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Rivers

Rivers by Scoilnet

Discover the journey of a river from source to sea and check out the variety of school projects on rivers.


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The Rivers

Ducksters - World Rivers

http://www.ducksters.com/geography/worldrivers.php Added: 16 May 2014 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Guide/notes

Short facts about various world rivers - the Nile, Amazon, Yangtze, Mississippi, Lena, Yellow, and Congo Rivers. Lists the 10 longest rivers in the world.

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How it maps to the curriculum

3-4
SESE Geography

Strand: Natural Environments

Strand unit: Land, Rivers, Seas of My County

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • develop some familiarity with the relationship of these features with each other and with elements of the built environment such as roads, bridges, towns and cities

Suggestions for use: Locate the longest rivers in the world on a map.

Asset type: Online Resource
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
Special Needs:

Rivers of Europe

http://www.toporopa.eu/en/rivers_of_europe.html Added: 26 Mar 2012 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Game

Try and identify the location of 15 major European rivers by clicking on a possible location. Very visual and the quiz is also available through Irish http://www.toporopa.eu/ie/rivers_of_europe.html

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How it maps to the curriculum

5-6
SESE Geography

Strand: Natural Environments

Strand unit: Land, Rivers, Seas of My County

Suggestions for use: Can be used as a class activity. Very visual resource. Teacher displays on class computer and children contribute answers. Very easy-to-use.

Asset type: Online Resource
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
Special Needs:

Rivers Cloze Test

http://bogglesworldesl.com/files6/river_cloze.doc Added: 16 May 2014 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Assessment

Complete the sentences and fill in the blanks from a bank of word. Vocabulary includes words like, transportation, source, riverbed, flood and so on.

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How it maps to the curriculum

3-4
SESE Geography

Strand: Natural Environments

Strand unit: Land, Rivers, Seas of My County

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • develop some familiarity with the relationship of these features with each other and with elements of the built environment such as roads, bridges, towns and cities

Suggestions for use: Print out and give to pupils.

3-4
English

Strand: Reading

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • experience different types of text

Suggestions for use: Print out and give to pupils - good way to combine SESE Geography into literacy.

Asset type: Document
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
Special Needs:

Mississippi River Map

http://www.experiencemississippiriver.com/pdf/EMR-Detailed-Map.pdf Added: 16 May 2014 Contributor: Scoilnet Resource type: Other

Detailed map of the river from its source in Minnesota to the point at which it flows out to sea in the Gulf of Mexico.

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How it maps to the curriculum

5-6
SESE Geography

Strand: Natural Environments

Strand unit: Land, Rivers, Seas of My County

Content objective:
This resource should enable a child to:

  • understand some of the interrelationships between these natural features and the lives of plants, animals and humans

Suggestions for use: Could be used as part of a project on the USA. Look at the various states through which the river flows.

Asset type: Document
Language: English
Rights: All rights reserved
Special Needs:

World Book Web

Rivers

A river is a large natural stream of water that flows over land. Rivers have always been essential to human civilisation . . .


River Shannon

The river Shannon is 370 km in length and Ireland's longest river.

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