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Fossil Butte National Monument
Geology, Relatives, and Time
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Using a simple three or four generation family tree, students construct a relatives time tree that mimics the major divisions of the geologic time scale, Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Examine the influence of Reverend Joseph Bellamy, a leading preacher in New England from 1740-1790, in colonial American religion and learn about the role of religion in 18th-century life, as well as the resurgence of religious fervor known as the Great Awakening.
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.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Learn why Moravians immigrated to the New World and how the towns they established embodied their religious beliefs.
Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument
Ice Age Mammals of Tule Springs Research Project
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Students will identify key information about a past species. Students will describe modern relatives of a species found in the fossil record.
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Make Your Own Astrolabe
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Students build their own astrolabe to examine stars and planets in the night sky and observe relative movement using basic observations and geometry.
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
So You Wanna Be a Paleobotanist?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will re-create scientific studies done by paleobotanists analyzing data from fossil plants found at Florissant Fossil Beds to draw conclusions about the paleoclimate 34 million years ago. In this activity, students will identify fossil plant species by their leaves, review data on the growing conditions of their nearest modern plant relatives, and compare as many species as possible to determine the range of temperature and precipitation that the fossil plant community can live in.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
How do stratigraphy and superposition help archeologists date artifacts? Students will: 1) Learn about the concept of superposition and 2) Apply superposition to understand the relationship between soil strata and the relative age of archeological artifacts.
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Malama ‘āina: It's our kuleana! Grades 5-12
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will gain a better understanding of the concept of mālama 'āina and its importance to the future; the concept of biodiversity and its general importance; understand what an invasive alien species is; and, understand what native species are and the importance of healthy native forests to humans.
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.
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
LESSON 8: SHANGO AND DANSE CODAN
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This lesson uses two songs that will emphasize the African influences on Zydeco music and the Kréyol language. The song SHANGO references an African spirit/diety that became important in the Creole and Black American community in Louisiana, especially among those who practiced the syncretic religious faith of Vodou, often popularly referred to as Voodoo.
Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park
Wahikapu o Pele "Sacred Place of Pele"
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The goal of this field trip is to leave students with a deeper, more connected understanding of the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, and the cultural components that play into it. By teaching students about the stories and history which make up this area of land, students will be able to see things in a much more grounded perspective. Students will leave with a deeper understanding of Hawaiian thinking and the ability to understand the connection of science and folklore.
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
PATERRE LESSON PLAN STEPS: PART 2
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
In this lesson students will be creating altars. This is part 2 of a lesson of two class periods of 1 hour each. Some outside class time will be needed by students for gathering items for use in altar creation. STEPS 1,2,3 must be done on a previous day.
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.
- Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
People have far more in common with bats than they realize, and people rely on bat populations throughout the world in a variety of ways. In this lesson, students will study the skeleton of a bat, learn about their special adaptations through games, discover why bats are important to our environment and find that bats are friends, not foes.
Fort Scott National Historic Site
Supplies, Survival, and Success: Civil War Quartermaster
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
In our modern world, many of us have come to rely on transportation systems and the operation of stores and warehouses in order to provide us with food, clothing, and other essentials for survival. During the Civil War, Fort Scott played a similar role as a supply depot that was critical to the survival and success of Union soldiers in the area.
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.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will learn to identify some common tracks encountered outdoors, discuss some survival adaptations used by animals during the winter, and piece together stories left by tracks. (This activity can be arranged as a visit to W-GIPP guided by a park ranger, or can be done in any relatively wild area near your school.)
New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park
PATERRES Part 1: ALTARS
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This is a two part lesson. Students will read the section Paterres in the text. This relates to the artistic/spiritual practice of building small altars. They will analyze the reading through use of an organizer, and analyze photographs using the photograph analysis template developed by the National Archives. In Part Two students will create their own altars that reflect their beliefs. The altars do not have to be religious in nature.