Curated OER
Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Arizona, Famous Landmark Grand Canyon
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Arizona, Famous Landmark - Grand Canyon."
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.
Adventure Learning Foundation
Adventure Learning Foundation: Tarahumara Indians
Take a virtual expedition and explore the culture of the Tarahumara Indians in Mexico's Copper Canyon. Features history, maps, lesson plans, and a photo journal.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Imagination Voyages: Travel Simulation Activity
A WebQuest for older or adult ESL learners that simulates a group planning a trip to the Grand Canyon. Members must plot out their transportation, lodging, activities, and more within a budget. Good for high school or adult ESL students.
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: Chaco Culture National Historical Park
Read about the impressive great houses built by the Anasazi in Chaco Canyon in the middle of the first century AD. Find out about the placement of the dwellings, the communication possibiilities, and the eventual demise of Chaco's...
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: Mexico
Click-through facts-and-photo file about Mexico's geography, nature, history, people and culture, and government. Includes a map of the country that pinpoints its North American location and a video about the spectacular Copper Canyon in...
Read Works
Read Works: A Well Kept Secret
[Free Registration/Login Required] This nonfiction passages describes the discovery of an ancient civilization relics in the Range Creek Canyon of Utah. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading...
Curated OER
National Park Service: Bandelier National Monument
Explore the Bandelier National Monument located near Los Alamos, New Mexico. This area is "Best known for mesas, sheer-walled canyons, and the ancestral Pueblo dwellings found among them, Bandelier also includes over 23,000 acres of...
Library of Congress
Loc: America's Story: Arizona
Review this site for interesting Arizona facts and learn more about the Grand Canyon.
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.
University of Colorado
University of Colorado: Evaluating Models of Chaco: Pueblo Bonito
Brief look at Pueblo Bonito, located in Chaco Canyon.
Other
Grand Canyon Explorer: Continental Drift
Maps and detailed descriptions of the breakup of Pangea due to a great rift opening.
Other
Kings Canyon Unified School District: Internet Safety [Pdf]
Students will identify and learn to avoid situations that could threaten our safety when using the Internet.
PBS
Pbs Teachers: Scientific American: Spiders! Spider Canyon
Investigate funnel-web spiders and their ability to adapt in order to survive. Make a set of spider trading cards that will include information about a spider's behavior, habitat and adaptations.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Forces That Change the Land
Students will use websites and other resources to find information about the following landforms: mountains, canyons, and valleys.
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.
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.
Other
Pueblo Bonito: Turquoise Trade Capital
Overview of Pueblo Bonito and the importance the "apartment-house" played in the Chaco Canyon turquoise trade.
Other
Der: The Chaco Legacy
Two paragraphs which discuss the ruins of Pueblo Bonito. The author says that it was actually a township in the Chaco Canyon and was the center of the Anasazi civilization. This site is a summary of a film which is available about the...
Curated OER
Chaco Canyon National Historic Park, a Photo Gallery
Pictorial look at Chaco Canyon National Historic Park and Pueblo Bonito.
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