Great Sand Dunes
Monday, February 8, 2016
3:41 PM
Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve
Colorado
History
11,000 years bp Ancient Native Americans hunted the area, leaving Folso
artifacts.
1694 First Europeans visited. Don Diego de Vargas searchin
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Outline for Yosemite National Park
Spring 2017
History
-1848 Gold was discovered in the Sierra Nevada.
-1850s-60s A series of great photographers and painters immortalized the Park
(example Bierstadt and Carleton Watkins (photo).
-1864 Congress granted
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Outline for Mammoth Cave National Park
Cave Formation.
Most caves are formed in carbonates (i.e. Limestones). The dominant mineral in
limestones is calcite (CaCO3) or calcium carbonate. The other main mineral is dolomite
(MgCa(CO3).
Caves form by erosio
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Outline for Zion National Park
History
- 1858 The Mormons (members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)
settled in Zion Canyon to farm the rich soil along the banks of the Virgin River.
-1872 - John Wesley Powell and geologist Grove Karl
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Outline for Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park and the
Bob Marshall Wilderness.
The unheralded line that separates Canada and the United States is the longest
unfortified border in the world today, and perhaps in all of history. It says to mankin
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Outline for Arches National Park
Spring 2017
History
-10,000- ~9985 BCE Ancient Hunter-Gathers peoples migrated through the area and
used chert and chalcedony in the Courthouse and Salt Wash areas for tools.
-15-1315 Fremont and Ancient Pueblo people li
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Outline for Theodore Roosevelt National Park
History
1864 General Alfred Sully led a U.S. Army campaign against several bands of Sioux,
led by Sitting Bull, Gall, and Inkpaduta. This was the first battle in which these Chiefs
had gone up against massed
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Earth Sciences 1105 Geology of the National Parks
Spring 2017
Outline of Introduction and Basic Geology
Course Description
Geologic settings and history of selected national parks in the United States and
Canada.
Course Objectives
1. To introduce stude
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Outline for Plate Tectonics for National Parks
Five Big Ideas in Science
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3.
4.
5.
Model of the Atom - Physics
Periodic Law- sorting of the elements- Chemistry
Big Bang Theory Astronomy
Theory of Evolution Biology
Theory of Plate Tectonics - Geolog
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Outline for Grand Canyon National Park
Spring 2017
California Condors
The California condor is one of the worlds rarest and most endangered animals. These
magnificent birds once soared across most of North America from New York to
California, and from C
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Outline for Canyonlands National Park
History
Late 1800s-early 1900s a few cowboys and sheepherders passed through.
1869 John Wesley Powell explored the canyons.
1880s Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch of outlaws used the maze of canyons as
hideouts.
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Outline for Glacier Bay National Park
Alaskas Inland Passage
History of Glacier Bay National Park.
Thousands of years the Tlingit people have lived along the coast and know the
changes of the glaciers from the legends of their people.
1741 Russian explo
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Outline for Mesa Verde National Park
Recent History
1874 - William Jackson photographed the area for the Hayden Geological Survey.
1882-1886 - Virginia McClurg, a New York journalist was sent to investigate "lost cities".
She led a drive to preserve and
Glaciers
Tuesday, February 9, 2016
9:36 AM
Glacier large, long-lasting mass of ice and snow formed on land, which moves due to
flowing mass of ice.
There are two major types of glaciers: mountain glaciers (alpine) and continental ice s
Glaciers form a
Mesa Verde
Friday, February 5, 2016
3:03 PM
4 corners in Colorado
On Colorado Plateau
History
1874 - William Jackson photographed the area for the Hayden Geological Survey.
1882-1886 - Virginia McClurg, a New York journalist was sent to investigate "
Canyonlands
Friday, February 5, 2016
2:16 PM
History
Late 1800s-early 1900s a few cowboys and sheepherders passed through.
1869 John Wesley Powell explored the canyons.
1880s Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch of outlaws used the maze of canyons
1964 Es
Grand Canyon
Friday, February 5, 2016
2:12 PM
In the Colorado Plateau 4 corners of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico
Explore with helicopter, hike, mule, skywalk in reservation, raft
California Condors
The California condor is one of the worlds rar
Arches, Utah
Friday, February 5, 2016
2:14 PM
Along the Colorado river
History
10,000-9985 BCE Ancient Hunter-Gathers peoples migrated through the area and used
and Salt Wash areas for tools.
15-1315
Fremont and Ancient Pueblo people lived in the area.
Plate Tectonics
Friday, February 5, 2016
2:13 PM
Five Big Ideas in Science
1. Model of the atom - Physics
2. Periodic Law- sorting of the elements- Chemistry
3. Big Bang Theory Astronomy
4. Theory of Evolution Biology
5. Theory of Plate Tectonics - Geolog
Zion, Utah
Friday, February 5, 2016
2:14 PM
Small NP like Arches
Little water
White Cliffs of the Grand Staircase
History
1858 - Mormons settled in Zion Canyon to farm the rich soil along the banks of the Virg
1872 - John Wesley Powell and geologist Gr
Bryce Canyon
Friday, February 5, 2016
2:16 PM
Bryce Canyon Basics
35,835 acres.
Rocks weathered mainly by slope wash (water flowing along the ground surfa
(mass wasting), not by stream erosion.
Bryce Canyon has a cooler climate than nearby Zion, becaus
Intro and Basic Geology
Monday, January 11, 2016
12:20 PM
Congaree National Park -2003 (lots of swamp) newest national park
Invasive feral pig issue
Objectives of National Park System
Natural areas - great scenic wonderlands
Formations and features
1. Three major layer of the earth are, core crust and mantle
2. Ocean plates are denser than continental plates. True
3. The process of plate tectonics is driven by: Heat from the Mantle
4. Which of the following did
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Outline for Rocky Mountain National Park and Glaciers
Glacier -moving, large, long-lasting mass of ice and snow formed on land, which moves
due to its own weight, flowing mass of ice.
There are two major types of glaciers: mountain glaciers (alpine) and
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Outline for Zion National Park
History
- 1858 - Mormons settled in Zion Canyon to farm the rich soil along the river banks
(Virgin River).
-1872 - John Wesley Powell and geologist Grove Karl Gilbert performed a geologic
survey of Zion.
-1909 Proclaimed
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Outline for Mesa Verde National Park
History
1874 - William Jackson photographed area for the Hayden Geological Survey.
1882-1886 - Virginia McClurg, New York journalist sent to investigate "lost cities". She
lead a drive to preserve and protect the arc
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Outline for Crater Lake National Park
History
-1886 U.S. Geological Survey ran a geologic study of the lake.
-1902 - Established as a National Park.
Crater Lake Basics
-183,224 acres in Oregon
-Crater Lake is 1932 feet deep and covers 21 square miles
-L
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Outline for Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
History
-2000 years ago 750AD Islands settled by Polynesians from the South Pacific.
-1778 Captain James Cook discovered islands.
-1840-1841 James Dwight Dana, geologist conducted a scientific survey of the
vol
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Outline for Everglades National Park
History
1906 First diversion canal built to drain wetlands.
1920s Major period of building of canals, dikes, and levees.
1926 and 1928 Major hurricanes caused Lake Okeechobee to overflow flooding homes
and farms kill
