The Rio Grande and the Colorado

Locate the Rio Grande, part of the border with Mexico, and the Colorado, which carved the Grand Canyon.

Warm-up, learn, try it together, practice, then a quick check. About 15 minutes.

What children learn in Level 11

The Rio Grande begins in the mountains of Colorado and flows south through New Mexico. Its name means "big river" in Spanish.
From El Paso, the Rio Grande forms the border between Texas and Mexico, all the way to the Gulf of Mexico.
The Colorado River begins high in the Rocky Mountains. It flows southwest through Utah and Arizona, and ends near the Gulf of California in Mexico.
Over millions of years, the Colorado River's water slowly carved the Grand Canyon, more than a mile deep! Today it also gives water to many cities and farms in the dry West.

Georgia Standards of Excellence in Social Studies:

SS3G1.a — Locate major rivers of the United States of America: Mississippi, Ohio, Rio Grande, Colorado, Hudson, and St. Lawrence.