National Parks Research Project

Instructions:

Your task is to research attractions within the US National Parks system and find important Information to promote these parks and sites. You will construct a visitor guide for one of the attractions of the US Parks Department that has been assigned to you. The visitor guide should contain 5 points of interest described in detail and 3 photographs that will entice the public (and your classmates) to visit these locations.

Your main source of information will be the Internet. However, you may use offline resources that meet with my approval (magazines, Atlas, etc.).

Online resources you may want to use:

http://www.nps.gov

http://www.americanparknetwork.com/home

http://50states.com

http://www.ask.com

http://maps.yahoo.com

http://maps.google.com

Info to be gathered

You should take notes in your science folder on all the items below:

****For each piece of information you get you need to write down where you got it from and on what date (example: www.maps. google.com on 12/3/07)

National Site of Interest:

Location:

Distance from nearby major cities:

Distance from Salome:

5 major points of interest:

Travel tips:

At least 3 pictures saved to your student folder for use in the brochure:

Parks Partners

Destiny & TJ: region F Yosemite

Judith & Luz: region E Great Sand Dunes

Brianna, Raynie, & Allison: region A Valley Forge

Karen & Kade: region B Everglades

Rosa & Stephanie: region D Pdre Island

Watcha Know?

Okay, so I've been gone a few days but you have been busy. I want to know, "with what?" In a comment tell me the tutorial you have been working on and two new things you have learned to do. If you have done more than one tutorial give me info each of them. Be detailed! I don't want, " I learned how to do a PowerPoint." That is too vague.
But before you start your comment, open up your tutorial and the finished/unfinished project, then minimize them both. I will be coming around for a visual inspection of your progress.

Esteban, Phillip, Elijah

Click here to go to a website about animals.

Destiny, Stephanie, Karen, Breanna

Destiny, Stephanie, Karen, Breanna

8/15/07

Why does Salome have it’s rainy season during Neah Bay’s dry season?

Neah Bay’s elevation- 20 ft above sea level

Salome’s elevation- 1877 ft above sea level

Neah Bay’s environment- Forest

Salome’s environment- Desert

Neah Bay’s proximity- Surrounded by sea water

Salome’s proximity- Barely any water

How many mountains around Neah Bay- A lot of surrounding mountains

How many mountains around Salome- A lot of surrounding mountains

Salome Humidity

Neah Bay Humidity

Our guess for the question

Our guess is that since Neah Bay has high amounts of humidity, and low amounts of rain, maybe high amounts of humidity makes it rain less. So since Salome has low amounts of humidity, maybe it makes Salome have a lot of rain. That is our guess.

T.J. Payne, Kade Scott, Brianna

Names: T.J. , Kade , Brianna

Date: 8-17-07

Question: What is with so much rain in Neah Bay compared to Salome?

Factors: Neah Bays’ elevation is 20 feet above sea level, and Salome’s elevation is1880 ft. above sea level. Neah bay is surrounded by water, and mountains and desert surround Salome. Both places are surrounded by mountains but Neah Bay has more water around it witch lets clouds get to Neah Bay, and Salome is nowhere near water witch prevents clouds from getting to Salome as much as Neah Bay.

Conclusion: Neah Bay gets so much rain because it is close to the ocean and there is nothing to block the clouds. Salome doesn’t get as much rain because it is surrounded by mountains, and the clouds have a hard time getting around them to Salome.

Raynie, Rosa, Judith, and Allison

8/15/07 Raynie, Rosa, Judith, aLLISON

QUESTION

1. Flagstaff & Salome are in same state but why different summer?

Factors for Salome

Elevation: 1880

Habitat: Desert

Population: 1134

Factors for Flagstaff

Elevation: 6910

Habitat: Forest

Population: 41678

Conclusion

We think Salome and Flagstaff have different summers, because Salome’s habitat is a desert and is below the mountains on a lower elevation. Flagstaff’s habitat is a forest and it is up in a higher elevation up in the mountains where it’s cooler.

Saving Your Project

Save your group's finished WORD document in Students on SES-3/ Students/ Mr. Hoffman's Science Classes/ 6th/ Use your names as the file name.

Group project

You have spent much time gathering data concerning the factors (reasons) that might be affecting the weather. Once you have gathered all the info you can your group needs to do the following:

1. In a WORD document write the date and everyone in your group's name.

2. Type the question your are trying to answer.

3. In a list form add all the information you gathered on the different factors that might be affecting the weather (elevation for Salome and Neah Bay, etc.).

4. As a group come up with a conclusion, an answer to your question--what YOU THINK is the answer based on the information you gathered. Write that on the WORD document as your conclusion.

5. Save this project in each of your folders as "Weather problem and conclusion."

Graphing our data

Okay, first we are going to graph our average high temperatures.
1. Go to CreateAGraph
2. Pick the Line Graph. That is all you need to do on the Design tab.
3. Click on the Data tab.
Graph Title: Average High Temperatures
X axis label: Months
Y axis label: Temperatures
Source: Weather.com

Data Set: You will need 12 items and 3 groups

Group Label: Group 1 = Salome
Group 2 = Neah Bay
Group 3 = city you chose

Item Label: Name each item after the 12 months. You may use abbreviations.

Under each group input the correct temperature for each month.

Min value = 0

Max value = 150

Click on the Preview tab. IMPORTANT!!!!!!! I HAVE TO SEE YOUR PREVIEW BEFORE YOU GO TO THE NEXT STEP!!

HAVE I CHECKED YOUR WORK!!!

ARE YOU SURE!!!

Click on the Print/Save tab.
Click on the Download picture.
Change the File Format from PDF to JPG
Click the Download button.
Check the radio button for Save to disk and click OK
Go to Students on SES-3, Students, 6th Grade, "Your name"
Save it as Average High Temps

Now you will do the same steps to create an Average Low Temperatures line graph. See if you can follow the same steps but make the changes you need for the low temperatures.

After you have made the Average Low chart make an other line chart using the Average Rainfall data.

All three charts need to be saved in your folder.