Children of the River
Using the Children of the River Video
Introduce the activity to your students by showing the Children of the
River video. Afterward, take the opportunity to discuss the students'
reactions to the events on Walpole Island and complete the hands-on discovery
activity, Go With the Flow. The concept of human interaction with
the environment is reinforced in the video and in the activity. Allow the
students to make their own connections as much as possible. Repeated viewings
of the video, or selected portions of the video, are recommended.
The video length is 26:44.
Scenes include:
00:00 opening scene/introduction: Children of the River
00:26 credits for The New Explorers
00:75 Bill Kurtis states the problem
02:00 introduction to the Walpole Island community
03:43 in the classroom, students learning to do water testing
04:39 students convince city council/GREEN comes to St. Clair/ water testing
05:53 Walpole Island: remembering the past and seeing the future
06:35 water around the world
07:20 Walpole Island joins the GREEN program
07:80 food chain in an aquatic environment
07:95 students check out the organisms in the river environment
08:92 back in the classroom, students review the results
09:28 how does empowerment affect the Children of the River?
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