TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Your River's Health
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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US Geological Survey
U.s. Geological Survey: Streamgages Measuring Pulse of Our Nation's Rivers [Pdf]
General information on the importance and use of a streamgage to measure and record the water level in a river.
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Nagt: Variable Rivers
In this lesson plan students will be introduced to rivers and river processes. They will test an isolated variable in rivers and they will test either the amount of water, velocity of water, or steepness of the river bed to determine how...
Other
Center for Columbia River History: Promoting the Study of Columbia River
The Center for Columbia River History contains information about a river that spans seven states and a territory in Canada. Understand the environmental factors that contribute to this river.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Flow Rates of Faucets and Rivers
In the Flow Rate Experiment, students perform hands-on experiments with a common faucet, as well as work with the Engineering Our Water Living Lab (accessible through TeachEngineering.com) to gain a better understanding of flow rate and...
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Ohio Stream Management Guide: Natural Stream Processes [Pdf]
Provides detailed and technical information and diagrams concerning stream formation, channel shapes, erosional process, and stream management.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Streams and Rivers
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Features of streams and rivers.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Landforms From Stream Erosion and Deposition
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explains how and where rivers erode and deposit sediments, including particles and dissolved ions.
Missouri Botanical Garden
Missouri Botanical Garden: Freshwater Ecosystems
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...
American Geosciences Institute
American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Streams and Water Quality
In this activity, students will measure stream velocity, sediment load, and the pH of the water.
Next.cc
Next: Rivers
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.
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Build a River Model!
In this activity, explore the distinct characteristics of a river by creating a river model inside a pan with sand, pebbles, and real water.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: River Rewilding: Advanced Water Quality
In this unit, students will try to improve stream quality and reduce human impacts by taking action.This Advanced Water Quality unit is packaged into three smaller parts: Part 1: Stream Habitat Assessment; Part 2: Macroinvertebrate...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: A River Runs Through It
This two-month project requires a nearby stream or river to use for testing. Learners use river monitoring equipment to conduct water tests, fish observation, insect identification and to collect data related to physical properties of...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Flow Characteristics of the Crow River
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,...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Measuring Discharge and Flow in the Rum River
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.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Geo Logic: Stream Discharge Rates Rappahannock River Station
Using problem solving methods and GEOLogic questions, students are asked to convert measurements in cubic feet per hour to cubic feet per second, and then match the names of the researchers measuring the flows at a river station with the...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Geology of the Credit River at Hidden Valley Park
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,...
National Association of Geoscience Teachers
Nagt: Variable Rivers
In this activity students will test amount of water, velocity and steepness of a tabletop riverbed to see how it affects a river's depth, width, and delta size.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Using Benthic Marcoinvertebrates to Determine Biodiversity in a River
In this investigation of macroinvertebrates, young scholars 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...
Other
Nc Department of Energy and Natural Resources: River Basin Riddler Cards
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.
Other
Virtual Courseware Project: Geology Labs on Line: Virtual River: River Discharge
Learn the basics of rivers in this interactive tutorial.
World Geography Games
World Geography Games: Rivers
Explore the major rivers of the world through this interactive quiz.
Idaho State University
Idaho State University: Environmental Geology: Rivers and Flooding
Recognize what physical characteristics create rivers on Earth's surface. Identify where floods occur and what makes them happen.
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