From Yellowstone to the Everglades, join geologist and National Geographic director Ford Cochran on a fascinating scientific tour of all of America's national parks.
Wonders of the National Parks: A Geology of North America
Overview
Syllabus
- By This Professor
- 01: Yellowstone: Microcosm of the National Parks
- 02: Yellowstone's Cataclysmic Origins and Future
- 03: Grand Teton and Jackson Hole
- 04: Hawaii Volcanoes: Earth's Largest Mountains
- 05: The Hawaiian Islands and Maui's Haleakala
- 06: Mount Saint Helens, Lassen Volcanic, Rainier
- 07: Crater Lake, Olympic, North Cascades
- 08: Volcanoes of Alaska: Katmai and Lake Clark
- 09: Alaska's Glacier Bay and Kenai Fjords
- 10: Yosemite: Nature's Cathedral
- 11: Redwoods, Sequoias, and the Sierra Nevada
- 12: Pinnacles to Joshua Tree: The San Andreas
- 13: Denali to Gates of the Arctic
- 14: Death Valley and Great Basin: The Rift Zone
- 15: Shenandoah: The Collision of Old Continents
- 16: Great Smoky Mountains and Hot Springs
- 17: National Rivers: Gorges, Falls, and Meanders
- 18: Great Dune Fields of North America
- 19: National Seashores and Lakeshores
- 20: Reefs: Virgin Islands, Florida, Texas
- 21: National Marine Sanctuaries and Monuments
- 22: Acadia's Highlands and Islands
- 23: The Dakota Badlands
- 24: The Grand Canyon's 2-Billion-Year Staircase
- 25: Carving the Grand Canyon
- 26: Petrified Forest and Other Fossil Parks
- 27: Bryce Canyon, Canyonlands, Arches
- 28: Zion, Gunnison's Black Canyon, Capitol Reef
- 29: Mesa Verde and Ancient Settlements
- 30: The Colorado Rocky Mountains
- 31: Montana's Glacier and the Canadian Rockies
- 32: Big Bend on the Rio Grande and Saguaro
- 33: Mammoth Cave, Wind Cave, Carlsbad Caverns
- 34: The Everglades and the Congaree Bottomland
- 35: Voyageurs, Isle Royale, the Canadian Shield
- 36: Assembling North America, Park by Park
Taught by
Ford Cochran
