The Learning Log on the Three Gorges Dam

My name:______________________________

Go to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/three_gorges.html

1. What is the completion date of the Three Gorges Dam?

2. What is the dam made of?

3. The enormous Three Gorges Dam reservoir will to visible from the _______________. 

Go to http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/zt/sxgc/t36502.htm

4. How many people drowned because of flooding in 1931?

5. The Three Gorges Hydropower Station will generate _________ billion KWH of power a year. 

Go to http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/06/060609-gorges-dam.html

6. When was the last barrier to the Three Gorges dam destroyed?

7. When was the dam first proposed?

8. Go to page two of article.  What does the giant garbage-lapping tongue do?

Do YOU think the Three Gorges Dam was a good idea?  Write a paragraph on the back side of this paper stating what you think.