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Planet Earth project
Make a river in a tray
Use sand and water to see how a river shapes the land.
70 min totalGeographyScience
Steps
- 1Fill a tray with damp sand and tilt one end up
- 2Pour water slowly from the high end
- 3Draw where the water cut a channel
- 4Label the source, the bends and the mouth
Skills and objectives demonstrated
- Name the parts of a river
- Describe how water changes the land