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Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument BLM: 

http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/grand_staircase-escalante.html

Grand Staircase Escalante Partners: 

http://www.gsenm.org

Glen Canyon Natural History Association

http://www.glencanyonnha.org/

BLM Library for Technical Reference and Papers:

http://www.blm.gov/nstc/library/techref.htm

U.S Geological Survey:

http://www.usgs.gov

 

Archaeology Links:

Unit 1:

Chronological Markers and Dendrochronology:

http://archaeology.about.com/cs/datingtechniques/a/timing_2.htm

http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/techniques/timber.html

http://www.sonic.net/bristlecone/dendro.html

http://waynesword.palomar.edu/treedate.htm

http://anthro.palomar.edu/time/time_4.htm

Dating:

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/first/radiocarbon.html

http://anthro.palomar.edu/time/time_5.htm

 

Unit 2:

Native American Tools:

http://www.sdsmt.edu/wwwsarc/collectn/stone/clovis.html

http://www.sdsmt.edu/wwwsarc/collectn/stone/folsom.html

Chronology:

http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/westweb/ancient/chronol.html

http://www.cliffdwellingsmuseum.com/chrono.htm

http://weber.ucsd.edu/~dkjordan/arch/swchron.html

 

Ecology Links:

Unit 1:

Biological Soil Crust:

http://www.soilcrust.org/

http://www.soilcrust.org/crust101.htm

http://www.blm.gov/nstc/soil/crusts/

http://soils.usda.gov/sqi/

http://www.nps.gov/care/naturescience/biosoil.htm

http://geochange.er.usgs.gov/sw/impacts/biology/crypto/

 

Unit 2:

Creatures found in GSENM:

http://www.reptilesofaz.com/Lizards-Subpages/h-c- collaris.html

http://www.reptilesofaz.com/Snakes-Subpages/h-c-cerastes.html

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Rufous_Hummingbird.html

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Canyon_Wren.html

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/California_Condor.html

http://www.birds.cornell.edu/AllAboutBirds/BirdGuide/Red-tailed_Hawk.html

 

Geology Links:

Unit 1:

Moqui Marbles and Mars:

http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v429/n6993/pdf/429707a.pdf

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0507/feature3/index.html

http://www.sciencenewsforkids.org/articles/20040128/Note2.asp

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/mer/images.cfm?id=743

 

Unit 2:

Plate Tectonics:

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/nam.html

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/000_present_3globes.jpg

http://www.scotese.com/

 

Rock Layers of GSENM:

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/namP275.jpg

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/namTr245.jpg

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/namTr210.jpg

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/namJ195.jpg

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/namJ170.jpg

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/namJ150.jpg

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/namK100.jpg

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/namK85.jpg

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/namKT65.jpg

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/namPe50.jpg

 

Human Landscape Links:

Unit 1:

Two Cultures-One Landscape:

http://historytogo.utah.gov/index.html

http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/american_indians/paiuteindians.html

http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/american_indians/utahsfirstpeople.html

http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/trappers,_traders,_and_explorers/dominguez-escalanteexpedition.html

http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/pioneers_and_cowboys/colonizationofutah.html

http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/pioneers_and_cowboys/settlementandexploration.html

http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/pioneers_and_cowboys/whatmadethemormonlandscapeunique.html

http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/pioneers_and_cowboys/cowboysandthecattleindustry.html

http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/pioneers_and_cowboys/holein-the-rocktrekremainsanepicexperience.html

http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/american_indians/blackhawkwar.html

http://historytogo.utah.gov/utah_chapters/american_indians/circlevillemassacre.html

 

Unit 2:  Route Finding

http://gis.com/

http://www.gis.com/whatisgis/index.html

http://www.gis.com/whatisgis/whyusegis.html

http://www.gis.com/whatisgis/dowithgis.html

http://www.esri.com/flashmedia/whatisgis.swf

http://www.nationalatlas.gov/

 

Paleontology Links:

Unit 1:

Geologic Time:

http://www.dinosauria.com/

http://jan.ucc.nau.edu/~rcb7/globaltext2.html

What Killed the Dinosaurs?

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/0823_050823_dinolava.html

http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/diapsids/extinction.html

http://www.agiweb.org/geotimes/feb05/feature_25years.html

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/kids-only/dinosaurs/what-dinosaur/

             

             

             

 

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