Animals of Rocky Mountain National Park- FREE

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About This Provider

Estes Park, CO
United States

Rocky Mountain National Park's 415 square miles encompass and protect spectacular mountain environments in northern Colorado. Through utilizing basic video conferencing platforms, students across the country (and the world!) can bring Rocky Mountain National Park into their classroom! Whether your students are investigating the four ecosystems of Rocky, researching ranger opportunities, or delving into the fascinating world of winter, they're sure to have a memorable one-on-one experience with a ranger. Rocky's education program is proud to have developed this new way to connect with students that otherwise may never have had the opportunity to visit Rocky Mountain National Park. We look forward to expanding the reach of these programs to inspire students, our future park stewards.

Program Details

Format

1. Program begins with introduction to Rocky Mountain National Park and the NPS emblem.
2. Ranger introduces some of the animals of Rocky with a video.
3. Then ranger introduces the game of voting on whether animals shown are parents or offspring and class decides on voting gestures.
4. Together the group goes through the 5 animals noting characteristics they posses.
5. Time is allowed for questions and answers.

Objectives

1. Differentiate between parent and offspring of various animals.
2. Identify one characteristic of at least two animals that helps them survive.
3. Recognize that animals in different environments require different characteristics.

Standards Alignment

National Standards

CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.1.SL.1 -- Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 1 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.1.SL.2 -- Ask and answer questions about key details in a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.2.SL.1 -- Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about grade 2 topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.2.SL.2 -- Recount or describe key ideas or details from a text read aloud or information presented orally or through other media.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.K.SL.1 -- Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.K.SL.1a -- Follow agreed-upon rules for discussions (e.g., listening to others and taking turns speaking about the topics and texts under discussion).
LS1A K-2 -- Structure and function
LS1B K-2 -- Growth and development of organisms
LS3A K-2 -- Inheritance of traits

State Standards

CO State Standards
SC.P.2.2 Recognize that living things develop in predictable patterns.
SC.1.2.1 All organisms have external parts that they use to perform daily functions.
SC.1.2.2 Young animals are very much, but not exactly, like their parents, and also resemble other organisms of the same kind.
SC.2.2.2 A range of different organisms live in different places.