What Do You Know About
Yellowstone National Park?
TABLE OF CONTENTS
HISTORY
Approximately 2 million acres
of land was declared by President Ulysses S. Grant on March 1, 1872 as
the first national park not just in the United States, but in the
world! Yellowstone National Park is about the size of Delaware
and Rhode Island put together!
Want to know
more? Visit these web pages for historical information.
Yellowstone National Park Official
Website
Yellowstone Park
History
Yellowstone Electronic
Field
Trip
GEOLOGY
Yellowstone National Park's most
famous attraction is "Old Faithful," a geyser. The land that
forms the park was formed by a volcano thousands of years ago, then
covered by great masses of ice called glaciers. The glaciers left
deposits of dirt that store the water used in the geyser's eruptions.
Visit the following web sites to
learn even more about the amazing geology of Yellowstone National Park!
Yellowstone National Park Official
Website
National Geographic Fantastic
Journeys
Catch a Geyser: An
interactive journey to the geysers. You can even make one erupt!
Scout About: A visual and
auditory delight as you visit geysers, hot springs, mud pots,
fumaroles, and silicified trees!
Plumb the Depths: Go underground to learn about the hot springs
in Yellowstone!
JASON Project VIII: Study geology and biology of Yellowstone
National Park with the team of the JASON Project from April 28 - May 9,
1997.
Park Tours Online
Take an online tour of the geysers at Yellowstone National Park, and
the formation of the Yellowstone Caldera.
WILDLIFE
The
American Bison was almost hunted into extinction as America moved
west. The last remaining herds remained inside Yellowstone
National Park, but poachers (people who hunted illegally) made
protecting the animals difficult. Yellowstone is home to a wide
variety of animals, you can learn more about them by visiting these
websites:
Yellowstone National Park Official
Website
An excellent website to learn
more about the wildlife in Yellowstone National Park. Be sure to
check out the coloring pages and fun wildlife games in Kidstuff!
Yellowstone
Wolf
Report Page
Learn the latest information about wolf news, sightings, history,
packs, captive wolves, and maps. Don't miss hearing the recorded
wolf howls!
Park Tours Online
Yellowstone Electronic
Field
Trip
Field trips are available to learn about the wolves, and bears of
Yellowstone National Park. There are planning and curriculum
materials also available for teachers and homeschoolers!
WILDFIRES
The landscape of Yellowstone
National Park has been shaped by natural fires. Ground fires
actually help grass production and some pinecones need the intense heat
of a wildfire to crack open and release their seeds!
Visit the
websites below to learn more about the wildfires in Yellowstone, and
what is being done about them!
Yellowstone Electronic Field Trip
An excellent resource to
learn about fire ecology.
WILDFIRE!
An online article from National Geographic for Kids.
Wildland Fire
The official website of Yellowstone National Park. Detailed
information about the devastating wildfires of 1988!
PHOTOS 
Nothing can
compare to visiting Yellowstone National Park and experiencing its
beauty firsthand, but if you can't visiting these photo galleries is
the next best thing!
Yellowstone Photo Gallery
Hundreds of photos of
Yellowstone National Park!
Park Tours Online
Enjoy a tour of the Grand Loop Road of Yellowstone.
Yellowstone National Park
Official
Website
Yellowstone
National Park
Not the official website, but offers some great photos!
Read More About It!
There's even more to learn
about our national treasure, Yellowstone National Park. Can you
find these titles in your local library?
Track of the Coyote
by Todd Wilkinson
Yellowstone National Park
(Bequest of Beauty Series)
by Ruth Shaw Radlauer and Rolf Zillmer
Yellowstone National
Park: An Activity Book for Children
by Daniel Ginsberg
The Great Yellowstone Fire
by Carole Garbuny Vogel
Test your knowledge of Yellowstone
National Park at the websites below!
