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Virtual Field Trip-Yellowstone National Park

Virtual Field Trip-Yellowstone National Park. Ashley Holien. What will we be learning about?. History of Yellowstone National Park Old Faithful Geyser Wildlife at Yellowstone. Yellowstone National Park History .

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Virtual Field Trip-Yellowstone National Park

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  1. Virtual Field Trip-Yellowstone National Park Ashley Holien

  2. What will we be learning about? • History of Yellowstone National Park • Old Faithful Geyser • Wildlife at Yellowstone

  3. Yellowstone National Park History • Located in Wyoming, Yellowstone was established in 1872 and was the first national park in the world! • Going back to 11,000 years ago, Yellowstone park was actually the home to Native Americans until about 200 years ago. • Yellowstone is a place where people can see many different wildlife, geysers, hot springs, and Grand Canyon.

  4. Yellowstone is located in Wyoming, the yellow area shows where in Wyoming.

  5. Many groups of Native Americans used the park as their homes, hunting grounds, and transportation routes.http://www.nps.gov/yell/historyculture/index.htm

  6. Old Faithful Geyser • Old Faithful is a Geyser at Yellowstone. • What is a Geyser? • A hot spring which shoots water and steam. • This is along the same lines as a volcano. • How does it happen? • Surface water seeps down through the ground until it meets rock heated by magma. • Erupts approximately every 91 minutes

  7. Old Faithful from Observation Point. This is a hill in Yellowstone which is 250 ft high.

  8. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Faithful_Geyser Old Faithful in 1948

  9. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OldFaithfulPhilKonstantin.jpghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:OldFaithfulPhilKonstantin.jpg Old Faithful in 2003

  10. Wildlife at Yellowstone • Wildlife in Yellowstone includes- • 67 different mammals • Black bears and Grizzly Bears • Mountain Lions and bobcats • Wolverine and Lynx • Grey Wolves • 7 species of Ungulates • Elk, mule, deer, bison, moose, bighorn sheep, pronghorn and white tail deer.

  11. Grizzly and Black Bears are found at Yellowstone. www.google/images.com

  12. Mountain Lions and Bobcats are found at Yellowstone. • www.google/images.com

  13. Many different ungulates are found at Yellowstone. Learn about Ungulates-http://www.ultimateungulate.com/WhatIsAnUngulate.html

  14. More information about Yellowstone • Heritage and Resource center- http://www.nps.gov/yell/historyculture/collections.htm • Electronic History Field trip- http://www.windowsintowonderland.org/history/ • Aerial Tour of Yellowstone- • http://www.nps.gov/archive/yell/tours/aerialeyes/index.htm

  15. Sources • http://www.nps.gov/yell/photosmultimedia/index.htm

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