Use Your Map: Wider World

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Geographical Skills - Mini topic Building Skills in Geography and Geographical Skills - Mini topic Building Skills in Geography

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Objectives

Geography

Use maps, atlases and digital maps to locate countries and describe features studied.
Use the eight points of a compass, four and six-figure grid references, symbols and key to build their knowledge of the UK and the wider world.
Locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on Europe and North and South America, concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities.

Enrichment Activities

Science: Recognise that living things can be grouped in a variety of ways; Identify how animals and plants are adapted to suit their environment in different ways.
D&T: Design purposeful, functional, appealing products for themselves and other users, based on design criteria.
Art & Design: Improve mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing, painting and sculpture, with a range of materials.
English: Use a varied and rich vocabulary and an increasing range of sentence structures; In narratives, create and describe settings, characters atmosphere and plot.

Lesson Planning

Expand and apply your mapping skills as you take on a mission from MI6 to identify and describe the locations of a series of operatives. Then find a suitable new location for an overseas base.

Teaching Outcomes

To use maps, atlases, and digital maps to find specific features and places.
To identify physical and human features on a map.
To describe physical and human features from a map.

Children will

Locate places around the world using maps, atlases, globes and digital mapping.
Identify and describe physical and human features on maps.
Use online mapping tools.

Enrichment Activities

Annotate a map with native animals.
Devise clues for a country reflecting geographical features.
Create an illustrated map page about a European country.
Make self-portraits reflecting where children are from or places they have visited.
Write an adventure story based in a South American country.