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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Africa

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore Africa. They label the popular places in Africa on a map. Students label the different cities and monuments that are popular in Africa. They discuss the similarities and differences between cities in Africa and...
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Organizer
Curated OER

Hydrologic Cycle

For Students 4th - 5th
In this science worksheet, students examine the hydrological cycle through the coloring of the picture that graphically organizes the concept.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Our World

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Earth Day coloring activity, students read a poem 'We've got the whole world around us in our hands.' Students then color the picture of the world in the hand.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Examine an Ecosystem

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine an ecosystem and record what they see.  In this ecosystem activity students use a worksheet to help them identify the organisms in their ecosystem. 
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Rain Making - Understanding the Formation of Rain

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students read and conduct and experiment to learn about rain formation. In this water forms lesson, students read about the formation of rain and its purposes. Students then complete a rain experiment activity.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Exploring Marine Objects

For Teachers 1st - 7th
Students identify the sources of water on Earth. In this life science lesson, students list the different plants and animals that live in the ocean. They explore marine objects in the lab and draw them.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Continents

For Students 4th - 6th
In this continents worksheet, learners use clues from a song titled "Continents" and match to the correct continent. A link to the song or information for obtaining is not given.
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Article
Read Works

Read Works: Oceans, Rivers, and Lakes by Linda Ruggieri

For Students 1st - 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage focuses on bodies of water including oceans, rivers, and lakes including explaining how the oceans get salty. A comprehension question set and a vocabulary worksheet for the word "vent" are...
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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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Interactive
Other

Didactalia: Costas De Frica Rivers and Lakes of Africa

For Students 9th - 10th
Can you name the elements of the African coast? Choose the answer from the list of the drop down menu in this interactive map. You result will be given at the end.
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Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs: River Rewilding: Grand River Restoration and Revitalization Project

For Students 9th - 10th
A unit for students to look at the economic opportunities associated with a river. Students will explore the Grand River Revitalization & Restoration Project. In this unit, they will also learn about two species impacted by the...
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Graphic
United Nations

United Nations: Cartographic Section: Great Lakes Region (Map 1) [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
The United Nations offers this very clear map of part of the Great Lakes region in eastern Africa. The lakes, of course, are labeled, as are the rivers, major cities, and countries.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigate Topography Caused by Glacial Lake Agassiz & Glacial Riv Warren

For Teachers 6th - 8th
In this field investigation young scholars will travel to Bonanza Educational center located on Big Stone Lake. The students will hike up the prairie where they will sit and sketch the topography of the land. The young scholars will then...
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Graphic
United Nations

United Nations: Cartographic Section: Great Lakes Region (Map 2) [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This map of the Great Lakes region in Africa from the United Nations shows the large lakes, the countries the lakes touch, and rivers that flow into and out of the lakes.
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Website
Other

New York Public Library: A Hudson River Portfolio

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about the Hudson River and the role it played in the westward and northward expansion of America (to the Great Lakes regions and to Canada) in the nineteenth century. Useful for understanding the importance of rivers as means of...
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Article
Other

Catawba Riverkeeper: Threats to Our Lake and Water

For Students 9th - 10th
The most common problem on the Catawba River and its lakes is sedimentation. Sediment carried by stormwater runoff from construction sites in North Carolina has been documented as the leading source of non-point source pollution to...
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Website
Other

Minnesota Lakes, Rivers and Streams

For Students 9th - 10th
This site gives information about Minnesota rivers and streams, stream flow information, and recreational information as well.
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Handout
State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Lake Mattamuskeet

For Students 9th - 10th
Lake Mattamuskeet-so named by Algonquian Indians-is North Carolina's largest natural lake. The ancient body of water has not escaped man's intervention. Originally, Mattamuskeet was a shallow, self-contained lake without creeks or rivers...
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Handout
State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Catawba River

For Students 9th - 10th
Catawba River rises in the Blue Ridge Mountains of McDowell County, approximately 20 miles east of Asheville, flowing east-northeast above Hickory until turning southward into the massive Lake Norman Reservoir. It then continues south,...
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Website
Ohio History Central

Ohio History Central: Lakes, Rives, & Canals

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site provides a brief introduction to the river system and canals of Ohio. Includes a history of the canal system, details and maps of the drainage throughout the state, and how the river systems are used today.
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Unit Plan
Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Reversing the Chicago River [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th
"Reversing the Chicago River" is a one page, nonfiction passage about how the leaders of Chicago reversed the polluted Chicago River so that it emptied into the Mississippi River instead of the lake. It is followed by questions which...
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Website
British Library

British Library: William Wordsworth's Lake District

For Students 9th - 10th
Scroll through the images to view William Wordsworth's Lake District. Click on a sketch for further information and to explore the image.
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Handout
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools

Loon Lake Elementary School: Jacques Marquette

For Students 3rd - 5th
A biography of Jacques Marquette (1637-1675), a French explorer and Roman Catholic missionary who was one of the earliest European explorers in North America. He joined the French explorer Louis Jolliet on a trip down the Mississippi...
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Handout
Walled Lake Consolidated Schools

Loon Lake Elementary School: Henry Hudson

For Students 3rd - 5th
A biography of Henry Hudson (1565-1611), an English explorer and sea captain. He made four voyages in an attempt to discover a northern route between Europe and Asia. Hudson never found such a passage, but he sailed farther north than...

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