Lesson Plans and Worksheets

Mount St Helens National Volcanic Monument has collaborated with teachers to design activities that meet specific Washington State Essential Academic Learning Requirements.

Each activity listed in the table below includes a lesson plan, worksheet, and answer key. Each is easily modified to adjust to different time constraints. 

• Focusing activities are critical to a successful field trip to the National Volcanic Monument. Lesson plans and worksheets will help students draw deeper meanings from exhibits and trailside features during their visit. The majority of the activities have students use evidence found along trails and facts in order to test hypotheses. The indoor activities are helpful on rainy days when large groups of students may all be in the Visitor Center at the same time.
• Please bring the number of worksheets you will need on your visit, we are not able to provide them at the visitor center.
• If you are planning a field trip to Mount St. Helens please register online.
• If you wish to do a lesson involving a ranger, please make sure a ranger is available by looking at the visitor center calendar. Then register online.
• Most lessons are geared toward Middle School. However, there are several Elementary School lesson plans geared toward 4th through 6th Grade students.