Fossils and Dinosaurs
Website for John Day Fossil Beds National Monument:
Features geological strata for represented eras, information on fossils found at the monument. Also available: a kit with 20 fossils to be borrowed for classroom use
Documentary video of how a child discovers a sabre-toothed cat fossil at Badlands National Mounument (REALLY!)
Weather
National Weather Service website that explains weather patterns:
Western Regional Climate Center: rainfall data for the West with maps of locations
Fire
Photographs of prescribed fire in eastern Oregon forests from the U. S. Forest Service:
Natural Prairie
Video clip of the Zumwalt Prairie (location of the natural prairie visited by Ricky and Ellie):
