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Glacier National Park
4-6 Activities
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Just as in the K-3 activities, the 4-6 activities focus on connections as illustrated in the journey of . The connections are not just biological. They are also economic, political, cultural and spiritual. For this reason, we have intentionally widened the scope of the units and activities to a trans- or cross-discipline approach, and an .
Along with the ecosystem focus, the 7 units of the 4-6 activities also include explanations and discussion of 5 of the other significant themes for why Glacier is protected as a national park- biodiversity, wilderness, Native American connections, International Peace Park designation, and geology.
Many of the activities in this section are from the Native American Work House Curriculum.
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Unit One: The Geography of Me - A geographic look at watersheds in the W-GIPP. for teacher background information and the introduction to 4-6, Unit One.
- Activity 1: – mapping play places and fitting them into the W-GIPP watershed context .
- Activity 2: Boundaries and People – mapping watersheds on large and small scale maps – including W-GIPP map.
- Activity 3: Turning Parks into Islands – (Yukon to Yellowstone) -adapted activity that role-plays fragmentation issues around parks.
Unit Two: The Ice Spirits (from Work House) – A Native American and geologic perspective on glaciers. for teacher background information and the introduction to 4-6, Unit Two.
- Activity 1: – the physics of glacial erosion.
- Activity 2: – modeling glacial landforms.
- Activity 3: – forming mini-glaciers from water, sand and gravel.
Unit Three: Our Medicine, Our Food (from Work House)- Native American Plant lore and use. for teacher background information and the introduction to 4-6, Unit Three.
- Activity 1: – plant dispersal and ecology.
- Activity 2: – research and construction of illustrated book on Native plant uses.
- Activity 3: – bilingual approach to the meaning of plant names.
- Activity 4: – making a class book on tree identification.
Unit Four: Shared Spirits (from Work House)– local people, animals and their environment. for teacher background information and the introduction to 4-6, Unit Four.
- Activity 1: – art activity examining the roles people have in their cultures, and their relationships to animals.
- Activity 2: – research activity on Peace Park animals.
- Activity 3: – pantomime on ecological concepts.
- Activity 4: – art activity on WGIPP animal habitat components.
- Activity 5: – mural of changes in a beaver pond area.
- Activity 6: – physical education activity on ecological systems.
- Activity 7: – outdoor game on the changes in a beaver meadow.
- Activity 8: – applying succession modeling to human towns.
Unit Five: Winter Wanderings – winter, and adaptations to cold and snow. Click here for teacher background information and the introduction to 4-6, Unit Five.
- Activity 1: – creating a diorama of life under the snow.
- Activity 2: – examining microclimates under the snow.
- Activity 3: – field trip examining real tracks and their stories.
- Activity 4: – art project with animal tracks.
Unit Six: Skyscrapers: Cities in the Old Growth – studies in old growth forest. for teacher background information and the introduction to 4-6, Unit Six.
- Activity 1: – vocabulary charades game.
- Activity 2: – 3D art project on parts of trees.
- Activity 3: – components of old growth forests and related conservation issues.
- Activity 4: – classroom study on role of earthworms.
- Activity 5: – creative dramatics exercise on tree growth.
- Activity 6: – role play of life, death and decomposition in the forest.
- Activity 7: – exercise making a group poem.
- Activity 8: – observation and memory exercise on individual characteristics of trees.
Unit Seven: The Peace Park: A Climate Laboratory – student research and climate studies in the W-GIPP. for teacher background information and the introduction to 4-6, Unit Seven.
- Activity 1: - climate concepts charades game.
- Activity 2: – probability exercise on prediction of future climate.
- Activity 3: – art and puzzle exercise on climate interactions.
- Activity 4: – fast-moving tag game on the carbon cycle.
- Activity 5: – holistic thinking field trip on the complexity of social and climate conditions.
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Activities from the Glacier Teacher's Guide Seven units include lessons on: bears, rocks, decomposition and habitats. more... | | Activities from the Glacier Teacher's Guide Five units cover topics such as interrelationships, watersheds, and the concept of peace more... | |
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Did You Know?
Did you know that once Beargrass blooms and then dies, a new stalk will bloom 5-10 years after that?
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Last Updated: December 05, 2007 at 10:27 EST |