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**2008-2009**

Welcome to Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area's 2008-2009 Education
Opportunities. This is the second year these programs have been
available. All programs are designed to help teachers meet Washington
State Grade Level Expectations and the Essential Academic Learning
Requirements. We hope you enjoy the programs and that they are a
beneficial part of your student's studies.

Generally programs are available year-round depending upon staff
availability. Some programs are seasonally available due to the type of
program and weather conditions. We will begin accepting reservations for
the 2008-09 school year on May 1, 2008,

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area protects some outstanding
natural and cultural features. The Missoula floods, enormous releases of
water from ruptured ice dams in Montana, rushed across central
Washington multiple times during the last Ice Age, shaping the area\'s
landscape. More than 9,000 years of Native American history is protected
and interpreted, especially at Kettle Falls, formerly the second largest
salmon fishery on the Columbia River. Regional fur trading, Catholic
missionary and U.S. military activities are preserved at Fort Colvile,
St. Paul\'s Mission and Fort Spokane.\
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With such diverse resources, Lake Roosevelt has a lot to offer educators
who would like to supplement their classroom lessons with excursions
into the field or practical examples from the natural or cultural world
at large. Though the current, formalized educational offerings at Lake
Roosevelt NRA are limited, our programs continue to expand. And although
most school groups that utilize Lake Roosevelt as an educational
resource are from the local area, we are more than happy to assist
teachers from further away who would like to incorporate Lake
Roosevelt\'s resources into their classrooms.

**Landforms in the Sand: The Geology of Lake Roosevelt**

Grade: 3^rd^-HS

Chaperone Ratio: 1:10

Group Size: Minimum 10

> Maximum 60

Program Times: Depends on location

Program Length: 1 hour

Program Dates: May --October only

Program Type: In-Park or Classroom (\*\*see requirements below)

Program Requirements:

> Nearly any location that has a water spigot within 75 feet of a sandy
> beach where students can build landforms in the sand and water can run
> freely.

Program Overview:

> Discover the amazing geologic forces that shaped the landscape in the
> Lake Roosevelt area. This program features students creating a
> landscape complete with a flowing river and discovering what the force
> of water can do to a landscape.

**Land of Many Opportunists: The Game of Species Survival**

Grade: 3^rd^-HS

Chaperone Ratio: 1:8 and 4 adults who can help

Group size: Minimum 8

Maximum 60 (40ish is ideal)

Program Type: In-park or Classroom

Program Length: 1-1.5 hours

Program Requirements:

> An area outdoors where the grass is very thin; dirt area with some
> small gravel size rocks OK. The ground needs to camouflage dried
> beans, but not bury them. Minimum 60 foot square area.

Program Overview:

> Students will learn how aggressive exotic species take advantage of a
> wide range of resources in order to expand their range and compete in
> a nonnative habitat. This program features a relay action game. Each
> team represents an animal in our natural world and will try to survive
> as a species.

**Avian Mystery**

Grade: 5th-8th

Chaperone Ratio: One teacher per class

Group Size: Minimum 10

> Maximum 29 (the number of puzzle pieces)

Program Length: 1 hour

Program Type: Ranger-Conducted Classroom

Program Requirements:

> A 10 foot wide and a minimum of 52 inch tall wall area where a sheet
> of felt fabric can be anchored to the wall.

Program Overview:

> This mystery program has students sharing information from a puzzle
> piece as the puzzle is completed. Once the puzzle is completed they
> will know which bird they have been describing. Students will be able
> to describe the status of the American Bald Eagle; identify at least 3
> reasons for their decline; identify how protection under the
> Environmental Protection Act has helped it's recovery and identify
> locations near them where they can observe Bald Eagles. SHhhhh! Don't
> tell them which bird it is!

Sponsored by: Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce and the Grand
Coulee Balde Eagle Festival.

**Mission Point Tour**

Grade: 4^th^ and 5th

Chaperone Ratio: 1:8

Group Size: Minimum 10

> Maximum 40

Program Length: 1.5 hours

Program Type: In-Park (Kettle Falls)

Program Overview:

> The arrival of fur traders and trappers at Kettle Falls was a sharp
> turning point in history, changing the culture and landscape of the
> local tribes dramatically in a very short time period. Students will
> be able to identify at least one thing that brought trappers/traders
> to this area, give one example of how local tribal life changed after
> the construction of Fort Colvile, and give one example of how fashion
> is still a status symbol today. Includes a guided walk from the
> Historical Museum to St. Paul's Mission and around Mission Point to
> views of Lake Roosevelt.

