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Year 3

Rivers: what's special about them?

8 lessons

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  • Land use and settlement
  • Physical processes
  • Water and rivers

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This unit explores how rivers change the land as they flow. Pupils learn about the journey of a river from source to mouth, the effects of flooding, and what makes rivers important. They compare rivers in the UK, Europe and other parts of the world.

This unit builds on pupils’ learning about the water cycle and land use by focusing on rivers and their role in shaping the land. Its placement helps pupils understand how rivers work, why they matter, and how they affect people and places in the UK and beyond.

  1. Introducing rivers
  2. River processes and landforms
  3. The river's journey
  4. Flooding rivers
  5. Flooding impacts and solutions
  6. Rivers in the UK
  7. Rivers in Europe
  8. Mighty rivers of the world

  • Knowledge of what a river is and does (flows from high to low), basic river vocabulary.
  • Experience of having visited a local river or waterway and understanding of the water cycle.
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