T1+Rivers+&+Maps

Term 1 [[image:river_features.jpg width="256" height="408" align="right"]]

 * Mapping and Rivers Unit**


 * Mini project: [[file:Rivers in danger_2011.doc]]**

Instructions for Wednesday 6th of April:
 * Finish off the mini project "Rivers in Danger".
 * When you are done, go over the document and make sure it is well presented and clear. If needed you can take away or add images.
 * Print the document, stick it in your workbook.
 * Make sure your workbook is neatly presented and complete. (Make sure the "river features task' is in there!) Your workbook will be assessed. Leave it on the front desk in M13 for Ms V to collect the next day.
 * When finished with all that, play the Asia Geography games in preparation for the Asia and Europe Geo Quiz on the 4th of May.

Music: [|How does a river sound?] The composition describes the course of the Vltava (or Moldau), starting from the two small springs, the Cold and Warm Vltava, to the unification of both streams into a single current, the course of the Vltava through woods and meadows, through landscapes where a farmer's wedding is celebrated, the round dance of the mermaids in the night's moonshine: on the nearby rocks loom proud castles, palaces and ruins aloft. The Vltava swirls into the St John's Rapids; then it widens and flows toward Prague, past the Vyšehrad, and then majestically vanishes into the distance, ending at the Labe (or Elbe, in German).


 * Information on river features:**
 * All river features: http://www.kenttrustweb.org.uk
 * Information on the Upper, middle and lower course: []
 * nice website for features: [|http://www.education.gg/gg/custom/resources_ftp/netmedia_ll/]


 * Information on rivers in trouble:**
 * Canada: [|http://www.vancouversun.com/business/canadianrivers]
 * China: [|http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-09/24/content]
 * Victoria: [|http://www.melbournewater.com.au]
 * Rivers in the news: [|http://news.google.com/ search:rivers]

Where does the water in a river come from? A 3 minute song about the water cycle and clouds. There are two questions at the end of this song, pause the video and answer the questions

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A river story: Flash movie A video made by a student about the journey of a river, from source to mouth:

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