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Acadia National Park

Migration Friendly School

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

To engage students in identifying positive and negative factors affecting bird migration. Students will also create an action plan to address any negative factors present on the school campus

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Frontiering with Family and Friends

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

Junior Ranger Badge for Frontiering with Family and Friends.

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.

Longfellow House Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

Two Poems on the Charles River: Sensory Poetry About Place

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

In this 2-part activity, 3rd-5th grade students will explore the use of descriptive sensory language to convey a sense of place through poetry. After watching a short video featuring Longfellow’s “To the River Charles” and Yolanda Oliveira’s “Clockwork Stream,” students will analyze descriptive language in poem excerpts, then brainstorm and write their own place-based poem.

Acadia National Park

Virtual: K-2, Feathered Friends

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

From feathers to beaks and feet, birds vary quite a bit! In this interactive lesson, we will explore and appreciate the great diversity of our feathered friends.  (30-45 minutes arranged with teacher).

Lincoln Home National Historic Site

With A Little Help From My Friends

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

How can artifacts help us understand a person or time period? Join us from your home or classroom to learn how artifacts help keep the Lincolns story alive!

Natchez Trace Parkway

Read with a Ranger Two Friends: Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass

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

This program illustrates how a woman and a former enslaved person worked towards changing society. It ties women and enslaved people’s roles in the formation and continuation of the Natchez Trace.

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Ko Kākou Mau Hoaloha i ka Ulu Lā‘au: “Our Friends in the Forest”

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

Using the powers of observation, students learn the importance of our native forest and trees to humans in every day life.

George Washington Carver National Monument

George Washington Carver - The Artist: The Plant Doctor

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

A Black-Eyed Susan flower, with yellow petals and a brown/black center, commonly found on tallgrass prairie at George Washington Carver National Monument

Acadia National Park

At Home in Acadia (Kindergarten)

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

An exploratory walk is part of each program. The focus is on sensory experiences as the group slowly and quietly moves through the forest, by the stream and in an open area. We never know what wonderful things we will find!

Acadia National Park

At Home in Acadia (1st Grade)

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

An exploratory walk is part of each program. The focus is on sensory experiences as the group slowly and quietly moves through the forest, by the stream and in an open area. We never know what wonderful things we will find!

Acadia National Park

At Home in Acadia (2nd Grade)

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

An exploratory walk is part of each program. The focus is on sensory experiences as the group slowly and quietly moves through the forest, by the stream and in an open area. We never know what wonderful things we will find!

Niobrara National Scenic River

Create a Brochure

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

Students will take a field trip to an area of the Niobrara River Valley. During the trip they will use observation techniques and complete a Sensory Observation Sheet and use those ideas to prepare a brochure for a vacation would be taken in the Niobrara River valley.

Tumacácori National Historical Park

Tumacácori in Five Senses - PreK -1

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

Tumacácori in Five Senses explores life at the mission through taste, smell, touch, sound, and sight.

Star-Spangled Banner National Historic Trail

What Caused the War of 1812? Modified Lesson Plan for Students with Special Needs

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

This lesson is intended to be used to supplement the War of 1812 Curriculum developed by the Friends of Fort McHenry.

Tumacácori National Historical Park

River Ramble

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

This exploratory walk highlights the ecology of the Santa Cruz River Valley. This program will also touch upon the importance of river corridors as locations for traditional O’odham villages. Students will learn about the plants that were used for clothing, tools, and food. Learning will involve inquiry, sensory activities, and language arts.

Wright Brothers National Memorial

The Wright Community

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

How does your community help you succeed? Wilbur and Orville Wright made the first flights of human history with the support of their family and friends. In this virtual-friendly, in-classroom lesson plan, students will learn about the first flights and the people who helped make them possible by researching an assigned friend of the Wrights and performing an interview about the first flight as the person they researched. Subject(s): Social Studies and English Language Arts. Grade(s): 3rd-5th.

Acadia National Park

Self Guided Sand Beach Scavenger Hunt

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

Sand Beach is an interesting place even in the winter. This scavenger hunt includes family friendly activities that can guide adventures together.

Fort Larned National Historic Site

Old Bill Williams

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

Follow the story of Bill Williams, expert rifle shot and friend to Indians as he surveys the Santa Fe Trail for the US Government.

Carl Sandburg Home National Historic Site

Girl Scouts Daisy Trail Adventure at Carl Sandburg Home NHS

• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Follow this Girl Scouts Daisy "Trail Adventure" badge lesson to plan a visit with your scouts at Carl Sandburg Home NHS. Girls will choose their trail, prepare for the outdoors and share it with friends.