Autumn Year5Investigating Rivers including World rivers
About theunit
This isa 'long' unit. In it, children learn, through fieldwork andresearch, about rivers and the effects they have on the landscape.The unit focuses on:
- thecomponents of the water cycle
- howrivers erode, transport and deposit materials to produce particularlandscape features
- thecharacteristics of a river system in another part of theworld
Vocab
In thisunit, children are likely to use:
- watercycle, rainfall, source, spring, river, stream, hill, slope, steep,mountain, waterfall, valley, channel, lake, mouth, erosion,pollution, landscape
Theymay also use:
- tributary, reservoir, drain, weir, floodplain, meander,gorge, rapids, estuary, delta, weathering, transportation,deposition
Expectations
Most children will:recognise selected physical processes relatingto rivers and begin to appreciate how these can change thecharacter of places; draw on their own observations and secondarysources and use their awareness of river events to suggestgeographical questions and raise issues that might be studied,eg floods, drought, pollution
Some children will not have made somuch progress and will: offer appropriate observations about river features;identify how people affect the environment and recognise ways inwhich people try to manage it
Some children will have progressedfurther and will also: use confidently a full range of skills anddifferent kinds of maps and resources to undertake independentinvestigations; offer explanations for river features observed;relate local river work to generalisations about riverselsewhere
Excellentwebsites
http://www.channel4.com/apps26/learning/microsites/E/essentials/geography/units/rivers_bi.shtml
http://www.swgfl.org.uk/rivers/River%20Process.htm
http://www.swgfl.org.uk/rivers/River%20Process.htm
http://www.swgfl.org.uk/rivers/River%20Process.htm
http://www.swgfl.org.uk/rivers/River%20Process.htm
http://www.hotcourses.com/img/schoolsnet/primary/resources/science/5d_book/dropletta8.htm
http://www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/geog/rivers/index.htm
Week and learningobjective | Activities | Learningoutcomes | Plenary and assessment | Resources | ||
Week 1 Concept map 1st day back atschool | What can you tell me aboutrivers? What are rivers used for? What is a river, why arerivers important, what do rivers carry, how are riversformed? Name rivers locally, in theUK, around the world Locate on map (IWB world map) | Assess priorknowledge | Discuss activities for thefuture | Spider map on IWB Save forend of unit Atlases http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/Homework/Grivers.html#1
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Week 2 Where does water comefrom?
Geography: 2a)e), 4a), 6c) Sc1: 2l) | Who lives by the riverExe / Lowman? Where does the water come from? What do you do inthe river? Discuss the watercycle Where do rivers start,finish? How does the water getthere http://www.hotcourses.com/img/schoolsnet/primary/resources/science/5d_book/dropletta8.htm Show water cycle sheet onIWB Illustrate with boilingkettle and mirror Children to complete watercycle wsheet stick in geog bk Cloze for LA Definition of key terms inGeog book Extn wordsearch,Xword PPDictionary for key vocab for class | To identify and understandthe components of the water cycle. To use the terms watercycle, condensation and evaporation. | Without Geog bks givedefinitions for evaporation, condensation water cycle http://www.angliacampus.com/public/pri/geog/rivers/act1.htm#7
PP fromMA children The WC occurs in yourhouse, where?TPs Watercycle in G bks Q &A | IWB andwebsites Water cyclewordsheets | ||
Week 3 Where does water goto?
Geography 1a 1b 1c 2b2e 6c 7c
| Recap the watercycle Explain that we are goingto investigate what happens to the rainfall when it reaches theground Enquiry qus Where are there areas ofwater after rain? How does the water reachthe drains? Why is the goal mouthoften muddier than the outfield? What happens to thewater after it reaches the ground? On a map of the playgroundmark likely area of puddles. Why does the water collectthere? Talk about permeable and impermeable surfaces Into playgroundactivities
Mark on base maps whereinvestigation took place Also observe roofs anddrains esp new build TAKE PHOTOS (esppuddles) Brief summary in booksabout where the rain goes when it reaches the playground at StJohns
| Know that rainwater travelsin different ways according to the site where it has fallen. Understand the termsimpermeable, permeable, rainfall, run off, channel, water cycle,condensation and evaporation. | Discuss results andreasons Relate to vocab What is the water run offlike in their gardens? How does water run offcompare between town and country
Where does the water gofrom a drain?
