Our Rivers
Kit Lessons
How Do Rivers Form?
An engaging hands-on activity will help children learn how rivers form and flow down a mountain. An extension activity is included in the art center to introduce students to how water affects color.
Let’s Make a River
Children will learn what the components are of a strong clean river by visiting a river, collecting materials, and building one in their classroom. Activity extensions are included for the art and sensory center.
What’s in Our River?
Children will learn what organisms are in our local rivers. This lesson includes an outdoor experience in which children take samples of water and look at it under a microscope. In the art center children will use river water and watercolors to display their understanding of rivers.
Native Language — Relevant Vocabulary
English
Dena'ina
Sugt'stun
Yu'pik
Lake
Mountain
River
Water
Related Alaska Children’s Literature
We Are Water Protectors
Go Home, River
The Life Cycle of Salmon