 Share
|
 |
||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
| Utah
Rainbow Bridge, Delicate Arch, Sardine Canyon, the Vermillion Cliffs, the high Uintahs.....these are part of our Utah home. More than almost any other state, Utah has a wide diversity of landscapes--from Alpine tundra to forested mountains to red rock deserts to sagebrush expanses. Sample some of the following activities to learn more about our home state. Places To Go | People To See | Things To Do | Teacher Resources | Bibliography The following are places to go (some real and some virtual) to find out about Utah.
Climb King's Peak, the highest mountain in Utah. Fall and spring are the best times to visit the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge. Migrating birds by the hundreds of thousands stop briefly in this wetland refuge to rest and eat before continuing on their journey to north or south to summer and winter habitats. If the refuge is out of the way for you, visit it virtually. Stroll through Hogle Zoo.
Take a trip to Utah's state parks. Travel to Utah's national parks. There are museums of every kind in just about every county of Utah where you can learn about Utah history, Utah communities, and Utah families. Go to the Utah mountains in the winter and experience the greatest snow on earth and hike them the rest of year for scenic beauty. Visit Utah's ski resorts. Choose from Alta, Brighton, Deer Valley, or Solitude.  Visit with our current governor, John Huntsman or email him - governor@utah.gov. Then visit with our first governor, Brigham Young, who was governor from 1850 to 1858. Utah wasn't a state until 1896, so Brigham Young was the first territorial governor of Utah.(No email address is listed for him). If you also want to get to know J. Bracken Lee, John C. Cutler, and other governors of Utah, visit them here. (Eli Houston Murray, the 12th territorial governor of Utah was a real looker! Check him out.)
Chat with a honeybee. Find out how honeybees feel about being our state symbol and if they ever get tired of being so industrious. Shoot the breeze with Karl Malone and John Stockton of the Utah Jazz. Read about Utah’s famous musical family, the Osmonds. Learn more about Brigham Young, Utah’s famous religious leader and first governor.
You can't live in Utah and not know all about brine shrimp. Discover how important they are to migratory birds. Brine shrimp eggs are so small that about 50 of them could fit on the head of a pin. Find out about the special adaptations that brine shrimp eggs that are laid in the fall undergo. Check out the official website for the state of Utah. Spend some time with SurWeb, a collection of Utah resources. Browse through the Photographic Archives of the Marriott Library at the University of Utah for great images of Utah.
Take part in Utah Quest, a program developed by Granite School District, to help students learn about the counties of Utah. Check out Utah.Com, the official website of the Utah Travel Council. Look for vintage photos of Utah with the Utah
Multimedia Collections Encyclopedia. Did you know that Utah has the "greatest trout on earth"? Go to Fish Utah to find out more. Find out about Utah biking, climbing, camping, hunting, skiing, snowmobiling, fishing, hiking, water sports, and more at Utah Recreation.
Online activities are a listing of internet sites with fun, interesting, and educational tasks attached to each one. (You can learn how to use this WWW Activities tool created by UEN for Utah educators).
Virtual Field Trips are teacher and student-created tours of curricular topics. (You can learn how to use this UEN Virtual Field Trip tool created by UEN for Utah educators).
Lesson Plans/Webquests
Images are copyrighted by ArtToday. Used by permission. All rights reserved. |
|
