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New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
Whales and the World
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Whales and the World is a curriculum-based education program presented in partnership between New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, and the Buzzard’s Bay Coalition. The program is offered to students in grades 6 through high school and consists of three 45 minute components and may be done in any order.
Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
On the Trail of a Whale
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students take on the roles of whales and researchers, learning about underwater research and whale communication.
Cape Lookout National Seashore
Whale Traveling Trunk
- Type: Traveling Trunk
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
This traveling trunk will introduce students to the biology and behaviors of these intelligent and interesting creatures. Teachers and students can use the materials and activities in this trunk to actually experience what life would be like as a whale.
Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
Humpback Whales of Glacier Bay Lesson 2: A Whale of a Tail
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In this investigation, students study the identification and monitoring of humpback whales in Glacier Bay National Park. Students will identify individual humpback whales by their fluke markings. Then, students will use these skills in a simulated whale monitoring trip. Finally, students will identify the humpback whales seen and learn more about the life histories of individual whales.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
The house holds the Penniman family's written records and artifact collections, which provide glimpses of the places and people that the family visited on their whaling voyages. Theirs is a true life whaling story representative of hundreds of other whaling captains and their families that traveled the globe to pursue whale fishery.
Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
Let's Go Whale Watching in Glacier Bay!
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Glacier Bay is home to one of the world's most intriguing marine mammals - the endangered Humpback Whale. Come join a Glacier Bay Park Ranger on an interactive journey to learn more about this endangered species. Students will take a look at how Humpback Whales interact with their environment and what Park Researchers are doing to protect them.
Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
Humpback Whales of Glacier Bay Lesson 3: You're the Superintendent
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
In this lesson, students will take on the role of park superintendent and create a plan to balance the needs of park visitors and humpback whales. The students will examine and discuss important legislation and how it affects the park. They will use facts about humpback whales and park visitation to create a press release about a new policy regarding humpbacks and humans.
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Students will answer questions to review the habitat whales live in and the adaptations they need to survive.
New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park
Top Ten Field Trip Tips
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Top Ten Field Trip Tips for visiting the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park!
Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve
Echolocation in Action
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Middle School: Sixth Grade through Eighth Grade
Students dive in, taking on the role of a killer whale using echolocation to find prey and learning about the role of sound in the underwater world.
Kenai Fjords National Park
Supper Sea
- Type: Distance Learning
- Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade
Supper Sea is a National Park Service published educational book focused on the humpback whales that visit Kenai Fjords National Park in Alaska. Humpback whales migrate over 2,500 miles to feed in Alaska’s cold waters. Why do they make such a long journey for lunch? A National Park Ranger will answer this question and more. The ranger will engage students with photos, story time, and song to broaden their understanding of this showy marine mammal.