• Poplar Grove National Cemetery Luminary Event (photo courtesy of Joanne Williams)

    Petersburg

    National Battlefield Virginia

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Life in An Ecosystem

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Petersburg National Battlefield plays host to a diverse number of inhabitants and ecosystems. Located between the Atlantic Coastal plain and the Piedmont region of Western Virginia, Petersburg National Battlefield’s 2,659 acres varies from the wetlands of Hatcher's run at the Five Forks Battlefield to the combination of mixed hardwood/pine forests and open fields that encompass the park’s Eastern Front. City Point, a 22 acre unit at the confluence of the Appomattox and James Rivers, provides yet another uniquely beautiful asset to Petersburg National Battlefield.

This program is meets the following Standards of Learning:

Life Processes K.6, 1.4, 2.4, 3.4
Living Systems 2.5, 3.5, 3.6, 4.5, 6.7
Resources 3.10, 3.11, 4.8
Life Sciences LS.4-LS.14

This program is conducted at the Five Forks Contact Station and can be scheduled from March 1 through November 1.  Please email our Education Specialist or call 804-732-3531 for more informaiton or to schedule the program. 

Life in an Ecosystem Educator Guide

 

Did You Know?

Brig. General Frederick Winthrop

Union Brevet Brigadier General Frederick Winthrop was Massachusetts Bay Colony Governor John Winthrop's sixth great-grandson. Winthrop was mortally wounded at the Battle of Five Forks on April 1, 1865.
(Petersburg National Battlefield)