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Phenology for Upper Elementary Classes
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Phenology is the study of when natural cues in the environment happen and how those cues can change over time. This unit ranges from seed dispersal, to plant identification, to invasive species.
El Hombre
Making Sense of Our World: Upper Elementary
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Forces Shaping the Grand Canyon: Upper Elementary
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Create Your Own Exhibit- Upper Elementary Level
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Botany for Elementary Students
Migration for Lower Elementary
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
The Bean Lab: Elementary Lesson
Rocky Rangers: Elementary Earth Science
Tiny & Mighty: Elementary Life Science
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
The Cherokee People: Elementary Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students gain an understanding of cultural elements of the Cherokee people through the use of traditional stories and reading information on websites. A series of activities provide hands-on opportunities to learn about Sequoyah and the Cherokee language, the Trail of Tears, and the trade and barter system with European settlers.
A Nation Divided: Elementary School Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

How did our young nation become so angry at each other? Students explore the word "infuriated" and how these emotions led to the Civil War. Students read and analyze excerpts from Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin. They work together to read and analyze an NPS article explaining a timeline of John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, Virginia. They share perspectives on why these two events led to a Civil War and explore alternate methods to violence.
Growing up in the 18th Century
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Discover what it was like to be a child in the 18th century. This field trip takes place around The Dover Green.
Up the Down Tree House
War Has Been Declared: Elementary Lesson Plan
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students create a timeline of events leading to the Civil War based on a series of articles from the National Park Service. Students will explore the issue of slavery as a major cause starting with the Missouri Compromise, The Dred Scott Decision, The Election of Lincoln, John Brown's Raid, and the numerous states secessions. Then, students become part of a regiment and complete hands-on activities as they discover the structure of an army.
The Arrowhead: Emblem of the National Park Service Elementary Lesson
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

In this lesson students will learn about the mission of the National Park Service and how it relates to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore through a guided exploration of elements represented on the NPS Arrowhead emblem. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to answer the questions: *How do the five elements on the arrowhead emblem symbolize the NPS? *How can the five elements on the arrowhead emblem be seen at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore?
Events That Led up to the Revolutionary War
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
How did a tax on sugar, stamps and quartering the British army led to a Revolutionary War?
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students will research information to find information about the number of wounded from both patriot and British forces from the SC revolutionary battles: Battle of Camden, Battle of Waxhaws, Kings Mountain, and Cowpens. They will then create a graph that compares the number both injured and fatally wounded.
The First Four Flights--Math Up!
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This lesson plan will allow students to understand the path that led to the Wrights' success on December 17, 1903 by relating the stories of their interest in flying from youth, the growing interest in flight in the late 1890s and the flight experiments that led to their first flights in 1903. The story of their dream to fly will be used as a backdrop for students to solve relevant mathematical problems and connect with Wright Brothers National Memorial.