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Rivers on OS maps

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  • 30 marks
  • about 30 minutes
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Question types: multiple choice, true or false, matching, multi-part.

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On a map of a river valley, the contour lines bend into V shapes. The points of the Vs face upstream, towards higher ground. What does this pattern show?

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Use an invented OS-style map of Brack Dale to give grid references, work out which way a river flows and measure its length. Then describe how the river changes from its upper course to the sea.

15 slides.

Lesson outline

  1. Hook
  2. Do Now — Retrieval
  3. Keywords for This Lesson
  4. A tour of Brack Dale
  5. The River Brack's long profile
  6. I do: grid references
  7. Hinge Check
  8. We do: which way does the river flow?
  9. Your turn: squares, references and heights
  10. Measure the river along its bends
  11. Describe the river from Brack Force to the mouth
  12. Self-Check
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