Rivers - Lesson Plan for Use Offline Objectives To identify and sequence the parts of the water cycle. To know the importance of the water cycle in the formation of rivers

Curriculum Relevance England Key Stage 2 Geography 1a, 2a, 2d, 4b, 6c Wales Key Stage 2 Geography 1.1, 1.4, 1.9, 1.10, 3.1 Northern Ireland Key Stage 2 Geography : The Environment Scotland 5-14 Guidelines Environmental Studies : The Physical Environment

Resources Copies of all 9 drawings from the non-animated Water Cycle Copy onto OHP paper Notebooks and pencils OHP pens (erasable)

Teaching Activities Introduction Children may have covered the water cycle in science or earlier geography lessons. Ask the class key questions Where water comes from? When it rains, why are we not always flooded? Where does water go to? Write ideas on board including any key words the children may have. Explain to class they are going to look at the water cycle and its part in the formation of rivers. Show them the drawings of the water cycle in sequence. Explain what is happening in each picture. Write key words on board such as evaporation, convection and condense. Activities Explain to the class that in pairs they are going to write a commentary about the water cycle for a television program on rivers. They will need to use the key words and explain what is happening using the OHP copy of picture 2. They can use OHP pens to annotate the diagram as necessary. Children to work in pairs using notebooks to draft and revise their commentary.

Plenary Get children to read out commentary using the OHP. They can annotate the drawing as necessary. Write out commentary in geography book.