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How Smart Growth Can Reshape Communities
Middle schoolers explore the concept of smart growth development. They create a class list highlighting the benefits of smart growth and then research, discuss, and present their findings on the benefits of smart growth and how it...
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Turning Parks into Islands
Students discuss the effects of isolating areas in a park to make "islands" for nature. For this nature lesson, students role play park rangers who are developing a new section of the park. Students work in groups to plan a park, after...
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Baseball--Where the Parks Are
In this social studies worksheet, students utilize a map to label the location of each city with a Major League team and then with colored pencils label the homes of the All-American Girls League teams.
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Lessons in Courage: Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks, and Ruby Bridges
First graders discover the contributions of Martin Luther King, Rosa Parks and Ruby Bridges in the Civil Rights Movement. Books and recordings are used to help students explain how important they were in the movement.
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Beanie Friend Vacation Stories
Students write an adventure story about their vacation with a Beanie friend. They select a city, research its vacation possibilities and write about the places that they would like to visit.
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Physics Park
Students research and design a playground for a park or school in their community. They explore the physics concepts that are present in the design and, if applicable promote their ideas to city or school officials.
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Create A Park Map
Students design ultimate park experience for Florida families as they demonstrate their knowledge of map legend skills.
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Mapping the National Parks
Learners research national parks. In this science activity, students view a video about the national parks and discuss the environments found within the national parks.
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Topic Books: The Park
In this ESL park worksheet, students assemble the booklet and read things and people they might see in a park. Students then respond to 5 fill in the blank questions and 1 short answer question regarding the information they read.
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Building the Best Brochure
Pupils research characteristics of a good brochure. Using the Internet, students explore the areas of the Mission Trails Regional Park. Pupils incorporate ClarisWorks and other software, to design a brochure of the area they examined.
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More Than a Campground
Fourth graders participate in a class disucssion on the term "habitat". The class brainstorms on what makes a national park special. In small groups, they research a a national park and create a mural depicting those factors that make...
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Conservation 'Ad'vice for National Parks
Young scholars discuss ways that the public can damage as well as preserve our natural and cultural resources. Small groups are each assigned one of the national parks and must design a poster or TV commercial that celebrates the...
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Green Space in the City
Learners identify the different kinds and uses of green space that exist in an urban area. They create maps of local parks and research the history of each park. They conduct a survey of residents near the park and interview a park...
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The News Knows!
Sixth graders examine three national parks and focus on what makes them special. Working in small groups, 6th graders create a small newspaper in which each of them writes an article that expresses the concerns of their park.
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Cumulative Effects Assessment - What if?
Tenth graders discuss natural and human influences that may affect the ecological integrity of national parks. They study the concepts environmental assessments. In groups, they research a park's situation and present their findings at a...
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Embassy of Venezuela: National Parks and Natural Monuments
This resource provides links to the 26 national parks and 11 natural monuments in Venezuela. Each national park and natural monument has a brief description.
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Super Natural British Columbia Canada
Explore beautiful British Columbia by region, city, or by sites and events. This resource is the official tourism site of British Columbia and provides a current and historical look at BC's finest recreational opportunities.
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Le Senegal Geographique
This resource offers a detailed geography of Senegal. It provides pictures of sites of attraction and cities. There are also links to major parks.
Digital Public Library of America
Dpla: This Land Is Your Land: Parks and Public Spaces
This exhibition tells the story of the conservation, culture, history, and preservation of parks and protected areas through maps, documents, letters, and other primary sources.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Life as a Wildlife Biologist
This site describes the skills needed for a career in Wildlife Biology. Includes link to a quiz that tests the student's knowledge of Wildlife issues.
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University
De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Grant Park [Pdf]
"Grant Park" is a one page, nonfiction passage about Chicago creating a landfill by putting the trash from the Chicago fire in 1971 into the lake, on which they built Grant Park. It is followed by an open-ended question which requires...
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Ipanema.com: Rio De Janiero Parks and Top Sights
Resource presents information about the national parks in Rio de Janiero, Brazil.
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Paradise Wildlife Park, England
This is the homepage of Paradise Wildlife Park in Broxbourne, England. There is information about the park as well as pictures of the animals.
IMDb
Internet Movie Database: Gordon Parks
This site, part of the online movie database IMDb.com, provides a biography of Gordon Parks and links to discussions of his films, including "Shaft" and "The Learning Tree."