Learning objective
- To collect data on the features of a local river.
Success criteria
- I can identify the features of
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National curriculum
Geography
Locational knowledge
Pupils should
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Cross-curricular links
Physical education
Pupils should
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Hand out the Knowledge organiser: What are rivers and how are they used? (one each). Display the Presentation: Using the Knowledge organiser and use the activity to recap learning from the previous lesson.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could complete the Activity: Likert scale as a group and work together to make verbal suggestions on improvements to the environment.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should consider if features are located in an appropriate place along the river.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: identifying human and physical features in
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Vocabulary definitions
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environmental quality
A measure of how pleasant, safe and unpolluted the conditions are in the surrounding space.
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Likert scale
A method of rating responses and opinions.
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In this unit
Assessment - Geography Y3/4 (B): What are rivers and how are they used?
Year 3/4 (B): Lesson 1: What is the water cycle?
Year 3/4 (B): Lesson 2: How is a river formed?
Year 3/4 (B): Lesson 3: Where can we find rivers?
Year 3/4 (B): Lesson 4: How are rivers used?
Year 3/4 (B): Lesson 5: What can we find out about our local river?
Year 3/4 (B): Lesson 6: What features does our local river have?
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Last update: 8th August, 2025
Year 3/4 (B): Lesson 3: Where can we find rivers?
Mapping the major rivers of the UK and the world.
Year 3/4 (B): Lesson 2: How is a river formed?
Learning about the features and sections of a river.
Assessment – Geography Y3/4 (B): What are rivers and how are they used?
Assessment quiz and Knowledge catcher for use at the start and/or end of the unit...
Year 3/4 (B): Lesson 6: What features does our local river have?
Evidencing the human and physical features and the environmental quality of a local river environment.
