Read about other rivers around the world from reports by other school children. This river project is based at a Primary school in Suffolk and provides an excellent stimulus for studying rivers in Key Stage 2 geography. Online Map Creation . A fabulous resource for the teaching of geography across all Key Stages, this site can create large-scale maps of all parts of the world, as zipped Postscript files or GIF images. These can be downloaded or saved for use in the classroom.
Maps can have various features included such as political boundaries and topographical features.
Information about rivers from the 'New Internationalist' magazine, which would usefully support a geographical study of rivers at Key Stage 2. There are facts on the world's five longest rivers and about global water use. A detailed site with an enviornmental slant. These pages link through to more detail on various issues and topics - which is more suitable for the older children. You can make use of the young people's pages by setting tasks for children to do on their own.