Curated OER
The Salt Water Connection
High schoolers explore the hydrological cycle and oceans. They determine the factors that influence the Pacific Ocean. Students research an organism found in Monterey Bay. They describe the organism's biome and ecological factors that...
Curated OER
Water Density Boundaries
Students create observable layers in water that represent a separation based upon density differences. They model density boundaries using differences in temperature and salinity. They, in groups, perform a meaningful experiment...
Curated OER
Mesozoic Era in Arkansas
Eighth graders study the geology of Arkansas from 225 million years ago to 65 million years ago. They discover they types of strata laid down by the Gulf of Mexico. They examine the economic importance to the community.
Curated OER
Rocks Word Search Puzzle
In this literacy worksheet, middle schoolers look for the words that are related to the concept that is reviewed in the sheet. They also acquire new vocabulary.
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: Salt Dissolved in Great Salt Lake
In this activity, students will compare water from a fresh lake to water from the Great Salt Lake to begin to build a conceptual model for how salt dissolves in water. The activity focuses on students using and developing models of...
Utah Education Network
Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Great Salt Lake
This resource provides a natural and human history of the Great Salt Lake.
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: Great Salt Lake Ecosystem
This lesson plan provides an eight-day flow of educational activities in which students use the Great Salt Lake ecosystem to explore food webs and how changes in living and nonliving factors affect different populations.
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: Great Salt Lake Is Changing
In this activity, students will explore the phenomenon of a shrinking lake and will develop and use models to understand why. Through a simulation game and exploration, students will learn about the effects of a shrinking lake and what...
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Settling the Great Salt Lake
This site provides a brief account of Brigham Young and his Mormon followers as they settled in the Great Salt Lake Valley.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: Great Salt Lake All Year
Investigate an ecosystem teeming with life, and discover the many bird species who reside at the Great Salt Lake throughout the year.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Encyclopedia Britannica: Salt Lake City
A brief description of the history of Salt Lake City. Includes a brief paragraph about the settlement of the Mormons in 1847. For the full article, get a free trial!
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: Floating on the Great Salt Lake
Through exploring the phenomenon that it is easier to float on salt water than on fresh water, learners will develop a conceptual model for molecules and how the arrangement of molecules affects density.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Learning Center: learn.genetics: Great Salt Lake Food Web
Visualize how energy transfer takes place in two linked food chains, and how it demonstrates the interdependence organisms of the Great Salt Lake.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Brine Shrimp
Vivid descriptions on the life cycle of brine shrimp and ecology within the Great Salt Lake.
University of Utah
University of Utah: Genetic Science Learning Center: Meet the Microenvironments
Investigate the Great Salt Lake's islands, rivers, and man-made structures that define several diverse microenvironments.
Utah STEM Foundation
Utah Stem Action Center: Pelicans on Gunnison Island
In this lesson plan, students will explore interactions between a population and the environment as they learn about why so many American white pelicans spend the spring and summer on Gunnison Island in the Great Salt Lake.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Earth's Water: Lakes and Reservoirs
The USGS reviews the differences between lakes and reservoirs. They discuss the history of freshwater and salt water lakes. Click Home to access the site in Spanish.
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Utah
Who "led the group of Mormon pilgrims seeking freedom from religious persecution into the Great Salt Lake Valley?" Come to this website and find out!
Ducksters
Ducksters: United States Geography: Lakes
Kids learn about the major lakes of the United States including the Great Lakes, the Great Salt Lake, Crater, and Tahoe. Geography of the US.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Nhmu: Cultural Clutter Tales in the Trash
Fourth graders list three or more types of evidence of prehistoric cultures that encouraged archaeologists to investigate the marshes around the Great Salt Lake.
Utah Education Network
Uen: Utah History Encyclopedia: Physical Geography of Utah
This resource provides information on the physical geography of the state.
Other
Pioneer Story: The Mormon Pioneer Trail
This site has everything you need to know about the Mormon Pioneer Trail. Read about the stops along the 1,300-mile trail from Nauvoo, Illinois, to the Great Salt Lake Valley and get personal accounts of what happened to the Mormons on...
University of Missouri
Famous Trials: Mountain Meadows Massacre (1875 76)
Called "the darkest deed of the nineteenth century," the brutal 1857 murder of 120 men, women, and children at a place in southern Utah called Mountain Meadows remains one of the most controversial events in the history of the American...
Other
Oregon California Trails Association: New Light on the Donner Party
The myths, mysteries, and facts are revealed at this Donner Party site. At the beginning of November 1846, a group of California-bound immigrants was trapped by snow in the Sierra Nevada. By the time the last member reached safety six...