Western Mining History presents a comparison of the output of the top …
Western Mining History presents a comparison of the output of the top 25 US Gold Mining Districts. Western Mining History is an historical site that provides databases, information on mining, mining towns, gold and Photos and maps of the western United States. Consider becoming a member or making a donation to help further the work of the site.
Western Mining History tours ten western mining towns that have made significant …
Western Mining History tours ten western mining towns that have made significant contributions to their state and mineral extraction in the western United States. The ten featured towns include photos and a brief history. Primary source Historical|Photographs and modern photographs are included. The resource is a nice virtual field trip of 10 significant "wild west" mining towns. Western Mining History is an historical site that provides databases, information on mining, mining towns, gold and Photos and maps of the western United States. This photo gallery provide an excellent collection of primary sources for historical analysis in the classroom. Consider becoming a member or making a donation to help further the work of the site. Suggested use: Students might compare the color image to black and white versions on other parts of the Western Mining History site to discuss how color affects our interpretation and response to the image.
A successful unit on plate tectonics begins with engaging learners about the …
A successful unit on plate tectonics begins with engaging learners about the puzzle of the continents. Using "torn pieces of a newspaper" (Wegener's actual words), students recreate the newspaper page torn up by their classmates to launch into discussion about puzzle solving, changing views of the Earth and the nature of science, and Wegener himself.
A successful unit on plate tectonics begins with engaging learners about the …
A successful unit on plate tectonics begins with engaging learners about the puzzle of the continents. Using "torn pieces of a newspaper" (Wegener's actual words), students recreate the newspaper page torn up by their classmates to launch into discussion about puzzle solving, changing views of the Earth and the nature of science, and Wegener himself.
Western Mining History presents a short history of how a warehouse fire …
Western Mining History presents a short history of how a warehouse fire ignited a dynamite explosion that destroyed several blocks in Butte, Montana in 1895. Western Mining History is an historical site that provides databases, information on mining, mining towns, gold and Photos and maps of the western United States. Consider becoming a member or making a donation to help further the work of the site.
Western Mining History presents a brief summary of Colorado Mining Towns with …
Western Mining History presents a brief summary of Colorado Mining Towns with links to additional Colorado resources for a mining town database and mines by county. Western Mining History is an historical site that provides information on mining, mining towns, gold and Photos and maps of the western United States. Consider becoming a member or making a donation to help further the work of the site.
The Original Coloradans Social Studies Lesson 1 designed to be used with …
The Original Coloradans Social Studies Lesson 1 designed to be used with The Original Coloradans Artifact Kit. Lessons 1, 2 and 4 can be completed without the artifacts from the kit. These kits are available through Musuems of Western Colorado to D51 Teachers. This lesson can be adapted to use without the kit. This pre-activity is designed to help students activate prior knowledge before they explore the kit of genuine artifacts. This activity should open the dialogue in class about what archaeologists do, and how they ask questions to uncover a story. Ultimately students are building an understanding of how studying our past helps us to better prepare for our future, while cultivating respect for natural and cultural resources. Students examine how trash can be useful to learn about a culture by examining a teacher created "midden."
This activity describes the flow of carbon in the environment and focuses …
This activity describes the flow of carbon in the environment and focuses on how much carbon is stored in trees. It goes on to have students analyze data and make calculations about the amount of carbon stored in a set of trees at three sites in a wooded area that were to be cut down to build a college dormitory.
Trinidad, CO Mining Town. Western Mining History presents a brief summary of …
Trinidad, CO Mining Town. Western Mining History presents a brief summary of Colorado's Historical Mining Towns with links to additional Colorado resources for a mining town database and mines by county. Western Mining History is an historical site that provides information on mining, mining towns, the gold and silver rush, and Photos and maps of the western United States. This is a strong primary source resource that can be used for a variety of class research projects. Consider becoming a member or making a donation to help further the work of the site.
This video profiles glaciologist Lonnie Thompson and his research into tropical mountain …
This video profiles glaciologist Lonnie Thompson and his research into tropical mountain glaciers as a way to understand climate history. Beginning in the 1970s, Thompson recognized that tropical ice cores contain information relating to tropical climate phenomena, including El NiÃo events and monsoons. These phenomena are not archived in ice from polar regions. Thompson explains that his archive of ice cores is full of clues that, taken together with records collected from around the world, can help scientists create a timeline that tells Earth's climate story.
