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Kenai Fjords National Park

Supper Sea

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Supper Sea is a National Park Service published educational book focused on the humpback whales that visit Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska. Humpback whales migrate over 2,500 miles to feed in Alaska’s cold waters. Why do they make such a long journey for lunch? A National Park Ranger will answer this question and more. The ranger will engage students with photos, story time, and song to broaden their understanding of this showy marine mammal.

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.

Olympic National Park

Sediment Deposition at Sea

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Through this activity, students will learn about depositional and erosional effects as rivers meet the sea. As a river meets the sea, the sediment it carries is deposited in a fan-like formation called a delta. As longshore drift picks up and transports the sediment, it can be carried and deposited down current to form shoreline sediment features such as sand bars, spits, and barrier islands.

Sea Level Rise

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

Explore the causes and effects of sea level rise. Learn how you can join park staff in protecting coastal areas threatened by climate change.

Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site

Climate: Drought, Seasons, and Health

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

Is climate change new? Josiah Gregg, as a firsthand observer, offers a snapshot of ecological shifts taking place in the 1830s and 1840s within the southern Great Plains. In this lesson students will compare weather averages for cities along the Santa Fe Trail and consider how seasonal patterns affect the migration and survival of human and animal species.

Voyageurs National Park

Exploring Seasonal Changes with Phenology

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

Learn about Phenology and track seasonal changes!

Acadia National Park

Tracking Nature's Seasons Program Description

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

Phenology is the study of the timing of seasonal events. Students will discover nature's calendar, make observations along Acadia's trails, and conduct investigations in the forest to learn how citizens are aiding scientists in protecting Acadia.

Everglades National Park

Sea Level Rise: Climate Change

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

1. Show what happens to sea level when ice sheets melt. 2. Show what happens to sea level when icebergs melt. 3. Connect sea level changes in Miami to icesheets melting. 4. Explain that sea level changes are caused by melting/freezing of ice sheets in Antarctica/Greenland. 5. Show that communities in Florida will be affected by sea level rise. 6. Realize that South Florida has been under water many times in the geologic past. 7. Discuss ways communities can mitigate/adapt to sea level rise.

Swimming on Your Back- Sea Otters in Alaska

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Activities for children to learn about sea otters in Alaska.

Acadia National Park

I Notice, I Wonder: Sea Star in a Tidepool

• Type: Student Activities
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Observing a video of a sea star in a tidepool, students can explore observations of patterns in plants and animals.

Everglades National Park

"Rainy Season in Three Cups" Water: 4-6 Grade

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

Students will learn where the water that sustains the Everglades originates, and how the flow of water through the K-O-E watershed sustains Florida Bay as well.

Everglades National Park

"Sea Level Rise" Climate Change: 4-6 Grade

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

Using props, ice, building dioramas, maps and art, students will see how sea level rise is caused by melting ice-sheets (not by melting ice-bergs).

The Spanish Treasure Fleets of 1715 and 1733: Disasters Strike at Sea

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

Investigate the Spanish Shipwrecks

Acadia National Park

Virtual: Grades 6-8: Tracking Acadia’s Seasons – Climate Change & Phenology

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will learn about phenology and why it’s important in helping us understand interrelationships of organisms. We will explore seasonal/cyclic changes of plants and animals and the impacts related to climate change while gaining exposure to the concept of citizen science. (45 minutes)

Acadia National Park

Phenology Routine Kindergarten

• Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

The study of seasonal and cyclical changes in the natural world is called phenology. This study is important in understanding the needs of plants and animals and the ways in which they adapt to seasonal changes. Documenting the seasonal changes in the natural environment provides students with an opportunity to practice paying close attention to their surroundings.

Death Valley National Park

Elevation Above and Below Pre-Trip Activity

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

For this activity students will explore the way topographic maps are used to describe elevation such as “sea level,” “below sea level,” and “above sea level.” Students will compare and contrast side view diagrams of mountains and valleys to topographic maps. Students will use their own hands to create a topographic map of their own.

Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

Seals of Glacier Bay Lesson One: Flipper Feet

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

*What characteristics distinguish seals from sea lions? *How can careful observation lead to a better understanding of an animal? *How are seals and sea lions similar and different?

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

Eat Like an Animal

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Eating locally and seasonally is more sustainable for us all.

Phenology for Lower Elementary

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

Phenology is an area of ecology that investigates the seasonal rhythms of plants and animals. When do the leaves begin to bud? When do the birds return in the spring? By studying these patterns students can learn about seasons and climate patterns over time. Photo by Jacob Phillipson, FOA

Kenai Fjords National Park

Swimming on Your Back

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Swimming on Your Back is a National Park Service published educational book focused on the sea otters in Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska. Sea otters are the largest members of the weasel family, and lack the blubber, and consequently size, that all other warm-blooded sea animals need to stay warm. So how do they survive our cold Alaskan waters? A National Park Ranger will answer this question and engage students with photos, story time, and song.