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Olympic Winter Games – Spanish

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This edition is full of information on the natural environment that we call the Rocky Mountains. In this Natural Inquirer, you will learn how father owls feed their young, the dangers that songbirds sometimes face, and how beetles stay warm during the winter. Find out how avalanches are formed, whether trout always pick the same place to swim in a stream, and how a computer can be used to predict soil erosion!

This is the Spanish-language edition of the Olympic Winter Games Natural Inquirer.

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  • 17 Activities
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  • Mountain pine beetles are important to the Western United States. They have a very special life cycle that includes staying “supercool,” or dormant, for most of their lives. The scientists...

    Beetles Are Supercool! Understanding the Life Cycle of Mountain Pine Beetles (Spanish)

    • Article
    • Middle School
    • 1 Classroom Period
    • Insects
    • Climate Change
    • Insect Damage
    • Life cycle
    • Mountain Pine Beetle
    • Phenology
    Mountain pine beetles are important to the Western United States. They have a very special life cycle that includes staying “supercool,” or dormant, for most of their lives. The scientists...
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  • Until the early 1950s, people mined copper, gold, and silver in the Beartooth Mountains in Montana. During mining operations, the soil near the surface was removed before the minerals were...

    Let Nature Take Its Course: Helping the Environment Take Care of Itself (Spanish)

    • Article
    • Middle School
    • 1 Classroom Period
    • Wilderness
    • Alpine Meadow
    • Erosion
    • Land Management
    • Mining
    • Native plants
    • Restoration
    Until the early 1950s, people mined copper, gold, and silver in the Beartooth Mountains in Montana. During mining operations, the soil near the surface was removed before the minerals were...
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    Olympic Winter Games - Spanish

  • One job of wilderness managers is to teach people how to behave when they visit a wilderness area. One of the ways students learn about how to behave when they...

    What Is the Impact of the Impact Monster? Evaluating Environmental Education Programs (Spanish)

    • Article
    • Middle School
    • 1 Classroom Period
    • Recreation
    • Social Science
    • Education Programs
    • Evaluation
    • Leave No Trace
    • Littering
    • Survey
    • Wilderness
    One job of wilderness managers is to teach people how to behave when they visit a wilderness area. One of the ways students learn about how to behave when they...
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  • Soil erosion and sedimentation reduce the diversity of the natural environment. When soil is eroded and sedimentation occurs, important nutrients are carried away from the soil. The scientists in this...

    Should Ditches be Graded? Testing Unpaved Roads with a Computer Program (Spanish)

    • Article
    • Middle School
    • 1 Classroom Period
    • Engineering and Forest Products
    • Water
    • Computer Modeling
    • Erosion
    • Road Engineering
    • Sedimentation
    • Soil
    Soil erosion and sedimentation reduce the diversity of the natural environment. When soil is eroded and sedimentation occurs, important nutrients are carried away from the soil. The scientists in this...
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  • Some scientists think that wildlife is mostly dependent on the immediate natural area in which it lives. The scientist in this study was interested in exploring this idea because she...

    Goldifinch and the Three Scales: Investigating Songbird Habitats Near Rivers (Spanish)

    • Article
    • Middle School
    • 1 Classroom Period
    • Wildlife
    • Cottonwood Trees
    • Land Use
    • Native
    • Nonnative
    • Scale
    • Songbirds
    Some scientists think that wildlife is mostly dependent on the immediate natural area in which it lives. The scientist in this study was interested in exploring this idea because she...
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  • Cutthroat trout are a type of salmon. The scientists in this study wanted to find out if cutthroat trout behave like other salmonids. Other salmonids had been found to swim...

    Big Fish in a Small Pool: Habitat Preferences of Cutthroat Trout (Spanish)

    • Article
    • Middle School
    • 1 Classroom Period
    • Water
    • Wildlife
    • Dominant Species
    • Habitat
    • Radio Transmitter
    • Rivers and Streams
    • Salmon
    • Trout
    Cutthroat trout are a type of salmon. The scientists in this study wanted to find out if cutthroat trout behave like other salmonids. Other salmonids had been found to swim...
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  • When pairs of flammulated owls get ready to reproduce, they must find a place to build their nest. They need a location convenient to a food supply suitable for baby...

