Lesson video

Hello, my name is Ms. Chorekdjian.

I'm so excited to be learning with you today.

I will be helping you with your geography lesson.

We're going to have a great time learning together today.

Let's get started.

Welcome to today's lesson from our unit called "Continents and Oceans: What can we find out about the world?" Today's lesson is called "Rivers of the World".

Your learning outcome will be to explain what a river is and give examples of different rivers in the world.

Some of this learning is brand new, but I'm here to help you.

This links back to previous learning that you might have done locating and naming the Earth's seven continents and five oceans.

I'm really excited to get started, I hope you are too.

(mouse clicking) Here's a list of all the keywords that we will be using together in today's lesson.

Before we find out what they mean, let's practise saying them doing my turn, your turn.

River, river.

Source, source.

Mouth, mouth.

Good job, everyone.

Let's find out what these keywords mean.

River: A river is a natural stream of water that flows through land and empties into a body of water, such as a sea or lake.

Source: The source is the start of a river.

Mouth: The mouth of a river is where it enters the sea or a lake.

Good job, everyone.

I want you to be using these keywords throughout our lesson.

(mouse clicking) Here are the learning cycles that we will be completing together today.

First, we'll be looking at what a river is, and then we'll be looking at major rivers around the world.

Are you ready to start your learning for today? Fantastic, let's begin.

A river is a body of water and flows downhill into a lake, sea, or river.

So there you can see a picture of a river.

It might look a little bit wavy or it might also go in a straight line.

And remember that it flows downhill, so it flows into a lake, a sea, or an ocean.

Rivers can be shallow enough to walk across or wide and deep enough to need boats or bridges to cross.

So you can see in this picture here, this river is quite wide and deep because you can see two small boats that are travelling along it.

Rivers carry fresh water from high places like hills or mountains downhill to lower places like seas, oceans, or lakes.

(mouse clicking) The start of a river in the hills or mountains is called the source.

So there we can see the source, it'll start in either a hill or a mountain.

When the river has flowed downhill, the place where it flows into the sea, ocean, or lake is called its mouth.

So remember that the start of the river is called the source, and then the part where the river flows into the sea, ocean, or lake is called its mouth.

And you can use this diagram to help you remember as well.

Remember that water from a river flows downhill.

(mouse clicking) Let's have a quick check here.

I'd like you to read these sentences and see if you can use the words here to make them make sense.

Fill in the gaps.

The words that you could use are water, ocean, high, fresh, and mountains.

Let's go through the sentences together.

Rivers carry mm, mm, from mm places such as hills or mm downhill to a sea, mm or lake.

Pause the video and complete this check.

How did you get on? Did you use all of those words in the correct places to make these sentences make sense? Let's read them together.

Rivers carry fresh water from high places such as hills or mountains downhill to a sea, ocean, or lake.

Well done if you've got those right.

Good job, everyone, you can give yourselves a thumbs up.

(mouse clicking) Rivers carry fresh water all over the land to people, plants, and animals.

Fresh water is not salty, so it can be used for washing, growing plants, and for animals to drink.

When you were learning about oceans, we talked about oceans containing salt water.

Now we're looking at rivers, it's really important to remember that rivers contain fresh water, and that's why we can use it for all of these things.

Remember, we can use it for washing, growing plants, and animals can drink it as well.

You can see there in the photo, there's some animals drinking from that river.

Let's have a check here.

Fresh water from rivers can be used for.

A, growing plants.

B, animals drinking.

C, sleeping.

Or D, washing.

Pause the video and complete that check.

And there might be more than one right answer there.

How did you get on? Did you say a, growing plants, b, animals drinking, or d, washing? Good job, everyone.

Well done.

Those three are all correct.

(mouse clicking) It's now time for task A.

What I would like you to do is to explain to your partner what a river is.

Try and include river vocabulary in your descriptions.

Let's go over some river vocabulary before you start.

Source: Remember that the source of a river is the place where it starts.

Mouth: The mouth of a river is where it joins an ocean or lake.

