Quick Links Introduction Concepts explored in this eTrip Lesson Plans Web Links Introduction This field trip discusses the area's volcanic history and showcases the effects of a rare continental hotspot upon the park's present landscape. The Ask an Expert Message Board is available from February 9 through 11, 2005. Resource experts will be available to answer your students' questions. The questions and answers will remain accessible after the message board has been deactivated. We suggest your students view the Park's Orientation program before taking this electronic field trip. For a list of education standards applicable to this field trip, please visit the Standards Page. Transcripts of eTrip Video Clips Time Line  Earthballs  Caldera Formation  Resurgent Dome The Earth is layered with a core, mantle, and crust. The lithosphere is the uppermost mantle and crust. The lithosphere is divided into tectonic plates which move because of convection currents originating in the lower mantle. Volcanic forces that begin in the mantle layer may result in catastrophic events upon the Earth's surface. The geologic processes of the past are similar to those taking place in the present. Land forms are the result of geologic forces. Past geologic processes affect the present ecology of an area. Pre-Electronic Field Trip • On the Hot Seat - Test Your Knowledge (Pre/Post Quiz) • Time Trek Post-Electronic Field Trip • On the Hot Seat - Test Your Knowledge (Pre/Post Quiz) • News Flash • Tracking the Yellowstone Hotspot Glossary Earthquakes    http://www.seis.utah.edu/req2webdir/recenteqs/index.html    http://www.mines.utah.edu/~rbsmith/RESEARCH/YellowstoneEarthquakes.html Geologic Time    http://geology.er.usgs.gov/paleo/geotime.shtml    http://jrscience.wcp.muohio.edu/lab/GeoTime.html Geology    http://www.mines.utah.edu/~rbsmith/RESEARCH/UUGPS.html Geothermal Features     http://www.nps.gov/yell/nature/geothermal Glaciers     http://nsidc.org/glaciers/information.html     http://www.glacier.rice.edu/land/5_tableofcontents.html Hotspots and Volcanoes    http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo/    http://pubs.usgs.gov/publications/text/hotspots.html    http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/yvo/history.html    http://volcanoes.usgs.gov/About/What/Monitor/monitor.html    http://volcano.und.edu/vwdocs/volc_images/north_america/yellowstone.html    http://www.mines.utah.edu/~rbsmith/RESEARCH/Yell.Hotspot.Deformation.html    http://www.mines.utah.edu/~rbsmith/RESEARCH/YellowstoneHotspot.html These sites represent some, but not all, of the resources found online. If you know of other sites you would like to share with students and educators participating in this electronic field trip, please contact us so that we can post them. This material is based on work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.0307709 Funding for this trip was provided by generous grants to the Yellowstone Park Foundation. Home | For Teachers | Ask An Expert | Evaluation | Contact Us ©The Yellowstone Park Foundation 2004 Privacy Disclaimer | Freedom of Information Act