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Ecosystem Olympic! Olympic National Park Ecosystem Olympic! Activity Supplement Ecosystem Olympic! Spring 2012 Dear Educator, Thank you for participating in Ecosystem Olympic! We are looking forward to visiting your classroom to share our interactive program that introduc- es students to the three main ecosystems of Olympic National Park. This packet contains pre- and post-visit materials designed to help you prepare your class for our visit and to deepen students’ understanding of the concepts presented. It also contains a reference guide for the Washington State Science, Social Science, Communication and Writing EALRs and GLEs covered in the program. You and your students can learn more about Olympic National Park by visiting our web site at: www.nps.gov/olym. Click on In Depth then Discover Olympic. Or students may become a Webranger at: www.nps.gov/webrangers. We are always working to improve our presentation and really appreciate receiving your comments and completed evaluations. Thank you in advance for returning the evaluation form in the stamped envelope included with this packet. Please contact us with questions, comments or to schedule a ranger-guided walk at (360) 565-3146 or you may send an e-mail to Dean_ Butterworth@nps. gov. Sincerely, Olympic National Park Education Rangers 1 Ecosystem Olympic! Table of Contents Pre-Visit Activities: Page: 1. What is a National Park? Instructions 3 2. Olympic National Park Video and Worksheet Instructions 4 Olympic National Park Video Worksheet 5 - 6 Answers for Olympic National Park Video Worksheet 7 - 8 3. Where’s My Habitat? Instructions 9 Answers for Where’s My Habitat? 10 4. Habitat Haiku Instructions 11 5. Ecosystems Olympic Crossword Instructions 12 Ecosystems Olympic Crossword 13 Ecosystems Olympic Crossword Answers 14 Post-Visit Activities: 1. Ecosystem Collage Instructions 15 2. Create-a-Creature Instructions 16 3. Walk Lightly on Your Park Instructions 17 4. Olympic Mad Libs Instructions 18 Olympic “Spring Break” Mad Lib 19 Washington State EALRs and GLEs covered in Ecosystem Olympic presentation: 1. Art EARLs 20 2. Communication, Reading and Writing EALRs 21 3. Science EARLs 22-23 4. Social Studies EALRs 24 Olympic National Park Bibliography 25 - 26 2 Ecosystem Olympic! What is a National Park? Pre-Visit Activity Time Required: Student Outcomes: 20-30 minutes Students will be able to... • List different types of national parks in Washington. Materials: • Name two parks in Washington. Washington State Map* • Name a river and a mountain in Olympic National Park. Olympic National Park Brochure Map * Background: *provided The National Park System in the United States preserves many amazing places, valued for their intact ecosystems, biodiversity, beautiful landscapes, history and Subjects: recreation potential. Park rangers work in each of these sites educating visitors, Social Studies protecting the resource and researching. In Washington state there are National Science Parks, National Recreation Areas, National Historic Sites, National Monuments and designated Wilderness Areas. Each of these is protected for a unique pur- Skills: pose. Identifying Describing Activity: Finding Patterns 1. Divide the class into small groups. Hand out the maps, one per group. Trade maps halfway through the activity so that all students look at both maps. Washington State 2. Using the Washington State Map have the students look for and answer the Essential Academic following: (Hint: National Parks are dark green on these maps.) Learning Requirements: • Find three National Parks. What are their names? Science: Systems • Find one National Historic Park and one National Recreation Area. Why SYSA,SYSB,SYSC,SYSD do you think they were protected as parks? Social Studies: • Find one Wilderness Area. What does wilderness mean to you? Geography 3.1 • Which park is the closest to where you live? History 4.1 • Have you ever visited that park? • Why do you think it is important to preserve so many parks? 3. Using the Olympic National Park Brochure Map have the students look for and answer the following: • Find the Pacific Ocean, a river, a forest and a mountain. What are their names? • Find a place named after an animal. • Find a trail you would like to walk on. • Find a place you could talk to a ranger. • List three questions you might want to ask a ranger. • Besides answering questions, what other kinds of jobs do park rangers do? • List two regulations of Olympic National Park. Why do parks have regulations? • Why do you think Olympic National Park was protected as a park? 3 Ecosystem Olympic! Olympic National Park Video Worksheet Pre-Visit Activity Time Required: Student Outcomes: One to two class periods Students will be able to... • Name the three main ecosystems of Olympic