We had a fantastic time at the New Forest today! We went to visit the River Ober to learn about its features and to investigate how the river changes and develops.
We began by walking to the source of the river. We looked at the marshland and saw how the ground became saturated and caused water to form pools on the surface. We also saw how the landscape changed as the water began to flow into a stream.
We then went to the main channel to look at the course of the river by going down to Puttles Bridge. It was time to put our wellies on and go in the water! We were quite surprised at how cold the water was! We felt the current of the water against our wellies and explored how the water depth varied across the channel. We also did our best dance in our wellies to see all of the silt and sand that was trapped amongst the rocks!
We also sketched some of the things that we could see.
After lunch amongst the New Forest ponies, we then went further downstream to compare how the river's course had changed at Whitemoor Bridge. We took part in a range of different activities...
We made an annotated diagram of the meanders, erosion and deposition...
We used keys to identify the different trees and vegetation....
We played 'Pooh Sticks' and timed how long it took them to flow under the bridge so we could get an idea of the speed of the current...
We all had a great day - we're now a class of river experts!
The trip was really fun and my favourite part was were Mr Earl went to far in the river and got his feet wet.
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