• Wind Cave National Park - Two Worlds

    Wind Cave

    National Park South Dakota

Pre-Visit Materials

The Connections program introduces specific ecological concepts. Using pre- and post-visit activities teachers can help introduce the concept so the students are prepared for their visit. The webpages below provide pre- and post-visit activities for your field trip:

First grade Similarities and Differences

Second grade Homes and Habitat

Third grade Adaptation in Nature

Fourth grade Order in Nature

Fifth grade Continuity and Change

Sixth grade Interaction and Interdependence

Seventh/Eighth Limiting Factors

High School Water in the Environment

Did You Know?

Bull Elk

Elk were the most widely distributed member of the deer family in North America and spread from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from Mexico to northern Alberta.  Elk began to disappear in the eastern United States in the early 1800s. More...