Learning Goals
- Students will develop an argument for or against breaching the dams.
- Students will be able to explain how human impacts affect the ecosystem.
Materials List
Handouts
Important Links
- Lesson Plan
- Video: Should the Snake River Dams Stay or Go?
- Dam Politics
- Federal report recommends removing dams
- An Economic Analysis of the Costs and Benefits of Removing the Four Dams on the Lower Snake River
- Removing Snake River dams is bad for economy and salmon
- The Pros and Cons of Dam Removal
- More Articles on Pros and Cons of Removing the Dams
- Student Work: Example 1, Example 2, Example 3
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Illustration of a food web featuring orcas. The image is a cross section of the sea. At the top are two white clouds, the waterline, then the marine life before the sea floor that makes up the bottom the image. From top to bottom and then left to right there are: orca, phytoplankton, plainfin midshipman, zooplankton, sea cucumber, bat star, sea urchin, kelp bass, sea otter, black rockfish, and kelp. White arrows connect the web based on each species diet.