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Petroglyph National Monument

The Power of Tools

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

This lesson is designed to teach young students about the many uses of tools over time. Students will not only understand how important tools were, but how they have been adapted and changed over time to fit our societal needs.

Arches National Park

Forces & Tools

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

Students use digging sticks, throw atlatls, make fire with bow drills, and use rock wedges to explore the affects of friction and gravity on objects.

Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument

Lithic Tools

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

Native Americans used the natural resources available to them to develop tools. Students will use natural materials to create their own tools in similar ways that Native Americans did and continue to do.

Native American Lithic Tools

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

Students will learn the value of natural resources and how the Ute Indians of central Colorado used natural resources to create tools. Students will also learn to distinguish between the studies of archaeology and paleontology.

Devils Postpile National Monument

Climate Science in Focus: Data and Tools

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

Students will use scientific data on streamflow from the Sierra Nevada to analyze snowpack and draw conclusions about the changing climate. Students will be able to predict changes that will occur to the Sierra Nevada snowpack if the climate change continues, and predict the changes that will result on the biosphere due to climate change.

Exploring Climate Science: Stream Flow Tools and Data

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

In “Exploring Climate Science (Streamflow Tools and Data),” students will use data to draw conclusions about climate change. The students will be able to: 1. Create a double line graph to show the changes in streamflow throughout the year 2. Make two predictions about how climate change may affect stream flows

"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.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Carving Tools at Mount Rushmore for Grades 3, 4 and 5

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

Learn about the marks that carving tools make. Students will learn about the processes of rock removal at Mount Rushmore and understand why the different tools were used at each point of the process.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Carving Tools at Mount Rushmore for Grades K, 1 and 2

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

Students will practice identifying and correctly naming geometric shapes within Mount Rushmore. Students will learn about the marks that carving tools make. Students will also learn about the processes of rock removal at Mount Rushmore and why the different tools were used at each point of the process.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Cowboy Gear: 3rd - 4th Grade

• Type: Guest Speakers
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Cowboys on the open range needed tools to do the job, like most workers. Explore the essential tools and gear needed for a cowboy, and the history behind them.

Statue Of Liberty National Monument

How Big is the Statue of Liberty?

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

Students will use their bodies as measuring tools to determine the size of the Statue of Liberty.

Hopewell Culture National Historical Park

Today and Yesterday: Comparing Cultures

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

In this lesson we will compare some of the tools that the Hopewell used to satisfy their basic human needs to the ones we use for our needs today. We will talk briefly about why the tools in past might serve the same function as present day tools but are made from different materials. In the end we will learn that people in the past were not too different than we are now they had the same basic needs in life but were living in a different time and environment.

Olympic National Park

Freeing the Elwha ("Local History")

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

What was the life of a homesteader like and what tools from today would make their lives simpler?

Buffalo National River

Compass Course - Using a Compass

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

This lesson was designed to help students understand how to use navigation tools especially as they pertain to exploring the outdoors.

First State National Historical Park

Saving the Past, Shaping the Future

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

Students will experience historic preservation through immersive digital tools to explore artifacts, read letters, hear stories, and connect with Delaware's history.

Traveling Safely in the Desert

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

This in-class presentation explores the tools a student needs to hike safely in the desert ecosystem. Students learn their directions, things to bring with them, and what to do if they get lost.

Prince William Forest Park

Ranger in a Rucksack

• Type: Media for Loan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Identify trees and leaves all on your own with our innovative 'ranger in a rucksack' program. Self-guided activities and informational tools help you be your own ranger.

Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site

Field Trip: Discover Archeology

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

Learn the basics of archeology. A park ranger and archeologist will discuss what a career in archeology looks like. Students can interact with basic tools of the trade and some artifacts found in the villages.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Who Was a Blacksmith?

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

The blacksmith was an essential member of a 19th century community. Before there were factories to make iron tools and objects, the blacksmith filled this role. To become a blacksmith involved years as an apprentice and hard work learning the skills needed to build, fix or repair things made from iron. Blacksmiths worked on the metal rims for wheels on wagons, tools, and other items used in homes or on equipment. After 1900, the profession of blacksmithing declined as factories filled this need.

Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site

Replace or Repurpose?

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

The ability to work metal was a critical skill in the late 1800s American West. Local blacksmiths provided the metal tools and objects people used every day. But this skill became more important among cowboys during the Great Depression of the 1930s. As ranches struggled to earn money to survive, metal’s ability to be repaired and reshaped into new tools gained importance. This lesson invites students to step into the minds of cowboys living during the Great Depression and repurposing items.