Message from sbogart

[Anonymous]

Last week I taught a lesson on the world's great rivers and waterways. I focused in on the Yangzi river. We talked about how important waterways are for the people around them. We then focused on pollution (with earth day next week) and talked about what happens when water is polluted which is what happened to the Yangzi. We went one step further and focused on the Yangzi River Dolphin. I read "Almost Gone" page on the dolphin then switched over to the internet and showed the class a webpage detailing how in 2007 after 10 months of searching, scientists where unable to locate a single dolphin. It was a very poignient reminder how fragile our planet is.