Year 5 - Geography
Mapping trees locally
Local and global: why are trees and forests important?
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Unit Summary
This unit explores the importance of trees and forests at local, national and global scales. Pupils investigate the benefits of trees, map forest change over time, and plan action in response to environmental change in their own local area.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to use map information to decide whether a woodland is semi-natural ancient woodland, replanted ancient woodland, or a recent plantation.
Key Notes
- Maps provide a range of clues that can give us information about how land is and has been managed.
- Tree symbols on maps are also useful in distinguishing broadleaf trees from conifer plantations.
- Semi-natural ancient woodlands are of high ecological and heritage value.
Vocabulary To Learn
- forest: A forest is a large area full of trees
- plantation: An area of land on which one kind of crop is grown, e.g. trees for wood
- conifer: Conifers are a group of trees and shrubs, usually evergreen, that have fruit called cones, and needle or scale-shaped leaves
- boundary: A boundary is a physical or imaginary line that marks the edge of a particular area
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- Coniferous forests are all recently planted.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain this geography topic using two clear key points.
Maps provide a range of clues that can give us information about how land is and has been managed. Tree symbols on maps are also useful in distinguishing broadleaf trees from conifer plantations.
2. Define this geography term and use it in an example. 'forest'
A forest is a large area full of trees.
3. Correct this common geography misunderstanding.
Mistake: Coniferous forests are all recently planted. Correction: There are some remaining ancient Caledonian pinewood forests in Scotland which are coniferous.
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