Endangered River Project

To begin your exploration of one of America's Most Endangered Rivers open the three links below:

1) First you'll need to know: What river do I have?
2) Then you'll have to begin researching by going to this familiar site and clicking on the link for your river.
America's Most Endangered Rivers
3) Use these questions to guide your reading.  Make a copy and fill out your own, then share it with me.
Endangered River Reading Qs

America's Most Endangered Rivers Project

Look at the rivers included on America's Most Endangered Rivers list.  Decide on your top two choices for a river to research.  Email me with your choices that will be assigned tomorrow.

America's Most Endangered Rivers

Columbia River Outline

For homework tonight, use the link to the outline below.  Decide on a side (either the changes to the Columbia River are positive or they are negative).  Cut and paste any research that will help your claim into the body portion of the outline.

Columbia River Outline

Timeline:

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Five-Paragraph Essay Format	* Develop outline * Write thesis and 3 topic sentences	Writer’s workshop	Writer’s workshop	Peer Edit: Essay due Monday 3/3/2014

Columbia River Research

Use the links below to begin researching the effect of human activities on the Columbia River.  You will be writing an essay which states your claim regarding the health of the Columbia River.  This site provides both benefits and disadvantages of human activity so you may choose your side and defend it through a persuasive essay.  To get started, fill out the research guide as you navigate through the interactive site.

Columbia River Interactive

Columbia River Research Guide

Colorado River - homework 2/13

View this blendspace to get a more thorough background of the Colorado River.  You will need to open each slide in a new tab, but go back to blendspace to add your comments.  Enjoy!

Colorado River Blendspace

Watershed Creation

Learn about the parts of every watershed by creating your own.  You may create a 3D model, draw a picture, or use Google Draw to demonstrate your knowledge.

This is not homework, we will continue working on it in class on Monday.

Watershed Creation

Porosity Lab

In class on Tuesday we will complete a lab to determine the effect of sediment size on porosity.  Make a copy of the lab to complete on your own.  Use the Lab Rubric to help guide your completion.

Porosity Lab

Lab Rubric