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🏞️ Rivers & Lakes

Follow the water! Splash along rivers and lakes.

lesson

~5 min

to learn

🔬 Science

subject

Ages 3–5

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What you’ll learn

Explain that rivers flow downhill to the sea and lakes are calm water surrounded by land.A river is fresh water that flows downhill from the mountains to the sea. A lake is calm fresh water with land all around it. Rivers and lakes give water to plants, animals, and people.

Questions this course answers

Which way does a river flow?

Rivers flow downhill, all the way down toward the sea.

What is a lake?

A lake is a calm body of water surrounded by land on all sides.

Grounded in trusted sources

National Geographic Education, "Understanding Rivers", education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/understanding-rivers
National Geographic Kids, "Freshwater Habitat", kids.nationalgeographic.com/nature/habitats/article/freshwater
U.S. Geological Survey, "Freshwater (Lakes and Rivers) and the Water Cycle", usgs.gov/water-science-school

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