Lesson plan
Grand Canyon: A River Rafting Trip
GeoSTEM
Legacy
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.Duration
1 class periodAuthor
Joanne
Munson
Standards
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information4: The physical and human characteristics of places
Teacher Instructions
MunsonCanyonT.pdf
(106.51 KB)
MunsonTripCynPhotosH.pdf
(1.93 MB)
indgardenMapPhotos.pdf
(129.86 KB)
BW_Indian_Gardens_ft.pdf
(453.97 KB)
MunsonGrandTrailPhotos.pdf
(1.49 MB)
Student Materials
MunsonCanyonS.pdf
(118.44 KB)
coloradoriv-blank.pdf
(34.43 KB)
ColoradoRiver2.pdf
(30.07 KB)
US-NAMES.pdf
(378.12 KB)
AZPHYSICAL.PDF
(521.35 KB)
Materials To Assist Teachers and English Language Learners
Supplemental Files
DornTopoIntro.pdf
(212.34 KB)
GrandCynZoomOut.mpg
(4.14 MB)
GrdCynFlybyGSFC1351.mpg
(10.2 MB)
GrandCanyon.jpg
(57.69 KB)
