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Arrowhead Projects
We kicked off our National Park unit with some fun tasks: 1) brainstorming what deems a 'park' an official 'National Park', 2) reading background history of national parks and answering higher level thinking questions, 3) learning about the symbols on the park sign and creating a model of the national park arrowhead. As an extension, students also considered their own personal things in life they find valuable and want to preserve for the future. They used creativity and crtitical thinking to create an arrowhead with symbols to represent those items.
Do you know what the National Park sign symbols mean?
Arrowhead-symbolizes cultural heritage and history of the American Indians makings arrows as spears for hunting
Bison-represents all wildlife and the commitment of the national parks to protect wildlife
Sequoia tree-represents plants protected in the national parks
Lake-represents all forms of water such as rivers, lakes, and parts of oceans that are protected in the national parks
Mountains-represents all scenery that is protected and also enjoyed by all visitors
Redwood National Park and Sequoia National Park
Did you know that the Coastal Redwood trees can grow to a height of 370 feet? Also, the General Sherman tree has a circumference of 102 feet!
Our students made predictions about tree height and we measured the actual heights with a measuring wheel. We also modeled the circumference of the General Sherman with a yarn circle.
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