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Dinosaur National MonumentAspen on Stuntz Ridge along Harpers Corner Road
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Dinosaur National Monument
For Teachers

Dinosaur National Monument offers a great learning opportunity for students through self-guided activities or ranger-guided activities.  Activity topics include, but are not limited to:

  • dinosaur and other fossils
  • geology
  • river ecology
  • desert shrub ecosystem
  • Fremont Culture
  • pioneer homesteading

For more information contact Brant Porter at (435) 781-7701 or by e-mail.

 
Picture of mormon cricket perched on a blade of grass.  

Did You Know?
Mormon crickets are wingless grasshoppers that swarm across roads through the summer in the western United States. These flightless insects can form such large swarms that the road appears to move and change colors where they cross.

Last Updated: February 29, 2008 at 19:28 EST