Today the Year 12's have been testing out the theory that river discharge increases downstream by taking lots of different measurements in Ashes Hollow valley near Church Stretton. Once data had been collected from 8 sites (around 4 different tributaries) they returned to the classroom to consider their methods and the results.
We were very lucky with the weather...only donning the waterproofs as we headed into the cloud near the river's source. There was even a fine rendition of a number of "Joseph" songs on the way back down the valley from some of the girls!
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| Bliss taking a "Dumpy Level" reading to work out the gradient |
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| The 7 groups taking measurements along the river at the sites furthest downstream |
Tomorrow we are looking forward to a morning of experiments here at the Field Studies Council Centre then an afternoon in Shrewsbury to discover more about the flood defences that we have started discussing in class.
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