Objectives
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Students will find data on 3 tributaries of Red River. Students will identify flow of water through watershed.
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Standards Addressed
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Unifying Concepts & Processes: Evidence, models, & explanation. |
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Red River Watershed Map (unlabeled), Internet access
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Time Requirement
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Procedure/outline
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Discuss tributaries & watersheds accessing student's prior knowledge. List vocabulary of rivers/tribs. such as source, confluence, headwaters, elevation change, meander. Students label major towns/landmarks/obstructions, etc. of 3 tributaries of Red River on map. Show direction of flow, elevations of major points & highlight the path of water in these three from source to Lake Winnipeg (Hudson Bay-or further if on map). |
Modifications/Adaptions/ Extensions
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Students should have experience in locating valid information on Internet. "A Tangled Web" from Healthy Water Healthy People is good lesson. Students should read Paddle to the Sea before lesson. |
Assessment
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Assess vocabulary knowledge with "Jeopardy" game. Given a blank Red River watershep map, students can trace flow of water from source ot Lake Winnipeg. |
Other Comments
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Follow lesson by decorating & launching canoes in a tributary of Red River. |
