"Celebrating a Century of America's National Parks"
Topic:
The National Park Service was established by Congress in 1916. The National Park Service manages approximately 84.4 million acres of national parks. Pretend you are writing a journal while visiting one of the 58 national parks. Identify its location. Discuss why and when it was established as a national park. What makes this park one of our national treasures?
Rough Drafts should be completed the week of November 28, 2016
Final Due Date: December 09, 2016
I encourage you to consider looking at journal entries... what should you have figured out in your preplanning?
http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Journal-Entry
http://highland.hitcho.com.au/naturejournal.htm
Research sites for information to get you going:
Go to the Science Museum of Virginia and see the IMAX film: National Parks Adventure
http://www.smv.org/dome/giant-screen-movies/national-parks-adventure
Hidden Worlds of the National Parks... very cool videos! Dry Tortugas, Bryce Canyon, Hawaii Volcanoes, Kenai Fjords and Carlsbad Caverns - use with your device so you can rotate the videos
https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/
More cool ways to explore the parks with Google
https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/project/national-park-service
Writings about National Parks by John Muir
http://www.yosemite.ca.us/john_muir_writings/our_national_parks/
360 Virtual Tours
http://www.360parks.com/
A list of all the parks
http://parks.mapquest.com/national-parks/
MapQuest has great info on the parks!
http://parks.mapquest.com/?flv=1
National Parks Traveler
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com
National Parks Service page
https://www.nps.gov/findapark/index.htm
National Parks Foundation
http://www.nationalparks.org/
PBS - The National Parks: America's Best Idea (video)
http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/
http://m.video.pbs.org/show/national-parks/
http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/history/ep1/
National Geographic - National Parks
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/national-parks/
America's National Parks - National Geographic (videos)
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/americas-national-parks/
The History of Yellowstone
http://yellowstone.net/history/
Topic:
The National Park Service was established by Congress in 1916. The National Park Service manages approximately 84.4 million acres of national parks. Pretend you are writing a journal while visiting one of the 58 national parks. Identify its location. Discuss why and when it was established as a national park. What makes this park one of our national treasures?
Rough Drafts should be completed the week of November 28, 2016
Final Due Date: December 09, 2016
I encourage you to consider looking at journal entries... what should you have figured out in your preplanning?
- The specific National Park you chose/ location
- What part of the park are you exploring?
- Is it morning/day/evening/night?
- What season is it? What's the weather like?
- Are you camping, hiking, kayaking... looking at nature?
- What have you already seen while you're there, what are you seeing now?
- How does it make you feel?
- And, of course, the history of what makes this park a national treasure... why was it created as a national park?
http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Journal-Entry
http://highland.hitcho.com.au/naturejournal.htm
Research sites for information to get you going:
Go to the Science Museum of Virginia and see the IMAX film: National Parks Adventure
http://www.smv.org/dome/giant-screen-movies/national-parks-adventure
Hidden Worlds of the National Parks... very cool videos! Dry Tortugas, Bryce Canyon, Hawaii Volcanoes, Kenai Fjords and Carlsbad Caverns - use with your device so you can rotate the videos
https://artsandculture.withgoogle.com/en-us/
More cool ways to explore the parks with Google
https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/project/national-park-service
Writings about National Parks by John Muir
http://www.yosemite.ca.us/john_muir_writings/our_national_parks/
360 Virtual Tours
http://www.360parks.com/
A list of all the parks
http://parks.mapquest.com/national-parks/
MapQuest has great info on the parks!
http://parks.mapquest.com/?flv=1
National Parks Traveler
http://www.nationalparkstraveler.com
National Parks Service page
https://www.nps.gov/findapark/index.htm
National Parks Foundation
http://www.nationalparks.org/
PBS - The National Parks: America's Best Idea (video)
http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/
http://m.video.pbs.org/show/national-parks/
http://www.pbs.org/nationalparks/history/ep1/
National Geographic - National Parks
http://travel.nationalgeographic.com/travel/national-parks/
America's National Parks - National Geographic (videos)
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/americas-national-parks/
The History of Yellowstone
http://yellowstone.net/history/