{"id":1183,"date":"2011-01-18T23:04:23","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T04:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/"},"modified":"2021-05-15T20:06:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-16T00:06:12","slug":"level-1b-rivers-and-oceans","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/materamabilis.org\/ma\/subjects\/geography-2\/level-1b-rivers-and-oceans\/","title":{"rendered":"Level 1B &#8211; Rivers and Oceans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>RIVERS AND OCEANS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This unit is intended to give a simple, hands-on introduction to different water features and environments. Most activities are short and require minimal preparation. Indoor activities should not usually take more than the normal 20 minute lesson time. A few activities are rather more time-consuming or require more preparation. These are marked +, and can be left out if you prefer. To round out the study we have included in the Nature Study <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3glWOKO\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em>Pagoo<\/em><\/span><\/a><\/strong> by Holling C. Holling, the story of a hermit crab.<\/p>\n<p>Outdoor Activities are marked with an asterisk. These could be included in a nature walk, or be made the focus of a separate trip.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Key Resources<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">*<a href=\"http:\/\/www.librarything.com\/work\/1206429\"><strong>Rivers and Oceans: Geography Facts and Experiments<\/strong><\/a> by Barbara Taylor\u00a0(<em>previously part of the out-of-print book <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2BwFOCI\"><strong>The Earth:The Geography of Our World<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by Barbara Taylor -ISBN: 0753454254<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Section 1: Local Geography<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lesson 1<\/strong>: Set up two separate notebooks:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">(1) A fact file for information about rivers, seas and other water environments. (This can be continued at Levels 1A and 2). <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Earth<\/span><\/em>, p.26; <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R&amp;O<\/span><\/em>, p.31<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">(2) Start a scrapbook about a local water environment &#8211; perhaps a stream, creek, river, canal or lake, or even a sea or ocean. <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Earth<\/span><\/em>, p.6; <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R&amp;O<\/span><\/em>, p.4<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>* <strong>Lesson 2:<\/strong> Pay a visit to your chosen water environment. Observe wildlife and plant life. How it the area used by people? Add a page to your scrapbook.<\/li>\n<li>* <strong>Lessons 3 to 7<\/strong>: Pay at least five further visits to your water environment (two each term). Monitor any changes, particularly seasonal ones.<\/li>\n<li>* <strong>Lesson 8:<\/strong> Visit another local water environment. Compare it to your chosen one.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Section 2: The Water Cycle<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lesson 9:<\/strong> Explain the water cycle and introduce the idea of evaporation and condensation (see diagram, <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Earth<\/span><\/em>, p.8; <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R&amp;O<\/span><\/em>, p.6); demonstrate condensation with steam from a kettle (<em>Earth<\/em>, p.9; <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R&amp;O<\/span><\/em>, p.7)<\/li>\n<li>*<strong>Lesson 10:<\/strong> Demonstrate evaporation by monitoring a puddle (<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Earth<\/span><\/em>, p.8; <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R&amp;O<\/span><\/em>, p.6).<\/li>\n<li>+ <strong>Lesson 11:<\/strong> Make a bottle garden to demonstrate the water cycle. (<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Earth<\/span><\/em>, p.9; <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R&amp;O<\/span><\/em>, p.7)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Section 3: Rivers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lesson 12:<\/strong> Explain river sources (see <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Earth<\/span><\/em>, p.12; <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R&amp;O<\/span><\/em>, p.12). Using a map follow the river nearest to where you live to its source. Find the source of two major rivers in your country.<\/li>\n<li>* <strong>Lesson 13:<\/strong> Explore the way a river behaves by making your own river using sand, gravel and water. (<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Earth<\/span><\/em>, p.13; R&amp;O, p.13)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lesson 14:<\/strong> Use salt dough, play dough or modelling clay to model a river with a levee, a meander and an ox-bow lake. (<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Earth<\/span><\/em>, p.14-15; <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R&amp;O<\/span><\/em>, p.16-17)<\/li>\n<li>* <strong>Lesson 15:<\/strong> Use twigs to explore the current of a river or stream. (<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Earth<\/span><\/em>, p.15; <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R&amp;O<\/span><\/em>, p.17)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lesson 16:<\/strong> Explain the terms river mouth and delta. Experiment with soil (dirt) in both salt and fresh water. (<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Earth<\/span><\/em>, p.16; <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R&amp;O<\/span><\/em>, p.18)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lesson 17:<\/strong> Find these six great rivers on a map: Mississippi, Amazon, Ganges, Nile, Rhine, Yangtze. If possible, mark them on a laminated map. What countries does each river pass through?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lesson 18:<\/strong> Choose one of these great rivers and make a page for your fact file<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Section 4: Lakes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lesson 19:<\/strong> Explain lakes; find the world&#8217;s six deepest lakes on a map. <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">(Earth,<\/span><\/em> p.18-19; <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R&amp;O<\/span><\/em>, p.20-21)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Section 5: Oceans and Seas<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lesson 20:<\/strong> Find the five oceans on a map; explain icebergs; use a balloon to make your own iceberg. (<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Earth<\/span><\/em>, p.20-21; <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R&amp;O<\/span><\/em>, p.22-23)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lesson 21:<\/strong> Explain waves, current and tides; observe waves in the bath. (<em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Earth<\/span><\/em>, p.22-23; <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R&amp;O<\/span><\/em>, p.24-25)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lesson 22: <\/strong>Look at a map of your country and name the seas and oceans that surround it; look at an example of a tide table, ideally for a place your child knows (you should be able to find one on the internet).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Section 6: Water Pollution<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Lesson 23:<\/strong> Discuss pollution and its causes; make a water filter. <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Earth<\/span><\/em>, p.24-25; <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R&amp;O<\/span><\/em>, p.29-30)<\/li>\n<li>* <strong>Lesson 24:<\/strong> Monitor a local water environment for evidence of pollution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Throughout the year:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(1) Add pictures and information to your fact file as you find them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">(2) Look for place names including water related words (lake, ford, bridge, for example).<\/p>\n<p><strong>+ Optional concluding activity:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Use salt dough or modeling clay to make a model showing as many of the water features and environments you have learned about as possible. Use the picture from <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Earth<\/span><\/em>, p.6-7; <em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">R&amp;O<\/span><\/em>, p.4-5 for ideas<\/p>\n<p><strong>Optional Extra Resources<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>National Geographic magazine<\/em><\/strong> (older issues are easy to find inexpensively)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/39T5Ahg\"><em><strong>The Magic School Bus at the Waterworks<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Joanna Cole<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VzALIz\"><strong><em>The Magic School Bus On the Ocean Floor<\/em><\/strong><\/a> by Joanna Cole<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIVERS AND OCEANS This unit is intended to give a simple, hands-on introduction to different water features and environments. Most activities are short and require minimal preparation. Indoor activities should not usually take more than the normal 20 minute lesson time. 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