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Bison, Tribes, and Symbols Classroom Visit

Learn about the various uses of Bison and their importance to local tribes through hands-on activities.

Cross-cutting Concept: Native American tribes have had connections to the Tetons for over 11,000 years and still do today. Tribes are diverse and every tribe has its own traditions, culture, languages, symbols, beliefs, and relationships to the environment. Bison have continued to play a key role in physical survival and influence of culture.

Vocabulary: Adaptation, symbol, arrowhead, Bison/buffalo, sinew

Science Standards This Program Meets

3-ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity

  • Grade: 3rd Grade
  • Discipline: Earth & Space Science
Requirements:
Make a claim about the merit of a design solution that reduces the impacts of a weather-related hazard.
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4-ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity

  • Grade: 4th Grade
  • Discipline: Earth & Space Science
Requirements:
Obtain and combine information to describe that energy and fuels are derived from renewable and non-renewable resources and how their uses affect the environment.
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4-ESS3-2 Earth and Human Activity

  • Grade: 4th Grade
  • Discipline: Earth & Space Science
Requirements:
Generate and compare multiple solutions to reduce the impacts of natural Earth processes on humans
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5-ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity

  • Grade: 5th Grade
  • Discipline: Earth & Space Science
Requirements:
Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to conserve Earth’s resources and environment.
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MS-ESS3-1 Earth and Human Activity

  • Grade: Middle School
  • Discipline: Earth & Space Science
Requirements:
Construct a scientific explanation based on evidence for how the uneven distributions of Earth’s mineral, energy and groundwater resources are the result of past and current geoscience processes.
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MS-ESS3-2 Earth and Human Activity

  • Grade: Middle School
  • Discipline: Earth & Space Science
Requirements:
Analyze and interpret data on natural hazards to forecast future catastrophic events and inform the development of technologies to mitigate their effects.
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MS-ESS3-3 Earth and Human Activity

  • Grade: Middle School
  • Discipline: Earth & Space Science
Requirements:
Apply scientific principles to design a method for monitoring, evaluating, and managing a human impact on the environment.
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About Grand Teton National Park

Turn Grand Teton National Park into your classroom! We offer programs year-round including field trips with hands-on exploration, rangers visiting your classroom with park resources, or even opportunities to connect to rangers digitally. Topics range from “taking a walk on the wild side” with ecology, “rocking the Tetons” with geology, or learning that "every snowflake counts" from rangers sitting at a desk made of snow. If you don't see a program here that meets your needs, please contact park educators to explore options for a customized program.

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Who Park rangers (GRTE_Education@nps.gov)
What Field trips and classroom visits about ecology, geology, history, ranger careers, and outdoor leadership
When All year
Where In your national park or your classroom
Why Because learning sticks when you experience the real thing!