Wednesday, September 11, 2013

Colorado Geography

The past weeks we have been working with maps and globes to help understand the geography of earth and our state. When you think about the geography of Colorado, what types of features come to mind. Colorado is known for its mountains but there are many other physical features that make the state unique. Please use your knowledge of Colorado's geography and places you have visited and write a short review about why people should come to Colorado. You can watch the video below to help you with some possible attractions! You can also click the link to look at the Colorado Vacation Guide!



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22 comments:

Sawyer said...

Come To Colorado!
Colorado is a great place to visit because we have beautiful mountains, plains and ancient sites. We have fun hiking trails, We have great skiing Mountains too! We have beautiful views and lakes and The National Sand dunes and a lot of parks. Colorado is very hot, rainy and can get cold. It is really fun to play outside we have skateparks, bike parks. We have fun fairs in the summertime! We have Great Museums, like nature and science museum , Denver art museum! Come to Elitches, Rocky National Park! Watch some sport games! Broncos, Rapids, Rockies and the Nuggets!!! Hope you visit Colorado!

Hailey S. said...


Why You Should Come To Colorado

Colorado is an amazing place to visit and even live in. Why? If you like nature, there is a ton of it in Colorado! In Colorado Springs, there is Garden Of The Gods. Garden Of The Gods is a beautiful place to go for a nature walk. With its amazing rock sculptures you can climb on and the mountains in the background, Garden Of The Gods is definitely one of the top places to visit in Colorado.
Do you like hiking and climbing mountains? Colorado has one of the largest amount of fourteeners. (Mountains above fourteen thousand feet.) You can climb and hike these mountains! There are also great places in Colorado to camp at. Please come to Colorado! I bet you will have lots of fun!

Brody T said...

Colorado is a beautiful because it has the great mountains.And all the national parks like the Sand Dunes, Colorado National Park. you can go play at a lake or fields its nice here in Colorado.Go enjoy the day in Colorado. where the best place in the world its Colorado!

camdyn said...

Beautiful Colorado
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By Camdyn

I think people should come to Colorado because we have the most beautiful mountains. Also we have a pretty decent baseball team. There name is the Rockies. The weather is kind of average. This year in September the rain is over cast. Usually Big rain like this comes in August. But surprisingly it came early. Our state is a beautiful state you should come and visit.










Joseph said...

4 reasons to come to Colorado

1. It has beautiful mountains and lakes.

2. Colorado has awesome sunsets and valleys.

3. Colorado has ahant ruins that are over 100 years old.

4. great sand dunes are a great place for views.

Abigail said...

COME TO COLORADO!!!!
You should start at Boulder and hike or ski the mountains and white water rafting. Also fish go to the lakes and rivers. Go to the stadiums and see the rockies or broncos and have some fun at amusement parks. Next go dig in the sand dunes then go explore the forested see the wonderful unique animals to look at if you're lucky you cans see a hawk or a do and a buff and many more animals. These are the many things we do in colorad

Andrew k said...


This is why you should come to colorado it is beautiful because of the mountains and wildlife.
especially the minerals like gold and iron and silver.
Here is something really cool about petrologists they search for ancient pictures carved into rocks by ancient people that is cool!.
You know how many live here 4,056,133 thats allot of people.
Now summer its the perfect time to to the beach the summer here is so beautiful the flowers and the sun.colorado is the spot for pioneers and homesteaders they came here for a home and gold!!!!!.

Luci B said...

Our state colorado is beautiful! Known for our mountains colorado is a wonderful place. Colorado has lots of events like, fairs, festivals and carnivals! Colorado has lots of buildings and houses. And the more homes the more people! Colorado has a very high population. Colorado has great sites to see. We have lakes and rivers and amazing mountains!!! Colorado also has cool climate.
Come to colorado!!!!!

Brody M said...

Class blog Colorado

Colorado is a beautiful place because it has Mountain peaks,Waterfalls,Sand dunes,Mountain lakes and the best rate for skying and beter than Canida. Colorado has 5 star camping grounds in my opinon if you like camping and Mountain parks

Jack said...

Colorado is a beautiful place with all the mountains, valleys, and forests. And when you swim in the lakes they are warm. The mountains are great for skiing. Colorado has a lot of wildlife. And there's a lot of places for kids to play. Colorado has a lot of ranches. And the ranches are great places for kids to play. Plus colorado has good camp sites. There’s a bunch of minerals and rocks. Colorado has cool fossils. Did you know that colorado is known for bison? Colorado has good fishing spots. In world war 2, people moved slaves to farms. Colorado has the heaviest gold that was ever found, it weighed 8 lb 6 ounces. The broncos are really good. Cars are good resources in colorado.

Koen said...

You should come to colorado because of the mountains. The mountains are so beautiful. Pagosa springs has a cool lake that you can jet scie. On the other side of the lake is new Mexico and I have been there for like 15 minutes. In Colorado it rains a lot like 2 times a day. They have the best schools in Colorado like Twain Elementary school.

Jack said...

Colorado is a beautiful place with all the mountains, valleys, and forests. And when you swim in the lakes they are warm. The mountains are great for skiing. Colorado has a lot of wildlife. And there's a lot of places for kids to play. Colorado has a lot of ranches. And the ranches are great places for kids to play. Plus colorado has good camp sites. There’s a bunch of minerals and rocks. Colorado has cool fossils. Did you know that colorado is known for bison? Colorado has good fishing spots. In world war 2, people moved slaves to farms. Colorado has the heaviest gold that was ever found, it weighed 8 lb 6 ounces. The broncos are really good. Cars are good resources in colorado.

