Spring

Topic - Rivers

Explain some parts of the water cycle in detail.
Explain the countries that major world / European rivers flow through.
Name and locate UK rivers on a map and explain the UK countries / counties they flow through.
Explain the three stages of a river and identify where they will find the main river features.
Identify the main features at each stage of the river explaining what they are like.
Explain the features created as a result of these processes.
Explain the main processes in action to create a waterfall.
Develop an understanding of a world river discovering some aspects of its human geography, physical geography, economic or cultural geography and some of the fauna / flora found in and around it.
Explain how people use the River Thames giving examples and make comparisons to their world river.
Give an explanation as to where the river flows the fastest.
Find and write their own four figure grid references and identify symbols on a map.

Water cycle : Water cycle, evaporation, condensation, precipitation, collection, run off, infiltration, transpiration
Continents, oceans and countries
World rivers: Amazon, Nile, Mississippi, Volga, Danube
UK specific vocabulary: UK, England, Northern Ireland, Wales, Scotland, north west, north east, south east, south west, midlands, counties, London, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Belfast, River Severn, River Thames, English Channel, North Sea, Atlantic Ocean, Irish Sea
River stages and features: Upper stage, source, v-shaped valley (and difference to u-shaped valley created by ice), interlocking spurs, tributaries, waterfall, gorge, plunge pool, confluence, Middle stage, meander, river cliff, river beach (slip off slope), flood plain, Lower stage: ox-bow lake, levee, delta, mouth and estuary, erosion, transportation, deposition, hard rock, soft rock, igneous, impermeable, permeable, erosion, retreat, fieldwork, flow, velocity
Land Use: settlement, city, dams, bridges, farming, industry, leisure, transport, habitat, economic, energy, London, North Sea, Thames Barrier, flooding, compare, contrast
Map skills: Four figure and six figure grid reference, map, OS map, key, eastings, northings, landmark, scale, key, compass directions

Describe the differences in the life cycles of a mammal, an amphibian, an insect and a bird.
Describe the life process of reproduction in some plants and animals.