**Fur Trade at Kettle Falls**

Grade: 3^rd^-HS

Chaperone Ratio: 1:10

Group Size: Minimum 10

> Maximum 60

Program Type: Classroom (similar to the Mission Point Tour except in
your classroom)

Program Length: 45 minutes

Program Overview:

> Status symbols differ from culture to culture and through out time,
> but we all seem to need or want them. A brief overview of what life
> was like on a fur brigade, how Indians traded at the trade shops and
> an understanding about different cultural status symbols. Students
> will be able to: Identify the primary fur trappers/traders sought;
> Explain why beaver was the most valuable fur to trappers/traders; Give
> one example of how fashion is still a status symbol today; Give an
> example of a status symbol in tribal culture, 1800s European culture
> or today's American Culture and give one example of how the arrival of
> the fur trade changed the American Indian's way of life at the mission
> point area.

**Fort Spokane: Duty, Discipline and Diversion**

Grade: 3^rd^-9^th^

Chaperone Ratio: 1:5 (more the better)

Group Size: Minimum 10

> Maximum 90

Program Times: 4.5 hours (9:15-1:30, 9:30-1:45 or 9:45-2:00)

Program Dates: September, October, April, May and early June

Program Type: In-Park, hands-on

Program Overview:

> A Hands-on exploration of why the fort was established by the
> military, why and how it was subsequently used as an Indian Boarding
> School and later a tuberculosis hospital. Groups rotate through three
> different programs: Military Post, Indian Boarding School, and Play
> Ball! The program includes a teacher guide, pre-visit classroom
> lessons, ranger-conducted and self-guided lesson activities while
> visiting Fort Spokane, and post-visit materials. Teacher and adult
> involvement is high in this program.

Pre-Visit Preparation:

> The movie "Fort Spokane Frontier Outpost to Indian Boarding School"
> will be sent to you 2 weeks prior to your scheduled program. Return it
> to the park on your visit. You might also consider borrowing the Fort
> Spokane traveling trunk to prepare your students for this program. See
> the "Trunk and Kits" section for information and reservations.

**Shrub-Steppe Restoration**

Grade: 3^rd^-12th

Chaperone Ratio: 1:5

Group Size: Depends on type of project

Program Times: Negotiable

Program Dates: September and October

Program Type: In-Park

Program Overview:

> The shrub-steppe restoration program is a supplemental program where
> your students can join park staff in helping restore and protect the
> shrub-steppe habitat. Opportunities are varied and may include hiking
> to a site, learning about conservation, habitat restoration, landscape
> ecology, vegetation of the shrub-steppe environment, planting, weed
> control and analysis (transects, grids, etc.). Please contact the park
> for opportunities.

**"The River Mile"**

Grade: 3^rd^-12th

Chaperone Ratio: 1:5

Site Visit Group Size: Maximum 60 for each field visit

Location: A section of the Columbia River near your school

Program Type: Inquiry based hands-on

Dates: Generally Fall and Spring. Requires minimum of 2 site visits for
each group, per year, participation in the student science symposium and
commitment to long term participation.

Program Overview:

> Students will be engaged in a multi-day, multi-discipline program that
> engages them in real world scientific data collection and analysis.
> Each school, or district, participating in the program is responsible
> for a one mile stretch of the Columbia River, tributary or associated
> water. Beginning in elementary school and continuing through high
> school, students would learn the knowledge, skills and abilities to
> conduct on-going ecosystem health monitoring related to water quality.
>
> This is a systems approach to water quality. Looking at ecosystem
> health in relation to water quality we will utilize habitat, wildlife,
> geologic features and other contributors as indicators of overall
> health of the Lake Roosevelt ecosystem. Observations and Inventories
> the first year will form baseline data from which we will be able to
> detect and identify trends and change over time. Students will share
> data through the web and annual student science symposium held each
> spring.
>
> Our objective is to provide teachers and students with a real world
> laboratory where they will work with park staff and scientists to
> collect, analyze and interpret ecosystem data throughout the Lake
> Roosevelt Watershed.

**Fort Spokane**

Grade: All

Chaperone Ratio: 1:10

Group Size: Minimum: None

> Maximum: 100

Program Times: Depends on time of year.

Program Overview:

> Explore the Fort Spokane grounds on your own. Walk the Sentinel Trail
> and look over the grounds from the bluff above. Visit the Guardhouse
> and exhibits during the summer. During the school year the Guardhouse
> can be opened IF staff is available.

Have a special need or an event? Just ask, we might be able to help.
Ranger led activities for students in the field, the classroom and at
Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area focus on a variety themes:
geology (Ice Age Floods), habitat, ecology, water quality, shrub
--steppe, the fur trade and David Thompson, Fort Spokane and 9000 Years
of Human History around the lake. These programs will be designed to
help you meet Washington State Grade Level Expectations and the
Essential Academic Learning Requirements.

-   Reservations will begin being accepted on **May 1, 2008** for the
    2008-09 school year.

-   **Ranger-Conducted Program Requests:** Submit at least one month
    prior to your requested program date. Please allow at least **3
    weeks** for processing.

