The following links will take you to lesson plans that can be used in your classroom before and after your visit to Grand Canyon. Each set of lesson plans pertains to one of our 6 programs offered. You will find discriptions of fun and educational activities that will pique your students interest before they arrive, and help them review what they learned after they go home.
The following links are .pdf files. You will need an Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them.
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Did You Know?
The more recent Kaibab limestone caprock, on the rims of the Grand Canyon, formed 270 million years ago. In contrast, the oldest rocks within the Inner Gorge at the bottom of Grand Canyon date to 1.84 billion years ago. Geologists currently set the age of Earth at 4.5 billion years.