June and July 2007

Helping schools get started
The River Watch Activity Pack

The River Watch activity pack contains activities for children that can be used or simply adapted to support your project.

1. Measuring the depth and width of the river
2. Measuring the velocity
3. Taking pictures and video
4. Soundscape (recording the river sounds) and writing poetry
5. Identifying the plants
6. Identifying the animals

Download the River Watch Activity Pack

Teachers Guide - River Watch Activity Pack

Pupils Activity Book (pictured right)

Support Files

For other ideas about how you can use ICT to support your project click on the links below to view the work about the River Stour by children from Wickhambreaux Primary School:

Little Stour River Case Study

The following two resources were created using the free software Photo Story 3

Little Stour Video	River Stour Art Work
Click here to go to the Microsoft page where you can download Photo Story. Staffordshire ICT  have put together a help sheet for pupils  using PhotoStory . It includes an assessment chart at the end. There are some useful tips too on the following website: www.windowsphotostory.com
Powerpoint Presentation
Little Stour Photo Trail	f

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