why are rivers muddy? logan, jackson

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Why are rivers muddy?!!!Why are rivers muddy?!!!

Why are rivers muddy?!!!

Our mane Question

WHY ARE RIVERS MUDDY?!WHY ARE RIVERS MUDDY?!

Our Hypothesis Our Hypothesis When it rains the river goes' When it rains the river goes'

up the muddy bank and up the muddy bank and washes all of the mud off the washes all of the mud off the

bank. bank.

Investigation - experimentInvestigation - experiment• We went down to the river and collected a

sample of river water. We used a water key to see how muddy it was. Here is a video on the next slide.

Click on the picture to play the video.

Our ResultsOur Results.Our results were right. On the day that was

muddy we went down to the river and took a sample. We found out that on that day it rained.

Rainfall DataRainfall Data

3/06/09

10/06/09

No rain!!

Rain

ConclusionConclusion

We found out that rivers are muddy because of rain.

Our hypothesis was right because our test proved it.

Our researchOur research

The Mississippi river is called the big muddy because of the amount off dirt it has

Social ActionSocial Action

• We want to link the rainfall data website to the school blog so that everyone who wants to go fishing knows when it will be a good time (or not) to go.

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