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Stream Table

In this activity, learners use aluminum trays and wooden blocks to form stream tables to investigate river formations in two different landscape scenarios. Learners compare and contrast how the formation of the river differs if the topography of the land is changed from a flat plain to a terrain with hills and valleys.

Keywords:: Social Sciences, Landscape, Liquids, Stream, Human Impact, River Mouth, NSDL, Biological Science, Upstream, Ecology, Plains, Physics, Conducting Investigations, Water Cycle, Chemistry, States of Matter, Earth Structure, Solids, General, Earth System Science, Space Science, Forestry and Agriculture, River Source, Geologic Time, Life Science, Physical Science, Geoscience, Natural History, Motion and Forces, Anthropology, Oceanography, Earth's History, The Scientific Process, General Science, Valleys, Rocks and Minerals, Hills, Oceans and Water, Earth and Space Science, Topography, Momentum and Velocity, Education, Tributary, Gravity, Downstream, Deposition, Erosion, River