01/17/16 Rivers

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Summary

Rivers are a very important part of our ecosystem. For example, the San Joaquin River Delta provides fresh drinking water for approximately 25 millions people in California. Water in motion can create electricity with turbines, move large objects, and even take you rafting. They even helped us find gold! When rivers are steep and have a high incline, the water is usually clear with a rock bottom. In these types of rivers, the water is moving really fast with more force. When the river is flat, the water is cloudy with a muddy/slimy/planty bottom. Because rivers can often erode the land around it, I can infer that the fast moving clear rivers are deeper since they erode the ground faster.

SP4: Analyzing and interpreting data

I analyzed data when I read an article about the San Joaquin River Delta. I read and analyzed the article in order to learn about why the Deta is an important part of our environment as well as to learn about our river vocabulary. I also analyzed and interpreted data when I completed two different worksheets. The first worksheet was more specifically into the river vocabulary. In that worksheet, we had to analyze the data given about the meaning of the word and interpret where to annotate the picture turning the picture into a sort of diagram. On the second sheet, we had to analyze data when we kept on re-reading the San Joaquin River Delta article (we read it 3 times in total). After we read the article, we had to answer questions using the ACE strategy and match words with their definition.