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Upstream And Downstream

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students gain an understanding of how elevation affects the flow of water. They discuss issues that can arise when residents and industries upstream pollute or irrigate a river, in opposition to those downstream. They role play opposing...
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Locomotor Lakes, Rivers, and Streams

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explain lakes, rivers and streams using jumping and leaping skills. This integrated lesson plan reinforce scientific knowledge of ponds, rivers, lakes and streams.
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Rivers that Flow from the Continental Divide: The Journey of Two Rivers

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students explore river routes. In this social studies lesson, students trace the route of a river from its source and discuss the Continental Divide. Students draw the route the river takes and name the states it flows through. Students...
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Google Earth Exercise: Rivers

For Students 6th - 10th
In this Google Earth worksheet, students search the site and answer short answer questions about different rivers in the world. Students answer 11 questions.
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Exploring Our Watershed System

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars study watersheds and examine how they are composed.  In this watershed system lesson students explain how water enters a watershed and the concept of stream order. 
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Famous Rivers Quiz

For Students 7th - 12th
In this online interactive geography learning exercise, students examine the descriptions of 16 famous rivers and identify them by name within 3 minutes.
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Mapping Tanzania

For Students 4th - 8th
In this Tanzania worksheet, students label countries, cities, landmarks, rivers, and more that make up Tanzania. Students label 10 items.
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United States Map- Rivers

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students learn about rivers. In this maps lesson, students describe rivers and what human activities take place in a river. Students use a map to locate the rivers in the United States.
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Questions About Rivers

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students investigate rivers. In this geography instructional activity, students work in cooperative groups to read about rivers from articles they have collected. Students form questions using Bloom's Taxonomy as a guide.
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Issues About Rivers

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners explore the environmental issues of rivers. In this river lesson, students collaborate to create a concept mat pertaining to environmental issues regarding the Tangipahoa River.
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Natural Features

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Students identify natural features on a map. In this geography activity, students identify six physical features and create pictorial definitions for each term. The terms which are listed in this activity are mountain, hill, island,...
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United States Map- Rivers

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students identify major rivers on a map of the United States. In this geography lesson, students discuss what a river is and use a map marker to identify the symbol of a river on a map.
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Rivers Cloze Activity

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this cloze activity worksheet, students use their reading comprehension skills to fill in the 16 blanks in a 1-page reading selection about rivers. A word bank in provided.
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Rivers Crossword Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this rivers crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 21 clues to identify the correct river-related words that will solve the crossword puzzle.
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Rivers Crossword Puzzle

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this rivers crossword puzzle worksheet, students use the 14 clues to identify the correct river terms that will solve the crossword puzzle.
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World Rivers

For Students 6th - 10th
In this world rivers learning exercise, learners match 20 major world cities on the left side of the sheet to the rivers that they lie on found on the right side of the sheet.
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Rivers and Coasts: Where Rivers Meet the Coast

For Students 5th - 6th
In this map making worksheet, students cut out the images of the bird, mobile home, and power plant. Students place each image along the river or coastline based on their research of rivers and coastlines.
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Rivers and Coasts: People and Rivers

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science and geography worksheet, students fill in a graphic organizer with information from a web site. They record river usage, the good effects on the environment, and the detrimental effects on the environment.
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Rivers and Coasts: How Do Rivers Change?

For Students 5th
In this science and geography worksheet, students fill in a graphic organizer to explain how rivers change due to transportation, erosion, and deposition. They match a picture to each process to aid them in writing the explanation.
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Bellwork for Week 12

For Students 7th - 9th
In this bellwork worksheet, students answer questions about the rivers of Missouri, the parts of the water cycle, and they fill in a groundwater diagram.
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Anatomy of a Stream

For Students 5th - 12th
In this stream worksheet, students access a website to explore the different parts of a stream. Students complete 7 short answer questions based on the information found on the website.
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Freshwater on Earth

For Students 8th
In this freshwater on Earth learning exercise, 8th graders color and complete 2 graphs as described in the given information. First, they color the non-drinkable water portion red and the freshwater portion blue in the top graph. Then,...
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The Birmingham River System

For Students 4th - 7th
After a lesson on geography and the features of a river, students view a map of the Birmingham river system, which is in England. They are then asked to label 4 features on the map.
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Where Do Fish Live in the Hudson?

For Students 6th - 8th
In this fish in the Hudson instructional activity, students read a brief excerpt about what types of fish can be found in the Hudson River in New York. They identify which fish are caught in greatest numbers and those caught in the most...