Falls of the Ohio Website Table of Contents
How to use this: The twelve (12) sections that are shown on the left side of the page on every page (that is not a PDF) is in purple in the center of this page. Every category under each web page is in Bold is a distinct web page. If it is not bold, the information is on the same page as the Bold title. Links are italicized. If they go away from the park's web page, the destination is indicated. Indented topics are within the page title above that is not indented.
Visitor Information Hours of Operations Interpretive Fees Student Group Rate Link to “Educator Information” page Parking Fees Adult Group Information Visit Tips Our Facilities Gift Shop Link to Probing the Wonders of the Falls book info Directions to Park Park Passes Picnicking Rentals George Rogers Clark Home Site and Boat Ramp> Link to Directions page Gardens at the Falls Daylily Photo Album 3 pages of linked illustrations Ramp Garden species list with 3 pages of photographs Link: Falls of the Ohio National Wildlife Conservation Area Why Can’t I Collect Fossils at the Falls of the Ohio? Trail Information Woodland Trail Link to Ohio River Greenway River Level Chart An Award-Winning Location (and Staff)
Events at the Park Special Events Cabin Fever Festival Raptor Day (Charlestown State Park) Earth Day Ohio River Sweep Family Fun Fair Rock the Rocks Archaeology Day Earth Discovery Day Falls Fossil Festival photo album Current Year’s Schedule Link: National Fossil Day Charlestown Under the Stars (Charlestown State Park) Calendar of Events and Programs Programs Learn at the Falls series, Link to Volunteer Training page, Outer Fossil Bed Hikes, Canoe Hikes Link to Canoe Companies offering scheduled programs Public Hikes Foundation Summer Camps> Young Explorer Day Camps Teen Archaeologist Camp Young Paleontologist Camp Temporary Exhibits Link to Green Planet: History of Land Plants
Educator Information Planning Your Students' Experience Chaperon Info (PDF) Booking a Field Trip On This Page For Bus Drivers Group Reservation Form How do I Schedule a Trip? Falls Trip Planner Group Sizes When you arrive Accessibility Drop-in Policy Exhibits & Aquariums Orientation Theater Activity Sheets Outdoor Opportunities Program Option for Educational Groups Checklist for Planning Your Trips Programs Offered Outdoor Fossil Labs Indoor Fossil Labs Waldron Shale fossil ID sheets Exploring the Exhibit Gallery Groups at the GRC Cabin Activity Sheets Grade 2-3 Grade 4-5 Grade 6th & Up Indiana Science Standards and Falls Programs (PDF) Kentucky Science Standards and Falls Programs (PDF) Teacher Resources Educator’s Handbook (60 pages) Link to PDF on SP&R web site Table of Contents> 35 pages Geology and Archaeology Boxes for the Classroom Fossil Kit > Inventory Rocks Kit > Inventory Prehistoric Tool Kit > Inventory Probing the Wonders of the Falls book A Walk in Time with Lewis and Clark Field Trip Planner Link to Earth Science Literacy Geology A Living Stage of Past, Present and Future (Article by Bob Lillie and others) The Role of the Paleontologist in Teacher Education Activities for the Classroom or Home Why we aren’t Filter Feeders Edible Ecosystems Building a Crinoid Careers in the Great Outdoors (with links to career information) Assistance in "Your own backyard" Identifying your scrambled geological collections Finding fossils near your school / nearby earth science sites Professional Development Field Paleontology Institute > Details Field Paleontology Institute Discovery Day > Details Evolution and Adaptation > Details Fossils and Museums Institute Geology of Parks Connecting Geology and Habitat Probing the Wonders of the Falls
Home School Visit Information and Resources With many of the links above Group Reservation Request Form
Virtual Tour 7 pages Link to Patch Reef brochure PDF
Kid’s Page Visiting the Park? Discovery Pack Kid’s Photo Page Kid’s Journal Collecting Piles Waldron Shale fossil ID sheets Mineral ID Page Activities for home (all have answer pages) Fossil Quiz Match This Fossil game Match Birds with Their Food Bird Matching Game (Preschool level) Match the Prehistoric Tool Match the River Mussels Coloring Pages (fossils and birds with links to relevant pages on our website) Puzzles (hidden word-type) Link to Education Information page ‘Activities to learn how fossils lived’ Link to Paper Trilobite Model Stories for Young Scientists Tiny the Trilobite Cruisin’ the Devonian Coral Sea Events for Kids Careers in the Great Outdoors (with links to career information) A Career in Paleontology (revised brochure of the Paleontological Society) Links to Indiana Young Birders, Nature Rocks, Pinecone Bird Feeder, Plastic Bottle Bird Feeder
