Colorado River Discovery Seeks Educators to Assist with Development of River Kids Student Program

Many school groups throughout Arizona, Utah and Nevada travel to Page each year to take part in a Colorado River Discovery smoothwater float trip. These excursions are just plain fun for everyone involved. But they also represent an important educational opportunity for the teachers and students who participate.

To help educators and students benefit from the educational aspect of our trips, Colorado River Discovery is very pleased to announce the development of our River Kids education program.

Grant Funding Available

We seek to partner with educators and other appropriate contributors to develop a full range of high quality lesson plans and associated classroom materials for use in conjunction with our trips.

We also plan to produce a multidisciplinary interactive DVD for use in the classroom before student groups undertake their trip down the river. Finally, Colorado River Discovery will develop an interpretative River Kids area on this website, with separate sections for educators and students.

Colorado River Discovery will produce and distribute all River Kids program materials free of charge. In addition to more topically focused educational content, the River Kids program be designed to generate an awareness of and appreciation for the National Park Service’s critical mission of preserving our nation’s natural and cultural heritage for future generations to enjoy.

The core idea behind River Kids is to help teachers easily capitalize on the educational aspect of our river trips by providing high quality educational lesson plans and associated classroom or project related materials in advance, so the concepts and information involved can be further brought to life on the trip itself.

If you are an educator or otherwise feel you have something to contribute, and are interested supporting the development of Colorado River Discovery’s River Kids program, please call our office at 888-522-6644. We are looking for partners just like you to help us make River Kids an outstanding success.