Unit Award Scheme

112765 INTRODUCTION TO RIVER PROCESSES

In successfully completing this unit, the Learner will have		Evidence needed
shown knowledge of
1	what is meant by the long profile of a river, ie its upper, middle and lower course	Student completed work
2	the following features of a river: source, tributary, confluence, mouth	Student completed work
3	three landforms that may occur along the profile, eg waterfalls, ox bow lakes, meanders	Student completed work
4	the processes of erosion, transportation and deposition	Student completed work
demonstrated the ability to
5	use maps to identify and locate at least three features of a local river, eg mouth, confluence, tributaries	Summary sheet and/or student completed work
6	research at least three facts about a river animal using secondary sources	Summary sheet and/or student completed work
7	use what they have learned to create a page about their chosen river animal for a child's book	Student completed work
8	label and/or complete at least two simple maps, graphs, diagrams or photographs relating to river processes	Student completed work
9	use appropriate geographical vocabulary relevant to rivers on at least two occasions	Summary sheet and/or student completed work
experienced
10	using at least three simple fieldwork techniques to collect and record primary data for a local river near its sources, eg drawing a site diagram, measuring water velocity	Summary sheet and/or student completed work
11	visiting the same river in its middle course to identify erosion and deposition processes that form meanders.	Summary sheet and/or student completed work and/or photograph(s)

All outcomes recorded on an AQA Summary Sheet

Approved 11 November 2019Level - Level One