Mommio: Grand Canyon Travelin' Trunk

We are so excited to be starting our unit study on the Grand Canyon where we will be going for a week long family camping trip at the beginning of April.  The basis of our unit study is a really cool Human History of the Grand Canyon Travelin' Trunk that we were able to rent from the Grand Canyon Association for the next two weeks.  It is basically a big box that showed up in the mail filled with lesson plans, maps, books, cds, dvds and project material- enough stuff for nine full lessons and more. 

 We can use it for two weeks and then we mail it back for another classroom to use later. Here's a look at what we got in the box!  A teacher's guide full of plans, information and discs of printable maps, worksheets and powerpoint presentations.

 Lots of books- at various age levels.

 A mapping folder project.

 A twig figure project and the supplies to make our own.

 A DVD tour of the Grand Canyon and a music CD (not sure what that's for yet).

 Many large laminated pictures for the classroom.

 Historical timeline flashcards.

 We also found out that the National Parks systems has more of these cool trunks to borrow about other parks.  So we'll see how this one goes and try some more later!