Red River Land: History of the Red River: Part 1
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Erling Rolfsrud examines how glaciers have influenced the geography of the Red River Valley, including information about the great glacial lake, Lake Agassiz, and how it receded to form the Red River. Find out why the land is flat and where the huge rocks on the prairie came from.
Source
Red River Land, Prairie Public & NCCST, Erling Rolfsrud.
Grade Level
3 - 12
Subject Matter
Social Studies, Science
Standards
Identify ways (e.g., wind, rain, people) that larger rocks break down into smaller rocks
Explain changes in the real world using a model (e.g., erosion, volcano, stream table, wing designs for airplanes)
Identify changes that can be steady or irregular (e.g., floods, earthquakes, erosion, tooth decay)
Explain how models can be used to illustrate scientific principles (e.g., osmosis, cell division)
Explain the changes Earth has undergone over geologic time (e.g., fossil record, plate tectonics, climate change, glaciation)
Explain how models can be used to illustrate scientific principles
Explain how scientists create and use models to address scientific knowledge
Use geographic tools (e.g., maps, globes, graphs, diagrams, almanacs, GIS) and concepts to locate and describe physical features of places
Explain how physical processes (e.g., wind and water erosion, climatic changes, plate tectonics) create, maintain, and modify Earth’s physical features and environments
