Rivers flow downhill, but why are there so many curves? The video explains how a straight river with only a tiny change begins to curve. It introduces the patterns all curving rivers follow all over the planet and other planets. 

Concepts

rivers, water flow

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Find other examples of fractals in nature
• Discuss the final picture and the evidence of rivers on Mars

Classroom Considerations

• Relies on some basic prior knowledge of ratios

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Provides a list of resources for those wanting more information
• Includes closed captioning in 10 languages

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.6-8.4 RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4