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A series of demonstration activities on rivers including erosion, deposition, transportation, from source to sea, stages of development, physical features, flood plain, meanders and waterfalls. Using animations, slides, drag and drop, jigsaws and project work activities.

Demonstration Activities

Deposition | Animation An excellent animation showing the deposition of river sediment at different places determined by size.

Deposition | Animation An animation demonstrating the process of sediment build-up in a river delta.

Deposition | Text Information Text and pictures explaining the process of river deposition.

Erosion | Animation An animation showing how rocks carried by the river are gradually worn down as they travel downstream until they form a fine sediment in the sea. Click the highlighted area to reveal the stages in the process.

Erosion | Animation An animation showing river bed erosion. Abrasion, Attrition, Hydraulic Action, and Solution are included.

Erosion | Animation A simple animation to show river valley erosion

Erosion | Animated Slides | Interlocking Spurs A simple series of animated slides showing the formation of interlocking spurs.

Erosion | Information Text and pictures explaining the process of river erosion.

Erosion | Deposition | Animation A simple animation showing how a river erodes and deposits as it 'moves' down the river valley.

Erosion | Deposition | Animation A simple animation showing how a river erodes and deposits as it 'moves' down the river valley.

Erosion | Deposition | Animation | Meander | Ox-Bow Lake A simple animation showing the erosion and deposition creating meanders and ox-bow lakes.

Erosion | Deposition | Animation | Meander | Ox-Bow Lake A simple animation with labels showing the erosion and deposition creating meanders and ox-bow lakes.

Erosion | Deposition | Slides A series of 3 slides showing erosion and deposition.

Erosion | Deposition | Transportation An animation showing materials transported by a river. Words Solution, Suspension, Saltation, and Traction

Erosion | Deposition | Transportation | Information Text and pictures explaining the process of river transportation.

Fish | Project An excellent series of lessons on water and fish including how they differ from other animals. It looks at the features of different animals groups, food chains and the nutritional value of fish. The section on water would be good on an interactive whiteboard.

Flood Plain and Stream Terrace Formation | Animation A short animation showing the erosion and deposition that takes place to create these features.

Flood Plain Formation | Animation A simple animation showing the movement of a meander to create a wide flood plain.

Flood Plain Formation | Animation A series of cross valley profiles to show erosion and deposition.

Flood Plain Formation | Animation A simple animation with labels showing the movement of a meander to create a wide flood plain.

Flood Plain Formation | Animation An animation with labels showing the a meander creating a wide flood plain with levees and terraces.

Gorge Formation | Animation Halfway down the page is a simple series of interactive slides showing the formation of a gorge.

Meander Formation | Animation A fairground ride to help learners understand the concept of objects being thrown outwards on a bend.

Meander Formation | Animation Part 1 shows a short animation showing how meanders move 'downriver' widening the river banks as it goes. Part 2 shows how the profile of the river changes through time.

Meander Formation | Animated Slides Part 1 animated slides showing the basic features of how a meander is formed. Part 2 shows photographs.

Meander Formation | Animated Slides A series of slides showing the erosion and deposition associated with the formation of a meander.

Meander Formation | Drag and Drop Part 1 ends in a drag and drop activity placing the names of floodplain characteristics onto an actual photograph. Part 2 is a drag and drop activity labelling the middle course of a river.

Ox Bow Lake Formation | Animation A short animation showing the erosion and deposition that takes place to create ox-bow lakes.

River Catchment | Diagram A simple diagram showing the catchment area of a river system.

River Features | Photographs A grid with links to photographs of many features associated with rivers.

River Features | Photographs An excellent series of river photographs taken in a rainforest environment.

River Flow | Animation A A simple animation of how water flows at different rates downhill.

River Stages | Information Another journey down a river from source to sea, this time in 12 stages featuring the River Trent. Excellent information and supporting photographs giving a complete overview.

River Stages | Information | Worksheet A series of 13 screens of information including definitions and printable worksheet to record different river use throughout its length.

River Stages | Interactive Map This time the river in question is the River Ribble. Clicking on the red 'link squares' on the map provide excellent information and photographs of a variety of river features.

River Stages | Photographs Another version of 'source to sea' with excellent aerial photographs of the River Teifi which enlarge for demonstration purposes.

River Stages | Photographs A map of the River Kent in Cumbria as it runs from source to sea. At a number of points there are links to other photographic resources. An excellent site for project work.

River Stages | Slides A series of 34 screens of information, including animations and definitions, plus a one page printable worksheet to record information on erosion, transportation and deposition.

River Stages | Slides A series of 5 screens of information including animations, pictures of rivers and definitions of unfamiliar words.

Rivers | Oceans | Webcams Live pictures from around the world.

Rivers | Photographs A series of photographs which can be enlarged for demonstration purposes.

Rivers | Project Information in pictures and text about the River Trent from source to sea. Useful for more able readers.

Rivers | Project A whole project on rivers but from the aspect that water is a precious resource we should not waste or pollute.

Rivers | Project An excellent project from Anglia Campus. If you only want to use one resource for this topic this has to be it.

Sediment Deposition | Animation An excellent animation showing the deposition of different sizes of material as the water flow decreases.

Sediment Transport | Animation A short animation showing how sediment is moved by water flow.

Tidal Bulges | Spring and Neap Tides 4 short animations explaining visually how tides are created by the gravitational pull of the Moon and Sun and how these cause Neap and Spring tides. An excellent resource.

Water Use | Cartoon An excellent animation showing the 'human bit' of the water cycle.

Waterfall | Animated Slides An excellent animation showing the erosion of a cliff face to create a waterfall.

Waterfall Formation | Animation Halfway down the page is a simple series of interactive slides showing the formation of a waterfall.

Waterfall Formation | Animation A simple animation showing the erosion of a river bed and the formation of a waterfall.

Waterfall Formation | Animated Slides | Explanation A series of slides showing and explaining how a waterfall is formed.

Practice Activities

River Stages | Drag and Drop Click on the Part 2 tab at the top of the screen to access an activity in which learners drag and drop the words bluff, tributary, flood plain and meander into their correct positions on the drawing.

River Stages | Drag and Drop An activity labelling the 5 parts of a river system.

Rivers | Lakes | Jigsaws Jigsaws which can be created with a variety of different numbered pieces showing various river features.

Extension Activities

Erosion | Animation A simple animation to show river valley erosion.

Living with Rivers | Photographs A series of excellent photographs from around the world. Each photograph poses a number of questions.

People and rivers | Information A series of 24 screens of information, including definitions, looking at river crossing, names associated with rivers, use of river water, pollution, settlements and the impact people have had on the rivers.

Rivers  | Word search An online word search featuring many words associated with rivers.

Stream Features | Project This is a school site which is set out as a project that young learners must have taken part in.

Water Model | Activity An excellent activity, learners choose a season, type of land and amount of rainfall and predict the outcomes.

Testing Activities

Rivers | Cities | Quiz A 10 question quiz about major cities of the world and the rivers on which they are situated. Marked online.

Rivers | Penalty Shootout | Quiz A 10 question quiz marked online in the format of a penalty shootout. Suitable for more able learners.