This is a 'long' unit. In it, children learn, through fieldwork and research, about rivers and the effect they have on the landscape. The unit focuses on :

• The components of the water cycle
• How rivers erode, transport and deposit materials to produce particular landscape features
• The characteristics of a river system in another part of the world

This group hope to locate original documents, maps, photos, personal testimonies, songs and stories. They would like to explore why the canal takes this route. How does its use in the past compare with today? What is the future for the canal? With particular focus on where the Grand Union canal runs through Springfield, MK.