    Turn that Radio Down! Tracking the Busy Life of Flammulated Owl Dads (Spanish)

    • Article
    • Middle School
    • 1 Classroom Period
    • Wildlife
    • Douglas-fir
    • Fire
    • Flammulated Owl
    • Habitat
    • Nesting Sites
    • Ponderosa Pine
    • Radio Transmitter
    When pairs of flammulated owls get ready to reproduce, they must find a place to build their nest. They need a location convenient to a food supply suitable for baby...
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  • Slab avalanches are the most dangerous kind of avalanche. A slab is a layer of new snow sitting on top of a layer of snow, called a weak layer. Scientists...

    Excuse Me While I Flow My Snows: What Makes An Avalanche Happen? (Spanish)

    • Article
    • Middle School
    • 1 Classroom Period
    • Climate
    • Avalanche
    • Human Safety
    • Prediction
    • Snow
    • Weather
    Slab avalanches are the most dangerous kind of avalanche. A slab is a layer of new snow sitting on top of a layer of snow, called a weak layer. Scientists...
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  • In this FACtivity, we are going to get to know beetles close up! You will catch and release beetles from your schoolyard, home yard, or elsewhere and make observations about...

    FACTivity – Beetles Are Supercool (Spanish)

    • Activity
    • Middle School
    • 1 Classroom Period
    • Insects
    • Beetles
    • Catch and Release
    • Insect Parts
    • Observation
    • Outdoor Activity
    In this FACtivity, we are going to get to know beetles close up! You will catch and release beetles from your schoolyard, home yard, or elsewhere and make observations about...
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    Beetles Are Supercool! Understanding the Life Cycle of Mountain Pine Beetles (Spanish)

  • In this FACTivity, you will compare two different kinds of soil. Materials: Two shallow cardboard boxes (about 16″ long) Two different soil samples that fit inside the cardboard boxes, one...

    FACTivity – Let Nature Take Its Course (Spanish)

    • Activity
    • Middle School
    • 1 Classroom Period
    • Hands-on
    • Observation
    • Organic Matter
    • Outdoor Activity
    • Sampling
    • Soil Sample
    In this FACTivity, you will compare two different kinds of soil. Materials: Two shallow cardboard boxes (about 16″ long) Two different soil samples that fit inside the cardboard boxes, one...
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    Let Nature Take Its Course: Helping the Environment Take Care of Itself (Spanish)

  • In this FACTivity, you will conduct your own evaluation of an educational resource – a Natural Inquirer (or Investi-gator) article! You will tabulate the results of your survey and create...

    FACTivity – What Is the Impact of the Impact Monster? (Spanish)

    • Activity
    • Middle School
    • Upper Elementary
    • 1 Classroom Period
    • Social Science
    • Calculating Percentage
    • Environmental Education
    • Evaluation
    • Pie Chart
    • Survey
    In this FACTivity, you will conduct your own evaluation of an educational resource – a Natural Inquirer (or Investi-gator) article! You will tabulate the results of your survey and create...
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    What Is the Impact of the Impact Monster? Evaluating Environmental Education Programs (Spanish)

  • In this FACTivity, you will build an insloping road to test your own model of erosion. Materials: Two large cardboard boxes with lid flaps removed (around 30 inches square and...

    FACTivity – Should Ditches Be Graded? (Spanish)

    • Activity
    • Middle School
    • 1 Classroom Period
    • Engineering and Forest Products
    • Water
    • Erosion
    • Hands-on
    • Indoor Activity
    • Modeling
    • Outdoor Activity
    • Rainfall
    • Road Engineering
    In this FACTivity, you will build an insloping road to test your own model of erosion. Materials: Two large cardboard boxes with lid flaps removed (around 30 inches square and...
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    Should Ditches be Graded? Testing Unpaved Roads with a Computer Program (Spanish)

  • To better understand songbird habitat, Dr. Saab wanted to look at the big picture. In this FACTivity, we are going to make observations at different scales, just like Dr. Saab....

