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Website
shows kids historical, economic and ecological importance of rivers
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[NOV. 17, 2005]
URBANA --
Illinois fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders and their teachers now
have an interesting way to learn about the history and economic
importance of America's rivers, courtesy of a new University of
Illinois Extension website. "The All-Star River Explorers" site is
located at
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/rivers/index.html on the Urban
Programs Resource Network.
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"These new Web pages are designed to
help children understand the importance of rivers; how they are
formed and have changed over time; as well as the economic, cultural
and recreational roles they play," said Jane Scherer, U of I
Extension urban programming specialist.
"Students also learn about the early North American explorers --
like Marquette, Champlain, LaSalle, Hudson, and Lewis and Clark --
all of whom used rivers to make their discoveries."
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 The site is divided into sections -- "River Basics"; "River
Dollars & Sense"; "All-Star River Explorers Hall of Fame"; "River
Management: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly"; and "Ooze, Goo and Other
Nasty Things." The latter section includes information on river
pollution and the threat invasive fish and plant species post to
river health.
The site was designed by Duane Friend, U of I Extension natural
resource management educator, and Greg Stack, U of I Extension
horticulture educator.
[University
of Illinois Extension news release] |
