Yellowstone's New Electronic Field Trip is an Out-Of-This-World Adventure

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Yellowstone's New Electronic Field Trip is an Out-Of-This-World Adventure

YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, WYOMING, Nov. 12 -/E-Wire/Business Wire/-- Yellowstone National Park announces the premier of Zooming in on Hayden Valley, airing November 12, 2003, on the Windows into Wonderland electronic field trip web site www.windowsintowonderland.org.

Redesigned by Earthtalk Studios in Bozeman, Montana, the site has a fresh, inviting format. School groups will find the electronic field trip user-friendly and filled with scripted dialogue, animations, and streaming video and audio content. Educators are encouraged to register online at the web site and preview the electronic field trip before its official premier.

Park staff will answer questions posted on a message board that will open at 9:00 a.m. MST on November 12 and close at 4:00 p.m. MST on November 14. Participation is free to all.

Field trip creators call the new trip an "out-of-this-world adventure." Participants will virtually stowaway with rangers from the Intergalactic Park Service and listen to secret transmissions from the aliens as they explore the natural history of Yellowstone National Park's Hayden Valley. Hayden Valley, located in the central part of the park, is unique in its soils, vegetation, and wildlife.

Designed for a middle school audience, the program uses local students from the Yellowstone ParKids program to help tell the story of Hayden Valley. Students conducted interviews with researchers on Hayden Valley's flora and fauna, and were instrumental in reviewing the field trip's script. The program lasts approximately 50 minutes. Lesson plans, correlated with National Education Standards, are included to extend the on-line experience.

Zooming in on Hayden Valley is a product of Eyes on Yellowstone, made possible by Canon. The Eyes on Yellowstone program is an ecological research and teaching collaboration between Canon U.S.A., Inc., a subsidiary of Canon Inc., and the Yellowstone Park Foundation. The program was established to fund important scientific research and break new ground in conservation, endangered species protection, and the application of cutting-edge science and technology essential for the management of park wildlife and ecosystems. Another element of the program is increased public access via the Internet to the wonders of Yellowstone. The online trip showcases video clips and still images shot with Canon digital camcorders and digital cameras.

The three new electronic field trips for the 2003-2004 school year--Yellowstone's Trumpeter Swans, Zooming in on Hayden Valley, and To Eat or Be Eaten--feature streaming video and audio. Yellowstone's Trumpeter Swans premiered October 8. The second and third trips will highlight the park's unique Hayden Valley. Five previous trips, which aired in 2001 and 2002, remain available online and focus on Yellowstone's fires, the early human history of Yellowstone, the natural history and management of bears, the natural history and reintroduction of wolves in Yellowstone, and the influence of art in preserving the treasures of the world's first national park.

Since its establishment in 2001, Windows Into Wonderland has reached classrooms and homes in all fifty states and in thirty countries. Electronic field trips establish a connection between the classroom and a national park experience. To obtain further information concerning Yellowstone National Park's electronic field trips, log on to the web site www.windowsintowonderland.org or contact Yellowstone's Education Program Manager, Janet Ambrose at (307) 344-2253.

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