River Processes - Transportation & Deposition

Introduces concept of transportation and deposition in rivers using geographical vocab and engaging images. Planned for KS3 or lower ability KS4. Handouts are included if you decide to use them for lower ability students. 2 sugggested plenaries for you to choose from. The lesson is all about learning the vocab so have mini whiteboards at the ready. Repetition is important - you might have time to add an extra activity where the students write their own quiz based on the vocab they’ve learned or do this as a starter in the next lesson.

Objectives:

1. Define the terms transportation and deposition
2. Describe the 4 processes of transportation
3. Explain why deposition occurs