KS2 – Learn about the River Ouse and the watery landscape of the fens past & present. At Ely Museum With storyteller & musician. Can include River Ouse discovery walk. In partnership with the Wildlife Trust.

At the museum: Hands–on activity workshop about the fens and the River Ouse, with stories and songs.

• Fen stories and songs.
• Eels, farming & food.
• The fen ague.
• Drainage & floods.
• Boggarts, bogles & will–o–the–wisps.

At the river:

• Take a short boat trip on the river (optional)
• Go river dipping to find out what lives in the river
• River survey- measure flow, look at erosion, land use, bank wildlife
• Follow a i-spy river photo trail