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Unit 14 Investigating Rivers |
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Key Questions |
Weblinks |
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Where does water come from? |
Planning, worksheets and resources available from http://www.educate.org.uk/teacher_zone/classroom/geography/unit14.htm
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Where does water go to? |
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Where is this river? Where does it go? How is it changing? What do I think and feel about the river? |
River Trent http://www.sln.org.uk/trentweb/ An excellent website Could be used as a model for local river study http://www.curriculumvisions.com/ Virtual river tour http://www.naturegrid.org.uk/rivers/index.html A journey of the Wear from source to mouth |
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What is this river like? How does it affect the landscape? How is it changing and why? |
Flooding, drought,pollution |
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Landmarks http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/landmarks/riversandcoasts/index.shtml For a series of My World Screens and Information Workshop files on British, European and World rivers visit www.wbol.co.uk
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Suggested resources |
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river diagram Cut and paste activity – |
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Use a paint package to paint River landscapes and other river features Use ICT to combine graphical, numerical and textual information |
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Hugo Meynall site useful for all aspects of curriculum http://atschool.eduweb.co.uk/40903026a/frames.htm River Cyberhunt taken from above site A useful collection of sites with specific tasks |