitation), and make statements about climate change.

Haleakalā National Park

Hō‘ike o Haleakalā: High School Science Curriculum

• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

This curriculum will introduce students and their families to the marine, coastal, rain forest, invasive species and alpine-aeolian ecosystems of Haleakalā National Park.

Olympic National Park

Freeing the Elwha (River Flows and Sediment Movement)

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

Seasonal weather patterns affect the flow patterns of water into the rivers (and watersheds) of Western North America. What landform features can form when erosion is caused by fast –moving water from Spring and Fall rains, and snowpack melt off?

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

Lesson 6 - THE IMPORTANCE OF INTERGENERATIONAL DIALOGUE

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

When you take the time to sit down and learn from someone who is of a different age with different experiences, the teaching and the learning experiences go both ways. For this lesson, students will read Ray Lambert’s chapter where he discusses growing up before and after segregation with a young musician named Xavier Michel.

Cedar Breaks National Monument

Life Up High: Precipitation, Elevation & the Sub-alpine Forest

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

This interactive presentation introduces students to the three main ecosystems across Utah: deserts, wetlands and forest. The goal is to give students a sense of why the environment at Cedar Breaks National Monument is noticeably different from their more familiar environment down in Cedar City. Emphasis is placed on understanding the effects of elevation on precipitation, temperature and dominant plant life in each ecosystem, with a focus on the high alpine forest ecosystem.

Everglades National Park

"Thirst Game -Periphyton" Habitat Video: The Slough

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

Water is a necessity for all life in the Everglades. Periphyton is a colony of blue-green algae, during the dry season, periphyton will store water like a sponge, distributing nutrients to all life forms. When most parts of the Everglades have dried out, periphyton will still have water and a vital food source for all living creatures. This will result in life flourishing until the next rain falls.

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.

Yellowstone National Park

Atomic Elements and Archeology: Tracing Ancient Resource Access and Trade Routes Using XRF

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

X-ray fluorescence (XRF) is one scientific tool archeologists use to study the chemical composition of artifacts found on a site. This lesson plan illustrates the method behind XRF and describes how the resulting data can illustrate where and how ancient peoples obtained resources, whether through local sources or trade. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.

Death Valley National Park

Extreme Temperatures: Pre-Virtual Trip

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

Students will research temperature and precipitation data from three National Park System units and their local community. Students will express the data into charts & graphs and interpret the information to determine which park unit's weather is most similar to their local community.

Chattahoochee River National Recreation Area

Scrubbing Your Water Clean!

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

Why is clean water important? What can you do to help clean water?

Acadia National Park

Outdoor Classroom: Weather K-2

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

This unit introduces K-2 students to the concept of weather and how it influences their lives and the communities around them. Using tools, students observe, discuss, measure, record, data on wind, precipitation and temperature.

Death Valley National Park

Floodwaters in the Desert Lab Activity

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

Students will explore precipitation through discussion, videos, and a PowerPoint presentation. For the lab activity, students will explore the way flood waters can affect the landscape and topography in the desert. Students will observe what happens to the landscape as different amounts of water are dropped on the hillside.

Death Valley National Park

Extreme Temperatures: Post-Virtual Trip

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

Students will build on previous sessions to plan a trip to a destination of their choice. Students will research the weather of the location, plan activities, and items to bring that are appropriate for the location's conditions. Student findings will be incorporated into a letter and a piece of art.