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River-wrecking dams are the wrong choice for a warming world. International Rivers works on three key areas where climate change, dams and rivers intersect. For an in-depth look at each of these areas, click on the links below or visit our Publications page.

The article discusses the science behind the basketball shot off a dam 415 ft. into a basket. Pretty amazing!

Chemistry curriculum guidelines- what students should learn in high school chemistry as advised by the ACS.

This study gives scientific investigations with the assessment scoring guides.  The blueprint for each task is included and the goal is to engage student in more hands on activities. 

barbed wire fence at Lake Powell

A River Runs Through Us (about 30 min.) is personal and hopeful introduction to one of the biggest threats facing our world's lifelines, as told by the people at the forefront of the global movement. Impacts of damming rivers - Paraguay, India, Africa. Good introduction to rivers and environmental crisis.

Suggested as system for sharing pictures and videos, by Mike Schmelder, Director of Information Services, Lancaster Country Day School

A visual example of why teachers, whether in K-12 OR higher education might want to re-think their own use of PowerPoint slide shows. What she does not say, but probably should, is that any slide show should probably have only about 25% of the material that will be presented.