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A terrific resource to help students learn about exciting places throughout the world. "Fascinating Cities" visits 55 international locations, including Budapest, Montreal, Shanghai, Istanbul, Cairo, Jerusalem, and more. "National Parks" includes nearly 60 parks, monuments, seashores, trails, and historic sites.

National Park Service Background

vii

International Parks, Biosphere Reserves, and World Heritage Sites

x

Grand Canyon National Park

1

(3)

Erosion Model (Activity)

3

(1)

Bryce Canyon National Park

4

(3)

Water Erosion (Activity)

6

(1)

Canyonlands National Park

7

(3)

Creating Sandpaper Petroglyphs (Activity)

9

(1)

Dinosaur National Monument

10

(3)

What Was a Dinosaur? (Activity)

12

(1)

John Day Fossil Beds National Monument

13

(3)

Making Fossil Molds and Casts (Activity)

15

(1)

Petrified Forest National Park

16

(3)

Formation of Petrified Wood (Activity)

18

(1)

Yellowstone National Park

19

(3)

Wildlife Book Jacket Design (Activity)

21

(1)

Death Valley National Park

22

(3)

Borax Glurch (Activity)

24

(1)

Mammoth Cave National Park

25

(3)

Folding a Paper Bat (Activity)

27

(1)

Haleakala National Park

28

(3)

Creating an Erupting Volcano (Activity)

30

(1)

Wrangell-St. Elias National Park

31

(3)

Glacier Model (Activity)

33

(1)

White Sands National Monument

34

(3)

Creating a Sand Dune (Activity)

36

(1)

Everglades National Park

37

(3)

Water Rights Debate (Activity)

39

(1)

Kenai Fjords National Park

40

(3)

Cleaning Up an Oil Spill (Activity)

42

(1)

Channel Islands National Park

43

(3)

How Does Whale Fat Insulate? (Activity)

45

(1)

Biscayne National Park

46

(3)

Creating a Life Zone Layered Book (Activity)

48

(1)

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

49

(3)

Seashore Diorama (Activity)

51

(1)

Big Bend National Park

52

(3)

Plant and Animal Adaptations (Activity)

54

(1)

Acadia National Park

55

(3)

Making Dipped Candles (Activity)

57

(1)

Katmai National Park

58

(3)

Charting Bear Species (Activity)

60

(1)

Lake Clark National Park

61

(3)

The Long Journey Home of Salmon (Activity)

63

(1)

Denali National Park

64

(3)

Wildlife Painting (Activity)

66

(1)

Grand Teton National Park

67

(3)

Parts of Flowers (Activity)

69

(1)

Redwood National Park

70

(3)

Measuring Tree Height (Activity)

72

(1)

National Park of American Samoa

73

(3)

Creating a Rain Forest Environment in a Jar (Activity)

75

(1)

Theodore Roosevelt National Park

76

(3)

Writing a Persuasive Letter (Activity)

78

(1)

Guadalupe Mountains National Park

79

(3)

National Park Letter Writing (Activity)

81

(1)

Yosemite National Park

82

(3)

Writing to Influence Others (Activity)

84

(1)

John Muir

Mount Rushmore National Memorial

85

(3)

Clay Sculpting (Activity)

87

(1)

Great Smoky Mountains National Park

88

(3)

Quilt Colors (Activity)

90

(1)

Rocky Mountain National Park

91

(3)

Drawing Alpine Ecosystems (Activity)

93

(1)

Effigy Mounds National Monument

94

(3)

Baking Effigy Mounds Shapes (Activity)

96

(1)

Mesa Verde National Park

97

(3)

Pottery Painting (Activity)

99

(1)

Hubbell Trading Post National Historic Site

100

(3)

Navajo Rug Designs (Activity)

102

(1)

Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument

103

(3)

Mission Model (Activity)

105

(1)

Fort Union National Monument

106

(3)

Design a T-Shirt Logo (Activity)

108

(1)

Fort Laramie National Historic Site

109

(3)

Creating a Board Game of the Oregon Trail (Activity)

111

(1)

Fort Clatsop National Memorial

112

(3)

Writing Nature Journals (Activity)

114

(1)

Independence National Historical Park

115

(3)

Designing a Flag (Activity)

117

(1)

Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine

118

(3)

Writing a Song (Activity)

120

(1)

Lowell National Historic Park

121

(3)

Creating an Invention (Activity)

123

(1)

Vanderbilt Mansion National Historic Site

124

(3)

Spending One Million Dollars (Activity)

126

(1)

Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site

127

(3)

Write an Autobiographical Time Line (Activity)

129

(1)

Gettysburg National Military Park

130

(3)

Giving an Address (Activity)

132

(1)

National Mall

133

(3)

Acid Rain Demonstration (Activity)

135

(1)

Statue of Liberty National Monument

136

(3)

Graphing American Immigration (Activity)

138

(1)

Women's Rights National Historical Park

139

(3)

Women's History in Our National Parks (Activity)

141

(1)

Manzanar National Historic Site

142

(3)

Bonkei Tray Landscapes (Activity)

144

(1)

National Historic Site

145

(3)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Letter to the Editor About Jim Crow Laws (Activity)

147

(1)

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument

148

(18)

Creating a National Parks Coat of Arms (Activity)

150

(2)

International Park: North America

151

(1)

Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park

Creating a Postage Stamp (Activity)

152

(2)

International Park: South America

153

(1)

Galapagos Islands National Park

Animal Cards (Activity)

154

(2)

International Park: Europe

155

(1)

Coto Donana National Park

Feeding Birds (Activity)

156

(2)

International Park: Africa

157

(1)

Serengeti National Park

Predator-Prey Food Chains (Activity)

158

(2)

International Park: Asia

159

(1)

Angkor National Park

Art Rubbings (Activity)

160

(2)

International Park: Australia

161

(1)

Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park

Aboriginal Dot Art (Activity)

162

(1)

Appendix

U.S. Map of National Park Service Sites Featured in This Book

163

(1)

World Map of National Parks Featured in This Book

164

(1)

Manzanar: Instructions to All Persons of Japanese Ancestry

165

(1)

Fort Clatsop: Clark's Journal Entry from March 16, 1806

166

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Circling the World : National Parks...the Park Service Sites

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