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The Crystal Desert: Exploring Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats

This four-page science resource examines how evaporation, mineral saturation, and precipitation formed Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats.

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This four-page science resource examines how evaporation, mineral saturation, and precipitation formed Utah’s Bonneville Salt Flats. Students read informational text, analyze visual evidence, and explain connections between evaporation, climate, and geological features.

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What you’ll teach

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  • Students will explain how evaporation leaves dissolved minerals behind.
  • Students will describe how supersaturation leads to mineral crystallization.
  • Students will connect evaporation and precipitation rates to salt formation.
  • Students will analyze evidence of geological processes in the Bonneville Salt Flats.