Activities and resources to encourage children to read, watch, play, create and do as they learn how and why canals were built and how they changed Britain. Use the activity plan to guide your learning.

Canal & River Trust rivers flow through pretty countryside, great cities, towns and villages too. Discover how rivers form and flow from source to mouth. Learn why rivers are different to canals, who looks after them and much more. Use the activity plan to guide your learning.

Canals and rivers are often referred to as corridors for nature and are home to hundreds of species of plants and animals. This project encourages children to think about how they could re-design an area of garden or outside space to create a Corridor for Nature at home. The ‘Corridor for Nature’ bundle provides everything children need to research, design and build a canal-themed habitat including an activity plan to structure learning. It’s ideal for curriculum-linked study, supporting science, geography and PSHE or as an exciting holiday project.

This pack provides an introduction to studying your local area, around the classroom and nearby canals and rivers. It supports the history curriculum - changes within living memory and the geography curriculum - field sketches, maps and diagrams.The pack consists of activity sheets for individual and group work and whiteboard pictures for classroom discussion. The teacher guidance notes provide curriculum links and background information.

This pack covers how and why canals were built and how they developed as important transport routes. It includes diferent cargos carried by boat, different types of boat and canal sstructures such as locks, tunnels and aqueducts. It consists of activity sheets for individual and group work and whiteboard pictures for class discussion.

Activity sheets and white board images for individual, group and class work. Covers the journey of a river from source to mouth, the water cycle, the difference between a canal and a river, transport, settlements. Background information is provided in the teacher guidance notes.

This Topic Pack explores the relevance canals and rivers play in today’s society. It encourages children to investigate how waterways enrich our lives and how they can contribute to their long term sustainability.

This pack is a great place to find fascinating facts about rivers. Discover the features of a river. Find out why they are important, what they are used for, who looks after them and what happens when rivers flood.

This fact file will help children discover how canals are different to rivers, how and why canals were built, who built canals and when, canal inventions and who looks after canals today.