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School Case Studies
Wickhambreaux Primary School

Age Range

Years 4, 5 and 6

Investigating Rivers

The Little Stour
River stour#stour
Learning Intentions
Activities
The children will:

• Know and describe how rivers erode, transport and deposit materials

• Know and recognise common river features

• Use ICT to research and present information
  • Use Infomapper to plot the journey of a river
  • Use digital cameras and camcorders to record river features
  • Visit the River Stour to find evidence of how human activity has changed the rivers appearance ( weir, lakes)
  • Use ICT to create and publish Multimedia presentations about the River Stour

Learning Outcomes

What the children did:

• Created their own map showing the journey of the river from its source to the sea

• Created graphs and tables to show the velocity and depth of the river at different points

• Created and published on Infomapper written reports about the River Stour

• Used Intel Movie Maker cameras to create a video about the river

• Painted pictures of the River at different points

Published Infomapper Layers

Published Infomapper LayerThe children created and published the following layers on Infomapper:

• Little Stour Photo Trail
• Little Stour Pupil Activities
• Little Stour Video
• Little Stour River Journals
• Little Stour Art Work

Use of ICT to enhance Teaching and Learning

The children used:

Art Work Image• Used the Internet to research and find information about river features

• Digital cameras and videos to photograph different river features

• Used Microsoft Word and PowerPoint to present and share their learning with others

• used Paint to edit pictures of their art work

 

 | Published: 15-1-09  | TOP