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Haleakalā National Park

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

At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to determine how Haleakalā National Park protects natural, cultural, and geologic resources and how the students can help protect them too.

Mount Rainier National Park

A String of Volcanoes
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students research information about Cascade volcanoes in Washington, Oregon, and California, then transfer the information onto the appropriate mobile piece before constructing the mobile "A String of Volcanoes".

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

Learn about different types of volcanoes and why the stratovolcanoes near Florissant Fossil Beds were highly explosive over 34 million years ago.

Mount Rainier National Park

Volcano Fan Club
  • Type: Science Labs
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students simulate tephra transport by placing ingredients in front of running fan, and mapping the resultant layers.

Ages and Stages: The Life of a Hawaiian Volcano
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will learn about the evolution of a volcanic island from origin to erosion. They will understand that Hawaiian volcanoes have gradually progressed through different stages as they are formed, emerge, and erode back into the sea from which they came.

Mount Rainier National Park

Soda Bottle Volcano and Mount Rainier
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will examine how gases provide for explosive volcanic eruptions by making comparisons to gases in a soda bottle and by conducting a carefully controlled "eruption" of baking soda/vinegar or soda water.

Mount Rainier National Park

Living with a Volcano in Your Backyard - Teacher Workshop
  • Type: Teacher Workshops & Other Programs
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Hulihia Kīlauea – a Complete Change part 2, A field trip to Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park or other outdoor area
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This module was primarily designed for an on-site visit to Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park. However, it can be adjusted for an outdoor field trip to another volcanic area, or anywhere that will demonstrate geological processes.

National Park of American Samoa

An Island Is Born
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Students will learn new geological terms such as tectonic plates, hot spot, and shield volcano. Throughout the activity, students will understand the volcanic processes of building new land. They will also learn two types of volcanoes. (Composite, and Shield volcano), and will be able to tell the difference between the two.

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

Hulihia Kīlauea – a Complete Change part 1, pre-field trip classroom activities
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Introduction to Volcanoes in Hawaiʻi - The following are suggested classroom activities to precede a visit to Hawai'i Volcanoes National Park or an outdoor field trip in another location. They can be used as stand-alone activities, or in the suggested sequence.

Capulin Volcano National Monument

Let's Talk Lava
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Students will explore Capulin Volcano while performing various tasks from provided worksheets.

Haleakalā National Park

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

Pāhoehoe lava rock is one of many rock formations made by volcanoes. Rocks can show us all kinds of information like types of volcanoes and kinds of lava flowed, where lava flowed and whether lava cooled down fast or slow. Geology rocks!

Hawaiian Islands: Born of Fire
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This lesson introduces students to hot spot theory and how it relates to plate tectonics. It also compares and contrasts composite and shield volcanoes and introduces students to the theory behind the formation of the Hawaiian Islands. Students will learn how to classify Hawaiian volcanoes according to their activity and location as active, dormant and extinct.

Hawaiʻi Volcanoes National Park

See, Touch, and Hear: Preschool-age students
  • Type: Field Trips
  • Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park has special things to see and touch. This field trip will enable preschool-age students to discover special plants and animals by using their senses.

Haleakalā National Park

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

In this lesson, haumana (students) will learn about the geology, plate tectonics, hot spots, and volcanoes such as Mt. Saint Helens, Kīlauea and Haleakalā, Pele and Maui and how their moʻolelo relates to geology.

Craters Of The Moon National Monument & Preserve

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

Craters of the Moon National Monument is an exceptional area to study volcanic geology and the plants and animals native to Idaho's high desert. A field trip to Craters of the Moon allows students to engage first-hand with this volcanic landscape hiking up, around, and in volcanoes, walking through some of the youngest lava flows in the lower 48 states, and exploring one of our lava tube caves.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

1800 and Froze to Death
  • Type: Lesson Plan
  • Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

In 1816, a volcano changed the lives of people here in Kentucky. Students will explore how can the geosphere, biosphere, hydrosphere, and/or atmosphere interact when the atmosphere is impacted by volcanic activity. Meets Kentucky 3rd-5th grade science standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.

Mount Rainier National Park

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

Students investigate the influence of magma viscosity on the shape of a volcanic cone. Then, they explore nature and motions of lava flows and learn about the importance of lava flows as the building blocks of Mount Rainier. Students will: How do lava flows influence volcano structure and type, specifically at Mount Rainier, Mount St. Helens, and Kilauea?

Mount Rainier National Park

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

Students view distribution patterns of tephra layers found around Mount Rainier on an isopach map and discover their source. After this lesson, students will be able to answer the questions: How was tephra dispersed in the Cascade string of Volcanoes and specifically at Mount Rainier?

Mount Rainier National Park

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

Students use ice cream glaciers and hot wax lava flows to simulate the interactions of glaciers and lava flows. By the end of the lesson, students will be able to answer the question: How do a volcano and its glaciers work together, specifically at Mount Rainier?