Grand Teton National Park

Help your class follow how mountains, ice, water, habitats, and human choices shape Grand Teton

This virtual field trip helps grades 6-12 understand Grand Teton National Park as a connected landscape. Students follow how fault movement raised the range, glaciers reshaped valleys and lakes, and water links high snowfields with the Snake River, wetlands, wildlife habitat, and human decisions across Jackson Hole.

The seven-stop route begins at Cathedral Group Turnout, then visits Jenny Lake, Signal Mountain, Oxbow Bend, Jackson Lake Dam, Colter Bay, and the T. A. Moulton Barn on Mormon Row. The places let students compare fault-built relief with glacial landforms, read a watershed at two scales, consider dam management and habitat, meet continuing Indigenous cultural connections, and examine homesteading alongside sagebrush restoration.

Designed for grades 6-12. Middle school classes can focus on visible landforms, water movement, habitat, and cause and effect; high school classes can extend the discussion into geologic evidence, river management, public-land history, cultural interpretation, and restoration choices.

At each stop, students explore Google Maps and Street View, study supporting images where available, follow the transcript, and discuss evidence tied to the place in front of them. Plan 38-55 minutes with map exploration and discussion pauses.

Try the free preview of Stop 1 (Cathedral Group Turnout / Teton Range) to see the format with your students. When you are ready for the full trip, purchase the lesson to get an unlock code. After you unlock, you can share a student link for whole-class projection or 1:1 devices. The printable teacher guide, worksheets, and answer key come with the Shopify purchase—you receive them with your order, separate from the online trip.