Confluences: How water connects

This week on the river, we stop at a confluence very special to my heart: the confluence of the Mississippi River and the White River. Here we learn how Glacier National Park and the Ozark Natural Science Center are connected and what the rivers in between look like.

This week on the river, we stop at a confluence very special to my heart: the confluence of the Mississippi River and the White River. Here we learn how Glacier National Park and the Ozark Natural Science Center are connected and what the rivers in between look like.

Grades: 4-8

Supplemental Work:

  • Plot a few of your favorite places on a map and figure out a route by water to connect them. Is it possible?
  • Trace where you life from the source to the sea