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Watch this video first, then use the observation worksheet in the post just below this.

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See video above for this experiment.

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Water Project Final_ Water Footprint-4802944

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Video for oil spills and bird feather project

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Video for oil spills and bird feather project

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Video on how to clean oil off of birds using feathers.

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Or any other body of water, river or stream nearby.

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Introductory Questions

1. Do you know anything about how drinking water is filtered and treated? (it’s ok if not)

2. Do you know where you get the drinking water from in your town? (this could be a water source like the river, or the place where they filter the water)

3. Is there anything you want to know about how we filter water in Oregon?

Please leave your answers as comments below then watch this video.

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1. What did you think about the video?

2. Did you learn anything new about how water is filtered here?

3. Do you have any questions about the process?

Please leave your answers as comments below.

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Hello everyone! Here is the second step in our project: think about human activity! Last week, I told everyone that I am researching the Willamette River and the steelhead salmon. The steelhead salmon lay and hatch their eggs in the river. Adult salmon need to swim up the river to find a place to lay eggs. When the juvenile salmon (young salmon) are old enough, they swim back down the river in the other direction.

What human activity affects the river and the fish's lives? The construction of dams!

A dam is a large structure that blocks the flow of water in a river. Dams also generate power like electricity. A famous dams in Oregon (where I live) is Bonneville Dam. Here is a picture of Bonneville Dam:

Dams block fish when they try to swim up or down a river. Many dams have fish ladders, which help adult fish swim over the dam. Fish ladders (like the one in this picture) help steelhead salmon swim upstream. See the fish swimming up the stairs?

Fish ladders help adult steelhead salmon swim to other parts of the river. However, young salmon need to swim in the opposite direction! Fish ladders do not help the young salmon. Instead, young steelhead salmon swim through big, dangerous turbines. See those big metal blades? Those blades can hurt the young fish!

Humans need dams to generate electricity, because we all need electricity to live! But some dams are hurting and even killing young steelhead salmon. We need to find a solution to help the fish swim past the dams safely.

Now it is time to think! What animal did you decide to research last week? What body of water did you decide to research? Now think...

How does human activity affect that body of water?

How does human activity affect that animal?

Do any of these things affect your animal or water source: trash, pollution, houses, construction, hunting, fishing, farming, anything else?

Please write down your thoughts. I will talk more about steelhead salmon, dams, and how to write our stories next week! Have a great week!

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Hello everyone! Here is the second step in our project: think about human activity! Last week, I told everyone that I am researching the Willamette River and the steelhead salmon. The steelhead salmon lay and hatch their eggs in the river. Adult salmon need to swim up the river to find a place to lay eggs.