Students will choose where on the course of the river they will place their cut out illustrations. Invite students to generate more questions about the river they have created in this activity. Ask students what they have done in this project and what they think was the purpose. Some uses are beneficial for people, animals, and the environment, and others are harmful. Downstream users are affected by upstream activity.
River pollution can come from point and nonpoint pollution.
People need to think about the consequences of using the river before they use it. Write an essay on how rivers should be used and why. Imagine you are going to be the guest speaker at a River Summit in which all aspects of river use will be discussed. Write an outline of your speech and a summary of the main ideas you hope all the people in the audience will understand. Do research on the many uses of a river in another part of the world.