    FACTivity – Goldifinch and the Three Scales (Spanish)

    • Activity
    • Middle School
    • Upper Elementary
    • 1 Classroom Period
    • Citizen Science
    • Observation
    • Outdoor Activity
    • Sampling
    • Scale
    To better understand songbird habitat, Dr. Saab wanted to look at the big picture. In this FACTivity, we are going to make observations at different scales, just like Dr. Saab....
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    Goldifinch and the Three Scales: Investigating Songbird Habitats Near Rivers (Spanish)

  • In this FACTivity, you will learn how to improve your observation skills and think about how scientists use observation. In order to learn about trout habitat, the scientists in this...

    FACTivity – Big Fish in a Small Pool (Spanish)

    • Activity
    • Middle School
    • Upper Elementary
    • 1 Classroom Period
    • Compare and Contrast
    • Observation
    • Recording Data
    In this FACTivity, you will learn how to improve your observation skills and think about how scientists use observation. In order to learn about trout habitat, the scientists in this...
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    Big Fish in a Small Pool: Habitat Preferences of Cutthroat Trout (Spanish)

  • In this FACTivity, you will create a concept map to show what you’ve learned about flammulated owls and their habitat needs. Materials: Paper Writing utensil This is the Spanish version...

    FACTivity – Turn That Radio Down! (Spanish)

    • Activity
    • Middle School
    • Upper Elementary
    • 1 Classroom Period
    • Wildlife
    • Brainstorm
    • Concept Map
    • Flammulated Owl
    • Habitat
    In this FACTivity, you will create a concept map to show what you’ve learned about flammulated owls and their habitat needs. Materials: Paper Writing utensil This is the Spanish version...
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    Turn that Radio Down! Tracking the Busy Life of Flammulated Owl Dads (Spanish)

  • In this FACTivity students will perform an experiment with a cardboard box, packing peanuts and thermometers. They will determine the different temperatures between outside the box, inside the box, and...

    FACTivity – Excuse Me Why I Flow My Snows (Spanish)

    • Activity
    • Middle School
    • 2-3 Classroom Periods
    • Climate
    • Experiment
    • Hands-on
    • Outdoor Activity
    • Temperature
    In this FACTivity students will perform an experiment with a cardboard box, packing peanuts and thermometers. They will determine the different temperatures between outside the box, inside the box, and...
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    Excuse Me While I Flow My Snows: What Makes An Avalanche Happen? (Spanish)

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  • associated

    (ǝ sō sē ā tǝd): Related, connected, or combined together.

  • biodiversity

    (bī ō dǝ vǝr sǝ tē ): Biological variety in an environment as indicated by numbers of different species of plants and animals.

  • biologist

    (bī ä lə jist): A scientist who studies living organisms and life processes.

  • breeding habitat

    (brē diŋ ha bə tat): Environment where an animal nests and reproduces as opposed to where it lives during the rest of the year.

  • cavity

    (ka vǝ tē): An unfilled space within a mass, especially a hollowed-out space.

  • complex

    (käm pleks): Having many parts, details, ideas, or functions often related in a complicated way.

  • conifer

    (kä nǝ fǝr): Any of an order of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs that have leaves resembling needles or scales, including trees and shrubs (like pines) that have true cones.

  • conserve

    (kǝn sǝrv): To avoid wasteful or destructive use of something.

  • cottonwood

    (kä tǝn wu̇d): Any of several poplars having seeds with cottony hairs.

  • crown

    (krau̇n): The highest part of the leaves and branches of a tree or shrub.

  • crystallize

    (kri stə līz): To cause to form crystals or assume crystalline form.

  • culvert

    (kəl vərt): A drain or waterway crossing under a road or railroad.

  • cutslope

    (kət slōp): Uphill soil bank along a hillside road.

  • data

    (dā tǝ or da tǝ): Factual information (such as measurements or statistics) used as a basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation.

  • dependent

    (di pen dǝnt): Relying on another for support.

  • disastrous

    (di za strəs): Attended by or causing suffering or disaster.

  • diversity

    (dǝ vǝr si tē): The condition of having or being composed of differing elements; variety.

