What are Yellowstone's unique features and its inhabitants? By Alex

9/3/2015

20 Comments

What do we know?

Yellowstone was the first National Park in the US.

There have been many fires and a lot of wildlife live there.
Its on the border of Wyoming, Idaho and Montana.

What did we learn?

Yellowstone has the worlds one of 30 super volcanoes and its the only one on land the others are in the water. I learned In Yellowstone there are 67 land animals, 330 types of birds, 5 amphibians, and 6 reptiles. Old faithful erupts every every 88 minutes but originally erupted every 60 minutes but because of earthquake damage it is now about 88 minutes.

What do we want to know?

Why was Yellowstone established as a park in the first place?
What animals live there?
What are the main things to do or see?

What action did we take

I made a website about it and told people all about Yellowstone with facts. I also made a Trello card about it.

How will I learn the information?

I will use the internet and the National Park website.
I will also use one of the books that I have on Yellowstone as a reference.

What questions do we still have?

Why are things native in only Yelowstone and not other places like Cutthroat Trout they are only native in Yellowstone? Why was this the first National Park and not some other park?

Reflection: I really enjoyed my topic and seeing stuff about all the animals and the places that most people visited. Most of the facts that I thought about were really amazing and half the stuff I learned I didn't know even though I have been there before. I would like to tell people that Yellowstone if not dangerous because I know that some people are afraid of Yellowstone because it has the worlds only land super Volcano and some people are silly. I had trouble with figuring out how to do my website and what to write.

20 Comments

Addy

10/20/2015 04:20:15 pm

Cool project

Alex (the creator of the website)

12/14/2015 04:07:32 pm

Thanks

Blake Raymer

12/4/2015 07:09:44 am

Great project! It had a lot of good topics covered. I thought it was interesting that it has so many earthquakes each year.

Alex (The creator of the website)

12/14/2015 04:08:50 pm

Yes, definitely

Tanner

12/4/2015 07:12:46 am

Hi, I have enjoyed your project on Yellowstone park. I liked how you put in the effort to cover different topics on the park. I do have some follow up questions. Why was hunting banned in the park? What efforts do they take to preserve the park? Please email me back at bomkamp.t@stu.janesville.k12.wi.us

Alex (the creator of the website)

12/8/2015 12:38:42 pm

Hunting was banned in the park because some people were hunting the bison and other wild animals for no reason and killing them for sport and would leave 3/4 of the bison to rot. They preserve the park by banning hunting, having park rangers and teaching other people how important Yellowstone is to the environment.

Amelia

12/4/2015 11:20:25 am

Hi Alex,
I really liked your video and your facts. I never knew how big Yellowstone national park is! Have you ever been to Yellowstone national park? I have not,but I want to go there soon. Good Job!!

Alex

12/8/2015 12:33:29 pm

Yes, I have it is very cool you should definitely go there

Lauren

12/4/2015 11:22:25 am

I enjoyed your project greatly! I found it interesting that there is a rule about how far you have to stay from dangerous animals. Do you know how many mountains are in Yellowstone?

Alex

12/14/2015 04:10:04 pm

Thanks but I don't there are probably a ton and you would see a lot of different numbers

Carrie and Ava

12/4/2015 12:02:49 pm

this website is so cool! We love all the information about Yellowstone. Also the video is very interesting! We really enjoyed looking at your website!!!

Alex

12/14/2015 04:10:29 pm

Thanks I enjoyed it to

Regan

12/8/2015 12:21:57 pm

Cool! It has a lot of really interesting facts, and it is really well-thought. I learned a lot from the video and the site! I think this was a really cool topic to work on. Nice job!

Also Regan

12/8/2015 12:28:10 pm

Sorry I just cut it short accidentally, but I think it's cool that you were able to find SO much information about Yellowstone and all of the wildlife and the geysers. I think all of the information is very thorough and clear.

Alex

12/14/2015 04:11:25 pm

Thanks I really had a fun time with it.

Andrew K.

12/8/2015 12:51:02 pm

Alex I loved your video and It reminds me of when I went there. But I didn't know about all the cool stuff that went on. I can't believe that Old Fateful goes every 88 minutes. I liked that fact because it explains why me and family didn't so go again when we left. So in all I think you did really good! :)

Alex

12/14/2015 04:13:22 pm

Thanks I had forgotten about that to until I came upon it later.

Alex (the creator of the website)

12/8/2015 12:58:10 pm

sorry the video was a little quiet my audio recording was a little messed up that day.

Ka'Morah link

12/10/2015 06:10:27 am

I think you did an amazing job with this project.
My teacher has taught me about Yellowstone but some stuff I didn't know but you told me.
I really think you can put more details on each little thing you said so other kids can really learn from it.
Also I love your to pick because I love to learn about nature.

Alex

12/14/2015 04:14:49 pm

Thanks I will try to do so, I thought that all of this was very interesting too.