the Inuit are nomadic people who live within the Arctic Circle

sealskin is the furry skin of seals, which is used to make a variety of good such as clothes, shoes and rugs

tundra is a cold, frozen area of land where not many trees are able to grow

Living in the Arctic

Geography

The world's cold places

Locating the North and South Poles

The North Pole and the Arctic

The South Pole and the Antarctic

Arctic wildlife

Antarctic wildlife

Living in the Antarctic

It then leads on to examine this same scale but by investigating hot places in 'Hot places: What is it like near the Equator?'. This unit also links to future understanding of land use and settlement, and builds on Earth Geometry by establishing familiarity with the Polar Circles here and with the Equator in 'Hot places: What is it like near the Equator?'.

links to work done in and around the school ground on weather and develops the idea of temperature variations and extreme cold on a global scale. 

This unit explores the North and South Poles through their locations, climates, landscapes, wildlife and ways of life. Pupils learn to compare the Arctic and Antarctic using maps, images and geographical vocabulary to describe features of cold environments.

Cold places: what is it like at the North and South Poles?

What is the name for the nomadic people who live within the Arctic Circle?

What is the key word for this definition 'cold, frozen area of land where not many trees are able to grow'?

Which of these is not a job often found in Greenland?

Why don't they use trees for building materials in Greenland? 

Which of these is a country in the Arctic Circle?

A chunk of ice which has broken off an ice shelf

Which of these is not a way the sea is used?

Living in the Arctic

Lesson outcome