Module Overview -- Indian Peaks Virtual Field Trip

General Module Objectives: After completing this module, students will be able to:

• Describe how the vegetation relates to location (elevation) and climate.
• Describe how the following alpine glacial and periglacial landforms are created:
  • aretes
  • U-shaped valley
  • cirque
  • tarn
  • paternoster lake
  • moraines
  • rock glaciers
  • patterned ground

Key Geographical Concepts addressed by the Module:

• Altitudinal zonation of climate and vegetation
• Alpine glacial landforms and processes
• geographic fieldwork

Materials Requirements:

• Notebook for field journal or 12 copies of journal forms.
• One sheet of graph paper.

Activities:

• Students record "field" observations in a field journal.
• Students synthesize field data to uncover relationships between elevation, temperature and vegetation form
• Students use online topographic maps and air photographs to identify alpine glacial landforms.

Time Requirements:

• Approximately 1 1/2 hours.

Difficulty:

• This module can be adapted to a wide range of grade levels (grade 8 through university upperclassmen).

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Created 6/17/97 by Michael Ritter. Last revised 6/17/97 by MER.
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