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Harpers Ferry National Historical Park

Water Power: Field Trip

• Type: Field Trips
• Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade

The physical and historical geography of the Harpers Ferry area demonstrates how landscapes shape human history and how human endeavors profoundly affect natural landscapes—a powerful reminder that the actions of today determine the opportunities of tomorrow.

Paterson Great Falls National Historical Park

Learning the Land and The Passaic River & Water Power

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

A two-part environmental science program that invites students to learn about the formation of the Paterson Great Falls and how they have been used to create power.

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.

Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

The Power of Glaciers

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Glacier Bay National Park has a dynamic glacial history. Through this distance learning program, students will learn about glacial formation and its impact on the environment.

Frederick Douglass National Historic Site

Frederick Douglass and the Power of Literacy

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

This 20-30 minute program works with students to discover why reading was so powerful for Douglass as a slave and then as an abolitionist.

New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park

LESSON 9- LANGUAGES OF POWER

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

Students will read the text and engage in discussion to examine how language can be a source of power and resistance. They will fill in a summary sheet on the reading.

César E. Chávez National Monument

The Power of One, Rangers in the Classroom Program

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

This program introduces students to the story of César Chávez and the United Farm Workers. Students explore how the impact of one person can be magnified through coalition-building and collective actions. After a short presentation on the life of César Chávez , students brainstorm ways to confront injustice and compare them to the methods César Chávez used in organizing farmworkers, The lesson culminates in a collaborative math activity.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lowell National Historical Park

Waterpower: Powering a Revolution Virtual Field Trip

• Type: Distance Learning
• Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade

Explore how Lowell's many integrated systems, including waterwheels and turbines, transformed the potential energy of the Merrimack River into kinetic energy that ran the machines. Through a series of investigations led by one of our educators, students generate hypotheses and analyze data to determine the most efficient ways to distribute energy to all the mills' machines.

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.

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.

Hot Springs National Park

A Journey of Rocks and Water

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

Students will create an understanding of the hydrogeological system of Hot Springs through observations of notable rock formations and examinations of the permeability of groundwater through certain rock types. Program designed for 7th grade and high school Earth Science courses.