And then the next two words, downhill, a river flows downhill.

And finally, fresh water.

Remember that rivers contain fresh water, not salt water.

Pause the video and have a go explaining to your partner what a river is.

How did you get on, everyone? Did you say that a river is a body of fresh water that flows downhill into a lake, sea, or ocean? Did you say rivers carry fresh water from their source in high places like hills or mountains, downhill to their mouth in lower places like seas, oceans, or lakes? Well done if you got that correct, or if you said something similar to that.

You can give yourselves a big thumbs up.

You might have also said that rivers can be shallow enough to walk across or wide and deep enough to need boats to cross.

Well done if you said something similar to those points.

Good job, everyone, I'm going to give you another thumbs up.

Let's continue with our lesson.

(mouse clicking) Now we're going to be looking at major rivers around the world.

(mouse clicking) Rivers carry fresh water from high places to lower places.

There are rivers on every continent.

Here's a map of the world, you can see all of the continents divided and coloured separately.

They're really easy to locate.

Do you remember the names of the continents? Do you remember how many there are? Pause the video and tell your partner.

Well done, everyone.

Were you able to name and locate all of those seven continents? Did you say that the seven continents are called North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, Africa, Asia, and Oceania? Good job.

Do you remember the names of the oceans? How many oceans are there? Pause the video and see if you can name them and locate them.

Well done, everyone, did you remember that there are five oceans and that they're called the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Southern Oceans? Good job.

Here are the seven continents and five oceans of the world located on the map.

Did you get them all correctly? Were you able to remember where they were? Fantastic.

Good job, everyone.

Let's now explore the rivers from around the world together.

(mouse clicking) The two longest rivers in the world are called the Amazon River and the River Nile.

(mouse clicking) Here's a picture of the Amazon River.

It looks a little bit like a snake there, and it's got the Amazon rainforest around it.

(mouse clicking) Here's a picture of the River Nile.

The River Nile flows through lots of countries in Africa.

Has anyone heard of these two rivers? Pause the video and put your hands up so that we can see if anyone has heard of these two rivers before.

Okay, great, so some of you have heard of these rivers and some of you haven't.

Let's find out more about them.

They are both important rivers for plant and animal habitats.

So, for example, rainforests are equally important to modern and ancient people.

So, for example, the River Nile is really important to the ancient Egyptians.

(mouse clicking) The Amazon River is the longest river in South America and the second longest river in the world.

There it is located on the map, so you can see that it's in the continent of South America.

The River Nile is the longest river in Africa, and it's also the longest river in the world.

There you can see it located on the map.

Remember I said that it flows through lots of different countries in Africa, and it's actually the longest river in the world.

(mouse clicking) Let's have a check here.

The two longest rivers in the world are called: A, the River Danube, b, the River Nile, c, the Mississippi River, and d, the Amazon River.

Pause the video now and answer that check.

Remember, you're looking for the two longest rivers in the world.

How did you get on? Did you say b, the River Nile and d, the Amazon River? Those are correct, well done.

You can give yourselves a thumbs up.

The Mississippi River is a large and an important river in North America.

There you can see it located in North America.

(mouse clicking) The Danube River runs through 10 countries in Europe and four European capital cities.

There you can see a picture of the Danube River.

(mouse clicking) Let's have a check here, the Danube River is located in which continent? A, Asia.

B, Europe.

C, Africa.

Or d, North America.

Pause the video and complete that check.

How did you get on? Did you say that the River Danube was located in Europe? Do you remember how many countries and how many capital cities it flows through? It flows through 10 countries in Europe and four capital cities.

Well done.

(mouse clicking) The Murray River is the longest river in Oceania.

It is located in Australia.

There you can see a picture of the Murray River.

Remember that Australia is a country in Oceania.

The Yangtze River is the longest river in China, Asia, and the third longest river in the world.

(mouse clicking) There you can see it located.

So, remember we said that the Yangtze River is in China, which is located in the continent of Asia and after the Nile and the Amazon River, it is the third longest river in the world.

