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Rivers and Streams - MBGnet

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4 to 8
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This colorful and informative site provides information about rivers and streams. Specific topics include "What is a Watershed," "Watershed Scientific Concepts," "How a Stream Becomes...more
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This colorful and informative site provides information about rivers and streams. Specific topics include "What is a Watershed," "Watershed Scientific Concepts," "How a Stream Becomes a River," "River Zones," "The Longest Rivers in the World," "Hydroelectric Power," and several other topics. This site is also a web resource for the TeachersFirst interactive Biomes of the World Unit.

tag(s): biomes (110), landforms (39), water (105)

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If your class is learning about rivers and streams, delve even "deeper" by sharing this site on your projector or interactive whiteboard. Have cooperative learning groups explore specific areas of this site and create a multimedia presentation to share with the class. Challenge students create an annotated image including text boxes and related links using a tool such as Thinglink, reviewed here. Or challenge students to create an online graphic to share using Canva, reviewed here.