If you are an educator looking for classroom activities to advance biodiversity awareness and discovery, we invite you to take a look at these online resources from the National Park Service.
Newsletter Curricula
- Lesson Plan (197 KB)
- Worksheet (31 KB)
Open Your Eyes Curricula
- Numbered Organism Cards (497 KB)
- Lesson Plan (116 KB)
- Worksheet 1 (246 KB)
- Worksheet 2 (100 KB)
Three-Minute Video Curricula
- Lesson Plan (103 KB)
- Worksheet 1 (14 KB)
- Worksheet 2 (91 KB)
Flipping for Adaptations Curricula
- Lesson Plan (109 KB)
- Adaptions for Animal Survival (1,133 KB)
- Worksheet (188 KB)
Fortune Teller Adaptation Curricula
- Lesson Plan (184 KB)
- Worksheet (109 KB)
INaturalist
- Using INaturalist (158 KB)
- Final Lesson Plan (108 KB)
- PowerPoint on INatualist (1,980 KB)
Insect Orders
Making a Dichotomous Key
- Step by Step Dichotomous Key (160 KB)
- Dichotomous Key Lesson Plan (104 KB)
- Dichotomous Key Worksheet (262 KB)
Plant Adaptation Card Game
- Plant Adaptation Cards (1,031 KB)
- Plant Adaptation Worksheet (335 KB)
- Plant Adaptation - Middle School Lesson Plan (265 KB)
Threats to Biodiversity
- Threats to Biodiversity H.I.P.P.O (171 KB)
- Threats to Biodiversity - Middle School Lesson Plan (103 KB)
- Biodiversity Bingo Worksheet (207 KB)
Vertebrate Grab Bag
- Vertebrate Clues Worksheet (139 KB)
- Vertebrate Grab Bag - Middle School Lesson Plan (112 KB)
- Vertebrate Classification Worksheet (168 KB)
What National Park Is It?
- National Parks Worksheet 1 (884 KB)
- Answer Key to National Parks Worksheet 1 (104 KB)
- What National Park is it - Middle School Lesson Plan (109 KB)
- National Park Worksheet 2 (96 KB)
Boston Harbor National Recreation Area Education Materials
- Microwilderness Expedition Log (521 KB)
- 7th Grade Microwilderness Expedition Log (475 KB)
- 5th Grade Microwilderness Expedition Log (397 KB)
- Common Invertebrates Guide (359 KB)
- Identifying Order Guide (159 KB)
- Insect Kit Pricing (EXCEL DOC)