-   **Self-Guided Requests:** Submit as soon as possible. Please allow
    at least 3 weeks for processing.

-   **Pilot Programs:** Let us know as soon as possible for planning
    purposes.

-   You may make a reservation any one of 4 ways: FAX, Snail Mail, Email
    or Telephone. Whichever method you choose, please allow 3 weeks for
    processing.

    -   **FAX** forms may be sent via: 509-633-9187

    -   **Mail** to: Education, Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area,
        1008 Crest Drive, Coulee Dam, WA 99116

    -   **Telephone**. Call Education Specialist Janice Elvidge at
        509-633-9188 ext. 12. You may leave a message which includes all
        information on the reservation form, including alternate dates
        and times.

    -   **Email**: <Janice_Elvidge@nps.gov>. Email the reservation form
        as an attachment or as text.

-   Reservation Forms can be obtained by calling the park or are on our
    website at:
    [www.nps.gov/laro/forteachers](http://www.nps.gov/laro/forteachers)

-   Confirmation materials will be mailed snail mail or electronically
    to you as soon as possible.

-   First come, First Served on all reservation requests

-   Make a copy of the completed form(s) for your files.

-   **If you do not hear** from us within three (3) weeks please contact
    Janice Elvidge, Education Specialist at 509-633-9188 ext. 12 to
    ensure your request was received.

If you have any questions, please contact the education program at:
509-633-9188 ext. 12 or by E-mail: Janice_Elvidge@nps.gov

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area

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**Visit the Park**

**Please Print , Mail, or FAX, to the park**

Contact Teacher\'s Name:

Other Teacher's Names for this date:

School Name:

School Address[:]{.underline}

City State Zip Code

Phone FAX

E-mail Address:

Grade Number of classes Best TimeTo Call

\# Students \# Chaperones

**Select ONE Program Select Desired Date and Alternates**

Any Special Considerations for your group that the person giving the
program needs to know?

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area

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height="0.7430555555555556in"}Education Program Reservations Form

**Ranger to Your School**

**Please Print , Mail, or FAX, to the park**

Contact Teacher\'s Name:

Other Teacher's Names for this date:

School Name:

School Address[:]{.underline}

City State Zip Code

Phone FAX

E-mail Address:

Grade Number of classes Best TimeTo Call

\# Students \# Chaperones

**Select ONE Program**

4\. Any Special Considerations for your group that the person giving the
program needs to know?

**Traveling Trunks and Kits**

Traveling trunks and kits are an excellent way to enhance your student's
understanding of the environment and our area. The following trunks and
kits are available for loan to schools in Washington and Idaho.

**Scultped, Scoured and Scraped:**

**An Eastern Washington Geology Experience**

3^rd^-6^th^ Grades

Trunk Overview:

> 17 million years ago, sheets of volcanic lava flowed from giant cracks
> in the earth near the Washington/Oregon/ Idaho border and covered
> eastern Washington. Ice Age glaciers covered much of the northern part
> of Washington and blocked rivers forming giant lakes. Glacial Lake
> Missoula in Montana, ruptured its ice dam and unleashed some of the
> largest floods that mankind has ever known onto the plains of eastern
> Washington.
>
> Illustrates many of the geologic forces that shaped eastern Washington
> in the past and continue to shape the landscape today. The trunk comes
> with videos, visual aids, rock samples, equipment as well as a
> curriculum guide that addresses the geologic processes central to the
> history of eastern Washington.

**Avian Mystery Kit**

4th-8^th^ Grades

Program Requirements:

> There are 27puzzle pieces. A 10 foot wide and a minimum of 52 inch
> tall wall area where a sheet of felt fabric can be anchored to the
> wall.

Program Overview:

> Students share information from a puzzle piece about a bird as the
> puzzle is completed. Once the puzzle is completed they will know which
> bird they have been describing. Through this program students will be
> able to describe the status of the American Bald Eagle; identify at
> least 3 reasons for their decline; and identify how protection under
> the Environmental Protection Act has helped it's recovery. Shhhh!
> Don't tell them what the program is about! The less they know the more
> fun it is!

**The 3 D's of Fort Spokane Trunk**

3^rd^-9^th^

Trunk Overview:

> Explores why the fort was established by the military, why and how it
> was subsequently used as an Indian Boarding School and later a
> tuberculosis hospital. The trunk includes a teacher guide with lessons
> and information, several DVDs, books, historical photos, replica
> artifacts, replica military uniforms and more. Can be used before or
> after your class visits the Fort Spokane site.

**Videos**

"Fort Spokane Frontier Outpost to Indian Boarding School" 11 minutes

An overview of the different eras of Fort Spokane: military, boarding
school, tuberculosis hospital and National Park.

-   Reservations will begin being accepted on **May 1, 2008** for the
    2008-09 school year.

