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Theodore Roosevelt Island

Wings Over Woodlands and Wetlands

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

Wings Over Woods and Wetlands is a two and a half hour program that gives students a chance to explore a variety of topics pertaining to the lives of birds and their use of Theodore Roosevelt Island. The island provides an ideal setting for examining such concepts as migration, adaptations and habitat. Over the course of a year it is frequented by nearly 200 bird species. This program also familiarizes students with Theodore Roosevelt, 26th president of the United States.

Cowpens National Battlefield

Escape the Battlefield, Win the War!

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

The Southern Campaign of the American Revolution was the catalyst for the eventual surrender of General Cornwallis and the British at Yorktown, Virginia. Students will be given an escape room mystery to solve related to certain battles of the Southern Campaign. They will have 60 minutes to solve the given mystery and get out of the escape room.

Everglades National Park

"Win, Lose or Adapt" Wildlife: 4-6 Grade

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

Students will form two teams. These teams send up one student at a time to draw pictures that help their team correctly guess an adaptation. The team that guesses their adaptations the fastest wins! This activity can be applied to a wide range of plant and animal adaptations.

Johnstown Flood National Memorial

Johnstown Flood Museum: Academy-Award winning film, "The Johnstown Flood"

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

Students will enter the museum theater to watch the 26-minute Academy Award winning film for Best Documentary, Short Subject.

Tumacácori National Historical Park

Pancho's Scrapbook

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

Hear the entire story of Tumacácori from someone who witnessed it first hand (or is it "first wing?").

Fort Stanwix National Monument

History Detectives: 1777, On-Site Education Program

• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

How did Fort Stanwix help to win the Revolution? Search for clues around the fort to solve the mystery!

Gateway Arch National Park

Monument to the Dream

• Type: Media for Loan
• Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade

This classic documentary by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Charles Guggenheim captures the drama of the Gateway Arch's progress from Eero Saarinan's daring design to its dramatic completion with the fitting of the last section.

Mississippi National River & Recreation Area

Big River Journey

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

The Big River Journey is a great way for students to learn more about the Mississippi River. The award-winning program offers an integration of river and classroom experiences that connect 3rd-5th grade students with the science and heritage of the Mississippi River and promote stewardship.

Cane River Creole National Historical Park

Louisiana Life

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

A modern twist on a historic 1860s game! In this modified Game of Life students will discover information about Louisiana with our game board, using the traditional 1860s rules as they compete to win. Everyone is really a winner, because all players will enrich their knowledge of Louisiana!

Project Birdwing

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

Gulls are one of the types of birds discussed in this lesson plan.

How Did You Get To Hawai‘i?

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

Native species are those that reached the islands without the help of people. Many of our native plants and animals occur nowhere else in the world! In this activity, students learn how the different characters (species) in the story could reach the isolated Hawaiian Islands. The class is divided into the different ways that species arrived (4 groups): fly, swim, ride on the wind, and waves. As the story is read, students try to figure out how each new plant or animal reached the island.

Timpanogos Cave National Monument

Deep Dweller Adaptations

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

Where do you find food in a cave? How do you see without sunlight? Explore the adaptations of the wildlife that call caves home! Examine tactile examples of structures and functions that allow animals to survive in the extreme cave environment.

Everglades National Park

"Nature Hunt" Everglades ABCs: Kindergarten

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

Students will be able to explain at least two reasons why animals communicate. Students will be able to demonstrate sounds and movements of at least three native Everglades animals.

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.

National Park of American Samoa

Fruit Bats Are Our Friends

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

Fruit bats are considered the only native mammal in American Samoa thus earning the right to be protected within the National Park of American Samoa. Local folklore casts a dark image on fruit bats, portraying them as sinister and devious creatures with connections to the spirit world. These superstitions undermine their ecological importance to the native tropical rainforest. Fruit bats help transfer pollen from one tree to another and are also important for seed dispersal.