On-line conferencing and live chat connect students, teachers, and content experts in lively dialogs. Teachers enjoy e-mail and listserv support. On-line publication of classroom projects motivates students to do their best work. Activities explore the relationship between precipitation, land use, and flooding. Research includes past and current floods and their impacts on natural and human communities.
Students take an archaeological perspective in viewing human impact on local environments.
Activities focus on learning about non-renewable and renewable sources of energy. Rivers of Life is produced by the Center for Global Environmental Learning, Hamline University and distributed by OnlineClass.