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Great Basin National Park
For Teachers
 

Parks as Classrooms

Great Basin National Park offers educators several resources for learning about and teaching about the diverse nature and culture of the Great Basin region. Spend a week of your summer at our Teachers Workshop, bring your students to tour Lehman Caves, or add activities about bats to your biology curriculum.  Follow the links on this page to learn more.





Recent Scientific Publications

Follow the most current research related to the Great Basin.  Here you will find a sampling of the most up-to-date scholarly articles pertaining to this park.





EPA Announces NEW Climate Change Emission Calculator Kit (Climate CHECK) is now available for High-School Students!

Climate CHECK is a free, user-friendly, Excel-based kit that teaches high school students about the science, drivers, and impacts of climate change and provides them with the knowledge, tools, and resources to increase climate-change awareness and to help them reduce greenhouse gas emissions at their school. 

Global Climate Change Research Toolkit

Explore global climate change through this federal, inter agency website.

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Snow on Wheeler Peak

Did You Know?
Precipitation patterns are highly variable in Great Basin National Park. The wettest year on record at Lehman Caves was 21.2 inches of precipitation in 1982 and the driest year was 7.4 inches in 1953.
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Last Updated: January 30, 2010 at 11:50 MST