Year 2 - Geography
Planning a day out in Cardiff
What is life like in Cardiff?
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Unit Summary
This unit explores the capital cities of London and Cardiff through their landmarks, transport, rivers and green spaces. Pupils describe key physical and human features and plan a day out using maps, images and simple route planning.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to describe the landmarks you would like to visit on a day out in Cardiff and how to plan a route around them, using maps and geographical vocabulary.
Key Notes
- There are many different ways to travel to Cardiff such as long distance trains, or national and international flights.
- Travel guides can help you decide where you want to go when you are visiting a new place, like Cardiff.
- Locating the landmarks and places you want to visit will help you map the best route for seeing as many as possible.
- Once in Cardiff, maps and travel tools can help you identify the best routes to get to where you need to go.
Vocabulary To Learn
- travel: To travel is to make a journey from one place to another
- travel guide: A travel guide is a book or online resource that tells you about visiting a place
- route: A route shows the starting point and end point of a journey, sometimes with stops in between
- flight: A flight is a journey by aeroplane
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Young children are still developing understanding of the concept of quantifying time and as such they can significantly overestimate how much they can do and see in just one day.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
There are many different ways to travel to Cardiff such as long distance trains, or national and international flights. Travel guides can help you decide where you want to go when you are visiting a new place, like Cardiff.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'travel'
To travel is to make a journey from one place to another.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: Young children are still developing understanding of the concept of quantifying time and as such they can significantly overestimate how much they can do and see in just one day. Correction: Remind pupils to think about travel time between points of interest when they are planning their route, as well as how long they will spend in each place. Use the length of a school day and how it is punctuated with lessons and breaks for comparison.
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