Our Rivers
Introduction
Lesson #2
Mini
Reports
Getting to know the contents of " Our Rivers".
Objectives:
- The student will become familiar with the content of the “Our Rivers” section of the www.kidfish.bc.ca website.
- The student will be able to give a short ‘mini’ report on a section of information
Materials Needed:
- Computers connected to the Internet
- notebook
Activity:
Have students work singly or in pairs. Have them connect to the Internet and go to www.kidfish.bc.ca
Once the students have accessed the website, they should click on the “Our Rivers” icon. Depending on teacher preference, students can make themselves familiar with the whole section or just the heading they were assigned
The “Our Rivers” section of the website contains many headings with short descriptions. In this activity each student is assigned a heading for which he/she needs to give a short, oral report of a few sentences. Notes recorded in a notebook ahead of time is recommended.
Once the students are ready, they can stand up one at a time and give their presentation. These presentations can be broken up over two to three time periods.
Headings
(To be distributed among
students)
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What is a river? |
The Fraser River Watershed explained |
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Where does the water come from? |
What is a watershed? |
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Interesting facts about the Fraser River |
The river water |
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The river bottom |
The shoreline and the floodplain |
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Properties of a river |
Water speed |
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Water temperature |
Other stuff in the water |
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The river channel |
Habitat for plants, animals, fish and birds |
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Information on studying a stream |
More interesting facts about the Fraser River Basin |
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Tourism |
Transportation |
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Centers of settlements |
Industry |
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And more interesting facts about the Fraser River |
Dams and electricity |
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Fishing |
Farming |