Fun Facts About Colorado

Each state in our country has its own unique fun facts that kids will love to discover. For this activity, students will create a 3 cell storyboard that depicts some interesting facts they have learned about Colorado. Here are some examples of fun facts:

• Colorado is one of the 4 corner states, along with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.
• The Humpty Dumpty Drive-In, in Denver, was where the term “cheeseburger” was first trademarked in 1935.
• Fifty-three of the 96 “fourteeners” (mountain peaks over 14,000 feet) in the US are located in Colorado.
• Colorado is nicknamed the “Centennial State” because it became a state 100 years after the Declaration of Independence was signed.
• Denver is called the “Mile-High City” because it is exactly 5,280 feet, or one mile, above sea level.