AY Honor Waterfalls

Waterfalls

Skill Level

1

Year

2012

Version

29.12.2025

Approval authority

South American Division

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Overview

A waterfall is a point in a river or stream where water flows over a vertical drop or a series of steep drops. Waterfalls also occur where meltwater drops over the edge of a tabular iceberg or ice shelf.

Learn how they form, the different types and hopefully visit one!

The Challenging Part

The most challenging requirement of this honor is probably this:

4. Complete two of the following activities.

a. Visit a waterfall and write a paragraph telling about your experience.

b. Choose a waterfall (other than ones in #3) of interest to you and record facts and interesting information about the falls that you have selected.

c. Watch a video about a waterfall.

d. Make a scrapbook about waterfalls. Include pictures of waterfalls and important information about each one.

e. Create a crossword or word search puzzle about 10 waterfalls.