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	Cumberland Island National Seashore Curriculum Materials

Activity Suggestions
(by grade level)

* denotes pre-visit activities
For K-2, please call for activity suggestions.

Each link is a downloadable MS Word (.doc file) document.

Grade

Georgia Performance Standard

3rd Grade
Beach Survey	S3L2, S3CS1
Build A Marsh*	S3CL1
Diversi-tree	S3CL1
Dune Critters	S3CL1
Forest Survey	S3CL1
Fossil Hunt	S3E2, S3CS3, S3CS8
Island Ecosystems*	S3CL1
Island Habitat Comparison	S3CL1
Marsh Stew	S3L1, S3CS4, S3CS8
Meroplankton Matchup*	S3CL1
See What's In The Sea	S3CL1
Soils Survey	S3E1, S3CS1a, S3CS3, S3CS8
The Dune System	S3CL1
The Living Dock	S3CL1
Tiny Rocks	SS3G1, S3CS1a, S3CS3, S3CS8
What's a National Park?	map skills
What's Your Lifestyle?*	S3CL1
Where is Cumberland Island?	map skills

4th Grade
Build A Marsh*	S4L1
Coastal Encounters	S4L1, SS4G1
Critter to Critter	S4L1, S4L2
Diversi-tree*	S4L1
Dungeness Scavenger Hunt	map skills
Forest Survey	S4L1
Habitat Pit*	S4L1
Healing Forest	S4L1, SS4H1
Island Ecosystems*	S4L1
Salt Marsh Step	S4L1
Sand Pile	S4L1
See What's In The Sea	S4L1a/b, S4CS8
What's a National Park?	map skills
What's Your Lifestyle?*	S4L1, S4L2
Where is Cumberland Island?	map skills
Who Am I?*	S4L1, S4L2
Weather The Dunes	S4E4a, S4E3

5th Grade
Can We Live Together?	S5L1a/b
Coastal Encounters	S5E1
Diversi-tree*	S5L1
Islands of Sand	S5E1
Island Formation*	S5E1a/b
Keying Trees	S5L1b
Marsh Stew	S5L1, S5CS4, S4CS8
Meroplankton Matchup*	S5L1
Moving Sand	S5E1
Ride the Tide*	S5E1
Sand Pile	S5E1
See What's In The Sea	S5L1a, S5CS8
Tiny Rocks	S5E1b
The Living Dock	S5L1, S5CS4, S4CS8
Who Am I?*	S5L1
What's Your Lifestyle?*	S5L1

6th Grade
Coastal Encounters	S6E5
Fossil Hunt	S6E5f, S6CS8
Island Formation*	S6E5d/e, S6CS8
Islands of Sand	S6E5
Moving Sand	S6E5
Ride the Tide*	S6E1d/e, S6E2a/c, S6E3d
Soil Survey	S6E5g, S6CS4
Tiny Rocks	S6E5b/c/e
Weather The Dunes	S6E2, S6E4, S6E4, S6CS4, S6CS5
Why Save the Dunes?	S6E5

7th Grade
Can We Live Together?	S7L4
Critter to Critter	S7L4
Diversi-tree*	S7L4
Fossils Hunt	S7L5c, S7CS8
Islands of Sand	S7L4
Keying Trees	S7L1a/b
Marsh Stew	S7L1, S7CS2
See What's In The Sea	S7L1, S7CS2
The Living Dock	S7L1, S7CS2
Tremendous Trees	S7L1, S7CS4

8th Grade
Coastal Encounters	SS8G1
Dungeness Scavenger Hunt	SS8H1, SS8H2
Islands of Sand	SS8G1
Why Save The Dunes?	SS8G1

For high school groups, please call for activity suggestions.


			Did You Know? Cumberland Island provides important habitat for a number of species including threatened and endangered shore birds such as American Oystercatchers, Least Terns, and Wilson’s Plovers. The island is an important stopover point for migrating birds on the transatlantic migratory flyway.

Last Updated: May 05, 2009 at 15:24 EST