Themes

l Rivers l Weather l Settlement l Environment l

A. Rivers

Visit our Rivers resource

Videos

A recent range of television video series now exists to provide quality visual information about rivers. These video resources can usually be ordered with their accompanying teacher’s book and/or photopack resources.

BBC Zig Zag UK Geography: A River in Scotland Age 7-9

Ch 4 Geography Junction: River Flight - The Usk Age 9-11

1. From the Mountain Spring 2.
2. To the open sea.

Ch 4 Geography Junction: The Rhone Age 9-11
(Now can be seen on Teachers TV)

1. Birth of a river
2. Down from the hills
3. Meeting places
4. Water for Life
5. Between land and sea

Ch 4 Geography Junction: Whose Place? Age 7-11

The Rhine - source to delta

BBC Landmarks: Follow the River Severn Age 9-11

1. The course of the river
2. Places on the river
3. Travelling on the river
4. Water from the river
5. Caring for the river

BBC Landmarks: Unit 5 Geography Rivers of the World Age 9-11

1. The Orinoco: what are Rivers?
2. The Angara: The Power of Rivers
3. The Danube: Rivers and Transport
4. The Nile: The source of life
5. The Mississippi: Changing Course

Material Packs

Cambridge Primary Geography: Rivers Key Stage 2

A materials pack which includes laminated A3 photos, a pupils’ book and a teachers’ book. Multiple copies of the pupils’ book can be bought separately. £35 Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Books

The World’s Rivers

Publisher’s note:

Looks at some of the most important rivers in the world.
Looks in detail at the countries through which the river flows.
Discusses the environmental effects of the rivers.

The Amazon 07502 1673 5

The Ganges 07502 1671 9

The Nile 07502 1674 3

The Thames0 7502 1672 7

Available at £3.99.

B. Weather

These video resources can usually be ordered with their accompanying teachers’ book and/or photopack resources.

BBC Watch Weather: Age 5-7

1. Wind
2. Rain
3. Temperature

BBC Zig Zag UK Geography Age 7-9

Weather in Wales

BBC Landmarks Coping with the Climate Age 9-11

1. The World’s weather
2. Coping with the cold
3. Coping with the wet
4. Coping with the heat
5. Our climate

Tropical, desert, polar and temperate weather is dealt with.

C. Settlement

An increasing range of television video series or individual programmes is helping with the theme. These video resources can usually be ordered with their accompanying teacher’s book and/or photopack resources.

BBC Zig Zag UK Geography Living in Northern Ireland Age 7-9

BBC Zig Zag Village, Town, City Age 7-9

1. Our Patch
2. Our Needs
3. Our Land
4. Our changing environment

D. Environment

These video resources can usually be ordered with their accompanying teacher’s book and/or photpack resources.

BBC Zig Zag UK Geography Environmental Change in England Age 7-9

BBC Zig Zag Water, Air and Land Age 7-9

1. Environmental Change
2. Using the World’s Resources, Waste
3. Guarding the Future
4. Conflicts

Ch 4 Geography Junction Whose Place? Age 9-l 1

1. Snowdonia - sheep, walkers and caravaners
2. Motorway - impact of new roads.

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