Curated OER
Law of Superposition
Students identify the law of superposition and it states that beds of rock in a series are laid down with the oldest at the bottom and younger layers on the top. They construct a legen for a block diagram and construct a block diagram...
Curated OER
How a Seed Grows: And Who Grows It
Second graders explore botany by viewing video clips in class. In this seed growth lesson, 2nd graders identify the types of seeds that grow specific plants and what the optimal conditions are for growing seeds. Students view a video...
Curated OER
Next Year's Seeds
Fifth graders explore genetic traits. In this genetic traits lesson, 5th graders discover how traits are passed from parent to offspring while examining plants. Students problem solve real world applications.
Curated OER
What is a Ruminant?
Students examine the way bison eat and digest their food. Using a diagram, they follow the food from one compartment to the next. They discover that bison are ruminants and discuss why the bison need four stomachs.
Curated OER
National Park Service: Grand Canyon Geology
Extensive information about the geology of the Grand Canyon. Looks at some principles of geology evident there, forces that have shaped its geological features, how its valleys and canyons were formed, the characteristics of the Colorado...
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Grand Canyon Geology
Photos, illustrations, 3D graphs and animations are part of this investigation into the geology and landforms of the Grand Canyon. Learn detailed information on the formation of the canyon, the rock layers, and the prehistoric life that...
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...
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: The Grand Canyon
For this instructional activity, students will learn about the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River, the impact it has had on local ecology, and what happens when a dam is opened for controlled flooding. After researching the Glen...
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Grand Canyon National Park
One of nature's most incredible sites. It is breathtaking. You really have to see it in order to take in its natural beauty. You can see by air, bus or walking. You can backpack into the canyon and go whitewater rafting.
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.
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.
Other
Bscs: Earth's Changing Surface Lesson 3: Grand Canyon Explorers
Students will learn that landforms can change over time in this lesson plan. Included are a minute-by-minute lesson plan, activities, and teacher discussion points and questions.
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: Vertical Exaggeration
In this lesson, students will utilize GeoMapApp's profiling tool to understand vertical exaggeration, with a focus upon 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.
Other
Grand Canyon Explorer: Continental Drift
Maps and detailed descriptions of the breakup of Pangea due to a great rift opening.
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.
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.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Riprap: It's Not Hip Hop but Erosion Stop
The Grand Canyon serves as an excellent example of just what water can do over a period of millions of years. This week long lab will help you understand how erosion works, how engineers work to help prevent erosion.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Put Your Water to Work: Using Hydropower to Lift a Load
Water creates a lot of energy, just look at the Grand Canyon. In this science fair project, you will demonstrate the power of water by converting the kinetic energy in moving water to mechanical energy, which will lift a small weight.
Smithsonian Institution
Tween Tribune: Week of 8 8 16: How Photography Shaped America's National Parks
Have you ever gotten a postcard from a national park? Chances are the picture that comes to mind is the powerful eruption of Old Faithful spouting up in Yellowstone or the rocky depths of the Grand Canyon.
NASA
Nasa: Mars Odyssey
Within the rocky landscape of Mars you will find the Mariner Valley. This expansive landform is as deep as the Grand Canyon and encompasses an area as wide as the distance between New York and Los Angeles.
US Geological Survey
Usgs: Virtual Tours of National Parks
Excellent site to discover the National Parks from the convenience of your computer. Click on each park for a virtual tour, many in 3D, many offering historic photos. Dig deep into our national geologic story.
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Western Oregon University: Earth System Science: Geologic Time [Pdf]
An 81-page slideshow that looks at the principles of geology with respect to relative dating, at different concepts describing geological processes, at absolute age and radiometric dating, at the eons and eras in the geologic time scale,...