logging in or signing up Exploring Sand Dunes tmalefyt Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 2463 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: November 11, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Exploring Lake Michigan Sand Dunes : Exploring Lake Michigan Sand Dunes Lake Michigan’s eastern shoreline contains the largest concentration of fresh water dunes in the world. : Lake Michigan’s eastern shoreline contains the largest concentration of fresh water dunes in the world. How dune sand was formed : Formed millions of years ago when glaciers covered the land. How dune sand was formed Dune sand is made up of: : Dune sand is made up of: How dune sand moved : How dune sand moved Dunes are created by three actions : Dunes are created by three actions Waves Wind Vegetation In the late 1800’s Henry Chandler Cowles studies the dunes : In the late 1800’s Henry Chandler Cowles studies the dunes Beach : Where water meets land Beach Beach : Beach Not many things live on the beach : Not many things live on the beach But many things visit the beach Ant lion colony Sea rocket Tiger beetle Sea gull Lady bugs People Foredune : Where the first dunes are formed Foredune Open dune area : Open dune area Hognose snake Fowler’s toad Monarch butterfly Monarch butterfly caterpillar on a milkweed plant Pitcher thistle Through : Eastern bluebird Red fox Low area between the foredune and the backdune Through Backdune : Trillium Jack in the pulpit Columbine Dutchman’s breeches Backdune Backdune : Barred owl Raccoon Pileated woodpecker Eastern box turtle Backdune Dunes are fragile : Dunes are fragile Development : Development Exotic species : Exotic species Garlic mustard Baby’s breath Sand dune mining : Sand dune mining You can help protect the dunes by: staying on paths, not littering, by leaving plants and wildlife in place : You can help protect the dunes by: staying on paths, not littering, by leaving plants and wildlife in place Slide 22: www.lakemichigan.org 700 Washington Ave., Suite 150 Grand Haven, MI 49417 616-850-0745 A special thank you to P.J. Hoffmaster State park for use photographs and to park naturalist Elizabeth Tillman for her assistance You do not have the permission to view this presentation. In order to view it, please contact the author of the presentation.
Exploring Sand Dunes tmalefyt Download Post to : URL : Related Presentations : Share Add to Flag Embed Email Send to Blogs and Networks Add to Channel Uploaded from authorPOINT lite Insert YouTube videos in PowerPont slides with aS Desktop Copy embed code: (To copy code, click on the text box) Embed: URL: Thumbnail: WordPress Embed Customize Embed The presentation is successfully added In Your Favorites. Views: 2463 Category: Education License: All Rights Reserved Like it (0) Dislike it (0) Added: November 11, 2008 This Presentation is Public Favorites: 0 Presentation Description No description available. Comments Posting comment... Premium member Presentation Transcript Exploring Lake Michigan Sand Dunes : Exploring Lake Michigan Sand Dunes Lake Michigan’s eastern shoreline contains the largest concentration of fresh water dunes in the world. : Lake Michigan’s eastern shoreline contains the largest concentration of fresh water dunes in the world. How dune sand was formed : Formed millions of years ago when glaciers covered the land. How dune sand was formed Dune sand is made up of: : Dune sand is made up of: How dune sand moved : How dune sand moved Dunes are created by three actions : Dunes are created by three actions Waves Wind Vegetation In the late 1800’s Henry Chandler Cowles studies the dunes : In the late 1800’s Henry Chandler Cowles studies the dunes Beach : Where water meets land Beach Beach : Beach Not many things live on the beach : Not many things live on the beach But many things visit the beach Ant lion colony Sea rocket Tiger beetle Sea gull Lady bugs People Foredune : Where the first dunes are formed Foredune Open dune area : Open dune area Hognose snake Fowler’s toad Monarch butterfly Monarch butterfly caterpillar on a milkweed plant Pitcher thistle Through : Eastern bluebird Red fox Low area between the foredune and the backdune Through Backdune : Trillium Jack in the pulpit Columbine Dutchman’s breeches Backdune Backdune : Barred owl Raccoon Pileated woodpecker Eastern box turtle Backdune Dunes are fragile : Dunes are fragile Development : Development Exotic species : Exotic species Garlic mustard Baby’s breath Sand dune mining : Sand dune mining You can help protect the dunes by: staying on paths, not littering, by leaving plants and wildlife in place : You can help protect the dunes by: staying on paths, not littering, by leaving plants and wildlife in place Slide 22: www.lakemichigan.org 700 Washington Ave., Suite 150 Grand Haven, MI 49417 616-850-0745 A special thank you to P.J. Hoffmaster State park for use photographs and to park naturalist Elizabeth Tillman for her assistance