Use the links to jump to specific lessons within the rivers unit
Each lesson will have a PowerPoint and worksheets to complete. Some lessons will also have information sheets to help complete the work.
By the end of this lesson you will:
Know what a river system does
Understand the importance of rivers
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Human activity in rivers (information sheet)
By the end of this lesson you will:
Know the keywords related to the hydrological cycle
Explain the hydrological cycle
Resources
Hydrological cycle sheet (to be completed)
By the end of this lesson you will:
Know three types of 'work' a river does whilst it flows through the landscape
Describe specific river processes
Resources
Types of erosion (information sheet)
Erosion processes sheet (to be completed)
By the end of this lesson you will:
Know the features of a drainage basin
Define key drainage basin terminology
Describe what happens in different stages of a river system
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Drainage basin sheet (to be completed)
By the end of this lesson you will:
Identify what happens to river characteristics along the long profile
Recognise a range of river landforms
Understand how and why river landforms change over time
Explain the formation of waterfalls and meanders
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River landforms match up sheet (to be completed)
River landforms (information sheet)
Waterfalls and meanders sheet (to be completed)
Floodplains and levees extension sheet (to be completed)
By the end of this lesson you will:
Understand key terminology linking elements of the water cycle to flooding
Identify the physical and human causes of flooding
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Flooding cause and effect sheet (to be completed)
By the end of this lesson you will:
Understand the features of a storm hydrograph
Know how factors can affect the shape of a hydrograph
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Storm hydrography sheet (to be completed)
By the end of this lesson you will:
Revise the key aspects of the rivers unit
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Revision mat (to be completed)