Summary
A prized 'skismo' floats away, and the kids grab a raft to chase it over a waterfall and down a twisting river -- landing far from home in a mangrove world. A wild ride through moving water and the land it shapes.
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Ages 5+
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Discussion questions
Discussion
The kids ride a runaway river to see how flowing water travels and shapes the land.
- Where did the river carry the kids and their raft?
- How does moving water change the land it flows over?
- What bodies of water did you see in this episode?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: river, current, waterfall.
Try it: Draw the path of the river from the top of the waterfall to where it ends. Label two things it passes.