Rivers: Worksheets
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Susan Shears, Platts Heath Primary School, Maidstone

The worksheets are all referenced to the Key Questions and Activities in the Teacher Planning section. Each Key Question is linked to the Planning section. For each sheet, a brief outline is given stating the main features.

What is a river?

(Teacher Plan)

Worksheet 1 - Concepts of rivers (ACTIVITY ONE).

Worksheet 2 - Basic features of a river: source, mouth, meander, tributary (ACTIVITY THREE).

What are the natural and man-made features of rivers?

(Teacher Plan)

Worksheet 4 - Courses of rivers and their associated features (ACTIVITY ONE).

Worksheet 5 - A simple river system, with questions requiring short written answers and colouring activities (ACTIVITY THREE).

Worksheet 6 - Labelling river features and marking the position of the upper, middle and lower courses (ACTIVITY FOUR).

Worksheet 7 - River collage planner (ACTIVITY FIVE).

Worksheet 9 - Rivers of the world: continents, seas and oceans (ACTIVITY SIX).

Worksheet 10 - River systems and their features; delta, erosion, deposition and meander (ACTIVITY SEVEN).

Worksheet 11 - River systems and their features; estuary, floodplain, braiding (ACTIVITY SEVEN).

Worksheet 12 - Waterfalls, gorges and their formation (ACTIVITY EIGHT).

Worksheet 13 - Location of waterfalls, labelling features of a waterfall, information about specific waterfalls (ACTIVITY EIGHT).

Worksheet 14 - Planning a waterfall poster (ACTIVITY NINE).

Worksheet 15 - Planning a 3D river model (ACTIVITY ELEVEN).

Worksheet 16 - Planning sheet for making a river dictionary (ACTIVITY THIRTEEN).

Worksheet 17 - Planning sheet for designing a river poster (ACTIVITY THIRTEEN).

Worksheet 18 - Man-made/artificial features of a river system (ACTIVITY THIRTEEN).

Worksheet 19 - Planning a river system worksheet for a friend (ACTIVITY FOURTEEN).

What are erosion and deposition?

(Teacher Plans)

Worksheet 20 - Erosion and deposition with piles of sand, pebbles and soil (ACTIVITY ONE).

Worksheet 21 - Erosion and deposition in two different river systems (playground or tray); one with a straighter course and the other with a more meandrous course (ACTIVITY TWO AND THREE).

Worksheet 22 - Evidence of erosion using photos of rivers (ACTIVITY FOUR).

Worksheet 23 - Evidence of deposition using photos of rivers (ACTIVITY FOUR).

Worksheet 24 - Evidence of erosion and deposition using two river photos (ACTIVITY FOUR).

Worksheet 25 - Erosion and deposition on a meander (ACTIVITY FIVE).

Worksheet 26 - Formation of an oxbow lake (ACTIVITY SIX).

Worksheet 27 - Diagram of the formation of an oxbow lake : for use on an OHP transparency (ACTIVITY SIX).

What can we find out about our local river? 

(Teacher Plan)

Worksheet 28 - Labelling site diagrams (ACTIVITY ONE).

Worksheet 29 - Evidence from site diagrams and drawing site diagrams (ACTIVITY ONE).

Worksheet 30 - Local river study worksheets : the relationship between sediment size and the speed the water is travelling (ACTIVITY TWO).

Worksheet 33 - Local river study : meander site worksheets (ACTIVITY THREE).

Worksheet 34 - Local river study : the relationship between depth of water and how fast a river travels (ACTIVITY FOUR).

Worksheet 36 - Signs of river pollution at three different sites (ACTIVITY FIVE).

Worksheet 37 - Project : the relationship between sediment type and how fast a river is travelling (ACTIVITY SEVEN). 

Worksheet 39 - Project : meander work (ACTIVITY EIGHT).

Worksheet 40 - Project : the relationship between depth of water/stream and how fast a river travels :(ACTIVITY NINE).

Location of Rivers

(Teacher Plans)

Worksheet 42 - Grouping rivers according to whether they flow in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland (ACTIVITY TWO).

Worksheet 43 - Plotting rivers on a UK map (ACTIVITY TWO).

Worksheet 44 - Identifying and plotting European rivers (ACTIVITY THREE).

Worksheet 45 - Identifying and naming rivers on all the continents (ACTIVITY FOUR).

Worksheet 46 - World river locations (ACTIVITY FOUR).

What is a dam? What are its advantages and disadvantages?

(Teacher Plans)

Worksheet 66 - Identifying statements, advantages and disadvantages of building the Severn Barrage (ACTIVITY TWO).

Worksheet 67 - Identifying advantages and disadvantages of building the Narmada Dams in India (ACTIVITY THREE).

Worksheet 68 - A guide to making the leaflet about the Aswan High Dam (ACTIVITY FOUR).

Worksheet 69 -  A guide to making the leaflet about the Itaipu Dam (ACTIVITY FOUR).

What is a reservoir and how is it used?

(Teacher Plans)

Worksheet 72 - Identifying and naming reservoirs all over the World (ACTIVITY ONE).

Worksheet 73 - Finding a suitable location for a new reservoir (ACTIVITY ONE).

Worksheet 74 - Sequencing statements which describe how a reservoir is built (ACTIVITY TWO).

Worksheet 75 - Grouping photos according to whether they show domestic, industrial or agricultural use (ACTIVITY THREE).

Worksheet 76 - Calculating how much water people use in their homes each day (ACTIVITY FOUR).

Worksheet 77 - The recreational uses of reservoirs : matching photos to statements (ACTIVITY FIVE).

Worksheet 78 - Worksheet for an educational visit to Bewl Water (ACTIVITY SIX).

Worksheet 79 - Planning a leaflet about a reservoir (ACTIVITY SEVEN).

Water Management and Pollution

(Teacher Plans)

Worksheet 80 - Types of pollution : matching pictures and statements (ACTIVITY ONE).

Worksheet 81 - OHP of the Water Cycle (ACTIVITY THREE).

Worksheet 82 - The Water Cycle : putting statements in the correct places (ACTIVITY THREE).

Worksheet 83 - Questionnaire about a visit to Burham Water Supply Works in Kent (ACTIVITY FIVE).

Worksheet 84 - Matching photos and labels as well as extended writing about the processes of a water supply works (ACTIVITY FIVE).

Worksheet 85 - Drawing pictures of the sources of waste water (ACTIVITY SIX).

Worksheet 86 - Questionnaire for a visit to Ham Hill Waste Water Works in Kent (ACTIVITY SEVEN).

Worksheet 87 - Matching photos and labels as well as extended writing about the processes of a waste water works (ACTIVITY SEVEN).

What is flooding?

(Teacher Plans)

Worksheet 90 - A guide to making a flooding leaflet (ACTIVITY THREE).

What have we learned about rivers?

(Teacher Plans)

Quiz 1 - question and answers (ACTIVITY ONE).

Quiz 2 - question and answers (ACTIVITY ONE).

Quiz 3 - anagrams (ACTIVITY ONE).

Quiz 4 - word search (ACTIVITY ONE).

Quiz 5 - word search (ACTIVITY ONE).

Quiz 6 - word search (ACTIVITY ONE).

Quiz 7 - word search (ACTIVITY ONE).

Quiz 8 - cross word (ACTIVITY ONE).

Quiz 9 - cross word (ACTIVITY ONE).

Quiz 10 - cross word (ACTIVITY ONE).


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