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Geography unit is taught in the Spring and Summer Term.

Outcome

  • Use maps, globes and Google Earth to identify the continent of South America.
  • Using maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping (Google Earth) to locate the countries, mountain ranges, capitals, rivers and oceans of South America
  • Make comparisons with the UK.

Outcome

  • Use and explain the term ‘climate zone’.
  • Identify the different climate zones.
  • Ask questions and find out what affects the climate.
  • Use maps to identify different climate zones.

Outcome

  • Discuss and compare the climate zones of the UK and relate this knowledge to the weather in the local area.

Outcome

  • Children to ask questions about global warming.
  • Discover the cause of global warming and research the implications.
  • Reach reasoned and informed solutions and discuss the consequences for the future.
  • Identify changes to be made in own lives in response to this.

Outcome

  • Focus on Amazon rainforest – identify the climate, the habitats, the plant and animal types and how people live in the rainforest

Outcome

  • Study life in the Amazon rainforest through primary sources – recounts/photographs, and ask questions, make comparisons to life in the UK and consider how life in the UK may be similar.

Outcome

  • A focus on biomes: A biome is a large region of Earth that has a certain climate and certain types of living things. The main types are: Tundra, Desert, Grassland, Tropical Rain Forest.
  • Identify where some of these are on the world map.
  • https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/biomes-lesson-6453871

Outcome

  • Children to ask questions about global warming.
  • Discover the cause of global warming and research the implications.
  • Reach reasoned and informed solutions and discuss the consequences for the future.
  • Identify changes to be made in own lives in response to this.

Outcome

  • Discuss how the rainforest may be linked to us e.g. trade.

Outcome

  • Locate other rainforests using Google earth and maps, identifying patterns in their location

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  • Looking at a map of climate zones, children to use prior knowledge of the world to identify the climate they think may exist in different parts of South America.

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  • Locate the mountain ranges, rivers and oceans.
  • Rivers and the water cycle including transpiration – Amazon

Outcome

  • Investigate global warming
  • Children to ask questions about global warming.
  • Discover the cause of global warming and research the implications.
  • Reach reasoned and informed solutions and discuss the consequences for the future.
  • Identify changes to be made in own lives in response to this.

Outcome

Outcome

  • Use grid referencing in the locality
  • Do a fieldwork in the local area.
  • Children using previous days knowledge go and find areas in the locality using grid references.
  • Children can take photographs of what they see in preparation of creating their own 3d style map.

Outcome

  • Creating a map using symbols and keys
  • Create a map of Goodmayes thinking about symbols and keys that they can use.
  • Challenge children to create a map that other children can use like year 1 and use visuals and observations from the day before.

Outcome

  • Comparing locations
  • Look at where Danbury is in relation to Goodmayes using Google Earth and ariel pictures. How is it different to Goodmayes. What would they expect to find there.

Outcome

  • To use Orienteering to follow directions
  • Follow a map of Danbury and see if they can follow directions to different areas.
  • Play a form of treasure hunting and children find different clues to go to the next part of a location. The first one to find the end location is the winner. Can they follow a map ?

Outcome

  • 8 POINTS OF A COMPASS
  • Go on a field trip to the woods. Use 8 points of a compass to find different parts of the area

Outcome

  • Create a map of a place
  • Create a map of Danbury thinking about symbols and keys that they can use.

Knowledge Organisers

Geography unit is taught in the Spring and Summer Term.

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