Geographic Alliance of Iowa

Putting Iowa in its place

Let the River Run

This lesson was created by Catharine Freeman for students from third to fifth grade. As a result of this lesson plan, students will learn about streams as natural resources.

Discipline/Subject

Human Geography

Physical Geography

English

Reading

Theme

Environmental

Landforms

Cartography/Maps

Region

None specified

Five Themes of Geography

Location

Place

Human-Environment Interaction

National Geographic Standards

7. The physical processes that shape the patterns of Earth's surface

15. How physical systems affect human systems

17. How to apply geography to interpret the past

Iowa Core Social Studies Standards

GE 3. Understand how human factors and the distribution of resources affect the development of society and the movement of populations

GE 4. Understand how physical processes and human actions modify the environment and how the environment affects humans