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- Grade Range
- 4th - 6th
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Students research and map the Colorado River and its dams and predict the effects of a dam on an area. They suggest reasons a dam would be built and compare the Colorado River system with other major river systems within the US and around the world. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students complete a variety of activities to increase their knowledge of Colorado. They make leafprints, read and listen to stories, write fiction, make collages, participate in discussions and invite their parents to come and see all of their work. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students examine photographs of three canyons and then focus on the Grand Canyon, discussing how the Colorado River carved it. They draw pictures of the Grand Canyon and write captions or draw additional pictures to describe how the canyon was formed. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 9th
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Students work together to estimate the flow rate of a local river. They relate their results in a lab setting to the environment. They use the internet to research the actual flow rate and compare it with their estimate. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 12th
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Students act as scientists investigating the damming and experimental flooding of the Colorado River by the Glen Canyon dam that took place in 1996. They write a proposal as to whether or not more experimental flooding should be done on the area considering the ecological effects. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 5th - 9th
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Students, working in teams, extimate the flow rate of local rivers. They access the Engineering Our Water Living Lab Website to determine the actual flow rate of their chosen river. They analyze discrepancies between extimated and actual data. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th
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Students create newsletters of the Mancos River Walk. They gather information from the Mancos River Walk and create a newsletter detailing sections of trees, shrubs, river studies, and wildlife studies. They write stories and create rough drafts for their newsletters. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students explore the importance of the Platte River to the state of Nebraska. They investigate the river's historical, social, economic, and political importance to the development of Nebraska. Students explore the ecosystem of the river. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th
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Students study the Grand Canyon. They research the Grand Canyon and locate the Colorado River on the map of Arizona. They discuss erosion and read how sedimentary rock was formed. They view photographs of the Grand Canyon and discuss the layers and the bottom of the canyon. They create posters of one of the layers of the Grand Canyon. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students listen to an employee of the Lower Colorado River Authority that comes to the classroom for a presentation. The individual will explain the monitoring systems set up along the Colorado River and its chain of lakes. Full Review »
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