Discovery Center Fossils Collecting Fossils Fossil Bed Identification Guide Links to Devonian Corals page, Pseudofossils page Devonian Coral Guide Illustrated lists – Horn corals, Colonial rugose corals, Tabulate corals Devonian Crinoids & Blastoids Illustrated faunal list Devonian Mollusks> Illustrated lists – Snails, Clams, Rostroconchs & Cephalopods Link to Kentucky Fossil Shells web page Devonian Trilobites Pseudofossils Bone-like Egg-like Scale Skin & Turtle Patterns Wood-like Faces & Oddities Fossils that aren’t what they appear Link to Arkansas Geological Commission Pseudofossil web page Brochures PDFs of all Devonian fossil-related brochures: Discovering Fossils, Brachiopods, Are Fossils Important, Corals, Crinoids & Blastoids, Mollusks, Patch Reef, River Pebbles, Trilobites The Paleontological Society fossil brochures (also Link to the Paleo Society home page) Articles Differentiating Favosites and subgenus Emmonsia Distribution of Paleozoic corals in the United States Field trip planner: A guide to geology trips of all types How many different Devonian fossils are at the Falls? Curating Your fossil or mineral collection> Link to the American Museum of Natural History “A Resource for Managing Fossil Collections” page Microfossils of the Salem Limestone Faunal List Tools for Collecting – A Checklist Geology A Living Stage of Past, Present and Future (Article by Bob Lillie and others) The Role of the Paleontologist in Teacher Education Exhibits The History of Land Plants Lobby Display The First Trees Seed Plant: Boldly Growing Where No Plant Has Grown Before Monster Plants That Created Coal Plants the dinosaurs Ate Flowering Plants: The New Revolution Archaeology Paleo-Indian Period Archaic Period Woodland Period Mississippian Period Clarksville Archaeological Sites Artifact ID: Archaic tools Woodland tools Mississippian tools Guernsey Collection photo album Link to FOAS website Birding Bird interactive checklist 3 pages of illustrated lists Birds of the Falls PDF Leonard Brecher Ornithology Book Collection (inventory) Link to Indiana Audubon Society Falls of the Ohio birding information page Ecosystems of the Falls Terrestrial Communities: Sandbar, Mud Bank, Woodland, Pocket Prairie, Aquatic Communities: River, Marsh, Geological Communities: Rocky Ledges, Gravel Bar Link to Classification of Ecological Communities Fishing and Ohio River Fish Fishing Tips Fishing Photo Album Fish species list (by common name or Latin name) Link to IDNR Fish & Wildlife home page Link to IDNR Falls of the Ohio Fishing Report page Flora Floral inventory list 5 pages of names with photos George Rogers Clark Lewis and Clark Exhibit text 2 pages of descriptions from panel in exhibit gallery Link to Education Information page activity – A Walk in time with Lewis and Clark River Mussels Species list Links to photos Links (by individual species) to the Illinois Natural History Survey mussel descriptions Information About Mussels Invasive mussels Mussel shell morphology Mussel gross anatomy Link to Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Society Link to Missouri Dept. of Conservation video about the life of mussels Link to Kid’s Page Match the River Mussels activity
Support Us On-line ‘Donate Now’ Button Crossroads Campaign Link to Solid Light’s website Join the Falls of the Ohio Foundation Newest brochure Brick Campaign Planned Giving Fossil Fund (Education Program Fund) Cabin Fund (GRC cabin and site) Sign up to receive Foundation News, Invitations & Announcements Featured Donor Mission Statement Link to Naturalist at Heart Volunteer Program
Volunteer Naturalist at Heart Program Group Volunteering / Service Learning Current Year’s Training Schedule Volunteer Hall of Fame Volunteer Job Descriptions Program Description What is Interpretation?
News Desk Current Media Releases Old Media Releases
Selected Links Our Nature Favorites (6 links) Our Geology Favorites> Books and Publications (5 links), Sites with Fossils (2 links), Fossil Connections (16 links), Museums with Fossils (8 links), Organizations in Geology and Paleontology (5 links), Online Collections with Fossils (5 links), Geology General (1 link) Our Archaeology Favorites (5 links) Local History Favorites (8 links) Local Attractions and Accommodations (12 links)
River Level Link to NOAA
Contact Us Address Phone number General e-mail address Created January 14, 2011, Updated January 24, 2012. |
