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Cowpens National Battlefield

Upper Piedmont Wildlife Habitat Prior to 1781

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

To have students define what kind of habitat an animal would have needed to survive in the upper Piedmont of the Carolinas prior to the Battle of Cowpens. Students will describe elements that contributed to the animal’s extinction from the area

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.

Manassas National Battlefield Park

Habitats

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

•Describe the 5 major biomes on Earth •Describe the factors that make up a successful habitat

Fort Matanzas National Monument

Wildlife Safari

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

Virtually join a ranger on a live wildlife safari!

Glacier National Park

Habitat Adventure

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

A ranger will take your class on a virtual "hike" to discover the four different habitats of Glacier National Park. We will learn what living things need to survive and meet at least one animal that lives in each habitat. Come prepared for an adventure, as you never know what will happen in the wild!

Rocky Mountain National Park

Habitat Investigators

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

Forest, tundra, wetland- oh my! Ever wonder what makes these habitats so unique? Go on a ranger-led exploration through these 3 different habitats to uncover the plants and animals that live there and create your very own "habitat investigator log" along the way!

Create A Habitat

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

Students will choose a habitat found in Haleakalā National Park and create a model of that habitat inside of a shoebox. The diorama projects will be shared with the class the following day.

Glacier National Park

Habitat Is Home

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

Students explore the idea that animals need a home and the basic parts of a habitat.

Glacier National Park

Habitat Hunt

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

Students will understand the difficulty animals have finding all the components of their habitats through a role-playing game (best done outside).

Haleakalā National Park

A Habitat Is A Home

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

At the end of this lesson, the students will be able to demonstrate an understanding that a habitat is a home, and native habitats are the best and only home for native species.

Wrangell - St Elias National Park & Preserve

Basics of Habitat

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

Use America's largest national park as a pathway to discovery! In this lesson, students think about essential survival needs

Glacier National Park

What's That Habitat

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

Students identify their own basic needs for food, water shelter and space in a suitable arrangement and generalize that wildlife and people have similar basic needs.

National Park of American Samoa

Wildlife of the Tropical Rainforests

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

This program motivates kids to think about the part each of them plays or the actions they can take in preserving and protecting the environment. Activity is focus on tropical rainforest and wildlife as the basis for teaching science through fun, hands-on things children already do and like like-art projects, and classroom demonstrations. Discover the amazing diversity of wildlife and habitats from the coastline to mountaintop.

Grand Teton National Park

Winter Wildlife Traveling Trunk

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

Bring the wonder of a Grand Teton winter into your classroom!

National Park of American Samoa

Marine Wildlife and Harmful Trash

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

Students listen to descriptions of marine wildlife and identify marine debris items that could harm them. Students perform an experiment in which they wrap a rubber band around their fingers and across the back of their hand and try to disentangle them. As a class, students discuss their thoughts and reactions and relate to real animals.

Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve

Creepy Crawly Habitat

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

Even unlikely places can be productive habitat! Bring your students to explore Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.

Acadia National Park

Habitat Scavenger Hunt

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

Walk around a safe outside space with adult supervision and make a mark every time you see an example of food, water, shelter, and space. These are what animals need in their habitats to survive. You can write in a little dot, a checkmark, or you can even draw a little picture. Hint: A shelter could be a nest or a house, but remember it could also be the area underneath a log! Try with a partner and compare what you find!

Badlands National Park

Prairie Animals and Habitats

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

Badlands National Park protects 244,000 acres of mixed-grass prairie habitat and the wild animals that live in it. Prairie vegetation is mostly grasses--find out why. Then take a look at some of the wildlife (including bison, pronghorn, prairie dogs, and black-footed ferrets) that have adaptations that allow them to thrive in the prairie environment. Students participating in the in-class program may see and touch animal pelts, complete a puzzle, or complete a craft.

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.