Rivers of Life
Alignment with Education Standards

Each of the Projects in Rivers of Life has been aligned with both the National Education Standards and the Minnesota Preparatory Standards, Middle Level Grades. 

For additional information concerning the National Education Standards,
see http://putwest.boces.org/Standards.html
For additional information concerning the Minnesota Graduation Standards,
see http://children.state.mn.us

Table of Contents 
Preparation Activities 
Energy Odyssey 
The Steamer Trunk 
Rivers Through Time 
Chasing the Flood 
 
ACTIVITY
STANDARD #
DESCRIPTION
Preparation Activities 
Prep. Activity 1: 
Introducing You and Your Watershed 		 1. Writing & Speaking 
7. People & Culture 		 Write for a variety of academic and Technical Purposes 
Geography and Culture
Prep. Activity 2: 
Mapping Your Watershed 		 9. Managing Resources 
5. Inquiry 
6. Science 
7. People & Cultures 
1. Read, View, & Listen		 Technical Applications 

Earth Science 
Geography and Cultures 
Technical Reading

Energy Odyssey 
Activity l: 
What is Energy? 		 2. Writing & Speaking 
2. Writing & Speaking 
5. Inquiry 
6. Science		 Writing 
Interpersonal Communication 
Direct Observation 
Physical Systems
Activity 2: 
Energy, Past and Present		 1. Read, View, & Listen 
3. Arts		 Non-Fiction 
Artistic Creativity and Performance
Activity 3: 
Mining for Chocolate Chips 		 2. Writing & Speaking 
5. Inquiry		 Interpersonal Communication 
Direct Observation
Activity 4: 
The Petroleum Puzzle 		 1. Read, View, & Listen 
1. Read, View, & Listen		 Non-Fiction 
Technical Reading
Activity 5: 
Parabolic Solar Cooker		 2. Writing & Speaking 
5. Inquiry 		 Interpersonal Communication 
Direct Observation
Activity 6: 
Tweety-Bird Turbine 		 2. Writing & Speaking 
3. Arts		 Interpersonal Communication 
Artistic Creativity and Performance
Activity 7: 
Energy for Life 		 1. Read, View, & Listen 
2. Writing & Speaking 
3. Arts 
5. Inquiry		 Non-fiction 
Interpersonal Communication 
Artistic Creativity and Performance 
Accessing Information
Activity 8: 
Conducting an Energy Audit 		 5. Inquiry 
5. Inquiry 
9. Managing Resources 
9. Managing Resources 		 Direct Observation 
Accessing Information 
Informed Consumerism 
Technical Application
Activity 9: 
A Contract to Save Energy 		 2. Writing & Speaking 
9. Managing Resources		 Writing 
Personal Resources
Activity 10: 
Energy Story 		 2. Writing & Speaking 
2. Writing & Speaking		 Interpersonal Communication 
Writing
Activity 11: 
Map Your Watershed's Energy 		 5. Inquiry 
6. Sciences 
9. Managing Resources		 Accessing Information 
Earth Systems 
Technical Application
Activity 12: 
Energy Action Plan 		 1. Read, View, & Listen 
1. Read, View, & Listen 
5. Inquiry		 Non-fiction 
Technical Reading 
Accessing Information
The Steamer Trunk 
Activity 1: 
An Introduction to Culture Boxes 		 2. Writing & Speaking 
3. Arts 		 Interpersonal Communications 
Artistic Interpretation
Activity 2: 
Student Culture Boxes		 2. Writing & Speaking 
3. Arts 
5. Inquiry 		 Interpersonal Communications 
Artistic Creativity and Performance 
Direct Observation
Activity 3: 
Planning the Steamer Trunk		 1. Read, View, & Listen 
2. Writing & Speaking 
5. Inquiry 
6. Sciences 
6. Sciences 
7. People & Cultures 		 Non-Fiction 
Interpersonal Communication 
Direct Observation 
Living Systems 
Earth Systems 
Geography and Culture
Activity 4: 
Creating the Classroom Steamer Trunk		 2. Writing & Speaking 
3. Arts 
5. Inquiry 
9. Managing Resources 
9. Managing Resources 		 Interpersonal Communication 
Artistic Creativity and Performance 
Accessing Information 
Group Resources 
Technical Applications
Activity 5: 
