Introduction
Welcome to The Yellowstone National Park Webquest!
Yellowstone was the World's First National Park. It has one of the largest petrified forests (a forest with trees whose wood has fossil remains) and more than 300 geysers (hot springs with boiling water that comes out of the ground)! As you complete this Webquest you will learn the following:
- History and Formation of Yellowstone National Park
- Weather and Geographic Location
- Habitats and Niches of Yellowstone National Park.
- Geysers
- Wildlife Managment
- Future of Yellowstone
You are now offically a junior park ranger! You will be guided through a series of interactive activities to explore the park. Your final assessment will be an online travel brochure.
Task
DIRECTIONS- Junior Park Rangers (Read Carefully):
1. Complete the guided activities under the "Process" tab.
2. Plan and Organize your online travel brochure.
3. Double-check your work and see if it matches up with the rubric on the "Evaluation" tab.
Process
YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK:
*Click on the interactive links below each section to complete the activity*
History and Formation of Yellowstone National Park
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj5PWyDkRsA
http://www.yellowstonepark-trip.com/history-of-yellowstone-park.php
http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/parks/yellowstone/2/
Weather and Geographic Location- look at this picture and write down your observations about the geography of Yellowstone. Does it appear "stable"?
http://www.nps.gov/yell/planyourvisit/weather.htm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCTfL3uqH4o
Habitats and Niches of Yellowstone National Park
Habitats of Yellowstone: https://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Wild-Places/Yellowstone.aspx
Read about the different animals and select 1 to do further research on: http://www.yellowstoneparknet.com/wildlife/
*Your findings and your animal of choice will be included in your final project*
Geysers- View the webcam and live videos of Yellowstone's famous Geysers
http://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/webcams.htm
Wildlife Managment
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6vYpw9jqUI
Explore the Yellowstone Wildlife Sanctuary Website: http://www.yellowstonewildlifesanctuary.org/animals.html
Future of Yellowstone- Select one of the three current event articles to read and take note on
http://articles.latimes.com/keyword/yellowstone-national-park
http://www.sfgate.com/national/article/Yellowstone-mama-bear-chases-tou…
http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/West-Yellowstone-ponders-1-4M-for…
Evaluation
You will now create a travel brochure on your findings from Yellowstone National Park!
Below are severl links to online brochure makers/tutorials. Select one of the following for your final project:
https://www.jukeboxprint.com/editor/brochure_creator.php
https://www.lucidpress.com/pages/examples/free-brochure-maker-online
https://www.canva.com/create/brochures/
https://www.mycreativeshop.com/
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FORMAL EVALUATION:
_ Student turns in a science journal that is legible with notes on each of the sections.
_ Science journals contain pertinate science vocabulary ( a minimum of 5, well-defined and cited vocabulary words per section. *NOTE: There are 6 sections so you should have a minimum of 30 vocabulary words.*
_ Students selected one of the provided digital travel brochure media listed above or created their own (students who wish to use a different travel brochure option must connect with the teacher at least one week before the brochure is due).
_ Students complete a digital, creative, user-friendly travel brochure that contains the following elements:
_ History and Formation of Yellowstone
_Weather and Geography
_ Habitats and Niches
_ Geysers and their Formation
_ Wildlife Management
_ The Future of Yellowstone
Conclusion
References:
Photographer Unkknown (1961). "Leaving Yellowstonen National
Park." [digital image] Retrieved from http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/slidefile/history/1946_1 999/structures/Page.htm.
Yellowstone Media (2003). Yellowstone National Park. Retrieved
from http://www.yellowstonenationalpark.com/
Open Book (2009). The History of Yellowstone National Park.
Retrived from http://www.yellowstonepark-trip.com/history-of- yellowstone-park.php
Finley Holiday Films (2010). Yellowstone National Park
Highlights. . Retrived from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zj5PWyDkRsA
The National Park Films Project (2009). Yellowstone National Park. Retrieved from http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/parks/yellowstone/2/