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CCL - Comprehension/Critical Literacy  DAS - Data/Analysis Statistics  ESS - Earth Space Science  GM - Geometric Measurement  IT - Instructional Technology LS - Life Science  MPS - Mathmatic Process Standards  OLS - Oral Listening / Speaking  PEPSS - PE Personal Social Skills PE - Physical Education  PS - Physical Science   SPI - Science Process Inquiry SS - Social Studies  V - Vocabulary  WG - World Geography   WGUM - Writing/Grammar/Usage/Mechanic

A list of easy topics supported by our trail hikes include: Geology, Ecology, hydrology, marine ecology, biome, Ecosystem, cycles, paleontology, rescources, sedimentary rock, fossils, limestone, sandstone, granite, shale, conglomerate, fossiliferous, horizontal strata, vertical strata, erosion, weathering, rock formations, easter forest biome, great plains biome, ecotone, contact zone, sylvan shale, viola limestone, resistant and non resistant rocks, Geological history of the Arbuckle Mountains, volcanic activity and rifting, erosion and sedimentation, lithification and subsidence, uplift, deformation, degradation and aggradation, inundation, tomestone topography, aerobic and anaerobic, hydrocarbons, Igneious, planetary, cambrian granites, rhyolites and gabbos, precrambrian, tishomingo and troy granites, carlton rhyolite, feldspar, hornblende, quartz, extrusive and instrusive rocks, alluvial valley, measa, cap rocks, horizontal and vertical beds, ridges, canyons, valleys, frost wedging, root pry, thermal expansion, exfoliation, stratum, bedding planes, hydrologic cycle, aquaifers, precipitation, ground water, permeable rock, evaooration, watershed, surface runoff, gouge pools, porous rocks, microorganisms, meat, pressure, bacteria, petroleum products.

Topics easily covered by our Lake trails: Lake community, environmental and cultural changes, aquatic succession, impoundment, aquatic food chains, eutrophication, prairie community, great plains biome, remnant prairie, cattle ranching, prairie grasses and flowers, juniper invasion, post oak / blackjack forest community, hickory, mast crop, tree cavity shelters, vertical organization, canopy, understory, shrub, herbaceious, recycling, biotic and abiotic factors, food chains, detritus, duff, lake's benthic zone, Niche, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, semi-aquatic, adaptations, noctural, diurnal, tributaries and watersheds, water flow, energy, erosion, angle, stream volume, non-resistant sylvan shale, resistant hunton group limestone, nutrients, decomposition and recycling, standing decomposition, Ecotones, lowland forest, transitional forest, mesic, xeric, contact zone, diversity, gradient, intermittent streams, submarine and terrestrial erosion, soil profile, competition and plant succession, climax community, space, moisture, sunlight, molds, fungi, decay, shleter, food, water, stream ecology, lick creek, spring fed, calcium carbonate, mineralization, aquatic invertebrates, paleozoic sandstone strata, sediments, quartz crystals, parent material, weathering, erosion, lake ecology, aquatic ecosystem, depth zones, littoral zone, limnetic zone, profundal zone, benthic zone,

 Easy Topics to cover on Camp Classen's Warren Mountain Hike: Eartern Forest Biome, Western Prairie Biome, ecotone, deciduous forest, ecosystem, ecology, economy, productivity, water cycles, evaporative cooling, climate, decomposition, sunlight penetration, el nino, edge effect, horizontal and vertical organization, lowland forest, transitional forest, stratification, canopy, understory, shrub level, herbacious levels, fires, winds, floods, ice storms, drought, biological forces, caompetition for sunlight, inscet damage, browsing damage, lime scars, aquifer, porous limestone, sandstone, deposits, cultural contamination, alluvial deposits, outwash materials, substrate, litter layer, duff layer, humus layer, decomposing organisms, parent material, detritus food chain, tree identification, forest ecology, wildlife community, leaf design, bark color, texture, precipitation, evaporation, transpiration, prespiration, percolation, hrydorlogic cycle, travertine and conglomerate rock formations, artesian springs, subsurface aquifer, calcium carbbonate, tufa, collings ranch conglomerate, cobbles, sedimentation, lithification, uplift, xeric vegitation, prairie habitat, great plains biome, fencing, juniper invasion, remnant prairie, polyculture, monoculture, infrequent burning, seed dispersion, ecotone benefits, xeric grassland, mesic slope, ozarkian climate,

Easy Topics on the Fossil Hikes: Bryozoans, Brachiopods, Crinoids, echinoderms, holdfasts, stems, plates, heads, praspora, batostoma, hllopora, arthroclema, dekayella, stictoporella, zooarium, dinorthis, finkelnburgia, heterorthis, doleroides, pionodema, calyx, pinnules, hybocrinus calyx, lumen, arial canal, platycystites, gastropods, cephalopods Geology and natural history of the Oklahoma Arbuckle Mountains,  starfish, echinoids, blastoids, cystoids, paracrinoids, symetric, early and middle ordovician, epeiric sea, mollucks, trilobites, corals, calcium, shale, devonian period, paleo-ecology, attenuated, oil formation, environmental factors and geologic times, natural resources, development of ecosystems, fossil record, abiotic factors shaping physical landscape, lithosphere, bioshpere, atmosphere, flora, fauna, biotic, abiotic, limestone, clay, shallow ocean, WED - weathering, erosion, deposition, granite, marine life, granite, annual rings, burn scars, sand, hydrological cycles, hydrocarbons, oil, recycling, caddoan indians, chickasaw, choctaw, bison, ranching economy, lick creek, patterns in geology, plate tectonics, boudans, layers, layering, watercress, sedimentary rock, line, precipitats, limestone, fossil record, rock orientation, striation, fault, fault line, convergent fault, transformation fault, divergent fault, folding, crust, conglomerate, igneious, metamorphic, weathering, fossiliferous limestone, ancient ocean reef, algae, tulip creek limestone, filter feeders, reef ecosystem, echinoderms, photosynthesis, lichens, etc.

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