National Park. Materials: • Tell why ecosystems are important to plants, animals and people. Olympic National Park Reader’s Digest video* Background: worksheet* Olympic National Park, established in 1938, protects and preserves a vast wil- pencils derness where many organisms survive as they have for thousands of years. In *provided 1976 the park was designated a Biosphere Reserve and recognized internation- ally by UNESCO for its unmatched scientific significance and scenic beauty. Subjects: Later, in 1981, it gained further distinction as a World Heritage Site ranking it Communication with areas of cultural and natural importance such as Mesa Verde in Colorado, Science the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, and the ancient pyramids in Egypt. Skills: Olympic National Park is renowned for the diversity of its ecosystems. Glacier- Listening clad peaks interspersed with alpine meadows are surrounded by an extensive Observing old growth forest, among which is the best example of intact and protected Writing temperate rain forest in the Pacific Northwest. Eleven major river systems drain the Olympic mountains, offering some of the best habitat for anadromous fish Washington State species in the country. The park also includes 63 miles (100 km) of wilderness Essential Academic coastline, the longest undeveloped coast in the contiguous United States, and is Learning Requirements: rich in native and endemic animal and plant species, including critical popula- Communication: 1.1, tions of the endangered northern spotted owl, marbled murrelet and bull trout. 2.1,2.2 Science: Systems All together, this nearly million-acre park holds some of the last wilderness in SYSA,SYSB,SYSC,SYSD the United States. The 32 minute video “Olympic” from Reader’s Digest Great National Parks series gives a comprehensive overview of Olympic National Park and the cultural and natural history found there. Activity: 1. Make copies of the Olympic Video worksheet for your class. 2. Have the students watch the video and complete the worksheet. (Answers are provided for the teachers.) 3. Discuss answers with class after viewing the video. Option: 1. Prior to viewing the video, read the following statement aloud: “Olympic National Park is three parks in one.” Have students come up with 3 - 5 ques- tions about this statement. See if these are answered in the video. If not, ask them how they may go about finding the answers. 4 Ecosystem Olympic! Olympic Video Worksheet 1. What are the three main ecosystems of Olympic National Park? a)______________________________ What is an Ecosystem? b)______________________________ It is a system formed by the interaction of a community of c)______________________________ organisms (all living things) with their physical environ- ment (air, water, rocks.) 2. On average it can rain _____ inches per year in the Hoh Rainforest. Ecosystems can be big like a continent, or small like a a) 10 to 20 puddle. Your school yard is an b) 80 to 90 ecosystem. c) 140 to 150 3. How does the amount of rainfall affect the ecosystem? ________________________________________________________________________ 4. Name one of the many large types of trees found in Olympic National Park: ________________________________________________________________________ 5. Describe how other organisms interact with that tree species. ________________________________________________________________________ 6. Name one of the proposed names for Olympic National Park that refers to a species of animal. ________________________________________________________________________ 7. What are some skills the settlers needed to survive in the forest ecosystem? ________________________________________________________________________ 8. Where could you go to visit a mountain ecosystem in Olympic National Park? ________________________________________________________________________ 5 9. Circle the animals that move between ecosystems. Bears Deer River Otters Great Blue Heron Elk 10. Why do animals move between ecosystems? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 11. Which animal, found in the Olympic Mountains, whistles to warn one another of danger? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 12. Are those animals found anywhere else in the world? (Circle one) YES or NO (Please circle “True” or “False” for the following three questions.) 13. True or False: Hay stacks are large landforms found in the ocean that were once part of the coastal land. 14. True or False: Sea stars will eat just about anything found in a tidepool. 15. True or False: American Indian tribes have lived on the Olympic Peninsula for over 1000 years. 16. Name three animals that find their food in tidepools: _________________________________________
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