The Crystal Desert: Exploring Utah's Salt Flats

Students explore how ancient Lake Bonneville formed Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats through evaporation, mineral saturation, and precipitation.

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Students explore how ancient Lake Bonneville formed Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats through evaporation, mineral saturation, and precipitation. The worksheet also explains rain shadows and closed-basin geography using informational text, diagrams, and inquiry prompts.

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Students will explain how evaporation concentrates dissolved minerals.
Students will describe precipitation and mineral saturation in evaporite formation.
Students will explain how rain shadows create arid conditions.
Students will connect Lake Bonneville's history to the Bonneville Salt Flats.

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