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Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area

National Park Labs: Studies of Wildland Fire Ecology

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

National Park Labs: Studies of Wildland Fire Ecology curriculum is progressive and builds on the knowledge of each prior lesson. Teacher materials include guidelines that provide the concept, objective, method, materials, duration, procedures for conducting lessons, student handouts, and student investigation worksheets.

Glacier National Park

Surviving in the Wild

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Students role play a day in the life of a pet animal and then sort pictures of a variety of animals into “wild” or “domestic” categories with the option of making collages of each category. They will think about how “wild” animals are different from domestic animals and why wild animals need “wild” places to live.

Glacier National Park

Who's Wild?

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Students learn the differences between wildlife and domesticated animals.

Glacier National Park

What Is Wild?

• Type: Lesson Plan
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Students participate in a guided imagery exercise and take a trip to an imaginary “wild” place.

Grand Teton National Park

What is Wild

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

The lesson allows students to think about and discuss their role and the importance of protecting habitats for different types of organisms.

Acadia National Park

Are You Wild?

• Type: Student Activities ... Other Education Materials
• Grade Levels: Lower Elementary: Pre-Kindergarten through Second Grade

Students will be able to distinguish between wild and domestic animals.

Wild vs Domestic- All About Animals

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

Explore the outdoors and learn all about animals at Oxon Hill Farm. This field trip takes advantage of the 500 acres of natural landscape at Oxon Cove Park. Designed for K-5.

Fort Scott National Historic Site

Democracy Run Wild: Distance Learning Program

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

During Bleeding Kansas, conflicts at the ballot box, in the courts, and in the halls of government divided a town, a territory, and an entire nation as people from all sides of the spectrum joined in a struggle for freedom in Kansas Territory.

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?

Olympic National Park

Freeing the Elwha: "Hatcheries - Saviors or Scourge for Wild Salmon?"

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

This activity helps students understand the history and roles that hatcheries serve in sustaining commercial fisheries, native fish populations, and saving endangered fish stocks. They will also do their own research on the pros and cons of hatcheries.

Glacier National Park

Meeting the Fire Triangle

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

In this activity, students make a physical model of the Fire Triangle as a geometric shape. They manipulate the model and discuss the components of the Fire Triangle in the context of things they are already familiar with - candle flames, campfires, and engines.

Alaska Public Lands

Fire in Alaska Kit

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This educational kit provides teachers and students with an excellent opportunity to learn about the importance and problems of fires. they will be able to identify hazard signs and natural change while taking part in group activities.

Mount Rainier National Park

Flood, Fire, and Fury!

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

This activity provides information about how some of the earliest human inhabitants in the Pacific Northwest witnessed geologic activity at Mount Rainier. Native Americans used oral, rather than written, communication to pass down historical information, heritage, and traditions.

Glacier National Park

Meeting the Fire Triangle 2

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

This activity is a brief guided discussion that describes combustion and wildland fire.

Cuyahoga Valley National Park

"Wild About Animals" Virtual Program - Pre-K to Grade 2

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

Wild About Animals introduces students to animals that live in Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Through games, a story, and skulls and pelts students will learn about these animals and discover the adaptations that help them survive in their habitats. Learn more about the program and how to sign up.

Natchez Trace Parkway

The Spark of Bravery, A Fire of Discovery

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

One of the bravest men in American history, join us for 45-minutes as we take a look at the incredible life of Meriwether Lewis from childhood through the Corps of Discovery, to his final days along Natchez Trace. *This program briefly discusses his suicide, with minimal detail, and the National Suicide Prevention hotline contact information

Fire Island National Seashore

Fire Island Treasure Chest

• Type: Traveling Trunk
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

Packed with shells, sand, samples, and field guides, our treasure chest is an easy way to prepare for your Fire Island field trip or bring the Seashore to your classroom.

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.

Gateway Arch National Park

Wolf Cubs: Council Fire

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

Visit the Museum at Gateway Arch National Park and explore the history and future of your community. Talk with a National Park Service ranger and learn about service to community and country. Fulfills requirements 3a, 3b and 5.

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

Black Hills Fire Ecology

• Type: Distance Learning ... Student Activities ... Teacher Reference Materials
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

How does fire help our landscapes? In this lesson students will learn about prescribed burns and the helpful side of fire through an activity and lesson.