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George Wright Forum: The Antiquities Act [Pdf]
An extensive examination of the Antiquities Act, first signed by President Theodore Roosevelt in 1906. Read how fifteen presidents have used this act to protect both sites of historic and scientific interest. Included are photographs of...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Rock Your World!
Travel to the Grand Canyon with gophers and learn that if rocks can tell stories, so can YOU! Practice using two different kinds of questions: comparative and descriptive, and learn that during reading time, there is no such thing as a...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Geology of the Grand Canyon: Interpreting Its Rock Layers and Formation
Young scholars are challenged to interpret the rock layers and formation of the Grand Canyon, to discover what geologic processes took place to form the rock layers of the Grand Canyon.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Vertical Exaggeration
In this lesson, students will utilize GeoMapApp's profiling tool to understand vertical exaggeration, with a focus upon the Grand Canyon.
Then Again
Then Again: Web Chron: Coronado Explores the Southwestern United States
This page details Coronado's expedition, the discovery of the Grand Canyon and the search for Quivira. Click on the map for a closer look at Coronado's Expedition.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Yellowstone Scavenger Hunt
In order to complete this internet hunt on Yellowstone, students must peruse through the park's website to find the answers to the questions. A very interesting hunt and one that students will be sure to enjoy!
Library of Congress
Loc: Mapping the National Parks
This collection documents the history, cultural aspects and geological formations of areas that eventually became National Parks.
Read Works
Read Works: John Wesley Powell Maps the Grand Canyon
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read natural historian John Wesley Powell and his men who worked to create a map of the Grand Canyon. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Water: A Give and Take
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage discusses the Cave of Crystals in Mexico and the processes involved in its creation. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading...
Read Works
Read Works: Big News About Old Rocks
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about rocks in the Grand Canyon and how they give clues about the past. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Water on the Earth
[Free Registration/Login Required] This informational text passage discusses the processes of weathering and erosion, along with their effects. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: 9 12 Teacher Resources
A plethora of resources, science teachers can utilize this education center for academically aligned lesson plans and video clips for middle and high school students.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Grand Canyon National Park
The official site from the National Park Service. Includes information to plan a trip there, its geologic significance, its biological diversity, natural features, and ecosystems.
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Geologic Maps and Groundwater
This activity is designed to give students practice using a geologic map to understand how water shapes the land- and is stored within the land- in part of the Grand Canyon.
Better Lesson
Better Lesson: Building the Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon is an excellent model for learning about Earth's rock formations. Students will look at fossils and the differences in layers to understand how the Earth changed over time. Resources included are detailed instructions...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Principles of Relative Dating
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Introduces Steno's laws, which allow scientists to decipher the geological events that occurred and the order in which they took place, including how the relative...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Second Grade Science: The Grand Canyon
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses how the flow of water can cause great changes, such as creating the Grand Canyon.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon by Frank Gee Patchin
Classic Reader provides numerous classic works from famous authors. One work is The Pony Rider Boys in the Grand Canyon, the seventh book from the early 1900's series, "The Pony Rider Boys" This series was written by Frank Gee Patchin.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Brown, View of the Lower Falls, Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone
The falls of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone by Grafton Tyler Brown depicts the Grand Canyon, the one found at Yellowstone in Wyoming. Grafton Brown was one of the first African-American artists to depict scenes of the West. View...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Second Grade Science
This customizable digital textbook covers topics related to second-grade science. It is Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) aligned.
Google
Google Maps: Grand Canyon, Usa
Explore the views of the Grand Canyon. This resource uses the Street View Trekker, a wearable backpack system that allows us to venture to locations only accessible by foot. It showcases areas of the Grand Canyon that otherwise would be...
University of Nebraska Omaha
University of Nebraska: Landforms
This resource provides information about the formation of the Grand Canyon to weathering processes is provided along with a link to photos of the Grand Canyon.
The History Place
The History Place: Best of Ansel Adams
Here at "The History Place" is an online exhibit of 25 black and white photographs by Ansel Adams. A very interesting place to view his best work, and worth checking out.
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Grand Canyon Explorer: Continental Drift
Maps and detailed descriptions of the breakup of Pangea due to a great rift opening.