From the 3rd to 5th of April, 14 geography students from grade 9 and 11 visited Guchupani,a place near Dehradun to conduct a river study on the river Tons which is a tributary of the river Ganga. The aim of the trip was to collect readings from various parts of the river- upstream and downstream and compare them to the Bradshaw model of how a river changes with regard to
distance downstream. The students worked together at 6 different sites, wading in to the water, taking measurements of various parameters such as depth, wetted perimeter, velocity, pebble size and roundness etc. The students showed a lot of initiative and worked collaboratively in the process of data collection and collation. But it wasn’t all work and no play. On the last day, the students visited famous sweet shops and bakeries in Dehradun, helping themselves to golgappas, rusks and parval ki mithai.
All in all, it was a wonderful
trip, that gave the students a very hands on experience of the concepts that
they learn in the classroom and also gave them an opportunity to work together
and collaborate with one another in a fun yet educational manner.