(mouse clicking) It's time for a quick check.

The Yangtze River is located in which continent? A, Asia.

B, Europe.

C, Africa.

Or d, North America.

Pause the video and complete that check.

How did you get on? Did you say Asia? That's correct, the Yangtze River is located in Asia.

Do you remember which country? Well done if you said China.

Good job, everybody, let's continue with our learning.

(mouse clicking) Next, we are looking at the Onyx River.

The Onyx River is the longest river in Antarctica.

The water in the rivers in Antarctica is frozen or beneath a sheet of ice.

Remember we said that there are rivers located on every continent around the world, and because Antarctica is very cold, the water can be frozen or it can be under ice.

It still means that it's a river.

(mouse clicking) It can melt when it's warmer, so when it's summer and the ice starts to melt, that river will start to flow again.

(mouse clicking) The Onyx River is 20 miles long.

Do you remember which continent I said that the Onyx River is located in? Pause the video and see if you can locate where the Onyx River is.

There it is, in Antarctica.

Did you say Antarctica? Good job, well done if you did.

(mouse clicking) It's now time for a true or false question.

That means you've got to think really carefully about this statement and if it's true or false.

There aren't any rivers in Antarctica.

Is that true or false? Pause the video and complete that check.

How did you get on? Did you say false? That's correct.

There are rivers in Antarctica.

Let's think about justifying our answer and explaining why it's false.

A, here are rivers on every continent, including Antarctica.

Or b, only warmer continents have rivers.

Pause the video and justify your answer.

How did you get on? Did you say A? That's correct, there are rivers on every continent, including Antarctica.

And it doesn't matter if that river is frozen or beneath a sheet of ice, in warmer weather it will melt.

Fantastic, everybody.

It's now time for task B.

What I would like you to do is to name some rivers from around the world and locate the continent they are in.

So, here's your map of the world showing you where the continents are and where the oceans are.

I'd like you to remember the rivers that we've talked about and locate them, and find which continent they're in.

How did you get on? Did you locate the Mississippi River in North America, (mouse clicking) the Amazon River in South America, (mouse clicking) the River Nile in Africa, (mouse clicking) the Danube River in Europe, the Yangtze River in Asia, the Murray River in Oceania, and the Onyx River in Antarctica? Good job, everyone.

Well done.

I wonder if you can remember any facts about these rivers.

That can be your extension task, if you finished.

Tell your partner a fact about each of these rivers.

How did you get on remembering facts about these rivers? Did you remember that the Amazon River is important for plant and animal life in the Amazon rainforest? Did you also remember that the Nile is really important for modern and ancient people, such as the ancient Egyptians? Did you also remember that the Nile is the longest river in the world, and the Amazon River is the second longest in the world? Did you remember that the Yangtze River is the third longest in the world, and that river is in China in the continent of Asia? Did you remember that the Danube River in Europe runs through 10 European countries and four capital cities? Did you also remember the Mississippi River in North America is a really large and important river? Did you remember that the Murray River is the longest river in Oceania, and that it's located in Australia? And finally, did you remember that the Onyx River is the longest in Antarctica, and that the water in rivers in Antarctica is either frozen or beneath a sheet of ice? Good job if you remembered all of those facts about the rivers that we've learned about today.

Well done, geographers.

You've thought really carefully about what a river is, and you've looked at major rivers around the world.

You've linked it to your knowledge of continents and oceans, and you've built on locating each of those rivers in each of the continents.

Well done.

We've now come to the end of our lesson.

Let's just go through a quick summary of all of the learning that we've completed together today.

Rivers carry fresh water from high places such as hills or mountains, to a sea, ocean, or lake.

There are rivers in every continent, and two of the longest are the Amazon and the Nile.

Good job, everyone.

You've worked really hard today and you've been absolutely fantastic, you can give yourselves one last thumbs up.

I'm very proud of all of the learning that we've completed together today.

Well done for joining me and for completing your learning with me.

I'll see you again for more geography lessons soon, bye.