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Take
a Hike!
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Collect, organize, and read data on
a tally chart and a table
Have
you ever hiked up a mountain, alongside a cliff, and
across a sand bar, all in one day? You can do just that
at Acadia National Park in Bar Harbor, Maine. You're
going to learn all about the hiking trails at Acadia
Park in this activity. So grab your hiking gear, and
let's go!
Start
with the first activity below.
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On
the Trail
»
Tally Ho!
» Table
Talk
» Exploring
Parks
On the Trail
If you went
on a hike what kind of trails would you pick?
Put on your
hiking boots and take the quiz.
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Tally
Ho!
What type
of hiking trail would you like to go on? Gentle rolling
footpaths around a quiet lake? Or how about a steep
climb up a rugged, rock-covered mountain?
You're going
to discover what the hiking trails at Acadia National
Park are like. The park rangers have rated the trails
for you as very easy, easy, moderate (not too hard),
difficult, or strenuous (that means really difficult).
What
You Do
Use the Acadia
National Park web page to answer some questions about
its hiking trails.
- Print
the Tally
Ho! Worksheet.
- Answer
the questions on the worksheet using the Acadia National
Park web page.
- When you're
finished, click the Back button on your browser
to return here.
Let's go
to the Acadia
National Park web page.
When you're
done with Tally Ho!, go to Table
Talk.
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Table
Talk
Wouldn't
it be nice for visitors to Acadia National Park to
see the data you have collected in a table with numbers?
Let's do it for them!
What
You Do
Use
the tally chart you made on the Tally Ho! Worksheet
to complete the Table Talk table Worksheet. Record
the hiking trail tallies as numbers. Then answer the
Table Talk questions.
Make sure you have completed the Tally
Ho! activity and worksheet.
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Complete
the table on the Table Talk Worksheet.
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Answer
the questions on the worksheet.
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Exploring
Parks
All of our
national parks provide great opportunities for hiking.
You can use the American Park Network website to check
out the trails at some other parks. How about a hike
through a swamp in the Everglades? Or a walk on a glacier
at Glacier Park? Maybe you prefer hiking the steep slopes
of the Rocky Mountains!
What
You Do
Write a word
problem on your worksheet using data from the website.
Have one of your classmates solve your problem.
- Print
the Exploring
Parks Worksheet.
- Follow
the instructions on the worksheet to find data on
the American Park Network website.
- When you're
finished, click the Back button on your browser
to return here.
Let's explore
more hiking trails at the American
Park Network website.
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