This course provides an opportunity to carry out fieldwork investigations and compare pond, brook and river conditions in the Stour valley. The activities will teach the geography content of the key stage two programme of study and will include links to other areas of the curriculum. A section of the River Stour passes through the reserve as well as a small shallow tributary brook with safe access.

Course Content:

Learn to use maps, pictures and field sketches to understand the importance of the river in the landscape.
Understand how rivers erode, transport and deposit materials and produce change in the landscape.
Understand the environmental impact of floods and how they can be controlled.
Identify how people affect rivers and the environment. E.g. Pollution Relate practical work to generalisations about rivers elsewhere.
Use appropriate techniques and instruments to carry out fieldwork investigations.

Activities:

Observing the river, brook and pond noting differences and how they are part of the drainage of the Stour valley.
Investigating the drainage from the landscapes, measuring infiltration rates.
Producing and interpreting a field sketch of river valley.
Comparing the river today with photographs of past floods.
Measuring depth and flow at different places in brook using a flow metre and other equipment.
Testing water quality to see how human activity affects the river and the environment

Links to NC:

Geography,
Science,
Art,
Numeracy,
Literacy (communication)

Duration:

This can be a full or half day unit and can take place throughout the year.

Offered by:

Daws Hall and Pelham

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