The Grand Canyon - The Complete Series (7 lessons)

With lots of colourful slides, worksheets and other printable activities, this complete scheme of work includes everything you need for children to learn about the physical and human geographical features of the Grand Canyon...and all without you having to spend hours on researching and planning!

Where in the world is the Grand Canyon? What would it be like to go there? In this first lesson, children will find out all about the location of the Grand Canyon and some of its key features. The included slides contain a number of detailed photographs and maps for children to study, and there are worksheets and other printable resources for a choice of two different activities.

The detailed slides included with this lesson explain in simple terms how the Colorado Plateau was formed as well as how water and ice erosion have helped form the many valleys and creeks inside the canyon itself.

What's it like at the bottom of the Grand Canyon, in the gorge of the Colorado River? Find out all about the contrasting conditions between the inside of the canyon and its rims as well as learning about some of the plants and animals living in the riparian biome along the river corridor.

Beyond the banks of the Colorado River, the conditions at the bottom of the Grand Canyon are dry, dusty and hot. Find out all about these conditions as well as the types of plants and animals that have adapted to survive in conditions such as the desert scrub biome at the bottom of the canyon.

Get your children thinking about how the varying conditions in and around the canyon allow for a range of different tourist activity. What are the benefits of tourism at the canyon? What are the problems with it? Explore these questions and more before going on to produce posters or booklets about Grand Canyon tourism.

Did you know that American Indians have been living in and around the Grand Canyon for more than 800 years? Find out all about how American Indian tribes used this land traditionally, as well as how they benefit from tourism today.

In this final lesson, children will get the chance to show just how much they have learned about the physical and human geography of the Grand Canyon through one of the two included evaluation activities.