Starter: What is happening in these pictures?

Where is the River Tees and what is its journey? Learning Objectives: To know that rivers are important land shapers To know the names of the different parts of a river basin. To locate the River Tees.

Pictures of river key river features Watershed Source Tributaries

Pictures of river key river features Main river channel Confluence Mouth

Where does a river start and where does it end? Draw this diagram of a river. Use page 82 of Geog. 1 to complete the labels on your diagram. Challenge: What is a river’s long profile? Draw a diagram to show how a river’s long profile changes as it flows from source to mouth?

The main parts of a river.

What does a river’s long profile show?

Check your learning: True or false The source of a river is where it ends. A tributary is a small river which joins on to the main river. The mouth the end of a river where it flows into the sea or lake. A river flows in a bed. The confluence is where two rivers join.

Where is the River Tees and what is its journey? Tasks: Locate the River Tees. In which direction does it flow? What Sea does it flow into?

Where is the River Tees and what is its journey? 4. Log into this website: http://digimapforschools.edina.ac.uk/ Log into digimaps: Username: tn218rj Password: yeeked17 5. In the search box write: Middleton-in-Teesdale and click go. 6. Zoom out twice. 7. Follow the River Tees – can you find the source? What is it called? 8. Now follow the river downstream to its mouth. What are the names of places found near the mouth? 9. Challenge: Where is the long profile of the River Tees likely to be steeper? A: between Middleton-in-Teesdale and Barnard Castle Or B: between Darlington and Stockton-on-Tees? Explain your answer using evidence from the map.

Plenary: What have you learnt about the River Tees Plenary: What have you learnt about the River Tees? Take it in turns to share facts with your partner. Whoever runs out of facts first loses!