National Parks: The Olympic Peninsula. Washington State. The

United States of America

Where is Washington State?

• Can you find Washington State on a map of the United States. Be careful….do not confuse it with Washington D.C.

• Washington D.C. is the capitol of the United States.

• Washington State is a State in the United States.

Washington State and the Olympic Peninsula

• The Olympic National Park is in Western Washington State.

Peninsula

• A peninsula is a geographic term to describe a land formation.

• A peninsula is a piece of land surrounded by water on all sides except for one piece of land that connects the peninsula to a mainland.

• Here is a link to wikipedia about peninsulas

• PENINSULAS ON WIKIPEDIA

• The OLYMPIC Peninsula in Washington State.

Hoh Rain Forest

• The Hoh Rain Forest is part of the Olympic National Park.

• A Rain Forest is an area that receives large amounts of rain year round.

• Large amounts of rain creates large quantities of biodiversity.

• Notice all the green colors!

Banana Slug

• The Banana Slug is a typical animal you will find on the floor in the Hoh Rain Forest and in the Olympic National Park.

• Banana Slugs are very sticky!

• Banana Slugs come in all shapes and sizes and are commonly between 8 and 30 centimeters in length.

Olympic Mountains

• In the middle of the Olympic Peninsula there are glacier mountains.

• Snow and ice remain on the tops of the mountains all year.

• Find three other Glaciers in the world and write down their name and the country they are located in your notebooks.

Remember this picture?

• This picture is from the beginning of the presentation.

• This picture is from a satellite.

• Notice all the white in the middle…..these are the Olympic mountain glaciers.

Rivers and Salmon• The rivers on the Olympic

Peninsula feed into the Pacific Ocean.

• Spawning Salmon fill the rivers during the year.

• Spawning is when salmon return to the river from the Ocean to lay eggs in the river.

• The salmon swim against the river current.

• Write down the definition of ‘river current’ in your English notebook.

Animals in the forest and Olympic Mountains

The Pacific Ocean

• On the Western most side of the Olympic Peninsula is the Pacific Ocean.

• The coastline on the Olympic Peninsula has many large rocks, sea stacks and giant sandy beaches.

• Look on the internet to find out what sea stacks are.

• Write your own definition of sea stacks in your notebook in English.

Sea Life - some animals you might find on the Pacific coast in the Olympic National Park

Website

• The Olympic Peninsula has a website with information about the geography, climate, weather conditions, cities, things to do, etc.

• There are many photos to look at as well. • Olympic Peninsula Website • Write about 3 Interesting things you find on

the website

Homework

• Make a presentation in ENGLISH about a natural park in Spain.

• Work in small groups and find pictures, information and travel itineraries about the natural park you research. Include: animals, plants and geography.