The Great Trunk Exchange		 9. Managing Resources Group Resources
Activity 6: 
Assessing the Evidence		 2. Writing & Speaking 
5. Inquiry 
9. Managing Resources		 Interpersonal Communication 
Direct Observation 
Technical Applications
Activity 7: 
Keepers of the Waters Public Art Project 		 3. Arts 
3. Art 
5. Inquiry 
5. Inquiry 
6. Science 
6. Science 
7. People & Cultures		 Artistic Creativity and Performance 
Artistic Interpretation 
Direct Observations 
Accessing Information 
Earth Systems 
Living Systems 
Geography and Culture
Rivers Through Time 
Activity 1: 
Mapping the Past 		 5. Inquiry 
7. People & Cultures 
9. Managing Resources		 Accessing Information 
Geography and Culture 
Technical Applications
Activity 2: 
On-going Artistic & Literary Expressions		 3. Arts 
7. People & Cultures		 Artistic Creativity and Expression 
Geography and Culture
Activity 3: 
Stratigraphy and Cross-Dating		 5. Inquiry Accessing Information
Activity 4: 
Artifact Classification 		 5. Inquiry 
7. People & Cultures		 Direct Observation 
Geography and Cultures
Activity 5: 
It's in the Garbage 		 2. Writing and Speaking 
5. Inquiry 
5. Inquiry 
6. Sciences 
7. People & Cultures 
7. People & Cultures		 Interpersonal Communication 
Accessing Information 
Direct Observation 
Living Systems 
Geography and Cultures 
Current Issue Analysis
Activity 6: 
Post Cards from the Past 		 2. Writing & Speaking 
3. Arts 		 Writing 
Artistic Interpretation
Activity 7: 
Steam Reconnaissance 		 5. Inquiry  Direct Observation
Activity 8: 
A Walk on the Wild Side		 1. Read, View, & Listen 
5. Inquiry		 Non-Fiction 
Direct Observation
Activity 9: 
Conducting your Clean Up 		 5. Inquiry 
5. Inquiry		 Direct Observation 
Controlled Experiment
Activity 10: 
The Junk Detectives 		 5. Inquiry 
7. People & Cultures		 Direct Observation 
Geography and Culture
Activity 11: 
Junk that Imitates Art 		 2. Writing & Speaking 
3. Arts		 Interpersonal Communications 
Artistic Creativity and Performance
Chasing the Flood 
Activity 1: 
Assembling the Equipment 		 5. Inquiry 
5. Inquiry 		 Direct Observation 
Accessing Information
Activity 2: 
Locating Your Weather Station		 2. Writing & Speaking 
5. Inquiry		 Interpersonal Communication 
Accessing Information
Activity 3: 
Taking Measurements 		 4. Mathematics 
5. Inquiry		 Shape, Space, and Measurement 
Direct Observation
Activity 4: 
Submitting Your Data 		 4. Mathematics 
9. Managing Resources		 Number Sense 
Technology Applications
Activity 5: 
Connecting Precipitation, Snow Data & River Levels		 1. Read, View, & Listen 
4. Mathematics 
6. Sciences 
9. Managing Resources		 Technical Reading 
Number Sense 
Physical Systems 
Technology Applications
Activity 6: 
Flood Mapping		 1. Read, View, & Listen 
2. Writing & Speaking 
5. Inquiry 
6. Science		 Non-fiction 
Interpersonal Communication 
Direct Observation 
Living Systems
Activity 7: 
Flood Scrapbook 		 5. Inquiry  Accessing Information
Activity 8: 
Urbanization and Runoff		 3. Art 
5. Inquiry		 Artistic Creativity and Performance 
Direct Observation
Activity 9: 
The Erosion Equation 		 5. Inquiry Direct Observation
Activity 10: 
Where Does the Water Go? 		 1. Read, View, & Listen 
2. Writing & Speaking		 Technical Reading 
Interpersonal Communication
Activity 11: 
What's a Wetland Worth?		 2. Writing & Speaking 
5. Inquiry		 Interpersonal Communication 
Direct Observation
Activity 12: 
Where are the Wetlands?		 6. Science 
7. People & Cultures 		 Living Systems 
Geography and Culture
Activity 13: 
A River Dammed 		 1. Read, View, & Listen 
2. Writing & Speaking		 Non-fiction 
Writing

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