Welcome to the Great Smoky Mountains – home to more than 17,000 species of plants and animals! Please join us on an educational adventure to the most visited national park in the country – Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Here, the variety of elevations, the abundant rainfall, and the presence of old growth forests give the park an unusual richness of biota (collection of organisms). Black bears, tiger swallowtails, tulip poplars, elk, and lung-less salamanders are just a few of the species that thrive in this region. It is amazing to think there are living things all around us that have gone undetected, yet new species are continually being discovered in this mountain wonderland. This program is targeted at grades 5 to 8.l
Through the learning modules that will go live online on Friday, October 9, and the show that will air from 10:00am – 11:00am EST, and from 1:00pm to 2:00pm EST, on Tuesday, November 3, you will explore:
• Understanding Biodiversity (biomes)
• Connected Web (food chain)
• Why so Diverse in Great Smoky Mountains? (geological connections)
• A Study in Salamanders
• Biodiversity Threats (invasive species)
• Protecting Biodiversity (species reintroduction)
• Backyard Stewardship
Please contact John Ramicone at 216-916-6360 or john.ramicone@ideastream.org by October 28th if you would like to receive this program through distance learning.
Start preparing for your adventure to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park by visiting the official park website: www.nps.gov/grsm/. Please email Carolyn Hill, chill@nationalparks.org, if you have questions about the show.
Schools may register via:
https://www.grantrequest.com/SID_328/Default.asp?CT=CT&SA=SNA&FID=35000
Sponsored by the National Park Service, the National Park Foundation, and the UPS Foundation.
SEARCHING FOR LIFE IN THE GREAT SMOKY MOUNTAINS ELECTRONIC FIELD TRIP (EFT) Tuesday, November 3, 2009
