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Additional Information and Resources for Chapter 1 This would be a good chapter to use for a multidisciplinary unit with
science. It is also a good chapter to "make local." Roadside Geology of
Montana, by David Alt and Donald Hyndman (Missoula: Mountain Press, 1986)
is an excellent resource for studying the geology of your area.
Other resources available include
Educational Trunks
Dinosaur Traveling Teaching Trunk from the
Museum of the Rockies, Bozeman. This educational trunk contains real
dinosaur bones, casts and molds of bones, teeth and eggs along with the
latest information about dinosaurs for use in the classroom. Resource
books, videos and posters are also included.
The Glacial Lake Missoula Traveling Trunk from the
Montana Natural History Center, Missoula. This trunk, designed for
grades 6-9, provides everything necessary to conduct a detailed
investigation of the dramatic ice-age floods that shaped our landscape
over 12,000 years ago.
Websites and Online Lesson Plans
The Montana Historical Society has created a Montana county
crossword puzzle.
Students can research the answers at the
Montana Place Name
Website. Answers are also posted under the
Chapter 1 answer keys in the
password protected area of this site.
US Geological
Survey education site. The USGS has a huge website with many lesson
plans relating to geology and geography.
"Lewis and Clark in Montana-A Geologic Perspective" is a rich,
online resource detailing the geography, geology, minerals and fossils
described by Lewis and Clark.
Plentywood Middle School teacher Denise Heppner created these
town name
riddles. The answer key is posted under the
Chapter 1 answer keys in the
password protected area of this site.
The Montana Historical Society has created a
lesson plan
that has students mapping a route across Montana, while collecting
information about the places along their route. The lesson uses the
book,
Montana Place Names from Zortman to Alzada, or the free,
Montana Place Name
Website to learn more about the state while improving their
map-reading skills.
Videos or DVDs
Ice Age Flood -
27 minutes
Available through Oregon Public
Broadcasting.
Possible Fieldtrips
Glacier National Park
Madison Canyon Earthquake Area and Visitors Center, 25 miles from
West Yellowstone
Makoshika State Park, Glendive
Mineral Museum, Butte
Museum of
the Rockies, Bozeman
Sites along Montana
Dinosaur Trail
Yellowstone National Park
Alignment
to Content Standards and Essential Understandings Regarding Montana
Indians (EU)
Tests and Answer Keys
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Crazy Mountains as viewed above Lennep, MT, photo
by Donnie Sexton, Travel Montana
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Cutthroat Trout, courtesy US Fish and Wildlife
Service
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Beargrass, photo by Donnie Sexton, Travel Montana
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