Applied Scientific Methods
Use it online!.	Intermediate Level: Grades 4-5 Intermediate Standard: Living and Nonliving Systems Consider how certain artworks are inspired by and reflect the natural environment (e.g., Caddo Effigy Bowl, Cropsey's Catskill Mountain House, Morrison's Collage IX: Landscape). Discuss specific visual images that reflect the importance of water to early settlers in America, and also consider other natural resources that might attract settlers to a locale. Individually or in small groups, create a map of an ideal settlement location, including a key showing symbols for features such as mountains, rivers, and forests. (See Extension Activities, "The American Land: Westward Ho!") Research and discuss the importance of rivers and falls in choosing sites for the settlements of Minneapolis, St. Anthony, and Fort Snelling. (See Extension Activities, "The American Land: Westward Ho!") To complement study of Henry Lewis's St. Anthony Falls, listen to a reading of a report about Lewis's sketching trip on the Mississippi River, research and discuss how a similar contemporary trip would be alike and different, and write and illustrate a journal about the latter. (See Extension Activities, "The American Land: Changing Landscapes.") Compare Lewis's depiction of St. Anthony Falls with how the site looks today. (See Extension Activities, "The American Land: Changing Landscapes.") Based on a visual chart of the uses that American Indians made of the buffalo, create a written chart that organizes the same information by functional type (e.g., food, clothing, shelter). (See Extension Activities, "The American People: Native Americans.")
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