Free teacher web sites for Geography topic ‘Rivers’

Exploring creatures, moving around the river, food by the river etc...

External link: Amazon investgation

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These images record the dramatic events of 2002 when Glossop in Derbyshire was flooded. There are some lovely archived images of the same location during floods in the twentieth century.

External link: Effects of flooding

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Information for upper KS2 to support their understanding of river flooding.

External link: Flooding

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A fantastic Global eye website which features introductory information, info on the amazon and deltas in Bangladesh.

External link: Focus on Rivers

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Information on the water cycle, how we use water and a water diary are included.

External link: Focus on Rivers

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Sequence of animations shows how a waterfall creates a gorge.

External link: Gorge formation

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Whatch this animation of how a meander is formed.

External link: Meander formation

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Tracing te river Alt and studying the effect of pollution on the river.

External link: Pollution and rivers

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A useful website to support upper KS2, perhaps for a project of their own.

External link: River facts

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Great images of noticeable features along the river.

External link: River features and issues

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Use this wonderful website from Anglia Campus to follow a river nd investigate many features of the river through text and pictures for KS2.

External link: River support resources

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Information, virtual tour, history, settlement, flooding, conservation and uses. This is a lovely site with text most suited to KS2.

External link: River Trent

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Information on the Ganges, Nile, Amazon - this wonderful Eloughton website also covers flood, floods, bridges and crossing rivers and data.

External link: Rivers information

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For advanced learners this will provide lots to extand their thinking. Catchments, maps, tours and images are an excellent resource from Kented.

External link: Rivers investigation

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Pictures of rivers from the world, river features with visual glossary worksheets and lots more from this lovely Kented site.

External link: Rivers resources

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A wonderful cyber search from ICTeachers. Ideal for upper KS2. Please check links before use.

External link: Rivers web hunt

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Ideal for talking about tides and the seas. There's a fair amount of of rubbish in the water, so could easily be used when talking about river pollution.

External link: Watch the Thames in tidal flow

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A wonderful BBC resource for KS2 to introduce rivers.

External link: What is a river?

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