Tell the students that every year rivers around the world flood their banks after heavy rains or after snow and ice melt causing the rivers to overflow. Although floods can cause horrible damage to towns along a river's banks, in many parts of the world people depend on floodwater to grow their crops. Explain that in China farmers plant rice seedlings in paddy fields that have been flooded. Discuss rivers anywhere in the world that have been in the news recently. Record information about a major river by completing the river clues worksheet.
Procedure Divide the class into groups of three or four students.
Give each group a river clues worksheet. Have each group complete the river clues worksheet by collecting information about the river from a world map or atlas and recording the information on the worksheet. Once the groups have collected information regarding their assigned rivers, have each group present their clues to the rest of the class for them to figure out the river being presented. You may wish to make this into a contest by secretly assigning the rivers. Bibliography Student Titles Ayer, Eleanor.