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- Grade Range
- 2nd - 4th
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Students demonstrate the importance of the Mississippi River and all its uses such as transportation, food, commercial purposes, and drinking water. They also provide information about other rivers and their importance. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore the differences in precipitation levels and elevation in the regions of the Nile and its source rivers (the White Nile and the Blue Nile) and explain the importance of the source rivers to civilization in Egypt. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students identify the sources and mouths of the Yellow and Yangtze Rivers on a topographical map of China. They explain how silt is produced, how it fertilizes the banks of a river and describe the major crops and flooding cycles of the Yellow River. Full Review »
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- 4th - 8th
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Students explore the ways in which rivers and lakes are used by humans. They research and discuss recreational opportunities that water provides and consider the production of electricity. Students also write original stories, conduct interviews and conduct experiments around a water theme. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th
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Students examine and identify the features of rivers. They observe a demonstration of river erosion on a stream table, and take a field trip to a local stream. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st
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Students use a state map of Arkansas to locate the principal rivers of the state. They discuss what types of activities they have done on a river. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 12th
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Students investigate the rivers encountered and mapped by the Corps of Discovery. They analyze maps, outline and label rivers on a blank map, complete a chart, and answer discussion questions while watching a National Geographic video, "The Power of Water." Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students identify five major rivers of Illinois using maps. In groups, they discover the power a river has and predict the future uses of the river and its tributaries. They discuss how the rivers affect their daily lives. Full Review »
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- 5th - 6th
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Students study how rivers are an important source of economic value to the states. They examine the great system of sending and receiving goods and by the end learn of its shortfalls and decline. This was due to rail ways being cheaper modes of transportation Full Review »
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- 2nd
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Students engage in a lesson that is about the finding of geographical features in the Mississippi and Rio Grande River areas while using map resources. They color in different locations on a map while filling in the picture of Mr. Mimal. Full Review »
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