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Haleakalā National Park
Food, Water, Shelter, Space
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to: 1. Demonstrate an understanding that a habitat is a home, and native habitats are the best and only home for native species. 2. Recognize that some plants and animals have specific needs and live in special homes that give them what they need.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This lesson gives students time to observe the Cedar Breaks amphitheater within a structured context. Students can participate in a ranger led interactive, presentation where they learn about the geological processes including deposition, uplift, weathering and erosion that formed the Claron Formation and our Cedar Breaks amphitheater.
Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site
A Space for Creativity: A Tao of My Own
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will learn about how Tao House was an important space of creativity and helped Eugene O’Neill to have a space where he felt comfortable and productive. They will then connect to their own creative needs as they design and describe a creative workspace for themselves.
Canaveral National Seashore
America’s Space Program: Exploring a New Frontier
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The lesson can be used in American history, social studies, and geography courses in units on the space program, the Cold War and its effects on American society, or interdisciplinary units on science and technology.
Acadia National Park
Plant Adaptation Hunt
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Students will be able explore their outdoor space and identify and investigate plant adaptations.
Olympic National Park
The Key to the Tree
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will connect their neighborhood or outdoor space to the National Parks by identifying specific types of trees.
Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve
Mars Traveling Trunk
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Journey through time and space, through the geography and geology of sand dunes, and the feats of engineering that make such exploration possible.
Glacier National Park
What's That Habitat
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students identify their own basic needs for food, water shelter and space in a suitable arrangement and generalize that wildlife and people have similar basic needs.
Acadia National Park
Virtual: Grades 3-12: Acadia’s Top 10! (Overview of Acadia Slideshow)
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
What makes Acadia… Acadia? Invite a ranger to your virtual space to present a slideshow showcasing the resources protected here. This overview acts as a great introduction to the Park! (45 minutes)
Acadia National Park
Habitat Scavenger Hunt
- Type: Student Activities ... Other Education Materials
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Walk around a safe outside space with adult supervision and make a mark every time you see an example of food, water, shelter, and space. These are what animals need in their habitats to survive. You can write in a little dot, a checkmark, or you can even draw a little picture. Hint: A shelter could be a nest or a house, but remember it could also be the area underneath a log! Try with a partner and compare what you find!
Acadia National Park
Virtual: Acadia's Top Ten
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
What makes Acadia… Acadia? Invite a ranger to your virtual space to present a slideshow showcasing the resources protected here. This overview acts as a great overview of the Park. 3rd-12th grade.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
In this mini unit students will identify an outdoor space with trees that they would like to observe. They will count the amount of live trees and dead trees (snags). They will watch for changes over time and share the data they collect with others.
Acadia National Park
Virtual: Grades K-2: Adaptation Olympics
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Check out the amazing adaptations of the animals in Acadia. Students have the option to move along with the ranger; they’ll only need a small space to jump, wave their arms around, and try the ant plank! (30-45 minutes)
Everglades National Park
"Go Back Home" Don't Let It Loose : 5-8th Grade
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The natural food chain within a habitat is finely tuned. For any species to survive within a habitat four components are needed: food, water, shelter, and space. Exotic species can take these components away from native species.
Haleakalā National Park
Habitat Unit Field Trip
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
A habitat or home is not only important to people but plants and animals need them to survive. A habitat of native trees like ʻōhiʻa, amaʻu ferns, and the shrub plant kūpaoa provide food, water, space, and shelter for many native species.
Acadia National Park
Resources for Families at Home
- Type: Student Activities
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Looking for fun ways to learn and grow with your children at home? Check out these resources for crafts, games, and activities that will encourage families to explore the green spaces near them and gain understanding of habitats and animals in Acadia National Park and beyond!
Theodore Roosevelt National Park
Explore the Universe
- Type: Science Labs
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Solving this space mystery will help students understand the fundamentals of the scientific method by having them do background research, formulate a rudimentary hypothesis, test the hypothesis using a physical model the class constructs, evaluate and report the results of that test, and apply their findings to other objects to test their hypothesis’ ability to predict outcomes.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
2nd-3rd Grade: Habitat Needs
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will discover what plant and animal species live in or travel through the dunes here at Sleeping Bear, what factors make the dunes a challenge, and learn about the ways they adapt to survive in this harsh environment. Students will also understand that animals and plants use their adaptations to find food, water, shelter, air and space to survive.
Fort Vancouver National Historic Site
Visit to Pearson Air Museum
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
A ranger or docent will introduce your class to the museum and Pearson Field, the oldest continuously operated airfield west of the Mississippi. This hour long visit gives your students enough time to browse the museum space with their chaperone and/or enjoy the park film when available (25 minutes). Designed with 15 minutes left to walk to/from HBC Fort Vancouver.
Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore
K-1st Grade: Dunes Survival
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Students will learn that all living things need food, water, shelter, air and space to survive. They will discover that there are special plants and animals that live in the dunes that use their external parts to get what they need to survive. Students will understand that national parks like Sleeping Bear take care of the places where plants and animals get what they need to survive.