Views of the National Parks

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Badlands National Park in South Dakota protects bizarrely eroded sedimentary rock formations, which contain some of the best preserved mammal fossils in the world. Fossils erode out of the rocks, providing evidence of prehistoric life that inhabited the "prairie past." Today, "future fossils" such as bison, pronghorn, and deer graze upon the "prairie present."

Time—We seem to organize our lives around it. However, do you really know what time is? Geologists start counting “geologic time” from when Earth formed.

Expected to be completed Summer 2007.

New Views Visitor Center now open (February 2007)
Caves and Karst Educator's Guide published on the Internet (February 2007)
Badlands virtual experience released (February 2007)
Scripts completed for Geologic Time and Paleontology knowledge centers (September 2006)
Erika Matteo returns, and Kristen Lucke joins, the Views team (March 2006)
Four Views modules added to WGBH's Teacher's Domain (March 2006)
Whiskeytown virtual experience released (December 2005)

Annual Views strategic planning sessions - Denver (October 2006 - January 2007)
13,000 Views DVDs distributed during Earth Science Week (October 2006)
Meeting to discuss Geologic Time knowledge center - Denver (July 2006)
Meeting with NASA to develop cross-agency education materials - Denver (May 2006)
Trailbrazer Elementary School presentation - Highlands Ranch (April 2006)
2006 National Science Teachers Association Conference - Anaheim (April 2006)
Communicating Critical Natural Sound Issues workshop - Anaheim (April 2006)
Intermountain Region Chiefs of Interpretation Meeting - Albuquerque (January 2006)