Overview

Project Report

To understand the interesting land forms created by rivers and their 

uses, the students of Grade 7 were briefed upon the features of a 

river and its uses. They were then taken out for a campus activity 

where the Geography teacher showed them the features of a river 

by using the tap water.  The students were then divided into 5 

groups based on the rivers – Ganges, Mississippi, Yangtze, Nile 

and Thames were asked to research the features and uses of the 

river they were assigned. They were then trained by the ICT 

teacher on how to prepare a power point presentation and a blog. 

Students prepared the Digital fact files of the river assigned to 

them and presented it to the rest of their classmates. These were 

then shared with the partner school – British school of  

Kualalumpur who also have done a similar activity.

 

To understand the strengths and weaknesses of rivers in different 

parts of the world, the students of Grade 9, as a part of their 

Geography curriculum activity were briefed upon the ‘Rivers and 

Coasts’ and as a part of their Environmental science and 

management activity were briefed upon the ‘Environmental impacts 

on rivers’ and as a part of ‘Economics’ activity, they were briefed on 

various occupational and income opportunities and the students 

were then divided into 5 groups based on the rivers mentioned and 

were asked to research on the internet and library, gather the 

information. The students prepared SWOT analysis charts based on 

the learning derived from concerned subject studies of the river 

assigned to them and presented it to the rest of the class and also 

assessed their peers by completing the peer assessment forms.

To have a firsthand experience of visiting a river, the students of 

Grade 9 visited a nearby  dam, Pocharam dam to understand the 

multi-purpose uses viz. irrigation, drinking water and leisure. They 

prepared a journal  and a documentary film on the same after their 

observation and interviewing the local fishermen.

To analyse and critically evaluate the conflicts that arise over 

sharing of waters, the students of Grades-7 and 8 wrote an essay of

 the ‘River Conflicts’ and the significance of the roles played by the 

Government officials and human rights activists in settling these 

disputes.

As a supplementary activity, the students created an online blog on 

this activity and shared all their findings with their partner school, 

The British school, Kualalumpur. whose reply posts and  similar 

activities are updated on the blog

Ms Jyothsna D’Silva

Geography Faculty

Grades – 7, 8 and 9