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Grand Canyon: A River Rafting Trip
GeoSTEM
Legacy
Lesson Plan Content
Description:
In this lesson, students will interpret a topographical map of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. From the map, elevations of various sites will be determined. The elevations given will be used to find the mean, median, mode, and range of the data.
Author:
Joanne Munson
Grade Range:
6-7
Duration:
1 class period
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions:
Teacher Instructions
Photographs of a Rafting Trip Down the Grand Canyon
Hike to Indian Garden Photo Locations map
Hike to Indian Gardens map
Photographs of Bright Angel Trail to Indian Gardens
Student Materials:
Student Worksheets, Assessments, and Answer Keys
Elevations along the Colorado River (no elevations given)
Elevations along the Colorado River (elevations given)
United States map (labeled)
Arizona's Landforms and Rivers map
Supplemental Files:
Tutorial on How to Read Topographic Maps
Zooming Out into Space from the Colorado River movie
Flying Around the Grand Canyon movie
Satellite Image of Grand Canyon
Standards
National Geography Standards:
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
4: The physical and human characteristics of places
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