Grand Canyon Virtual Tour

LAYERS AND SUPERPOSITION
Open this website in another tab and follow along in the virtual field trip, answering the questions along the way.
https://aelp.smartsparrow.com/v/open/gihea8c4

After you click start, click the green CONTINUE button. Watch the video about the layers and answer the question below.

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Choose all the things that Dr. Karlstrom discusses about the layers.

Click CONTINUE again and read the instructions to look at the different layers. Answer the questions as you explore.

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Match the name of the rock layer with the age. (my= million years) If the videos are too small, click on the YouTube link in the frame and it will open in another window. Click and drag the picture to see the whole view.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Redwall limestone		545my
Cononino Sandstone		530my
Muav Limestone		515my
Tapeats Sandstone		335 my
Toroeap Formation		260my
Supai Group		255my
Bright Angel Shale		285my

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What kind of rock are the canyon walls made of?

Click on the green CONTINUE button. 

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Take a guess at the type of animal that lived during the times that the layers were being layed down. One is a land animal and one is a sea dweller. Once you make your choice you will see the correct answer, mark it here:

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Take a guess at the type of animal that lived during the times that the layers were being layed down. One is a land animal and one is a sea dweller. Once you make your choice you will see the correct answer, mark it here:

Choose the best ending to the following sentences.

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When you look at the layers,

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The layers formed when

Zoom out to  see all the names of the layers to answer the questions on the website.

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Where did all of the sediments come from that formed the walls of the canyons?

THE MYSTERY OF BLACKTAIL CANYON
Now click on this link and go to the next lesson: 
https://aelp.smartsparrow.com/v/open/y4m9alvn
Follow the instructions and answer the questions here as you go along.

Click the blue NEXT button at the bottom right to move ahead. Read the directions in the box on the upper left.

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Click on the blue CANYON WALLS button, then click and drag the picture around to look around you and write down three things you notice about the walls of Blacktail Canyon.

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Click NEXT and then click on the CANYON FLOOR button. Click and drag the picture around and write three things you notice about the floor of Blacktail Canyon.

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Click the NEXT button. Read what a rock unit is. Choose a simpler definition from the options below.

Click the NEXT button. Take some time to expand the images of the rocks and notice the differences between their texture, the direction they are lying and the color, then click the NEXT button again.
Now click the LOOK HERE button.

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How many different rock units do you see? Zoom in and look closely at the pictures when you expand them.

Click the NEXT button and try out the quiz question. When you get the right answer, enter it in question 12, see if you were right or not the first time.

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Listen to Dr. Karlstrom explain the age and differences in teh upper and lower rock units. Select the reason why the upper unit is important.

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Why is the lower rock unit important?

Click NEXT and read the information about the rock types.

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Choose the correct answer.

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Match the sentences after you listen to Dr. Semken discuss some important features of the two rock units.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
The metamorphic rock has		crystals of minerals that are lined up in parallel from being under heat and pressure.
The sandstone was formed by		individual grains being deposited and buried which cement and compact to form the solid rock.

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Which of the rock units is older?

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Choose the yellow line as the place where the two rock units meet each other and submit. In the next section you will see yellow lines drawn on the image. Why do you think rock unit 1 is running horizonally but not unit 2?

Click forward to listen to the scientist describe the two types of rocks in the units.

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Which type of rock often has fossiles embeded in it?

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Choose all the things that Dr. Karlstrom discusses about the layers.

Match the name of the rock layer with the age. (my= million years) If the videos are too small, click on the YouTube link in the frame and it will open in another window. Click and drag the picture to see the whole view.

What kind of rock are the canyon walls made of?

Take a guess at the type of animal that lived during the times that the layers were being layed down. One is a land animal and one is a sea dweller. Once you make your choice you will see the correct answer, mark it here:

Take a guess at the type of animal that lived during the times that the layers were being layed down. One is a land animal and one is a sea dweller. Once you make your choice you will see the correct answer, mark it here:

When you look at the layers,

The layers formed when

Where did all of the sediments come from that formed the walls of the canyons?

Click on the blue CANYON WALLS button, then click and drag the picture around to look around you and write down three things you notice about the walls of Blacktail Canyon.

Click NEXT and then click on the CANYON FLOOR button. Click and drag the picture around and write three things you notice about the floor of Blacktail Canyon.

Click the NEXT button. Read what a rock unit is. Choose a simpler definition from the options below.

How many different rock units do you see? Zoom in and look closely at the pictures when you expand them.

Listen to Dr. Karlstrom explain the age and differences in teh upper and lower rock units. Select the reason why the upper unit is important.

Why is the lower rock unit important?

Choose the correct answer.

Match the sentences after you listen to Dr. Semken discuss some important features of the two rock units.

Which of the rock units is older?

Choose the yellow line as the place where the two rock units meet each other and submit. In the next section you will see yellow lines drawn on the image. Why do you think rock unit 1 is running horizonally but not unit 2?

Which type of rock often has fossiles embeded in it?

Which type of rock has interlocking crystals that are all lined up in bands as a result of the heat and pressure exerted on an older rock?