1.   Sustainability and Canada's National Parks The lesson introduces the students to the concept of sustainability. The concept is introduced as one of the guiding principles that justifies the Canadian National Park system.

2.   Our National Parks The National Park system is made up of a tremendous amounts of sites that our country has valued. We all know about Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon, but few of us know about the smaller parks and historic sites that are ours to visit and learn from.

3.   U.S. Geography: The West In this lesson plans, students will use the U.S. Geography: The West video, travel brochures, the Internet, and other sources to learn about the national parks of the West; create travel brochures for the national parks of the West, indicating unique geological features and defining aspects of the different parks; and use what they learn in making their travel brochures to compare and contrast the national parks of the West.

4.   Create a Trivia Game Write trivia questions about Pennsylvania state parks. Learn about Pennsylvania's environmental and recreational resources. Create a trivia game about Pennsylvania.

1.   Canaima ...to introduce definite articles TARGETED STANDARDS 1.1- Interpersonal communication 1.2- Interpretive communication 2.1- Practices and perspectives of culture 4.1- Language comparisons 4.2- Culture comparisons I. OBJECTIVES 1.1- Students will read and comprehend information from the pamphlet on the national park in Canaima, Venezuela. 1.2- Students will understand the written language from the pamphlet, specifically definite artictles. 2.1,4.2- Students will discuss the similarities and differences between national parks in the U.S. and Venezuela. 4.1- Students will understand the meaning and uses of definit...

2.   Writing About Outdoor Activities ...roducts. Scholastic TeachersParentsKids_Shop Product Information Administrators Librarians Search Club Ordering Online Scholastic At Home Scholastic Store Teacher Store Teaching ResourcesStudent ActivitiesBooks & AuthorsConnect Welcome to Scholastic.com Sign in or register Skippy supports America?s national parks text can be part of flat image, and not text. Photo Credits: © Peter Dazeley/Photodisc/Getty Images; © SW Productions/Getty Images About This Lesson Plan SUBJECT Reading and Language Arts, Math, Science GRADE 2-3 DURATION 40 Mins UNIT PLAN Get Ready to Explore the Great Outdoors! Writing About Outdo...

3.   Who Pays for City Hall? ...s Contact search EconEdLink A premier source of classroom tested, Internet-based economic lesson materials for K-12 teachers and their students EconEdLink Online Lesson Student's Version Print this lesson Print this lesson Who Pays for City Hall? Introduction: People in our communities like to have parks, police and fire protection, streets, community centers, and many other services and features that cities provide. But who park pays for all of these? We do! Process: What makes your city a good place to live in? question Would your city be a nice place to live, if it didn't have any parks? What if your city...

4.   Using a Map to Locate Places ...roducts. Scholastic TeachersParentsKids_Shop Product Information Administrators Librarians Search Club Ordering Online Scholastic At Home Scholastic Store Teacher Store Teaching ResourcesStudent ActivitiesBooks & AuthorsConnect Welcome to Scholastic.com Sign in or register Skippy supports America?s national parks text can be part of flat image, and not text. Photo Credits: © Peter Dazeley/Photodisc/Getty Images; © SW Productions/Getty Images About This Lesson Plan SUBJECT Math, Science, Language Arts GRADE 2-3 DURATION 40 Mins UNIT PLAN Get Ready to Explore the Great Outdoors! Using a Map to Locate Places PR...

5.   EconEdLink | EconomicsMinute | Who Pays for City Hall? .... This beginning civics/economic lesson will introduce your students to city government and teach economics on the way! Lesson Objectives: Students will: Discover that city governments provide goods and services by collecting taxes from citizens. Introduction: People in our communities like to have parks, police and fire protection, streets, community centers, and many other services and other features that cities provide. But who pays for all of these? We do! park This lesson introduces students to city government: What does a city government do? Then it introduces the question of cost: Who pays for city go...

6.   BVSD Lesson Plans: Grades 3-5 ...so has a variety of other uses. What is the difference between use and misuse? Purpose and learning goals Discuss the many forms of water and its uses - and the difference between our water needs and water wants. For example, we need to drink water to live, whereas we want to play in water at water parks. What are the ways that people waste water and what can each of us do to conserve water? Terms used: ponds, lakes, oceans, rivers, streams, ice, snow, storm clouds, mist, frost, dew, rain, and rainbows. Intended grade level K - 2 Time involved 45 minutes for class activity Alignment to standards (for entire...

7.   Support Your Local Park! ...edge. -+ NCTE Standard 12 Students use spoken, written, and visual language to accomplish their own purposes. -+ ISTE Standard 3 Technology productivity tools -+ ISTE Standard 5 Technology research tools -+ + + Introduction: Mrs. Laura Bush is an enthusiast for the great outdoors and for preserving National Parks for future generations.  As an honorary chair of the National Park Foundation, she believes in working together so we can preserve, support, and enjoy this nation?s history and landscape.   Mrs. Bush supported National Park Week in 2006, which is celebrated annually in April.  The 2006 theme was ?Co...

8.   Create a Park! A Place to Play and Plant Flowers ...quired: Computer with Internet access, paper, writing utensils, coloring utensils (or computer drawing program such as Paint), printer, and word processor. Procedures: 1. Introduce students to the lesson by asking them what a park is and if they know of names or have visited any of local, state, or national parks.  2. Use the computer and Internet access to research several parks that students mentioned.  (Examples of parks are provided in the web links.) 3. Place students in groups of four to five students. 4. Have students list items that they find in a park.  (For example, picnic tables, baseball fields,...

9.   Geography Website Protocol: LESSON PLAN: National Parks BY: Janet Bragg, Lebanon, IN Site address: http://www.nps.gov/ Grade Level(s): grades 4 -12 Site: "Park Net" is the website sponsored by the National Park Service. Through this website, information can be obtained about our nation's parks and historical landmarks. The home page menu contains selecti...

10.   List of Activities Return to Alien Plant Invasion: A Field Study project at Saguaro National Park Program's List of Lesson Plans Activities General Overview I. Introduction to Problem Sample Schedule o WORKSHEET: National Park Video Worksheet o WORKSHEET: Alien Invasion Reading o KEY: Alien Invasion Reading Unit Overview II. Background Skills and Techniques for Field Work 1. Introductional Purpos...