Unit 3: Canada and the United States

Chapter 6

NATIONAL PARKS:

SAVING THE NATURAL

HERITAGE OF THE U.S.

AND CANADA

Chapter 6 Notes:

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National Parks: Saving the Natural Heritage of the U.S. and Canada

Below is part of a topographic map of Grand Canyon National Park. Locate Point A on the map. Then, with your finger, follow the line from Point A to Point B. You will be completing the elevation profile of a trip along this line. The elevation profile will be a cross-section of the topographic map. It will show how the elevation increases and decreases

over the course of two miles.

Finish the elevation profile. The first half mile has been done for you.

Topography of Grand Canyon National Park (detail)

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Chapter 6

National Parks: Saving the Natural Heritage of the U.S. and Canada

What are National Parks?

How Many:

Canada?

United States?

Creation of National Parks?

Purpose?

Other Facts:

Yellowstone:

Great Smokey Mountains:

Conservationists:

_____________________:

_____________________:

GEOTERMS

Read Sections 1 and 2 on pages 93-95. Then create an illustrated dictionary of the Geoterms by

completing these tasks:

• Create a symbol or an illustration to represent each term.

• Write a definition of each term in your own words.

• Write a sentence that includes the term and the words national park.

Geoterm and Symbol

Definition

Sentence

conservationist

fauna

flora

topographic map

Reading a Topographic Map

When you look at a topographic map, what you’re seeing is an aerial view, or a view from above. When contour lines on the map are closer together, it means the elevation in that area is changing quickly. The land there is steep. When contour lines are farther apart, the elevation is changing more slowly. The land there is relatively flat.

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Read Sections 3 to 5. After reading each section, you will create an adventure tour for that park. A tour plan for the Grand Canyon is shown here as an example. It includes a map showing the route the tour will take. Follow these steps to create an adventure tour for each park you read about:

1. Turn to the section of Reading Notes 6 for that park.

2. On the topographic map of that park, draw the route your tour will take. Your tour must: • connect all four major stops. Stops are shown with stars.• be exciting for tourists.• use transportation in an adventurous but realistic way.

3. In the tour plan for that park, use the map and your book to describe• how many days you will stay at each location. The total trip can’t be more than

10 days. • the elevation at each stop (where the red star is).• what tourists will do at each stop (any activities your company has planned for them).• what tourists will see at each stop (flora, fauna, human features, physical features).• how tourists will get to the next stop (mode of transportation). See Step 4.

Stop 1: day(s)Hopi Point

Elevation: 6,500 feet

What you’ll do:

What you’ll see:

How you’ll get to Stop 2: four-wheel-drive

vehicle

Stop 2: day(s)

Elevation: 6,900 feet

What you’ll do:

What you’ll see:

How you’ll get to Stop 3: horseback

Stop 3: day(s)

Elevation: 2,000 feet

What you’ll do:

What you’ll see:

How you’ll get to Stop 4: raft

Stop 4: day(s)

Elevation: 6,520 feet

What you’ll do:

What you’ll see:

Tour Plan for Grand Canyon National Park

• Rappel down Hopi Wall using rock-climbing equipment

• Visit Lookout Tower

• Drive along the South Rim in a four-wheel-drive vehicle

• spectacular views of the canyon walls

• the dramatic cliffs of the Inferno

• Hopi Wall and Salt Creek

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El Tovar Hotel

• Have dinner and spend the night at the El Tovar Hotel

• Take a horseback tour down Bright Angel Trail alongGarden Creek

• Hike Plateau Point and then continue on horseback tothe Suspension Bridge on the Colorado River

• Bright Angel Trail winding down 2,000-foot cliffs

• Garden Creek at the bottom of the canyon

• buildings and shops surrounding the South Rim

Granite Gorge

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• White-water rafting on the Colorado River through

Granite Gorge

• suspension bridges spanning the river

• rapids along the River Trail and through Granite Gorge

Yavapai Point

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• Raft through the rapids

• Take a helicopter tour over the Colorado River, the

Natural Arch, O’Neill Butte, Yaki Point, and Mather Point

• Land at Yavapai Point and visit the museum there

• stunning aerial views of the canyon

• exhibits on geology and theories on how the Grand

Canyon was formed at the Yavapai Point Museum

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4. Decide what kind of transportation tourists will use to get from place to place and for the activities at each stop. Choose from the list below. For each adventure tour, you cannot use any mode of transportation more than once.

helicopter rafting gear

hiking gear hang-gliding equipment

jet skis bicycles

rock-climbing equipment horses

kayaks four-wheel-drive vehicles

snowshoes cross-country skis

River Roads

Buildings

Campground

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Grand Canyon National Park (detail)

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3 Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park Follow the directions on pages 3 and 4 to complete the tour plan and map for this park.

Stop 1: day(s)Lake McDonald

Elevation:

What you’ll do:

What you’ll see:

How you’ll get to Stop 2:

Stop 2: day(s)

Elevation:

What you’ll do:

What you’ll see:

How you’ll get to Stop 3:

Stop 3: day(s)

Elevation:

What you’ll do:

What you’ll see:

How you’ll get to Stop 4:

Stop 4: day(s)

Elevation:

What you’ll do:

What you’ll see:

Tour Plan for Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park

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4 Prince Edward Island National Park Follow the directions on pages 3 and 4 to complete the tour plan and map for this park.

Stop 1: day(s)Green Gables House

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What you’ll do:

What you’ll see:

How you’ll get to Stop 2:

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What you’ll see:

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Elevation:

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Stop 4: day(s)

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Tour Plan for Prince Edward Island National Park

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