The water cycle

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Mountains, Rivers and Coasts The Journey of a River

Objectives

Geography

  • Understand and describe the key aspects of physical geography including: rivers, mountains and the water cycle.

Art

  • Develop their techniques including their control and use of materials (collage) with creativity and experimentation.

Lesson Planning

Further develop understanding of the stages of a river’s journey and learn about evaporation and its place in the water cycle. Finish the river journey collage.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To understand the nature of a river and how it changes on its journey from source to sea.
  • To understand the key features of rivers, the geographical vocabulary and the water cycle.
  • To work collaboratively, experimenting with paint, textured papers, card and fabrics to create a shared collage background for a display.

Children will:

  • Understand the stages of a river’s journey and the meanings of river vocabulary.
  • Set up an evaporation experiment with fresh water and salt water.
  • Finish the large shared collage showing the journey of a river begun last week.

You Will Need

  • 2 plastic containers
  • Table salt
  • 2 measuring jugs
  • 2 sticky labels
  • Waterproof marker pen
  • Your collage landscape background
  • A range of collage materials