On Monday 16 June, Year 5 had a fantastic day conducting a river study at Everdon. We did four activities which were measuring the flow rate of the river, sketching the meander, measuring the depth of the river and stream dipping for invertebrates.
“My favourite activity at Everdon was measuring how fast the river was flowing because you had to time exactly when the ball went in the water and how long it took to get to the 10m mark. Catching the ball with a net… and throwing (not throwing, dropping) the ball in… were the best jobs.” Eve and Olivia
“The best activity was measuring the depth of the river at different points so that we could create a transect diagram. We really liked going in the water because it was fun splashing around with our friends, and getting water in our wellie-boots when we went into the deep bit.” Maya and Orla
“I really liked stream dipping because Emily and I caught 3 fish! One of them was really small, one of them was even smaller and the third one was the biggest. Loads of people got freshwater shrimps, and Annie and Mayura caught an enormous dragonfly lava. It was interesting when we found two very small snail shells, and then a huge one filled with mud. Rhoda, Olivia and I also found a flat worm which looked like a fish but was actually really disgusting.” Caoimhe and Isabella
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