TTO 1 - Journey of the river Rhine

• Aardrijkskunde
• Middelbare school
• mavo, havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1

Chapter 5: Rivers

Which Rivers do you Know?

What difference is there between those rivers?

The journey of the river Rhine

What do you know about the river Rhine?

River can be divided into three parts: 

- The upper course

- The middle course

- The lower course

Make the correct combinations

Upper course

Middle course

Lower course

Switzerland

Netherlands

Germany

In Switzerland, most of the water in the river comes from:

1. Rain
2. Snow
3. Melting glaciers

The upper course

The middle course

The lower course

We're going to compare the upper course and the lower course of the river. Which words/pictures belong to the upper course and which to the lower course?

Upper course

Lower course

Little water in the river

Lots of water in the river

The river is very flat

The river is very steep

The river flows fast

The river flows slowly

I will show you an image. You have 5 seconds to look at it. Then you write down what you saw.

Describe:

What did you see?

I will show you the image again. Now for 20 seconds. Is there anything you can add to your first description?

Can you add anything you missed? 

Now make a sketch of the scene. If you're done:
- Make a picture of your sketch
- Upload it here

Here you can see the image again. Think of two questions you want to ask about this picture.

This is a picture of the .... of the river

1. Lower course
2. Middle course
3. Upper course