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(Liens vérifiés le 24/07/07)


List - Facts - Images -
Symbols - Poems -
Webquests
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Videos -
Coney Island - Yellowstone - Yosemite

 


Pages complémentaires :

Parcs à thème / Parcs d'attractions - In the park

 


List :

  • National Park Guide (nps.gov)
    - View all Parks A-Z
    See an alphabetical listing of National Park Service sites.
    - Geographic Search
    Locate parks on a map, by state, region, or zip code.
    - Search by Topic
    Search for parks by recreation and special topics ... from boating to dinosaurs to the Civil War.


Facts :

 

 

Images :

 

  • Images - National Park Service - Digital Image Archives (nps.gov)
    Images of National Parks, Monuments, Battlefields and Historic Sites

 

 

Symbols :

 

Poems :

 

Webquests :

  • Advertising Agent for the U.S. National Parks Department
    "Students work individually or in small groups to investigate attractions
    - such as battlefields, monuments, and historic sites
    - in the U.S. National Parks System.
    Each student or group then uses the information gathered to create a visitor's guide for one of those attractions.
    Each guide must include three pictures and detailed descriptions of five noteworthy features of the attraction."
    (Education World)
  • Rocky Mountain Area National Parks
    "You have just become a first rate  travel agent for one of the seven national parks found in the Rocky Mountain Region of the American West. Your job is to research one of the seven available parks.
    There are four requirements for your job as a travel agent:
    1) take a virtual tour (on-line) of one of the parks, you may visit any link on the national park site;
    2) keep a dated daily journal (at least seven entries, could be more entries if you wish) about what you have seen and things to do while in the park;
    3) on the website, find the address to write to that park and write a letter requesting information about the park; the letter must be written in correct letter format;
    4) create a travel brochure for the park that you visited. You may include drawings, pictures, etc. in your journal.
    Your travel brochure may be in any form (example: written or video) and should highlight the best aspects of your national park to tell a prospective visitor what they should expect to see and what activities are available while at the park.
    Remember, your goal as a first rate  travel agent is to get people to visit the park."
    (wneo.org)
  • Exploring Landforms in the United States - Webquest
    "This webquest will help you to explore the landforms and National Parks in the United States.
    You can complete one, two or all three parts of this quest.
    In Part One you will compare and contrast several landforms and bodies of water, identify the locations of specific landforms, gather facts about the stages of a river or other earth forces, and keep a diary of events from the flooding Mississippi River or a journey down the Colorado River.
    In Part Two you will investigate several national parks with a variety of landforms.
    In Part Three
    you will work in teams to do more in-depth research of one National Park and create a photo-journal of the interesting landforms found within it."
    (west-bend.k12.wi.us)
  • United States and Canadian National Park Presentation
    "You are a Park Ranger and are lucky enough to have a partner.
    You work in one of the United States or Canada s national parks.
    Visitor attendance has dropped dramatically. Your boss is very concerned, as are you.
    Your job, along with your partner, is to make a Power Point presentation to attract new visitors to your park."
    (pocanticohills.org)
  • National Parks Exposition - Web Quest
    "You will research and find information about your park.
    You will present this information at the National Parks Expo, to be held in the cafetorium.
    Included will be a poster board with information, samples of items found in your park, a 4-slide PowerPoint presentation on your park, and a t-shirt you design that could be found in a gift shop in your park."
    (ridgefield.org)

 

 

Videos :

  • MOVIES (Old Bluejacket's Patriotic Flicks)
    MILITARY & PATRIOTIC MOVIE SELECTIONS -
    NOSTALGIC MOVIE SELECTIONS (Take Me Back to the '60s...) -
    SCENIC MOVIES of AMERICA
    (Beautiful Dixie - The Living Desert - Our National Parks - America, Why I Love Her, narrated by John Wayne...)

 

 

 

Coney Island :

  • Coney Island - The ups and downs of America's first amusement park
    Special Features / Film Clips / Timeline / Gallery / People and Events / Teacher's Guide
    (PBS)

 

 

Yellowstone :

 

  • Yellowstone - A WebQuest (Isabel Perez)
    "The park of yellowstone is the most important national park of the United States. Not only for its natural captivation and landscape beauty, but also for its volcanic peculiarities.
    Are you ready to prepare an expedition to yellowstone?"





  • Yellowstone National Park (amalnet.k12.il)

 

  • Exploring Yellowstone National Park (montana.edu)
    "Yellowstone National Park offers a wealth of activities and entertainment for travelers. Your mission is to discover the sites and sounds of the park that will interest you.
    Plan a 5-day trek into Yellowstone and explore the world of nature using the sites provided."

 

 

Yosemite :