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Lost Canyon Loop Trail in Canyonlands National Park: In the Needles area of Canyonlands National Park scrubby bushes find a niche to grow in the smooth rock formed by years of erosion. In the distance, two red sedimentary rock towers stand watch over this harsh terrain.; Format: image/photograph

Chelser Park Trail in Needles area of Canyonlands National Park: The Needles area is located in the southeast section of Canyonlands National Park. Visitors hiking along the Chesler Trail will see rock formations created by millions of years of erosion. The layers of sedimentary rock have rounded, smooth edges. Surrounding...; Format: image/photograph

Chesler Park Trail, Canyonlands National Park: This photograph was taken from under an overhang along the Chesler Park Trail. Pinyon Pine and Juniper trees grow next to it. In the distance are rounded topped rock formations with layers of red and tan sedimentary rock.; Format: image/photograph

Dead tree in Canyonlands National Park: The twisted remains of a dead tree stands in front of the smooth tops of rounded rock formations along a Chesler Park trail in the Needles section of Canyonlands National Park. The sedimentary rock layers have been exposed over millions of years of erosion....; Format: image/photograph

Rock around the rock cycle: Students will study the rock cycle to understand the relationship between the three types of rocks, sedimentary, metamorphic, and igneous, and the conditions needed to transform one type of rock into another. This hopefully will be accomplished through visual learning with computer activities and the demonstration and through auditory learning with the discussion. The student can then apply the knowledge they learned through a story.; Format: lesson plan (grade 9–12 Science); By Mark Clinkscales and Carrie Palmer.

Chesler Park Trail in the Needles area of Canyonlands National Park: This photograph shows how erosion has carved the sedimentary rock over millions of years. The boulder in the foreground is breaking down and chips of rock litter the ground next to it. The rocks in the background have perfectly straight horizontal cracks running...; Format: image/photograph

Chelser Park Trail in Needles area of Canyonlands National Park: Over millions of years sedimentary rock has eroded into the formations that are present today in Canyonlands National Park. This photograph shows the multi-colored layers of rock towering above the high desert floor below. The green scrubby bushes and trees...; Format: image/photograph

Island in the Sky in Canyonlands National Park: Millions of years of erosion have created this landscape in the southeast corner of Utah. This photograph shows a green flat plain with deep canyons carved into it. This aerial view captures a dirt road running near a canyon in the foreground. Canyons and...; Format: image/photograph

Rocks and Minerals: Teach your students to be rock hounds with these wonderful rock and mineral resources.; Format: bibliography/help

Bryce Canyon, Utah: These pinnacle shaped land formations are called hoodoos and are found in Bryce Canyon National Park. Formed of sedimentary rock, slightly acidic rain water has washed away the limestone and “frost wedging” cracks the the rock. In this photograph,...; Format: image/photograph

Lost Canyon Loop Trail in Canyonlands National Park: The rock formations along the Lost Canyon Loop trail in the Needles area of Canyonlands National Park show millions of years of erosion. This photograph shows the layers of sedimentary rock and an area of trees growing in harsh conditions below. The layers...; Format: image/photograph

Learning about rocks: In this lesson, students will be engaged in hands-on experiences while they explore rocks.; Format: lesson plan (grade 1 Mathematics and Science); By Debbie Hansman.

Chesler Park Trail in the Needles area of Canyonlands National Park: Formed over millions of years, these rock formations show the layers of sediment that were laid down and later became rock. The layers' colors are in tans, red, gray, and black. In the foreground, chips of stone line the trail while in the background the rock...; Format: image/photograph

Along Chesler Park Trail in Canyonlands National Park: This photograph was taken looking up at the many layers of rock. Some of the layers are tan, some are red, and some are gray. Their ridges are smooth and rounded. Bushes and other plants are at their base.; Format: image/photograph

Why are the rocks and plant communities of Roan Mountain interesting to natural scientists?: In Roan Mountain Highlands, page 2; The rocks of Roan Mountain are interesting because of their age, their mineralogy, and the evidence they provide about the geological processes that formed them. The plant communities are interesting because they are southern examples of communities usually...; By Dirk Frankenberg and Jennifer Godwin-Wyer.

Trail to Chesler Park in Canyonlands National Park: A natural arch has been formed by erosion on the rock formations in this photograph taken along the trail to Chesler Park in Canyonlands National Park in Utah. Deep pits can be seen in these rocks which are colored red, tan, and gray. Blue sky peaks through...; Format: image/photograph

Chelser Park, Canyonlands National Park: These odd looking rock formations have mushroom-shaped tops. The base of the formations are terracotta red and the “caps” are tan. In the background taller formations can be seen with horizontal cracks running all the way across them. Green shrubbery...; Format: image/photograph

Why does North Carolina have so many, and so many kinds of, monadnocks?: In Lonely mountains: The monadnocks of the inner Piedmont, page 2; North Carolina has more than a dozen monadnocks scattered among its Blue Ridge mountains, and another ten or more on its Piedmont Plateau. These monadnocks formed during dramatic and diverse events that occurred as the state's crust formed. Most of these geologic...; By Dirk Frankenberg.

Lost Canyon Loop in Canyonlands National Park: Over millions of years, layers of sediment formed into rock and then erosion has carved the rock into interesting land forms. This can be seen in this photograph taken on the Lost Canyon Loop in the Needles section of Canyonlands National Park. Scrubby vegetation...; Format: image/photograph

Mesa Arch in the Island in the Sky area of Canyonlands National Park: Visitors looking through Mesa Arch will see a beautiful vista before them. Utah's snowcapped La Sal Mountains can be seen in the distance. Washer Woman Arch stands next to Monster Tower. The rock formation looks like a washer woman bending over and scrubbing...; Format: image

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