Description

Overview:

This task, by ClimeTime educators, is for 4th grade students. After class discussions about how dams affect rivers, students analyze aerial photographs of the Elwha River taken just before and at intervals after the removal of the Elwha Dam. Students incorporate what they have learned about erosion to explain the phenomenon of change in the turbidity of the water and structure of the beach at the mouth of the river.
Resource includes a student task document, teacher guide, and task facilitation slides.

Subject:

Hydrology

Level:

Upper Primary

Material Type:

Assessment

Author:

Brianne Caviness, Larissa Threats

Provider:

Washington Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction

Date Added:

05/06/2024