• Temples and Towers of the Virgin

    Zion

    National Park Utah

Curriculum Materials

Third Grade Program - Home Sweet Home
All living things have specific requirements in order to call a place home. Using the habitats of Zion National Park as examples, students will learn how living and nonliving members of an environment are connected. Students will uncover these relationships and the role change may play in their development.

Fourth Grade Program - Surviving Zion
Due to its unique landforms and variation in elevation, Zion National Park possesses a number of diverse ecosystems found throughout Utah. Students will discover the adaptations of plants and animals that enable them to survive in Zion's wetlands, deserts, and/or forests.

Fifth Grade Program - Changing Landscapes
Landscapes are continually altered and reshaped by natural processes. Zion National Park contains tremendous examples of Earth's constantly changing surface and the geologic processes responsible. Students will explore how geological processes such as sedimentation, weathering, erosion, and uplift shape Zion and much of southern Utah.

 

Learning Tools:
Check out some of the links below for information on the park's cultural and natural history.
Mammals
Human History
Plants
Geology
Reptiles
Amphibians
Birds
Leave No Trace

Did You Know?

CCC Camp in Zion, 1935

The Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) had three camps in Zion National Park in the 1930's. Much of their work can be seen today. More...