Teacher Information on Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks

CURRICULAR MATERIALS

Meet Your National Parks!
This lesson will introduce 3rd and 4th grade students to their national parks in California. Activities include Language Arts activities to support standardized tests and social studies for California. If you need a copy of Acrobat Reader use the link below under Other Materials.

Meet Your National Parks lesson. (NOTE: The file is in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, size 64kb) more....

Student material for worksheets:
3rd grade (PDF format, size 780kb) more...
4th grade (PDF format, size 527kb) more...

Teacher background material on national parks. (PDF format, 150kb) more...

Meet the Giant Sequoia!
This activity for 4th graders introduces students to the largest living thing in the world--the General Sherman Tree! Using math skills students will learn just how large this giant sequoia is.

How Big is Big Lesson (PDF format, 73kb) more...

To purchase books mentioned in these lessons check the Sequoia Natural History Association's on-line bookstore link to your right.

Teacher Zone
Connect your students to National Park Service sites across the country. more... 

OTHER MATERIALS

Sequoia Seeds: a newspaper for kids
Read all about trees, animals, caves, fire, people of the past, and park rangers. (NOTE: The file is in Adobe Acrobat PDF format, size 1053kb. more...

If you need a copy of the Acrobat Reader, download it free from Adobe.)

For more indepth information on wildlife, plants, geology, and more in these parks...Nature and Science

Interested in early settlers, the military, Native Americans and more in these parks... History and Culture

Looking for information and activities on other National Park Service sites? Check the links below.

Web Rangers
Check out the information and activities in this national, web-based Junior Ranger program and learn about national parks all over the country. more...