As part of the annual teacher workshop, participants develop lesson plans based on Montana State Curriculum Standards. The following lessons have all been developed by workshop participants.
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SOCIAL STUDIES
Native American Resources
Grade Level: all age groups
Subject(s): all subjects
Description: Resources for teachers to integrate Indian Education into their curriculum.
What is This Dingle-hopper?
Grade Level: K-4
Subject(s): Social Studies
Description: Experience a component of an Archeologist's job in describing objects and making the relationship with cultural relevance.
Memories of "Cookie" and His Chuck Wagon
Grade Level: 3
Subject(s): Social Studies, Reading, Family Consumer Science
Description: Make students aware of the importance of the Chuck Wagon cook during the days of the early west.
Cowboy Yarn's: A Vocabulary Search and Written Story of a Cattle Drive
Grade Level: 5-8
Subject(s): Language, Social Studies
Description: Student's will write a story about a cattle drive using defined words.
Blacksmiths Through Time
Grade Level: 6-8
Subject(s): English, Reading, Social Studies, Science, Technology
Description: The roles blacksmith's have performed directly affected our world's development. How are they still influencing our lives today?
Chuck Wagon Archive
Grade Level: 7-12
Subject(s): Art, English, Social Studies
Description: Through the creation of a 3D collage/diorama and journal, students will demonstrate an understanding of Grant-Kohrs Ranch history according to its artifacts and primary documents.
This Land is Your Land: A Musical Approach to the Grant-Kohrs Experience
Grade Level: 7-12
Subject(s): Music, Social Studies, English
Description: Through lyrics and music, students will demonstrate an understanding of the cultural landscape of Grant-Kohrs Ranch.
GRASS AND SOIL
Name Those Grasses and Plants!
Grade Level: 1-3
Subject(s): Science, Vocabulary
Description: Learn what a range is and the names of the four categories grasses are placed.
Range Grass Concentration
Grade Level: 2-5
Subject(s): Science
Description: Introduce range grass of the local area.
Kissing the Range
Grade Level: 5-8
Subject(s): Science, Technology
Description: Survey identified plants and grasses using a GPS unit.
Grasses Available in Different Habitats
Grade Level: 6-8
Subject(s): Science, English
Description: Identify upland, lowland, and riparian habitats and understand the difference between grasses in the habitats.
ANIMALS AND HABITATS
Who Lives Here?
Grade Level: K-12
Subject(s): Science, Math, Health Enhancement
Description: Understand the three main components of habitats and the relationships of how animal population is influenced by their environment.
North American "Puffy" Beaver
Grade Level: Elementary
Subject(s): Social Studies, Art, Science
Description: Familiarize students with the anatomy of the beaver and the importance of each body part to its livelihood.
The Clever and Busy Builders
Grade Level: 3-4
Subject(s): History, Science, Language, Math
Description: Learn about the beaver and its habitat and compare its habitat with other animals.
Choose Your Nest Site
Grade Level: 3-6
Subject(s): Science, Language Arts
Description: Identify and match common birds to their habitats.
Memoirs of a Bird
Grade Level: 3-6
Subject(s): Science, Social Studies, Technology, Writing
Description: Investigate and learn about birds and write a story.
Dhem Birds Dhem Birds
Grade Level: 5-8
Subject(s): Science
Description: Learn to use field markings to identify birds.
FIRE ECOLOGY
The Extinguisher
Grade Level: 1-3
Subject(s): Science
Description: Identify the three components of a fire and examine fire suppression through experimentation.
Cold, Lost and Trying to Stay Warm and Safe!
Grade Level: 3-5
Subject(s): Art, Science, Writing
Description: Students will reason, write/create and discuss how to make and extinguish a safe and successful camp fire.
Will Your Tree Survive?
Grade Level: 6-8
Subject(s): Science
Description: Students will formulate a hypothesis regarding fire impact on tree species.
Fire on the Prairie
Grade Level: 7-12
Subject(s): Literature, Social Studies, Writing
Description: Understand the historical use of fire by Native American Tribes by creating legends and exhibiting knowledge of the components of a legend.
Beargrass Basket: A Metaphor for Ecology
Grade Level: 9-12
Subject(s): Art, Science, Social Studies
Description: A beargrass basket will be a reflection of students understanding of interdependent relationships within ecological landscapes as it relates to fire.
WATER
"We Like To Live Among Healthy Streams"
(Supplemental activity complimenting macroinvertabrate units)
Grade Level: 3-4
Subject(s): Science, Music
Description: Health of streams can be measured by the macroinvertebrate life found in the water. This song is a simple way of memorizing the diverse macroinvertebrate found in our waterways, which indicate different levels of pollution.
Grade Level: 7-12
Subject(s): Science, English and Art
Description: Study a common stream macroinvertebrate (insect) to gain knowledge about conditions in the stream and study a life form.
Grade Level: 7-12
Subjects (s): Science, Art
Description: Educate students to understand the invertebrates that are found in different quality levels of streams.
GEOLOGY
Will She Blow?
Grade Level: 1-4
Subject(s): Science, Speaking and Listening
Description: Discover if Mt. Powell (or any other mountain) is a volcano.
Rock On!
Grade Level: 1-6
Subject(s): Science, Language Arts
Description: Learn how nature moves rocks and the results of that movement.
Rock Odyssey
Grade Level: 3-8
Subject(s): Science, Technology, Speaking and Listening
Description: To be aware of how the earth was formed by identifying types of rocks.
Can You Identify Me?
Grade Level: 5-8
Subject(s): Science
Description: Identifying the three types of rocks.
