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Educational Resources

What is the Boulder Creek CZO? - A video series

Bob Anderson kneels on a barren rocky surface while studying river terraces in the Boulder Creek watershed.
Bob Anderson kneels on a barren rocky surface while studying river terraces in the Boulder Creek watershed.
Watch three sets of videos about the Boulder Creek CZO, spanning from the Continental Divide (4120 m) down to the western edge of the Plains (1480 m). CZO researchers describe their fieldwork and data collection, supporting CZO science in the Rocky Mountains.

Grades 9 - 12
All Disciplines
Video • Tour


Educational Objectives

This video series includes several videos addressing a range of objectives. This includes, but is not limited to:

  • Briefly describe the Boulder Creek Critical Zone Observatory.
  • Describe aspects of instrumentation and how data is collected at the Boulder Creek CZO.

Note that the page has three embedded videos but includes a link to the Boulder Creek's YouTube page with many more.

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Audience
K-12
General Public


Observatory: Boulder CZO

Author(s): Marshall Frech (Vantage Point Media), Suzanne Anderson (BcCZO PI) and staff from the Boulder Creek CZO


Funding: NSF CZO