Year 4 - Geography
Risk assessment and staying safe
Local area: what needs changing?
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Unit Summary
This unit develops pupils' fieldwork and enquiry skills through a local investigation into change. Pupils use maps, tools and data to explore how their area is changing, collect and present information, and reflect on possible changes in the future.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to help plan a fieldwork visit and know how to keep myself safe.
Key Notes
- Risk assessment involves identifying possible dangers and knowing what action to take to stay safe
- A fieldwork destination should be accessible and appropriate to help answer the questions in an enquiry
- Digital maps and aerial photos allow us to visit places virtually to identify opportunities and potential hazards.
- Staying safe is the responsibility of the individual as well as the fieldwork leader
Vocabulary To Learn
- risk assessment: A risk assessment looks at what hazards we might come across and how to keep us safe.
- hazard: A hazard is a potential danger that could affect our safety.
- accessible: Something that is accessible is easy to get to, enter or use.
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Children may not see it as their 'job' to think about risk assessemnts.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
Risk assessment involves identifying possible dangers and knowing what action to take to stay safe. A fieldwork destination should be accessible and appropriate to help answer the questions in an enquiry.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'risk assessment'
A risk assessment looks at what hazards we might come across and how to keep us safe.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: Children may not see it as their 'job' to think about risk assessemnts. Correction: Risk assessments conducted by children are very effective as children begin to look at their environment in a different way.
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