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Arches National Park

Water Cycle

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

Students hear a story and dance to a water cycle music video. While visiting a wetlands ecosystem they act out the process of erosion in different environments, and participate in a relay where they pretend to be agents of evaporation and precipitation. Students imagine they experience the water cycle first hand and write a poem about it. Afterwards, each student creates a regional drawing of the water cycle.

Wind Cave National Park

Infiltrating the Water Cycle

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

Two demonstrations to introduce students to the water cycle and the idea of infiltration.

Arches National Park

Life Cycles

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

Students explore plant changes by performing a play depicting the life cycle of a wildflower through the seasons. They explore life cycles of frogs and toads, along the way discovering the difference between them. Students learn about insect metamorphosis, focusing on moths and butterflies, and discover the surprising world of insect galls.

Fossil Butte National Monument

The Fossil Cycle

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

In this lesson plan, students will roll homemade dice to discover if their organism became a fossil or not to demonstrate how difficult it is for an organism to be preserved.

Olympic National Park

Salmon Nutrient Cycling

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

This activity helps students learn how marine-derived nutrients from salmon carcasses find their way into terrestrial environments and how scientists can track these marine-derived nutrients to analyze their importance to ecosystems today, as well as reconstructing past ecosystem processes.

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve

Bison Life Cycle

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

Bison cow and calf

Glacier National Park

Carbon Cycle Capers

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

Students will be able to identify the cyclical relationship between carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and plants on earth which trap and store carbon. This is a fast-moving game of tag which pits the “trees” against the “CO2 molecules”.

Denali National Park & Preserve

Snowshoe Hare Population Cycles in Denali

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

This lesson introduces population ecology to students by using real data on snowshoe hares collected in Denali National Park and Preserve. Students will analyze recent population trends and predict future population changes.

Kenai Fjords National Park

Succession and Nutrient Cycling in a Temperate Rainforest Ecosystem

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

Students will examine succession in two forest ecosystems: a recently de-glaciated area and an established temperate rainforest. (Note: This lesson can be adapted to succession in any forest ecosystem.)

Hot Springs National Park

Protecting the Water

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

This program explores the ways that Hot Springs National Park protects the natural water cycle and harnesses the water for human use. Students will explore different challenges from habitat protection to engineering that the park faces in protecting the 143-degree thermal water for public use. Designed for 5th and 6th grade Earth Science and Engineering. Advanced programs may be used for High School programs.

Glacier National Park

The Work of Water

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

Students construct a river model. Then use a watering can or hose to observe the role water has in causing weathering, erosion, deposition and sculpting the landscape.

Wind Cave National Park

Is the Water Safe?

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

A brief student activity to help students realize that taste and smell aren't always good indicators of pollution.

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historical Park

What’s in the Water?

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

Determine effects people have on the water in the environment and how to protect this necessary natural resource. Meets Kentucky 3rd-5th grade science standards. This lesson was created by Kentucky teachers as a part of the History and Science Explore Project.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

What's in the Water?

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

Water quality is measured using many physical, chemical, and biological assessments. In this lesson, introduce your students to five water chemistry tests. Students will become familiar with pH, nitrates, phosphates, dissolved oxygen and turbidity and their relationship to the Cuyahoga River Watershed. They will begin to understand acceptable test value ranges, make connections between water quality and the biological community and become familiar with the causes of poor water quality.

Kaloko-Honokōhau National Historical Park

School Water Budget Kit

• Type: Science Labs
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

The following activities replace the traditional way of teaching the water cycle by identifying how surfaces in the schoolyard influence the pathways water takes after a precipitation event. By exploring the water cycle as it occurs at their school, the learning becomes place-based and relevant to the culture of the school.

Everglades National Park

"The Water Watch" Water: 4-6 Grade

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

The student will be able to: a) list two reasons why water conservation is necessary for the preservation of the Everglades, b) list two ways in which they can increase community involvement in water conservation, and c) produce a petition which lists ways to conserve water and get at least one hundred signatures on their petition.

Everglades National Park

"Water Poetry" Water: 4-6 Grade

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

Students will learn the importance of the water cycle to the Everglades watershed. They will also be able to describe ways in which they use and conserve water, after which they will write a poem about water.

Hot Springs National Park

Where the Water Begins

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

“Where the Water Begins” is an interactive science program to understand the thermal water cycle of Hot Springs National Park. It involves several demonstrations to illustrate the geology of the Ouachita Mountains, the water cycle, the potential impact of pollution in the Hot Springs recharge zone, and hot springs ecology. The program also involves larger field activities to integrate the messages of the hot springs water cycle and the protection of the recharge zone.

Hot Springs National Park

Turning Water into Medicine

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

This student-led exploration of historic Fordyce Bathhouse Museum and Visitor Center allows students to use historical sources to understand how the bathhouses influenced medical practices in the United States in the early 20th century. Designed for 4th grade social studies lessons.

Wind Cave National Park

Daily Water Use

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

And introduction to how much water your students use everyday.