Infinity Academies Trust
Geography
Let's Explore the World
Vocabulary:Atlas explorer voyage compass direction equator climate temperature sustainability environment compare lifestyle location. |
In this essential skills and knowledge geography project, children learn to use an atlas and read world maps to discover new information. They revisit the four cardinal compass points and use their knowledge to describe the locations of places in the United Kingdom. Children use a key to help them read and make sense of a map.
As they study the world, the children will revisit learning from Y1 , including the location of the equator, Northern and Southern Hemisphere and the North and South Pole. They revisit facts about places worldwide, including hot and cold places, and are introduced to the term ‘temperate’. They learn that temperate regions are between hot and cold places and have a mild climate.
Children learn the term ‘sustainability’ and identify how humans can have a positive and negative impact on the Earth. We will also compare England to Australia and identify their similarities and differences.
We explored an atlas. We challenged our partners to see if they could find different countries. We use the index to help.
We plotted the route that Christopher Columbus took when he was exploring.
We had a go at using a compass to help us navigate around the playground. We had a go at finding North and then gave instructions to our partners to move in different directions using the cardinal points.
We looked at a map of Whitby and described the location of places using cardinal points.
We sorted different locations depending on their climate.
