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Provided by: Chicago Academy of Sciences |Published on: May 6, 2025
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Synopsis
This website gives an overview of why the Chicago River is vital part of the ecosystem and supports the local aquatic habitats and the animals that call them home.
The website allows students to understand what happens to local waterways during the winter season and how climate change may affect aquatic and plant life.
The website is easy to navigate, with subtopics easily accessible for students to click on to learn more about the Chicago River.
The webpage allows students to understand how climate change has affected the Chicago River and its inhabitants.
Prerequisites
It may be helpful if students understand where exactly the Chicago River runs and locate it on a map.
Students should have a basic understanding of the aquatic and plant life located in and around the Chicago River.
Students will need access to the internet and their own devices to access the webpage on their own.
Differentiation & Implementation
Students can research how many times the Chicago River has flooded due to climate change and discuss the consequences of the flooding to both humans and the environment.
Students can research and graph average winter temperatures over the last 20 years in Chicago and analyze what the data is saying in terms of where winters are headed.
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