Year 1 - Geography
Our school from above
Local area: where do we go to school?
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Unit Summary
Explore the school environment to identify features, describe locations using simple vocabulary, interpret aerial photos and observe seasonal change through early fieldwork.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to find the features of your school grounds on an aerial photograph and a map.
Key Notes
- Aerial photographs help us identify the main features of a school and its surroundings.
- Geographers go outside to gather information in different ways and we call this fieldwork.
- Geographers use photographs and sketches with labels to share opinions, information and ideas about places.
- We use locational vocabulary to describe where things are. E.g., the location of familiar features in the school ground.
Vocabulary To Learn
- aerial photograph: An aerial photograph is a picture of an object or place that has been taken from above.
- fieldwork: Investigating the outdoors using geographical tools and thinking, and gathering information or data, is known as fieldwork.
- label: A label is a word or phrase added to a map, a photograph or a diagram to identify a feature.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- You don't have to be in a field to be doing fieldwork.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
Aerial photographs help us identify the main features of a school and its surroundings. Geographers go outside to gather information in different ways and we call this fieldwork.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'aerial photograph'
An aerial photograph is a picture of an object or place that has been taken from above.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: You don't have to be in a field to be doing fieldwork. Correction: Fieldwork means going outside to gather information. Going outside and exploring our school grounds is fieldwork.
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