1. National Parks from Sea to Shining Sea
By Stephanie Fuerst
ETE
2/15/10

2. What is a National Park? What are some National Parks you know of?
Have you ever visited a National Park?
What is special about a National Park?
What is a State Park? How is it different?
Lets look at some famous National Parks.

3. Grand Canyon: Then vs. Now
Ask class: What do you notice about these pictures?
How are these pictures the same? How are they different?
Has the landscape changed? Have cameras changed?
Above photograph: (Lee, 1940)
Right photograph: (Grand Canyon National Park)

4. The Grand Canyon Located in Arizona Formed from EROSION Colorado River
277 miles long
1 mile deep
10-18 miles across
Source: (Grand Canyon National Park)

5. Yosemite: Then vs. Now Above: (Yosemite National Park)
Mention: This is the same water fall, Bridal Veil Falls.
Ask class: What do you notice about these pictures?
How are these pictures the same? How are they different?
Has the landscape changed? Have cameras changed?
Is this picture taken from the same vantage point? What is a vantage point?
Above: (Yosemite National Park)
Left: (Company, 1915)

6. Yosemite National Park
Located in California
1,169 miles
Contains many mountains,
cliffs, meadows, valleys,
rivers, and waterfalls
Source: (Yosemite National Park)

7. Yellowstone: Then vs. Now
Mention: This is the same geyser, Old Faithful, the most popular.
Ask class: What do you notice about these pictures?
How are these pictures the same? How are they different?
Has the landscape changed? Have cameras changed?
Is this picture taken from the same vantage point? What is a vantage point?
Above: (Rhodes, 1900)
Right: (Yellowstone National Park)

8. Yellowstone Located in Idaho, Wyoming, and Montana
Erupting geysers and
hot springs
Bears, wolves, elk, buffalo
Source: (Yellowstone National Park)

9. Haleakala: Then vs. Now Left: (Built in America)
Below: (Haleakala National Park)

10. Haleakala National Park
Located in Hawaii,
on Island of Maui
Cinder cones,
volcanoes, streams,
ocean coast
Many ecological zones!
Source: (Haleakala National Park)

11. Summing it all up Why do we have National Parks?
Who does the land belong to?
Who takes care of the land?
Why is it important to take care of the land?
What are some things we do to care for the land? Positive effects or negative effects?
Source: (Our National Parks: Recreation and Preservation)

12. Your Turn! Use the National Parks website to research a park nps.gov
Create a poster that:
-gives basic information about the park
-encourages people to visit the park
-tells why it is important to protect the land

13. References
Built in America. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2010, from Library of Congress:
Company, H. P. (1915, May 29). American Memory. Retrieved February 10, 2010, from Library of Congress:
Grand Canyon National Park. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2010, from National Park Service:
Haleakala National Park. (n.d.). Retrieved Febuary 10, 2010, from National Park Service:

14. References Continued
Lee, R. (1940, October). American Memory. Retrieved February 10, 2010, from Library of Congress:
Our National Parks: Recreation and Preservation. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2010, from National Geographic Xpeditions:
Rhoades, H. (1900). History of the American West Retrieved February 10, 2010, from Library of Congress:
Yellowstone National Park. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2010, from National Park Service:
Yosemite National Park. (n.d.). Retrieved February 10, 2010, from National Park Service: