• Partnering with the National Parks, NCSS 2016• Estee Rivera Murdock, NPS Every Kid in a Park• Carol Johnston, Rich Bachus, and Laney

Johnston-Bachus: A Year in the Parks

4th Grade andthe National

Parks

Every Kid in a Park

https://goo.gl/1uZH79

Link to this Google Slide presentation

Our Family’s WebsiteA Year in the Parks

Big Idea: Partnering with the National Parks is a gateway to America’s story for your students.

#EveryKidinaParkwww.everykidinapark.gov

Interagency Effort

▪ The White HouseCouncil on Environmental Quality

▪ Department of AgricultureForest Service

▪ Department of the InteriorNational Park ServiceBureau of Land ManagementFish and Wildlife ServiceBureau of Reclamation

▪ Department of CommerceNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

▪ Department of DefenseArmy Corps of Engineers

▪ Department of Education

PLAY

LEARN

4th grade Trips to a ParkLaney’s class went to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore where they learned about:

● Dune ecosystems● Great Lakes shipping history,● The U.S. Life-Saving Service

Laney’s class practiced rescuesusing Raggedy Ann and Andy dolls. In the old days, they would connect a rope to a projectile that was fired from the Lyle gun out to a ship grounded near the shore. Then they would connect a breeches buoy and reel it out to the ship. Then, the person in trouble would get in the breeches buoy and rescuers would reel it back in. That’s how they saved people.

Teacher-Ranger-Teacher

TRT is the centerpiece of the NPS Teacher Corps. TRT provides extended professional development opportunity for educators from K-12 schools to learn about the resources and educational materials available through the NPS.

• Increases outreach to underserved students.

• Provides teachers with place-based learning experiences.

• Increases access to NPS resources. • Provides parks with teachers to

shape park programs and services.

Estee Rivera Murdockesther_rivera@nps.gov202-230-2980

www.nps.gov

● Teacher Lesson Plans- Science, Social Studies, Language Arts, Math, Art

● Junior Ranger Program- for kids of all ages!

● WebRanger Program- flashplayer needed for now

● Guest Speakers from local parks and federal lands

● Virtual Tours

Learning in the Parks

Ecology, Geology, Climate, History,Astronomy, Archaeology Math, Citizenship, and more!

Junior Ranger Program

Resources For When You Can’t Make the Trip to a National Park

● “Views of the National Parks”-Teacher’s Lounge- source for lesson plans and resources (K-8)

Teacher's Lounge

● Virtual Tours of the National Parks

● Some parks have guest speakers who can travel to your classroom, Skype or Google Meet-up with you, and/or send resources.

Ideas for Educators for Transportation Funding

● National Park Foundation: Open OutDoors for Kids- transportation grants for 4th grade students

Open OutDoors for Kids● Local school Boosters● PTA or PTO● Parks4kids.info (Crowdsourcing)

Virtual Tour Website Links

● 360 Degree Parks● NPS Virtual Tour app● Engadget link about Google

Virtual Tours of Parks● Google Site national parks

“Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature may heal and give strength to body and soul.”

John Muir