Lesson 3a - Unit 2 - river use

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Unit 2 - Rivers

Today's Lesson 

To do:

- Answers homework

- Keyword of the day

- Features of a river

Game?

Goals: 

- Three courses of a river

- Characteristics of a river 

- What we use rivers for

- Hydro electrical power

Answers homework

What is the mouth of the river'?
(homework - keywords

Keywords

Mouth of the river

- Place where the rivers end up
in the ocean

Features of a river 

Estuary

Pool

Meander

Upper course

Lower course

Middle course

Source

Mouth

Task:  River use 

Write down in your notebook

and finish the sentence:

'I think people use rivers for... ... ...'

Try to give at least three different examples!

We use rivers for...

Note: River use

People can use rivers for:

1. Recreation (sports or leisure)

2. Food (fishing) or watering crops 

3. Drinking water / washing 

4. Transportation (boats)

5. Electricity (dams) 

Task:  Hydro power

Answer in your notebook
(write down the question too!)

1. What is a dam?
2. How does a hydro electric power station work? 
(describe in at least 5 - 10 sentences!
3. Make a drawing of how we can get electricity from water. 

Homework

1. Finish the questions about Dams 

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