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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rivers and Streams Research Activity

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this geography research worksheet, student examine books, newspapers, or the internet to find information about the history of flooding in the United Kingdom. They write a fictional account in a news report, TV interview, or a blog....
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PPT
Curated OER

The Earth's BIG Features

For Teachers 3rd
Your students will enjoy the vivid pictures and interesting facts about world geography, in this presentation. Depicted are several major geographical features found around the world and a description of each.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rivers... for Kids

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students investigate U.S. geography by exploring it's bodies of water. In this river formation instructional activity, students identify the reasons rivers are needed in our country by reading assigned text. Students examine a diagram...
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Unit Plan
The Wild Classroom

The Wild Classroom: Biomes of the World: Streams and Rivers

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about stream and river ecosystems. Find out about plants, animals, adaptations, and conservation efforts.
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Activity
TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Your River's Health

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students perform a macroinvertebrate survey to gauge the health of a local river. They collect water samples and count macroinvertebrates to learn how the health of a river's ecosystem can be determined by its river insect population.
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Article
Nature Conservancy

Nature Conservancy: Planet Earth: Rivers and Lakes

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive exploration of rivers and lakes, their importance to biodiversity and to humans, how we use them, threats they face, and what is being done to conserve them.
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Handout
BBC

Bbc Nature: Wildlife: Rivers and Streams

For Students 9th - 10th
Take a close-up look at the world of rivers and streams and discover what lives there and where you can find them through pictures, news, descriptions, and external links.
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Handout
Gulf of Maine Research Institute

Gulf of Maine Aquarium: Streams

For Students 4th - 8th
This site provides extensive information about streams. It gives an in-depth look at what a stream is, the kinds of wildlife that live by streams, and things we can do to protect and prevent pollution of streams.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: North American Rivers and Their Widths

For Students 3rd - 5th
Rivers are essential to any society. They provide fresh water, recreation, and transportation. Learners will analyze the distribution and relationship among North American rivers using this map from NASA. Background information and...
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Unit Plan
Next.cc

Next: Rivers

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn how rivers work and the importance of them by completing the five activities. Explore rivers further by clicking on one of the numerous links provided.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Healthy Waters

For Teachers 6th - 8th
By the end of this lesson, students will understand how we can use macroinvertebrates to determine the quality of water in a river or stream.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Geology of the Credit River at Hidden Valley Park

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this earth science lesson, students investigate the characteristics of the Credit River in an interdisciplinary inquiry based investigation. They will determine the speed the water moves, identify rocks and sediments in the river bed,...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Using Benthic Marcoinvertebrates to Determine Biodiversity in a River

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this investigation of macroinvertebrates, students will build rock baskets and place them in various parts of a river to collect insects. Students will group insects according to their pollution tolerance and use the PTI to determine...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Measuring Discharge and Flow in the Rum River

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students will travel to a small stream and make predictions regarding stream discharge at the point bar and cut bank. They will make conclusions about how velocity affects erosion and discharge.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Geologic History Field Investigation Minnehaha Falls

For Teachers 6th - 8th
An inquiry-based geology field investigation where students investigate sedimentary geology, stream processes, topography, rock layers, and land surface features as well as study past changes in the depositional environment in the area.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: A River Runs Through It

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This two-month project requires a nearby stream or river to use for testing. Students use river monitoring equipment to conduct water tests, fish observation, insect identification and to collect data related to physical properties of...
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Flow Characteristics of the Crow River

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students make observations of a local river, and then formulate a question. Then, through guided inquiry, construct, conduct, and collect data on a question they wish to research. Students keep a field journal of their observations,...
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Website
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Rivers & Streams of the World

For Students 9th - 10th
A great site from The Evergreen Project that provides information about watersheds, how a stream becomes a river, when rivers run into the ocean, longest rivers of the world and much more. There are also other sections of this site that...
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Activity
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Freshwater Ecosystems

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Missouri Botanical Garden, you can learn about the wide variety of plant and animal life in or around fresh water ecosystems. Click on the links to "wetlands," "Ponds and Lakes," or "Rivers and Streams" to view...
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Handout
Missouri Botanical Garden

Missouri Botanical Garden: Rivers and Streams

For Students 3rd - 8th
The Evergreen Project profiles the natural history of rivers and streams. Topics include watersheds, how a stream becomes a river, erosion, water pollution, and the like.
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Handout
Wikimedia

Wikipedia: Stream

For Students 9th - 10th
This article presents information on streams and various terminology associated with streams. In the article, the difference between intermittent and blue-line streams are discussed. Also, the difference between first-, second-, third-,...
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Handout
Other

Alberta Riparian Habitat Management: Protecting Shorelines & Streambanks [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Protecting Shorelines & Streambanks - Naturally explains the critical importance of healthy shorelines for preventing soil erosion and filtering out pollutants. It looks specifically at riparian areas, such as those in Alberta, which...
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Interactive
Other

Nc Department of Energy and Natural Resources: River Basin Riddler Cards

For Students 4th - 8th
Cut out the fact cards to make a river basin trivia game. Assign points to each of the facts and hold a class competition. Can also be downloaded from here as a PDF file that includes score cards.
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Handout
US Geological Survey

U.s. Geological Survey: Streamgages Measuring Pulse of Our Nation's Rivers [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
General information on the importance and use of a streamgage to measure and record the water level in a river.