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Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Geologic Timeline

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

Students will conduct research on extinct species annotating specified information. Students will then locate where on the geologic timeline each species fits. From there, students will create their own geologic timeline trail using their pictures.

President William Jefferson Clinton Birthplace Home National Historic Site

As Time Goes By

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

Introduce timeline concept using the website on President Clinton. Give examples of an elapsed timeline from the site. Model creating a question and answer then discuss the assignment using example questions (feel free to create others at your discretion): 1. How much time elapsed between when President Clinton became Governor and then President? 2. How old was Bill Clinton when he became Governor of Arkansas? 3. How old was Bill Clinton when he became President of the United States?

Timucuan Ecological & Historic Preserve

Kingsley Timeline

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

This timeline activity guides students through the story of the Kingsley family while highlighting key moments in Florida's history.

Sequoia & Kings Canyon National Parks

Layers in Time

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

Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks were once home to over 3,000 Monache American Indians. Visit the ancient home of the Monache at Hospital Rock; explore their rock art, their cooking areas, and more. Participate in a mock archaeological dig on a pre-trip classroom program! Uncover the rich cultural history of the Kaweah River region.

Layers of Time

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

Guiding Questions: What is stratigraphy? What is the law of superposition? How can archaeologists study stratigraphy to determine the age of archaeological objects? Students will: Explain what stratigraphy is. Describe the law of superposition. Understand how stratigraphy can be used to determine the age of archaeological objects.

Rocky Mountain National Park

Rocky Through Time

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Adult Education

What is the essence of a place? Is it what we can see or what we can hear? Is it solely about that place or also about how a place makes us feel? Explore these topics with a Ranger and discover if cumulative changes in wildlife, wildfires and visitation have changed how we view Rocky Mountain National Park over the past 100 years.

Hands Over Time

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

Students will recognize that handprint petroglyphs and pictographs may be prehistoric signatures. By leaving behind their own handprints on paper, students will increase their understanding of the value of petroglyphs and the need for their preservation.

Travel Back in Time

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

Students will work to calculate time, distance, gas mileage from home to three important Southern Campaign of the American Revolution: Cowpens National Battlefield, Kings Mountain National Military Park, and Ninety Six National Historic Site.

Cowpens National Battlefield

Kids in Colonial Times

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

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Fossil Butte National Monument

Geology, Relatives, and Time

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

Using a simple three or four generation family tree, students construct a relatives time tree that mimics the major divisions of the geologic time scale, Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic.

Glacier National Park

Winter-time Temps

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

Students will become aware of temperature variations above the snow and below the snow and its affects on wildlife, by collecting and recording temperature data from a variety of locations.

Hot Springs National Park

Bathtub Time Machine

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

“Bathtub Time Machine” is a virtual program that shares the history of Hot Springs in the 19th and early 20th centuries through images and stories. Students will be able to understand the story of Hot Springs National Park and fit it into the larger picture of the National Park Service.

Mesa Verde National Park

Tales of a Time Traveler

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

This post-visit activity is intended for use after a trip to Mesa Verde National Park and an educational tour of Balcony House. Students will write a story describing a trip back through time to Balcony House in the year A.D. 1250. Students will describe the environment, their daily activities, and how they meet their basic needs. A class discussion will enhance the lesson by comparing and contrasting their lives with the lives of the Ancestral Pueblo people.

Craters Of The Moon National Monument & Preserve

Life Time Line

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

Students will be able to visualize the times of important evolutionary events in relation to geological and cultural history. Students will be able to name some of the animals that became extinct at Craters of the Moon. Students will use their imaginations to forecast future events and designate them on a timeline.

Craters Of The Moon National Monument & Preserve

Deep Time and You

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

Students create timelines showing significant events in Earth's history and their own lives.

Wright Brothers National Memorial

Wright Times Talk Show

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

In this in-classroom lesson plan designed for 3rd-5th graders, students will write a script that accurately depicts the story of the Wright brothers based on historical facts as well as the feelings of the locals in the area at the time of the First Flight.

Cowpens National Battlefield

Revolutionary War Timeline Activity

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

Students will construct an accurate timeline of ten Revolutionary War battles.

Grand Canyon National Park

Layers in Time: 3rd - 7th Grade

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

Students have the opportunity to learn about universal geological concepts and rock layers through exploring evidence of changes over geologic time through the fossil record. Program is intended for 3rd through 7th grade and is hosted by Grand Canyon Park Rangers via Distance Learning.

Wright Brothers National Memorial

Distance, Speed, and Time of the First Flight

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

How did the Wright brothers know they had successfully achieved the first flight? Three days before what we know of as the first flights, Wilbur took a test flight from the base of Kill Devil Hill. During this on-site lesson plan, students will explore the flight line using the distance/rate/speed equation and will decide why Orville's flight on December 17th earns the title of first flight. Subject: Mathematics. Grade: 6th-8th.

Shaping Landscapes Over Time & Space

• 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.