Riley said...

Come to Colorado

Mesa verde is one of the oldest cave dwellings in America.
Vail is one of the best snow resorts in the united states.
The great sand dunes are is the are one one of the biggest in the country.
Mountains are the the most recognized feature in colorado.
Rocky Mountain National Park is the best place to see elk and other wildlife.
Hunting is the best in the fall when the rut is happening.
In Colorado we have all the the major sports.

Emmett said...

comcome to colorado and see mesa verde she is 100 years old
vail valley is the perfect snowboard and ski place
Garden of the gods is a very unique place it is one of the pretty is places in colorado
the Great sand dunes is a great place to play
san juan mountains is the best place for hiking
Ice climbing capital is so beautiful it has 100s of crystals
wildlife
fourteeners the fourteeners are mountains that are over fourteen feet high
elitch gardens
manitou springs
pikes peak country
sports for the cold weather and the warm weather
denver international airport





Jack said...

Colorado is a beautiful place with all the mountains, valleys, and forests. And when you swim in the lakes they are warm. The mountains are great for skiing. Colorado has a lot of wildlife. And there's a lot of places for kids to play. Colorado has a lot of ranches. And the ranches are great places for kids to play. Plus colorado has good camp sites. There’s a bunch of minerals and rocks. Colorado has cool fossils. Did you know that colorado is known for bison? Colorado has good fishing spots. In world war 2, people moved slaves to farms. Colorado has the heaviest gold that was ever found, it weighed 8 lb 6 ounces. The broncos are really good. Cars are good resources in colorado.

Jackson said...

Colorado has some amazing mountains,cities,rivers,lakes and sand dunes.The Rocky Mountains are very cool,with very high elevation.There are some very cool cities like denver,Littleton and centennial.Denver is the biggest city in colorado.There are lots of rivers in Colorado.You can raft down the colorado river,it’s really fun.Colorado has some very cool lakes. Chatfield is my favorite lake.You can also camp there.The sand dunes are very fun and hot.They are very fun to sled down.

Colorado has some amazing mountains,cities,rivers,lakes and sand dunes.The Rocky Mountains are very cool,with very high elevation.There are some very cool cities like denver,Littleton and centennial.Denver is the biggest city in colorado.There are lots of rivers in Colorado.You can raft down the colorado river,it’s really fun.Colorado has some very cool lakes. Chatfield is my favorite lake.You can also camp there.The sand dunes are very fun and hot.They are very fun to sled down.






















Levi said...


I think Colorado is a great state to come to because we have lots of beautiful mountains, plains, ancient sites. I only said a few things that Colorado has and one other thing Colorado has lots of good places to go skiing such as vail and or steamboat springs. We have lots of excellent trails some that 5 year olds could hike and some that only people older than 15 could hike. We also have a very dry climate not as dry as Arizona but still. Colorado also has some awesome rivers, the Colorado river is the biggest in our state. By the way if you're into Stegosaurus come to Colorado our state dinosaur is the Stegosaurus! You could also come to Dinosaur National Monument in the North West of our beautiful state.

Sean O said...

Colorado is good because it has lakes,Mountains,
Sand dunes, cool waterfalls.It has lots of wildlife and you can hike any time you want.There is GREAT camping sites. There the best campsites if you have s'mores and s’mores are pretty good.The best part about it is skiing and the view hiking is fun too.So I hope you come to Colorado.

Lauren said...

I believe Colorado is one of the most beautiful states in the United
States. I believe this because there are very many explanations for Colorado’s beauty like,views,monuments,horseback riding,vacationing and hiking. A lot of people in Colorado love to live here because of good weather and good economy. Most people on vacation come here to see the monuments such as, the Red Rocks, the State Capitol, the Colorado History Museum, the Mile High Stadium and the Rocky Mountain National Park. Colorado is known to have beautiful scenery. Mountains and flowers are the most loved in Colorado to photographers. I believe Colorado is one of those remarkable states that is well known to most people. Colorado the Beautiful, Colorado the Beautiful state.

Cole said...

I think you should come to colorado because of the mountains. You should also come because you could go to look back where some of the indian tribes used to be. Also you could go to yellowstone national park to see a volcano and you could also visit pikes peak the the tallest 31 tallest mountain in the rocky mountains.You could also visit the hot springs.Also you could hike devil's head.You could also go to the sand dunes and go down a hill of sand and go down it on a piece of cardboard or a box of cardboard.At yellow stone you could also enjoy the buitifull seting like the woods you can spot bears,wolfes,elk and bison.



Nick said...

Colorado is a beautiful state because we have mountains, lakes, sand dunes, and perfect camping conditions. When I camp I usually dirt bike. Have you ever dirt biked? It can be quite rainy so I think that you should bring an umbrella. Even as I am typing this it is raining, funny right. Camping is SUPER fun, s’mores are GREAT. There are many things to do in Colorado that include canoeing, skiing, swimming, fishing, ice fishing, hunting, riding bikes, and driving dune buggies. That’s Colorado for you.

ben said...

Come to colorado!!!!
Its a fun place where you can hike,ski,camp,fish and lots and lots more.Its all fun just try it and see for yourself.Its cool all of the stuff you do.Its all great.All of the time.Thats how good colorado is.You can even go to the great sand dunes.I love that place.Its fun because you can see sand within 18 miles or more.Thats how cool colorado is.