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...
Wikimedia
Wikipedia: Stream
This article presents information on streams and various terminology associated with streams. In the article, the difference between intermittent and blue-line streams are discussed. Also, the difference between first-, second-, third-,...
National Institutes of Health
Niehs: Kids' Pages: River and Stream Pollution
What makes our rivers and streams dirty? This brief overview discusses the causes of pollution in rivers and streams and how to solve it.
NASA
Nasa: Live From Mars
A lesson plan from NASA that reinforces the concept of stream or river formation, the stages of river formation, and the development of meanders.
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.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Rivers and Streams
Learn more about Rivers and Streams through this educational resource. This site features photographs, a description, fun facts, and more about this type of freshwater ecosystem.
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...
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.
Other
Siemens Science Day: Earth Science: Let's Get Carried Away!
This hands-on science activity allows students to use a stream table to learn about the processes of erosion and stream-bed formation. Students will understand the effect of water speed on erosion rate and stream formation.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating the Water Quality of the Root River in Lanesboro, Mn
This field investigation will be in collaboration with Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center in Lanesboro, MN link to Eagle Bluff. It will include chemical, biological, and physical tests. The chemical tests will include kits where...
Other
Minnesota Lakes, Rivers and Streams
This site gives information about Minnesota rivers and streams, stream flow information, and recreational information as well.
Jim Loy
Jim Loy's Geology Pages: Meandering Rivers
Provides a diagram and a description of the movement of rivers and meandering patterns.
Channel 4 Learning
4 Learning: Geography Essentials: Investigating Rivers
A description of rivers, their uses, and their formation. There are worksheets and links for additional teacher support.
EL Education
El Education: E2 River Scientist Study
This book was created by fifth and sixth grade students at in Amherst, Massachusetts. As part of study of the local watershed, students interviewed and worked with local scientists who were involved with studying and promoting the health...
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.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Deposition by Streams
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How rivers carry and deposit sediments.
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.
Read Works
Read Works: Birth of a Mighty River
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the Amazon River and its origins. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in drawing conclusions.
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Next: Rivers
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