Photocopy each activity sheet for each child to have acopy Gluein book | Map of the schoolgrounds
stopwatches
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Week 4 Does everyone have as muchwater as we do?
Geog 1c 1d 1e 3a 3c 3e3g 5a 5b 6c 6d 6e | See http://www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/water/gettingstarted.htm For LP Use atlas to find eachcountry Ball game with lots of bluechalk GpSp and L activities | A K & U of global patternsof water availability and use | Posters created Discussion Working cooperatively | Web site resources | ||
Week 5 Visit from water Aid
Geog 1c 1d 1e 3a 3c 3e3g 5a 5b 6c 6d 6e
| Steve Dyer 2pm REMEMBER letter to parentsfor donations | Understanding of how we canhelp ensure that everyone has access to clean water |
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Week 6 Rivers and streams
Geog 2a 2d 4a 4b6c | http://www.swgfl.org.uk/rivers/SimpleJourney.htm Or http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/riversandcoasts/rivers/change_river/index.shtml
Where does a stream comefrom? What does it flowthrough? What features can yousee? Meander, valley, riverbank Discuss erosion etc use BBCsite Complete Journey of a riverwsheet | Geographical featuresassociated with rivers and streams Processes of erosion,deposition and transportation | Look at Amazon river identify main features
Review key feature of ariver and key processes associated with a river system
Markwsheets | Wsheets BBC website best forteaching Look at swgfl for the riverExe local knowledge | ||
Week 7 Rivers and streams onmaps
Geog 1a 2a 2c 2d6c | Assess ability to readmap What colour is thestream / river? Give children a map, findTiverton and then River Exe. No further instructions Then teach about gridreferences and help Use www.multimap.com Locate river Exe and traceroute with finger on the map Cf with http://www.swgfl.org.uk/rivers/SimpleJourney.htm Identify rivers features,tribs, confluences, sources, meander and valley Draw a sketch map of theriver and label main features from the OS map. Provide grid references asnecessary Using town map identifyroute from school to field site visit and colour (stick in Geogbooks) | Identify river features onan OS map Plan route to fieldtrip
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Plot an accurate route to river exe/lowman Draw an accurate sketch map of River Exe | OS maps IWB Town maps Coloured pencils
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Plan fieldtrip
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Week 9 River walkpreparation | Recap water cycle Recap features of ariver What could weinvestigate on our river walk? How? Discuss safety andriverwatch safety code Outline event |
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Week 10 Visit river Lowman (AmoryPark) Walk along River Exe on theway back to school HELP needed Geog 1a 1b 2a 2b 4a 6c7c | See separate lessonplan Lowman mainactivities WELLIES R. Exe for confluence, leatwhy is it there? | Identify parts of the riversystem Identify river features inthe field Record changes along arivers course Map a river section andshow land use |
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Week 11 Analysing the riverdata
Geog 1c 2a 2f 4a 4b6c | See separate lessonplan |
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Week 12 Pollution of rivers Speaker from EA
Geog 1a 1e | Invite EA spokesperson totalk about pollution along the River Exe and Lowman How has the river changedover the last 50 years? Speak to Heidi about Devonwebsite (maps) Brief bullet points on mainpoints made by EA |
| Relate discussion back toweeks 4 and 5 pollution in WW water sources, could the samehappen to us in the UK? Why / not?
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Week 13 Investigate World rivers inteams PPt presentation
Geog 3b 5a 6c | Group work ( 5 )ICT suite, internet Use hotlinks page toinvestigate major world rivers. Explore each continent Litlink with notetaking Allow time in lit forthis | The scale of some of theworlds rivers and where they are What people use riversfor | Usingsecondary resources ICTobjectives importing images, ppt, using the internet Notetaking | ICThotlinks Atlases Prompt sheet forquestions | ||
Week 14 Sp & L Present PPt | Each group to present theirPPt on world rivers Competition, secret ballotPrize for everyone but top 2 to be rewarded |
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Week 15 End of unitassessment
| Quiz Slam / mastermindactivity |
| Assessment sheet | http://www.kented.org.uk/ngfl/subjects/geography/rivers/ Assessment sheetcloze? WBs and pens | ||
Week 16 Nolesson EOT |
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