The+Colorado+River


 * View each video clip. After viewing each clip, pause to record the big ideas from the segment on the concept map provided. Compare your map with a table mate's; update your map to reflect any new learning. Continue on to the next clip.
 * The Weather Channel: The Colorado Returns to the Sea
 * The weather channel: Colorado River Dams and Lakes
 * The Weather Channel: Colorado River City Use
 * The Weather Channel: Colorado River Agriculture
 * The Weather Channel: Colorado River Dry Seas
 * The Weather Channel: Colorado River Flood Gates Open
 * Participate in the whole class discussion about the Colorado River geography, usage, etc. Update your concept map to reflect new learning.
 * Choose **an article to read or listen to** the NPR story on the Colorado River. Record a summary of the article/ story on the back of your concept map.
 * listening link:
 * Waters will Flood Part of the Colorado River, For Just a Few Weeks (NPR - listen to the story)
 * articles to read:
 * Colorado River Drought Forces A Painful Reckoning for States
 * National Geographic: pulse flow of the Colorado River
 * An Unusual Sight: Water Flows in Mexico's Colorado River
 * Pulse Flow Already Bringing New Life to Colorado River Delta
 * Historic Water Release Bring Surge Of Joy to River Delta
 * Monitoring the Pulse Flow
 * A community gets its river back
 * Discuss your reading with a classmate; complete a Venn Diagram to show how your stories were the same and different.
 * [[file:venndiagram.doc]]
 * TURN IN YOUR WORK