This essential skills and knowledge project teaches children to locate countries and cities, and use grid references, compass points and latitude and longitude. They learn about the layers of the Earth and plate tectonics and discover the five major climate zones. They learn about significant places in the United Kingdom and carry out fieldwork to discover how land is used in the locality.
Suggested text | Collins Primary Atlas - Collins Kids; The Street Beneath My Feet - Charlotte Guillain |
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Geography | Maps; Locating countries; Human and physical features; Four-figure grid references; Primary data; Compass points; Earth's layers; Plate tectonics; Latitude and longitude; European countries and cities; UK counties and cities; Carbon footprints; Weather and the local environment; Land use; Fieldwork; Local enquiry |
Book | Waterstones | Amazon | Author | ISBN |
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📗 Collins Primary Atlas | Waterstones | Amazon | Collins Kids | 9780008485948 |
Earth: Facts at Your Fingertips (DK Pocket Eyewitness) | Waterstones | Amazon | DK | 9780241343647 |
See Inside Planet Earth (An Usborne Flap Book) | Waterstones | Amazon | Katie Daynes and Peter Allen | 9780746087541 |
Europe: The Study Book (Discover & Learn) | Waterstones | Amazon | CGP Books | 9781782949800 |
Europe (Investigating Continents) | Waterstones | Amazon | Christine Juarez | 9781474761185 |
United Kingdom: The Study Book (Discover & Learn) | Waterstones | Amazon | CGP Books | 9781782949794 |
Maps of the United Kingdom | Waterstones | Amazon | Rachel Dixon & Livi Gosling | 9781786030252 |
The Big Book of the UK: Facts, folklore and fascinations from around the United Kingdom | Waterstones | Amazon | Imogen Russell Williams and Louise Lockhart | 9780241382608 |
📗 The Street Beneath My Feet (Look Closer) | Waterstones | Amazon | Charlotte Guillain | 9781784937317 |