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George Washington Carver National Monument

George Washington Carver - The Artist: To Be of the Greatest Good

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

Focusing on Carver's habit of finding new uses for discarded items, this lesson concludes with students creating art from recycled materials.

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

Build Your Own National Park

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

After a brief overview of what the National Park System is, students will work in teams to create their own national park site using recycled materials, and arts and crafts materials.

Kenai Fjords National Park

The Scientific Method

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

Students will conduct a basic soil science experiment and re-familiarize themselves with the scientific method.

William Howard Taft National Historic Site

The Measure of a Man or a Woman

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

This lesson will help students to re-live the early years of William Howard Taft and his family as well as, explore the Taft family's values practiced in their household.

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Climate Change Scavenger Hunt

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

This lesson plan is park specific for Florissant Fossil Beds NM, but can be adjusted. This lesson plan is design to send the students/participants on a hunt to find the ways we are trying to reduce our carbon footprint around the monument.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Economy and Trade: Pre 1845

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

In Economy and Trade: Pre 1845, students will learn about trade relations between tribes prior to European contact and how their experience prepared them for success in dealing with explorers and traders after European contact by re-enacting trading as it was practiced at Knife River Villages.

Gateway Arch National Park

Law Merit Badge

Type: Other Education Materials
Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Does protecting the law involve bravery? Does telling the truth equal courage? Investigate the judicial system and its important role in our society. Scouts re-enact a historic trial and debate contemporary issues. An attorney and a National Park Service Law Enforcement Ranger will discuss their roles and responsibilities in society.

Mammoth Cave National Park

Shapes Of The Season

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

This lesson plan is from "Making Connections: A Curriculum Guide to Mammoth Cave National Park, GrK-3", which comprises ten lessons. This is lesson 4 of that set. Students collect and classify leaves. This art project then re-creates their favorite leaf shape in the colors of fall - ready to hang in the window as a sun-catcher.