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QCA

Geography at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 6)

Unit 14: Investigating rivers

QCA
About this unit
This is a 'long' unit. In it, children learn, through fieldwork and research, about rivers and the effects they have on the landscape. The unit focuses on:
  • the components of the water cycle
  • how rivers erode, transport and deposit materials to produce particular landscape features
  • the characteristics of a river system in another part of the world
This unit may be shortened to a 'medium' unit by leaving out the final section.

Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.
1. Where does water come from?
2. Where does water go to?
3. Where is this river? Where does it go? How is it changing? What do I think and feel about the river?
4. What is this river like? How does it affect the landscape? How is it changing and why?
5. Optional
6. General