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Everglades National Park

"Algae: It Feeds, Kills and Dies" Plant Activities: 4-6th Grade

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

Our "Plant" unit is broken into six lesson plans, each taking from 20 minutes to several class periods to complete, and targeted mainly at 4th-6th grade students. A class needn't complete every lesson in the unit, though some lessons do refer to one another and are better done in sequence. However, each lesson comes with its own set of objectives and resources.

Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

You Can't See Me

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

On this field trip, students will understand the importance of natural coloration and camouflage in survival, considering the colors of various animals found at the park. They will look for colored items placed in a wooded or grassy area. This outdoor activity could also be done in another natural area or on school grounds.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Seeing Into the Ground: Archeology and Magnetometry

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

Learn how archeologists use geophysical techniques like magnetometry to learn more about ancient objects and people. Explore the scientific process behind magnetometry, including magnetic fields, and how archeologists interpret their results. Complete a simulated magnetometry analysis using data from Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site. Este plan de clase con actividades incluido también está disponible en español.

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Let's Learn About Seeds

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

"Let's Learn About Seeds" introduces students to seeds, the four plant growth stages, and the different conditions needed for growth. This is a great post-Virtual Field Trip lesson plan that helps reinforce topics discussed during the virtual program or can be done as a standalone lesson plan. Please email [e-mail] about scheduling a Virtual Field Trip with the C&O Canal National Historical Park.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

The Boundary Oak: From Seed to Tree

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

Identify the life cycle of a tree, the importance of trees, and the significance of the Boundary Oak at Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Park. Meets Kentucky Kindergarten science standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.

Chesapeake & Ohio Canal National Historical Park

Virtual Program: Let's Learn About Seeds

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

This virtual program is geared for grade levels Kindergarten - 2nd Grade and will be delivered virtually by the Education Director at the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. As a result of this lesson plan, students will learn about what seeds are, describe parts of a seed, and explain the conditions needed for growth. Students will learn the connection of seeds to and the C&O Canal National Historical Park.

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

See, Touch, and Hear: Preschool-age students

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park has special things to see and touch. This field trip will enable preschool-age students to discover special plants and animals by using their senses.

Cowpens National Battlefield

The Way I See It, Daniel Morgan is a “Fye” Guy!

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

Students will pick from a list and retell/rewrite the victory of the patriot forces at Cowpens.

Arches National Park

Desert Adaptations

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Students observe and compare different methods of seed dispersal. They learn about bat behavior and anatomy, and explore how camouflage helps animals hide in their habitats. Lastly, they discover how the shape of a bird’s beak correspond to what it eats.

Glacier National Park

Who Says Plants Can't Move?

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

Student volunteers move around the classroom and role play different techniques to model the various ways plants can distribute their seeds. They observe a variety of seeds/berries from their neighborhood.

Everglades National Park

“Population Explosion” Don't Let It Loose: 5-8th Grade

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

Students will be able to recognize melaleuca and tell how the seeds are dispersed. They will describe that melaleuca produces over 1 million seeds per year and have a concept of how much that really is. Students will determine the population of melaleuca seeds for their wetland ecosystem through sampling.

Acadia National Park

Phenology for Upper Elementary Classes

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

Phenology is the study of when natural cues in the environment happen and how those cues can change over time. This unit ranges from seed dispersal, to plant identification, to invasive species.

National Park of American Samoa

What is a Fruit Bat?

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

Fruit bats are considered the only native mammal in American Samoa thus earning the right to be protected within the National Park of American Samoa. Local folklore casts a dark image on fruitbats, portraying them as sinister and devious creatures with connections to the spirit world. These superstitions undermine their ecological importance to the native tropical rainforest. Fruit bats help transfer pollen from one tree to another and are also important for seed dispersal.

National Park of American Samoa

Fruit Bats Are Our Friends

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

Fruit bats are considered the only native mammal in American Samoa thus earning the right to be protected within the National Park of American Samoa. Local folklore casts a dark image on fruit bats, portraying them as sinister and devious creatures with connections to the spirit world. These superstitions undermine their ecological importance to the native tropical rainforest. Fruit bats help transfer pollen from one tree to another and are also important for seed dispersal.

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

LESSON 11: OD POR ODELIA

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

Od Por Odelia was written by LeRoy Etienne as an ode to his mother who told him this story. In the tale an old man sells her rotten bananas. But dishonest conduct brings bad luck, and the old man dies soon thereafter.

Chapter 14 Lesson Plan: The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1963

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

A picture of a statue at Kelly Ingram Park called The Four Spirits. This statue honors the lives of the 4 girls who died in the dynamite blast at 16th Street Baptist Church on September 15, 1963. Photo courtesy of the Alabama Tourism Department, Chris Granger (photographer).

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

Homage to Bleriot

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

See notes in Background Information.

Gateway Arch National Park

Tort Liability: Franke v. City of St. Louis

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

Frederick Franke was injured in St. Louis when part of a building fell on his head as he was walking. Tragically, he died as a result of his injuries. His mother, Julia Franke, sued the owner of the building and the City of St. Louis for damages. This case was heard in 1888 in the St. Louis Courthouse (the Old Courthouse). Students will reenact the case and hear from all sides.

National Park of American Samoa

Carnivores, Herbivores, Omnivores?

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

Most animals can be grouped by what and how many kinds of foods they eat. Animals that eat many different things are called generalists, while those that eat only one or a few foods are called specialists. True specialization is often a two-way dependency: an animal depends on a plant for food, and the plant depends on that animal to help it disperse its seeds. On remote islands like American Samoa, there are limited food supplies, and cyclones can cause serious shortages of food.

Agate Fossil Beds National Monument

Death Traps

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

This scripted slideshow for teachers describes the process by which animals have died and become fossilized in waterholes, influenced by a severe drought. It compares two sites, separated by 13 million years: Agate Fossil Beds and the Badlands. It is designed to teach students the principles relating to the behavior, habitat and survival of living animals; as well as scientific study of past life forms known as fossils; and severe climatic events.