Format
1.) Ranger will introduce the National Park Service and Zion National Park, as well as the format of the program.
2.) Geology: Ranger will review the term deposition, and discuss the three different types of rocks.
3.) Deposition: Students will then learn about paleo environments
4.) Rangers will discuss the elements that go into creating a rock, and demonstrate rock formation to the classroom through a basic ‘make a rock’ experiment.
5.) Uplift: students will demonstrate the tectonic activities of uplift
6.) Weathering and Erosion: Rangers will show examples of erosion and weathering throughout the park, showing how geology is still taking place in the park
Objectives
Students will be able to...
• Define deposition, erosion, and weathering
• Understand the basic geologic processes of sedimentary rock and canyon forming.
• Recognize the huge expanse of geologic time and the current-day implications of geology.
Standards Alignment
National Standards
ESS1C 3-5 -- The history of planet EarthNational/State Standards:
NS.K-4.2 Physical Science
NS.K-4.3 Life Science
NS.K-4.4 Earth and Space Science
NS.5-8.3 Life Science
NS.5-8.4 Earth and Space Science
NSS-G.K-12.1 The World in Spatial Terms
NSS-G.K-12.3 Physical Systems
ESS2.A: Earth Materials and Systems
ESS2.B: Plate Tectonics and Large-Scale System Interactions