-   Rental period includes **10-18 teaching days** (not including
    weekends and depending on which trunk) and shipping time to your
    school.

-   The park will **ship the trunk to your school on the 1st date**
    indicated via UPS. You ship the trunk back to the park on the last
    date indicated via UPS **at your expense**. You may pick up and
    return the trunk in person if you wish to save expenses.

-   If you intend for more than one grade level to utilize the trunk,
    consider borrowing the trunk for more than one loan period.

-   Choose at least 3 dates from the list provided.

-   First-Come, First-Served

-   Mail, FAX or email your reservation form at least 3 weeks prior to
    your requested date(s).

> Mail: Janice Elvidge
>
> Education Specialist
>
> Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
>
> 1008 Crest Drive
>
> Coulee Dam, WA 99116
>
> FAX: 509-633-9332 or 9187
>
> E-Mail: <Janice_Elvidge@nps.gov>

-   Forms are available at:
    [www.nps.gov/laro/forteachers](http://www.nps.gov/laro/forteachers)

-   Please allow at least 3 weeks for processing. If you do not receive
    a confirmation letter in 4 weeks, please contact the park to make
    sure your reservation request was received.

If you have any questions, please contact the Park's Education
Specialist, Janice Elvidge at 509-633-9188 ext. 12 or by email at:
<Janice_Elvidge@nps.gov>

**Shipping Dates**

**NOTE:** ***The first date listed is the date the trunk is shipped to
you* [not]{.underline} the date the trunk** arrives at your school. The
last date is the date you ship the trunk back to the park

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height="0.7430555555555556in"}**Lake Roosevelt National Recreation
Area**

**Traveling Trunk Reservation Form**

**Please Print** Mail or FAX:

FAX# (503)861-4428

Teacher Name

School

Mailing Address

City State Zip

Shipping Address

City State Zip

School Phone Grade:

\*Home Address

City State Zip

Home Phone

Email

\*Required

in case you go on break and forgot to ship the trunk back.

**1. Trunk Choice:**

Sculpted, Scoured and Shaped

Avian Mystery Kit

Fort Spokane: Duty, Discipline and Diversion

**2. DATE CHOICES:**

1st 2nd

3rd 4th

Will accept any available date: Yes No

Place Me on a Waiting List:Yes No

Administrative Use Below This Line

Reservation Letter

Acceptance

Declination

Confirmation Letter

Trunk Shipped On:

Trunk Returned On:

**Return Check-In**

Trunk Inventoried On:

BY:

Trunk Satisfactory: Yes No

By:

If Unsatisfactory, describe:

Shipping Notes:

-   Reservations will begin being accepted on **May 1, 2008** for the
    2008-09 school year.

• Rental period is approximately 3 weeks including shipping time to and
from your school.

• The park will mail **the DVD to your school on the 1st date**
indicated via UPS. You ship the DVD back to the park on the last date
indicated **at your expense**.

• If you intend for more than one grade level to utilize the trunk,
consider borrowing the trunk for more than one loan period.

-   Provide at least 3 dates.

-   First-Come, First-Served

-   Mail, FAX or email your reservation form at least 3 weeks prior to
    your requested date(s).

> Mail: Janice Elvidge
>
> Education Specialist
>
> Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area
>
> 1008 Crest Drive
>
> Coulee Dam, WA 99116
>
> FAX: 509-633-9332 or 9187
>
> E-Mail: Janice_Elvidge@nps.gov

-   Forms are available at:
    [www.nps.gov/laro/foteachers](http://www.nps.gov/laro/foteachers)

-   Please allow at least 3 weeks for processing. If you do not receive
    a confirmation letter in 4 weeks, please contact the park to make
    sure your reservation request was received.

If you have any questions, please contact the Park's Education
Specialist, Janice Elvidge at 509-633-9188 ext. 12 or by email at:
<Janice_Elvidge@nps.gov>

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height="0.7430555555555556in"}**Lake Roosevelt National Recreation
Area**

**Video Reservation Form**

**NOTE: Use this form only if you are NOT participating in "Fort
Spokane: Duty, Discipline and Diversion"**

**Please Print** Mail or FAX:

FAX# (503)861-4428

Teacher Name

School

Mailing Address

City State Zip

Shipping Address

City State Zip

School Phone Grade:

\*Home Address

City State Zip

Home Phone

Email

\*Required

in case you go on break and forgot to ship the video back.

**Video: Fort Spokane Frontier Outpost To Indian Boarding School**

**DATE CHOICES:**

1st 2nd

3rd 4th

Will accept any available date: Yes No

Place Me on a Waiting List: Yes No

Administrative Use Below This Line

Reservation Letter

Acceptance

Declination

Confirmation Letter

Video Shipped On:

Video Returned On:

**Return Check-In**

Satisfactory: Yes No

By:

If Unsatisfactory, describe:

Notes: