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Human Impacts on Major Rivers of the World Lesson PlanHuman Impacts on Major Rivers of the World Lesson Plan
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Human Impacts on Major Rivers of the World

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Students explore motivations behind human intervention in the stream flow of selected rivers, infer kinds of interventions and their results, and evaluate level of success of such interventions of stream flow as well as environmental impacts.

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human impact on the environment, environmental stewardship, rivers

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human impact, rivers, social studies
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6th - 8th
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Social Studies & History
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