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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.

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

Scientific Discovery Trunk 3rd-5th Grade

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This trunk includes exhibit and modern scientific equipment, a resource guide, books, posters and more. It offers students an opportunity to learn about the natural scientific observations from the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the impacts of the changes which have occured over the past 200 years.

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park

Scientific Discovery Trunk 6th-8th Grade

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

This trunk includes exhibit and modern scientific equipment, a resource guide, books, posters and more. It offers students an opportunity to learn about the natural scientific observations from the Lewis and Clark Expedition and the impacts of the changes which have occurred over the past 200 years.

Everglades National Park

Create an Animal: A Teacher's Guide to Scientific Classification

• Type: Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Animals are adapted to their environment to survive. This teacher's guide provides information about different animals' adaptations, and the scientific method of classification.

Glacier National Park

What's In A Name?

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

Students decipher scientific name meanings and use native plant field guides, information from the tribes, or links to online resources provided to create a chart of the different names for the same native plant.

Marvel? DC? Nope - SC!!!!

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

Using storyboard, cartoon make, comic book maker.org or the document added the student will create their own story. Picking 2 battles they will develop 2 4-6 frame comics

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Bison or Buffalo? Which is the Correct Name

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

Bison herd at Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve grazing in the native prairie grasses.

Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

Bears of Glacier Bay Lesson One: Name That Bear

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

Learn what the differences are between brown bears and black bears, and along the way, you'll learn how a bear's growth, development, and maturation compares to a human.

Haleakalā National Park

Nā Manu o Haleakalā

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

Nā Manu o Haleakalā

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Environmental Prairie Science

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

Students conduct a miniature scientific experiment and learn about prairie ecosystems through games and activities.

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Science on the Prairie

• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

In these lesson plans, students will perform scientific research on the prairie to learn of the importance of grasshoppers, fire, and aquatic invertebrates are to the prairie

Cumberland Island National Seashore

Make Your Own Barometer

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will learn about the scientific instrument called a barometer. They will be able to create their own barometer at home and record atmospheric pressure data.

Student as Researcher Camp (Multi-day)

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

“Students as Researchers” Camp gives students the opportunity to conduct their own scientific research over the course of a week at two different outdoor research sites.

Cane River Creole National Historical Park

What Did They Eat?: Archeology and Animal Bones

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

This lesson illustrates how archaeologists use faunal analysis, or the study of animal bones, to explore what people in the past ate and how they obtained their food. By applying concepts of taxonomy and scientific classification, it demonstrates how archaeologists use both scientific methods and historical research to interpret past lifeways. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

Introduction to Citizen Science

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

Citizen Science is the involvement of everyday people in making scientific observations of the world around us. These observations address real world problems and contribute to scientific research projects. Citizen Science initiatives provide opportunities for the public to collect data in the field and report findings to databases used by professional scientists. Introduce your students to this growing field, in which amateur scientists can contribute meaningful observations to science.

Mount Rainier National Park

Lahar in a Jar

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

Explore how small amounts of water can mobilize loose rock to form lahars by making a small lahar within the safety of a beaker or jar and analyzing it using scientific methods.

Grand Teton National Park

Weather Wonders

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

What lives under the snow? Teaching scientific inquiry is easy when students are curious. Students will investigate life above and under the snow as park rangers lead them on a snowshoe hike.

Pele’s Journey

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

This lesson begins with the video (or graphic novel) “Pele Searches for a Home”. Students will compare Pele’s journey through the islands depicted in this Hawaiian legend with the scientific geologic theory of the creation of the Hawaiian Islands.

Lake Clark National Park & Preserve

How Many Salmon Are Enough?

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

Use this lesson to explore ecology, biodiversity and populations. This lesson takes real life experiences and scientific data to connect with students at a personal level and achieve a greater understanding in how wildlife and humans are connected.

Acadia National Park

The Great Fish Migration (7th Grade)

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

The Great Fish Migration is a 4 hour program that partners with the MDI Historical Society and the Somes Meynell Wildlife Refuge to bring a historic and scientific picture of the fishing history of Somesville and the revitalization of the local Alewife population.