Castleton Primary School and Children's Centre
Rivers In Yorkshire
Overview:
In this unit, pupils will use key vocabulary to describe the water cycle and write about the journey of a river. Children are able to describe and understand that rivers are separated into three parts (upper course, middle course and lower course) and that the energy of the river changes within the different courses, as well as understanding that a river has a source and a mouth.
Children will use a map to locate the River Thames in London, follow its route into the North Sea and describe some of the river’s features. They will also be able to locate the source of the River Nidd on a map and follow its route into the River Ouse and identify other places it runs through. Children will have the opportunity to go on a fieldwork visit to the River Nidd, where they will use Digimap to navigate the area and locate the area’s features. The children will use photographs, sketch maps and notes to represent their fieldwork observations. Pupils will be able to explain the effect of a river flooding on the land around it and the community and explain how floodplains are used.
Key Vocabulary:
- water cycle
- river
- evaporation
- condense
- precipitation
- upper course
- middle course
- lower course
- source
- mouth
- energy
- meander
- confluence
- flood plains
- waterfalls
- tributaries
- River Thames
- Thames Head
- London
- North Sea
- River Nidd
- Yorkshire
- Nidd Head Spring
- River Ouse
- flood
Useful Links:
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z849q6f/articles/zx4j2v4
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z849q6f/articles/z7w8pg8
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/geography-ks1--ks2-rivers/z6qsf4j
- http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks1science.html#watercycle
- https://www.educationquizzes.com/ks2/geography/rivers/
- https://kids.kiddle.co/River_Nidd
- http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/riverthames/
- https://kids.kiddle.co/River_Thames
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