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Zion National Park

Sustainable Design Solutions: Mitigating Effects of Natural Resource Use

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

Using Zion's visitor center as inspiration, students will design energy-efficient buildings to meet the criteria and constraints of the problem.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Sustainability: Lessons from the Anishinaabek

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

Students will travel back in time to the late 1800's in the area that is now Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. After roleplaying as either settlers or Native Americans in groups, they will draw conclusions on what it means to be truly sustainable in today's world.

Colorado National Monument

Ciclo de Rocas

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

At the completion of this lesson, students will be able to identify one or two ways that rocks can be broken down and/or combined and students will be able to describe the rock cycle of the sandstone.

Acadia National Park

Sieur de Monts Stewards

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

Students explore various trails and the new Nature Center exhibit to delve into the topic of human change in the environment. This program takes place along easy to moderate hiking paths with some uneven terrain.

Saint Croix Island International Historic Site

Sieur de Mad-Lib

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

Use our words and your own silly words to fill in the blanks in Pierra Dugua's story of how and why he came to North America.

Acadia National Park

Sieur de Monts Scavenger Hunt

• Type: Student Activities ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Sieur de Monts has limited accessibility in the winter but can offer great flat locations to explore. Use this scavenger hunt to guide your experience. Fill out at least 3 activities to print the scavenger hunt certificate.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Designing a Monument

• Type: Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

Students utilize resources available in the art classroom to recreate the Mount Rushmore Sculpture, or design their own version, where they choose the four figures from history they feel should be represented by the monumental sculpture. Students will present their final art piece to the classroom with a persuasive argument for their choices of the figures.

Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park

Rose Window (Radial Design)

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

Students will be able to recognize and create radial designs, and identify specific cultural artifacts that utilize radial designs.

Beach Debris Design Challenge

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

Find out about watersheds and how to protect them.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Wandering the Watershed Menu 5: Hybrid B: Design Challenge & Design Visit

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

This hybrid track has students explore watersheds through prepared video. The students will then complete the design challenge in the classroom and visit the Lakeshore in the spring to test their design. (FREE design kits provided by the National Park Foundation.)

Everglades National Park

"Designs Of My World" Native People: 4-6 Grade

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

Students will discover the meaning behind the patterns on traditional Miccosukee attire. The students will then design their own patterns based on important elements of their everyday life. Finally, the students write about what their design means to them.

Maya Lin: Designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial: Student Activity

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

Students examine the concepts of the designing of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

"Excavation and Tools" Midwest Archeological Center Distance Learning Program

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

Excavations and excavation tools are designed to answer greater questions about the past. Students will review a working excavation, and see some of the methods that archeologists employ at active dig sites. The discussions are built around the ethics of stewardship and can expand to topics on the environment, sustainability, and responsibility.

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.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Wandering the Watershed Menu 4: Hybrid A: Snowshoe Visit & Design Challenge

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

This hybrid track has students visit the park for the snowshoe experience. Then they will complete the design challenge and have the option to chat with a ranger virtually. (FREE design kits provided by the National Park Foundation.)

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.

Gateway Arch National Park

Segregation Laws in the 1800s: Williams v. Bellefontaine

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

In 1867, Neptune and Caroline Williams sued the Bellefontaine Railway Company over its discriminatory policies regarding African Americans. In a dispute with the streetcar operator, Mrs. Williams was hurt. The Williamses sued at the St. Louis Courthouse and won their case, but with a twist. Will students reach the same verdict?

Fort Larned National Historic Site

Provider of the Plains - Bison

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

Bison provided almost everything the Plains Indians needed for their daily life. Learn how these animals sustained American Indians on the Great Plains.

Olympic National Park

Freeing the Elwha (Aspect and Soil Moisture)

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

What combination of factors both natural and man made is necessary for healthy river restoration and how does this enhance the sustainability of natural and human communities?

Acadia National Park

Leave No Trace Kindergarten Routines

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

Leave No Trace is a framework for interacting with the natural environment in a sustainable way. These activities review the first two principles: Plan Ahead and Prepare, and Walk or Camp on Durable Surfaces.