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Glacier National Park
Lesson Plans & Teacher Guides
 

Glacier Teacher's Guide - K-12 teacher guide which incorporates Native American activities and information from Work House as well as other pre- and post- visit lesson plans for Glacier National Park field trips.

The Wilderness & Land Ethic Curriculum - K-12 lesson plans from the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center which introduce students to the concept of wilderness.

FireWorks Curriculum - K-12 lessons created by the U.S. Forest Service Fire Lab in Missoula, MT which features ponderosa, lodgepole, and whitebark pine forests. It provides students with interactive, hands-on materials to study the forces that cause change in forests, particularly wildland fire.

Teaching with Historic Places- Glacier's Going-to-the-Sun Road - A secondary school level lesson that is part of a series which brings the important stories of historic places into classrooms across the country.

Ecosystem Education (COCEEC) Activities - Secondary level lesson plans about the history of the "Crown" and perspectives on land management.

U-shaped valley carved by a glacier  

Did You Know?
Glacier National park was named for the glaciers that carved, sculpted, and formed this landscape millions of years ago. Despite the recession of current glaciers, the park's name will not change when the glaciers are gone.

Last Updated: December 26, 2007 at 11:26 EST