Shell, Wyoming

The artifact that I have chosen for this assignment is a seashell and the grade level this artifact will be used for will be preschool or kindergarten. The seashell is from the Atlantic Ocean. This shell was found at the Jersey Shore, while fishing on a boat. The history behind the seashell is my uncle who owns a big calming business near the Jersey Shore, found this shell. Every year my uncle goes out on a big calming boat and one year he found three conch shells, two for my sisters and one for me. My uncle who found is shell, I ‘am very close with so this shell is very special to me. Each year, when it is calming season he goes out on his boat to find more conch shells, sometimes he is lucky sometimes he is not. A book that I found online…

He instructed each one of us how to hold the shotgun with the muzzle down on the ground. One by one the instructor would put a shell into the chamber. My ears were satisfied with the click of the gun confirming it is in. Only one shotgun was loaded at one time for student safety. Once loaded, he instructed us to get into the firing position one by one. I was then receiving goosebumps as the cold metal stock touched my cheek. As my earplugs and glasses were already in place, he told me when I…

Edward Abbey's Great American Desert Environmentalist and desert-lover, Edward Abbey in his essay “The Great American Desert” warns readers about the perilous dangers of the American deserts while simultaneously stirring curiosity about these fascinating ecosystems. He both invites and dissuades his readers from visiting the deserts of North America through the use of humor and sarcasm. In this essay, he is rhetorically successful in arguing that the open spaces of the undeveloped deserts…

City, Wyoming, where he opened his own saloon. William H. Bright was a legislature in Carter county and president of the council when he introduced the Women’s Suffrage Bill. William H. Bright thought that if negroes could vote then his wife and mother and all other women should be included as well. Some say the idea of women voting was a start of a joke. Either way, the right for women to vote was the start of many new beginnings not just for women, but for equal rights for everyone willing…

The park’s main road leads past the expansive Bryce Amphitheater, a hoodoo-filled depression lying below the Rim Trail hiking path. It has overlooks at Sunrise Point, Sunset Point, Inspiration Point and Bryce Point. Prime viewing times are around sunup and sundown. Grand Teton National Park Grand Teton National Park is in the northwest of the U.S state of Wyoming. It encompasses the Teton mountain range, the 4,000-meter Grand Teton peak, and the valley known as Jackson Hole. It’s a popular…

“Crescent Moon Darnel.” Meta looked up from her port, her eyes wandering for the so-called Crescent Moon. She had never seen this name on her list, giving it away that she had just turned four, the age when the scientists first draw blood from the shells. “Here.” a small, almost inaudible voice came from the back of the lava tunnel. A small blonde girl with warm brown eyes emerged from the crowd. She blushed and looked a the floor as Meta examined her. “Hello,” Meta said softly “What’s wrong?”…

John Colter is one of the greatest explorers of all time. He traveled with Lewis and Clark, hiked 500 miles across Yellowstone, and got attacked by Indians! Tom Murphy is also a great explorer. Just like Colter, he too traveled across Yellowstone, braved out nights sleeping in Yellowstone with the constant threat of predators, and was prepared for anything. Except there's one small detail that separates these two famous explorers. They lived 200 years apart. Although we have explored and know…

to these alarming numbers and this research has led to various programs to help mothers who deal with poverty. One such program, located throughout Wyoming is CLIMB Wyoming, which helps single women and their families to escape poverty through job training, placement, parenting skills, and life skills development. This non-profit program began in 1986 to help women and has served…

My grandmother, Carol Gondringer, was 25 years old in 1968. 48 years ago was a very different it was very inexpensive back then the gas prices were low, and the motels were only a few bucks which made it an idle time to have a road trip. My grandma and her four friends Ruthie, Bonnie, Cathy, and Carol decided that they wanted to go on a road trip when they would meet up to discuss topics. They decided they wanted to go to the Grand Canyon because my grandma’s grandma had been there before and…

No Action Should Be Taken Against Hunting; Allowing for Wildlife Conservation The year is 1912, in Jackson Hole Wyoming, the past three winters have been harsh on the land. A movement to help increase the elk herd was started two years previously. According to Steve Morriss, 2012 the writer of National Elk Refuge: 1912 – 2012, “Congress appropriated $45,000 and decreed the creation of a National Elk Refuge. The Government incorporated 1,000 acres of public land and 1,760 acres of purchased land…