Rock the Tetons Field Trip
Students explore rocks, landscapes, and maps to find evidence of erosion and uplift that made the Teton range.
This field trip is designed for Grade 4 but can be adapted for Grades 2-7.
Cross Disciplinary Concepts: Things may change slowly or rapidly. Patterns can be used as evidence to support an explanation. Cause and effect relationships are routinely identified, tested, and used to explain change.
Vocabulary: Metamorphic, igneous, sedimentary, limestone, sandstone, gneiss, granite, weathering & erosion, geology, fossils, geologic time, plate tectonics & faults, glaciers, glaciation, moraines & outwash.
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Science Standards This Program Meets
2-ESS1-1 Earth’s Place in the Universe
- Grade: 2nd Grade
- Discipline: Earth & Space Science
Use information from several sources to provide evidence that Earth events can occur quickly or slowly.
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4-ESS1-1 Earth’s Place in the Universe
- Grade: 4th Grade
- Discipline: Earth & Space Science
Identify evidence from patterns in rock formations and fossils in rock layers to support an explanation for changes in a landscape over time
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4-ESS2-1 Earth’s Systems
- Grade: 4th Grade
- Discipline: Earth & Space Science
Make observations and/or measurements to provide evidence of the effects of weathering or the rate of erosion by water, ice, wind, or vegetation.
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4-ESS2-2 Earth’s Systems
- Grade: 4th Grade
- Discipline: Earth & Space Science
Analyze and interpret data from maps to describe patterns of Earth’s features.
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About Grand Teton National Park
Turn Grand Teton National Park into your classroom! We offer programs year-round including field trips with hands-on exploration, rangers visiting your classroom with park resources, or even opportunities to connect to rangers digitally. Topics range from “taking a walk on the wild side” with ecology, “rocking the Tetons” with geology, or learning that "every snowflake counts" from rangers sitting at a desk made of snow. If you don't see a program here that meets your needs, please contact park educators to explore options for a customized program.
View All Programs Visit Website| Who | Park rangers (GRTE_Education@nps.gov) |
| What | Field trips and classroom visits about ecology, geology, history, ranger careers, and outdoor leadership |
| When | All year |
| Where | In your national park or your classroom |
| Why | Because learning sticks when you experience the real thing! |