A beautiful and challenging four and a half mile walk – I had a class of year 3’s complete it no problem. Following the river from source to the mouth looking at the river’s features caused by erosion and deposition.
For the older year groups it provides a perfect opportunity to use “geographical enquiry skills”, as an in-depth class investigation can easily be built around the day.
Maps and worksheets are provided to aid preparation and discussion.
Warm clothes, water proofs, walking boots, lunch and a drink.
Study the physical world: the processes and landforms of coasts or rivers. KS3.
Field data collection, evaluating field techniques.
1. Observe and ask questions about a place, environment or a geographical issue, e.g. Why does it flood? How and why is our village changing?
2. Measure, collect and record data through carrying out practical investigations and fieldwork, and using secondary sources, e.g. use instruments to measure rainfall, use GIS, design questionnaires. KS2.
Identify natural features, e.g. rivers, hills, beaches, and the human features, e.g. buildings, roads, bridges, of their own locality. KS1.
1. Describe and explain physical and human features, e.g. the features of a river, characteristics of economic activity.
2. Explain the causes and effects of physical and human processes and how the processes interrelate.
3. Explain how and why places and environments change and identify trends and future implications. KS3.
The environmental factors that affect what grows and lives in those two environments. KS2.
Observe differences between animals and plants, different animals, and different plants in order to group them. KS1.
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