1. DEATH VALLEY NATIONAL PARK By Karl Krusel

2. Death Valley National park Location on US map Death Valley National Park is located in California and near the Sierra Nevada, between the arid Great Basin and Mojave deserts of the United States.

3. Map of Death Valley National Park

4. Topography map of death valley

5. When Did It Become A Park Lots of tourists came in the 1920s when there where vacation homes were built around Stovepipe Wells and Furnace Creek. Death valley greatly expanded and became a national park in Oct 31, 1994

6. Environment factors Death valleys air gets foggy a lot they say the have good and bad days also sometimes wind pushes pollution from metropolitan areas and industrial areas over to the park. In summer wind comes from the southwest where theres a lot of population from industrial places. In winter wind comes from the northeast Since these winds, come from a let polluted area the air is better in the winter. Death valley doesn't have that many feathers but the do have some ghost towns and abandoned mines but do not go in some mines they have poison gasses and air pockets they also have flash floods and extreme heat, 24 people died last year from heat. (maybe how it got it name)

7. Land marks Death Valley National Park has 3.4 million acres of desert and mountains, the largest national park in the US many people think of death valley as a place where there is only heat and sweat but it dose have is castles dried up lakes and a big lake with salt icebergs in it. Badwater Scottys castle The race track

8. Rules ACTIVITIES THAT REQUIRE A PERMIT AIRCRAFT & AIR DELIVERY ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AUDIO DISTURBANCES BACKCOUNTRY CABINS BACKCOUNTRY CAMPING BICYCLES CAMPGROUNDS CAMPFIRES CLOSURES COMMERCIAL USE FEES FIREWORKS & EXPLOSIVES FOOD GATHERING GEOCACHING HITCHHIKING HORSES & PACK ANIMALS LIVESTOCK USE MEMORIALIZATION METAL DETECTORS PETS PROSPECTING, MINING & MINERAL LEASING PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES & MEETINGS RESOURCES PRESERVATION ROADS & VEHICLE USE ROCK CLIMBING & CANYONEERING SANDBOARDING & SKIING SANITATION & REFUSE SKATING, SKATEBOARDS & SIMILAR DEVICES SMOKING SPECIAL EVENTS SWIMMING & BATHING UNATTENDED PROPERTY WEAPONS & HUNTING WINTER ACTIVITIES Death valley doesn't have that many workers the just have a ton of rules so its based off the honor system here are some of the rule category's they even have one on metal detectors

9. rocks Agate Amethyst Calcite Chalcedony Copper Diamonds Fluorite Geodes Gold Halite Jade Kyanite Malachite Opal Quartz Petrified wood Silver Spodume Topaz Tourmaline Turquoise Death valley is all one type of rock that is 1.8 billion-year- old the rock type is called metamorphic, metamorphic rocks are made by the physical or chemical change by heat and pressure of an existing igneous or sedimentary material into a thicker form.

10. Technology in death valley The "sailing rocks" at the Racetrack Playa have been under investigation by researchers since the 1940s. The rocks move across the lake bed over a period of years leaving a trench. Rocks where placed on the lake bed in the winter of 2011. The rocks were watched using a high-resolution weather station. “We expected to wait five or 10 years” said scientist Norris “ without anything moving, but only two years into the project, we just happened to be there at the right time to see it happen in person”. In December 2013, researchers discovered that the playa was covered with a pond of water about seven centimeters deep Rock movement shortly after.

11. Formation Death valley was once was a ancient sea and then Time passed and the sea began to slowly recede to the west as land was pushed up. This uplift was due to movement occurring far beneath the Earth’s surface. The next phase in Death Valley’s development was by volcanic activity. As fault movement and mountain building stretched the land surface, the crust was weakened. Hot, molten material beneath the surface welled up and erupted at these weak points. The death valley got pulled apart This "pulling apart" of Earth’s crust allowed large blocks of land to slowly slide past one another along faults, forming alternating valleys and mountain ranges. Then there is erosion, Water carries rocks, gravel, sand and silt down from surrounding hills and deposits them on the valley floor. Beneath Badwater.

12. How land is changing Death Valley’s landscape has been changing for millions of years. It is changing now and will continue to change long after we have left. Erosion slowly carves away at the ancient rock formations, reshaping the surface of the land. The basin continues to subside and the mountains rise ever higher.

13. Title page Website Title: Sandy Gennrich Photography Article Title: Sandy Gennrich Photography Date Accessed: November 16, 2015 Topo map Website Title: google earth Date Accessed: November 30, 2015 Old 20 mule team Website Title: Ghosts of the Past - The 20 Mule Team Article Title: Ghosts of the Past - The 20 Mule Team Date Accessed: January 18, 2016 Website Title: CBCnews Article Title: 'Sailing rocks' mystery of Death Valley solved - Technology & Science - CBC News Publisher: CBC/Radio Canada Electronically Published: August 29, 2014 Date Accessed: January 18, 2016 Author: CBC News Website Title: Desert Environment, Minerals & Geology Index Article Title: Desert Minerals And Geology Date Accessed: January 18, 2016 Website Title: Mountain Spirit Institute Blog Article Title: Death Valley's "Sailing" Stones Electronically Published: July 17, 2012 Date Accessed: January 18, 2016 Website Title: National Parks Service Article Title: Geology Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior Electronically Published: January 18, 2016 Date Accessed: January 18, 2016 Author: United States. National Park Service