Tungsten, CO Mining Town. Western Mining History presents a brief summary of …
Tungsten, CO Mining Town. Western Mining History presents a brief summary of Colorado's Historical Mining Towns with links to additional Colorado resources for a mining town database and mines by county. Western Mining History is an historical site that provides information on mining, mining towns, the gold and silver rush, and Photos and maps of the western United States. This is a strong primary source resource that can be used for a variety of class research projects. Consider becoming a member or making a donation to help further the work of the site.
Turret, CO Mining Town. Western Mining History presents a brief summary of …
Turret, CO Mining Town. Western Mining History presents a brief summary of Colorado's Historical Mining Towns with links to additional Colorado resources for a mining town database and mines by county. Western Mining History is an historical site that provides information on mining, mining towns, the gold and silver rush, and Photos and maps of the western United States. This is a strong primary source resource that can be used for a variety of class research projects. Consider becoming a member or making a donation to help further the work of the site.
The National Park Service presents a short description of the history of …
The National Park Service presents a short description of the history of 20 Mule Team Borax freight wagon teams. This resource also includes an imagined conversation with one of the muleskinners who drove the Twenty Mule Team Borax wagons. These wagons hauled up to 40 tons of Borax in Death Valley, California.
This visualization is a website with an interactive calculator that allows for …
This visualization is a website with an interactive calculator that allows for estimation of greenhouse gas production from croplands in the United States.
Overview of the field of Paleontology for teachers. The resource covers a …
Overview of the field of Paleontology for teachers. The resource covers a definition, career, fossils, dinosaurs, laws about collecting fossils, dating fossils, evolution, extinction events, and taxonomic diversity.
Cross Orchards is a part of the Museums of Western Colorado. Cross …
Cross Orchards is a part of the Museums of Western Colorado. Cross Orchards Curator Matt Darling tells us the history of the Uintah Railway. The Uintah railway ran from Mack, Colorado over the Bookcliffs to Dragon, Utah. It was the steepest most crooked railroad built in all of North America. It was a narrow gauge railroad with rails only 3 feet apart. A standard gauge railway has rails 4ft 8 inches apart. It hauled a mineral called Gilsonite. Gilsonite is a solid hydrocarbon used for making asphalt and paint.
Western Mining History presents a short tour of underground hoist construction at …
Western Mining History presents a short tour of underground hoist construction at the US Mine in Bingham, Utah. Western Mining History is an historical site that provides databases, information on mining, mining towns, gold and Photos and maps of the western United States. Consider becoming a member or making a donation to help further the work of the site.
The Uranium Boom: Stop 9 Museum of the West Virtual Tour. Watch …
The Uranium Boom: Stop 9 Museum of the West Virtual Tour. Watch this short video to learn about a Museum of the West exhibit or collection to preview your field trip or for a virtual field trip if you are unable to attend in person. The Museum of the West is part of the Museums of Westen Colorado. The Uranium boom made Grand Junction famous. Its nickname became “The City That Glows.” David Bailey explains the effect the Uranium boom had on Grand Junction.
In this activity students will use information from a county-level soil survey …
In this activity students will use information from a county-level soil survey to learn about the geomorphology of an area.
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Before class, students complete a homework assignment that familiarizes them with accessing …
Before class, students complete a homework assignment that familiarizes them with accessing and downloading Mars THEMIS images and in which they download images of normal faults in the Ceraunius Fossae of northern Tharsis. In class, I start with a short discussion about how THEMIS images are obtained, why the images are in strips, what resolution means, and so on. Students then examine their Mars images and identify normal fault features. Students determine the range of graben widths and then calculate throw for one fault using shadow width to calculate graben depth. Students then calculate heave for the same fault, assuming a fault dip of 60��. Students then do a back-of-the-envelope calculate to estimate crustal extension along a line across several graben. Students finish the activity by considering the impact of their assumptions on their results and evaluate the validity of their back-of-the-envelope calculation of extension. At the very end, we look at research results from several studies that have carefully calculated extension in Ceraunius Fossae.
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