We had a great visit to the River Ober, in the New Forest this week. As part of our geography work on rivers, we investigated what a real life river was like.
We began by looking at the source of the river which is made on the moors near the main channel of the Ober. We went to Redhill Bog to see how the ground was saturated with water and formed the start of a small stream.
We then began our studies of the river. We stood in the water to experience what the force of the water was like. Some people were quite surprised that the water was faster in some places than others.
We then began to conduct measurements to see how wide and deep the channel was. Even though it looked flat, we soon realised that some places were deeper than others. A couple of children discovered this at their peril and ended up with water inside their wellies!
We also wanted to see how fast the water was flowing. We played 'Pooh Sticks' from the bridge and timed how long it took for the stick to travel along the water. We noticed that because the water was quite deep, the current was quite slow.
After a bit of lunch alongside the New Forest ponies, we then went to look at another section of the River Ober. We decided to look further upstream at Puttles Bridge.
Not only was the water shallower, the current was much faster too. We also noticed the Silver Stream tributary where water was flowing off the moor from Redhill Bog.
It was also good to explore the river by having a great splash around!
It looks like the children all had a wonderful time.
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