Our National Parks have preserved a lot of cultural and natural history across the country. Since this is an Earth Science class, I thought that applying your soon-to-be expert knowledge of Earth Science to one of our beautiful National Parks would be a perfect way to learn how important and unique they are.
Your research will focus on the Earth Science spheres (geospheres, biospheres, hydroshpere, atmosphere) within your park and what is unique about them.If there is one in particular you would like to research, let me know. You may want to consider a park you’ve been to because you can bring in a personal aspect to the project.
A good place to begin your research is here: https://www.nps.gov/findapark/index.htm
Once your park is chosen, you should research what is special about the
1, geo-spheres
2. hydro-spheres
3. bio-spherse
4. atmo- spheres,
especially any overlaps between them. It might be interesting to talk about current research going on in your park! Your research will be presented in two formats: a paper and a presentation.
The paper must have 1” margins and 12pt Times New Roman font with an ideal length of 3-5 pages (double-spaced). Legitimate scientific references must be cited (e.g., books, peer-reviewed papers, articles with credible authors, websites ending in “.edu” or “.gov”*); Wikipedia is not a legitimate resource, so don’t cite it! If you read Wikipedia, use their sources (as long as they are legitimate, see above), found at the bottom of each page. You can use the APA reference format, and include a ‘references cited’ page at the end.