Mountain Microclimates
This lesson, developed for the Utah Society for Environmental Education (USEE) fall conference at Alta, UT, explore the microclimates in mountain regions using field observations. Students explore making scientific observations and creating inferences and develop scientific skills and knowledge.
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Resources
Bick, Bob, Willis, Grant, and Ehler, Buck. Utah’s Glacial Geology. Survey Notes. 2010. http://geology.utah.gov/surveynotes/articles/pdf/utah_glacial_geology_42-3.pdf
Brough, Sherman and Weber, Darrell J. Trees of Utah. 1993.
DeBlieux, Don. Utah’s Pleistocene Fossils: Keys for assessing climate and environmental change. Survey Notes. 2010. http://geology.utah.gov/surveynotes/articles/pdf/pleistocene_fossils_42-3.pdf
Eldredge, Sandy. Glacial Landforms in Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons, Salt Lake County, Utah. Survey Notes. 2010. http://geology.utah.gov/surveynotes/geosights/cottonwood_canyons.htm
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. IPCC Fifth Assesment Report (AR5). 2013. http://www.ipcc.ch/
McCalla, Carole. Glacial Striations and Slickensides. Survey Notes. 2008. http://geology.utah.gov/surveynotes/gladasked/gladslickensides.htm
Whiteman, Charles D. Mountain Meteorology: Fundamentals and Applications. 2000.
Utah County Birders. Utah Birds. http://www.utahbirds.org/
Utah Geological Survey. Utah: A Geologic History. http://geology.utah.gov/utahgeo/geo/geohistory.htm
Utah State University Cooperative Extension. Tree Browser. http://www.treebrowser.org/
Utah State University. Utah Climate Center. http://climate.usurf.usu.edu/
Bick, Bob, Willis, Grant, and Ehler, Buck. Utah’s Glacial Geology. Survey Notes. 2010. http://geology.utah.gov/surveynotes/articles/pdf/utah_glacial_geology_42-3.pdf
Brough, Sherman and Weber, Darrell J. Trees of Utah. 1993.
DeBlieux, Don. Utah’s Pleistocene Fossils: Keys for assessing climate and environmental change. Survey Notes. 2010. http://geology.utah.gov/surveynotes/articles/pdf/pleistocene_fossils_42-3.pdf
Eldredge, Sandy. Glacial Landforms in Big and Little Cottonwood Canyons, Salt Lake County, Utah. Survey Notes. 2010. http://geology.utah.gov/surveynotes/geosights/cottonwood_canyons.htm
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. IPCC Fifth Assesment Report (AR5). 2013. http://www.ipcc.ch/
McCalla, Carole. Glacial Striations and Slickensides. Survey Notes. 2008. http://geology.utah.gov/surveynotes/gladasked/gladslickensides.htm
Whiteman, Charles D. Mountain Meteorology: Fundamentals and Applications. 2000.
Utah County Birders. Utah Birds. http://www.utahbirds.org/
Utah Geological Survey. Utah: A Geologic History. http://geology.utah.gov/utahgeo/geo/geohistory.htm
Utah State University Cooperative Extension. Tree Browser. http://www.treebrowser.org/
Utah State University. Utah Climate Center. http://climate.usurf.usu.edu/