  • dominant

    (dä mə nənt): Commanding, controlling, or having great influence over all others.

  • ecology

    (i kä lǝ gē): A branch of science concerned with the relationships between living things and their environment.

  • erosion

    (i rō zhǝn): The process of deteriorating or disappearing by wearing away.

  • estimate

    (e stǝ māt): (verb) To determine roughly the size, extent, or nature of.

    (noun) A rough or approximate calculation.

  • extinction

    (ik stiŋk shən): The state of no longer existing.

  • forage

    (fȯr ij): (noun) Food for browsing or grazing animals.

    (verb) To wander in search of forage or food.

  • forest manager

    (fȯr ǝst ma ni jǝr): A person who manages a forest; in the Forest Service, forest managers focus on managing vegetation, restoring ecosystems, reducing hazards, and maintaining forest health (definition from USDA Forest Service).

  • habitat

    (ha bә tat): The place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows.

  • hectare

    (hek tär): A unit of area equal to 10,000 square meters.

  • insloping

    (in slōp iŋ): Hillside road surface that slopes down and in the direction of the uphill slope.

  • landscape

    (lan(d) skāp)
    verb: To make changes to improve the appearance of an area of land.
    noun: The visual land, such as trees, water, and sky

  • manager

    (ma ni jür): A skilled person who directs or manages something.

  • native

    (nā tiv): Living or growing naturally in a particular region.

  • nocturnal

    (näk tər nəl): Active at night.

  • nonnative

    (nän nā tiv): Not naturally occurring in an area.

  • pool

    (pül): A small and rather deep body of usually fresh water; a quiet place in a stream.

  • population

    (pä pyǝ lā shǝn): The total of individuals occupying an area.

  • radiotelemetry

    (rā dē ō tə le mə trē): The process of using radio waves to record the location of animals.

  • relationship

    (ri lā shǝn ship): The state of being connected through a relation that is known or can be discovered.

  • riffle

    (ri fəl): A shallow extending across a stream bed and causing broken water.

  • roost

    (rüst): To settle down for rest or sleep.

  • salmonid

    (sa mə nid): Any of a family (Salmonidae) of elongate bony fishes (such as a salmon or trout) that have the last three vertebrae upturned.

  • scale

    (skāl): (1) Something graduated especially when used as a measure or rule: such as a series of marks or points at known intervals used to measure distances or a range of responses to a statement that vary from strongly agree to strongly disagree; (2) A distinctive relative size, extent, or degree.

  • sedimentation

    (se də mən tā shən): The action or process of forming or depositing material carried by water, wind, or glaciers.

  • species

    (spē sēz or spē shēz): A category of living things that ranks below a genus, is made up of related individuals able to produce fertile offspring, and is identified by a two-part scientific name.

  • vacant

    (vā kənt): Not occupied or lived in.

  • variable

    (ver ē ə bəl): (1) A factor, trait, or condition that can be changed or controlled; (2) a quantity that may assume any one of a set of values.

  • water vapor pressure

    (wȯ tər vā pər pre shər): The amount of pressure put forth by the water that is in air at different temperatures.

  • watershed

    (wȯ tǝr shed): A region or area bounded on the edge by a dividing ridge and draining ultimately to a particular watercourse or body of water.

  • wetlands

    (wet landz): Land or areas (such as marshes or swamps) that are covered, often intermittently, with shallow water or have soil saturated with moisture.

  • wildlife manager

    (wi(uld) lif ma ni jür): Skilled individual who manages natural resources for wildlife.

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    Barbara Bentz

    Entomologist

    I like being a scientist because I enjoy the art of discovery. I became interested in natural resources when I was a young child, traveling and camping with my family.
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  • Photo of Dr. Karl Birkeland in a snowbank collecting samples.

    Karl Birkeland

    I like being a scientist because I get to play detective. I search for answers to avalanche problems faced by people who work and play in the mountains. I became...
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  • Black and white photograph of Dr. Ray Brown.

    Ray Brown

    Plant Physiologist

    I like being a scientist because it allows me to follow my passion of learning how nature works and how we interact with nature. I became interested in natural resources...
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    Bill Hendricks

    Professor

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