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Fieldwork: Observing geographical features on our route

Local area: how do we read maps and plan routes?

Unit Summary

This unit develops pupils' understanding of maps and route planning by exploring their school grounds. Pupils create maps, use symbols and keys, plan and follow routes, and apply their knowledge through simple fieldwork and observation.

Lesson Summary

You will learn to observe and use geographical vocabulary to talk about features of our local area as we follow a route to a local play area.

Key Notes

  • Routes, e.g. to a local play area, can be plotted and followed on different kinds of maps.
  • Geographers use maps in fieldwork to find and locate specific features, e.g. in a local play area.
  • Geographers use different ways of assessing features and places, such as when comparing views about a play area.
  • Journey sticks can help us record and remember what a place is like.

Vocabulary To Learn

  • fieldwork: Fieldwork is investigating the outdoors using geographical tools and thinking to gather information or data.
  • journey stick: A journey stick is a way to remember a route by collecting items on the route and fixing them to a stick.
  • play equipment: Play equipment are structures that children use for play such as swings, slides, climbing frames and sand boxes.
  • opinion: An opinion is a thought, feeling or belief held by a person or group of people.

Common Mistakes To Avoid

  • Fieldwork means being in a field.

3 Quick Questions (With Answers)

1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.

Routes, e.g. to a local play area, can be plotted and followed on different kinds of maps. Geographers use maps in fieldwork to find and locate specific features, e.g. in a local play area.

2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'fieldwork'

Fieldwork is investigating the outdoors using geographical tools and thinking to gather information or data.

3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.

Mistake: Fieldwork means being in a field. Correction: Fieldwork can take place anywhere! It means going outside to observe and gather information.

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