Exploring River Features

​Today, we had an exciting lesson exploring the features of rivers! We began by learning about key river terms like source, mouth, meanders, and tributaries. In teams, we matched these features to their names, and a group of three boys were the winners to complete this with the best accuracy and with the best time—well done!
Next, we used iPads to research rivers in Barnsley and England as well as Egypt and South America: the River Dearne, River Thames, River Amazon, and River Nile. We looked at how each river shows features like meanders and tributaries.
To finish, we explored the River Amazon on Google Earth, zooming in to see its features in action. It was amazing to spot the meanders and tributaries live on the map!