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Activity
3:
National Park Scavenger Hunt
Students
will use the NPS website to find an assortment of national parks
and monuments.
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Unit:
National Parks Treasure
Hunt
Guiding Question:
What types of places
are our national parks and monuments?
Critical Content: Students
will understand the variety of places that are valued by citizens
and protected by the National Park system.
Grades: 3-6
Duration: 1 hour
session (may be shorter by limiting number of items in the
scavenger hunt or dividing the questions up among various
groups)
Group size: Whole
class; students may want to work in pairs
Setting: Classroom
Materials:
Computer with Internet access for every 2-3 students. Scavenger
Hunt Activity Sheet for each student.
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Procedures:
- Students will use the National Park Service - Search
by Interests web site to find items for the scavenger hunt.
- Have students share their answers in small groups or with the
whole class. How many different parks can fit under one description?
(How many parks are there that feature a geologic feature?)
- The final question will ask students to identify a park about
which they would like to learn more. This will lead into Activity
4: Our National Treasures in which students do more in-depth
research on a specific park of their choice.
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