Lesson video

Hello.

My name is Ms. Chorekdjian, I'm so excited to be learning with you today.

I will be helping you with your geography lesson.

We're going to have such a great time learning together in this lesson.

Let's start our learning journey.

Welcome to today's lesson from our local-area unit called Where Do We Go to School?

This lesson is called Our School From Above.

Today, you'll be learning to find the key features of your school grounds on an aerial photograph and a map.

We're going to work really hard together today, but I am here to help you so that we can both learn and succeed together.

We're building on our previous learning about our school grounds and its key features.

Today, our key words are aerial photograph, field work, and label.

Let's do my turn, your turn to practice saying these words.

Aerial photograph.

Your turn.

Aerial photograph.

Well done.

Fieldwork.

Your turn.

Fieldwork.

Good job.

And finally, label.

Label.

Well done, give yourselves a thumbs up.

We'll be learning about what these words mean, and we will be using them today throughout our lesson.

These are the learning cycles that we will be working through together in today's lesson.

First, we will be learning about what an aerial photograph is.

Then, we will be learning about what field work is.

And finally, we'll be locating key features of our school grounds on an aerial photograph.

Some of this learning will be new to you, but we will work through it together.

Let's get started.

An aerial photograph is a picture taken from above.

It could be a picture from above using a satellite, like this picture that shows my school.

Or it could be taken from an airplane.

Or you could even take ones yourselves from the top floor of the house or a building.

As long as it's taken from above, it is an aerial photograph.

Aerial photographs are useful to us for many reasons.

Geographers help them to identify the main features of a place.

If we use my school as an example, I can straight away see the buildings and the green spaces.

They are the key features of my school grounds.

Now, it's time for a check.

Let's think about completing this sentence.

An aerial photograph is, A, a picture taken from below, B, a picture taken from the side, or C, a picture taken from above?

Have a think and answer this question.

How did you get on?

Did you answer C?

That's right, an aerial photograph is a picture taken from above.

And they're useful to us as geographers because we can use them to find and identify key features of a place.

It's time for our first task now.

There are two pictures here.

I'd like you to look at both of them.

And using what you know about what an aerial photograph is, I want you to decide on which one is an aerial photograph and why.

Is it picture A or picture B?

Pause the video now, and have a go at this task.

How did you get on?

Did you select photograph A?

Well done, photograph A is an aerial photograph, and that is because it is taken from above.

So, this photograph looks like it's been taken from a plane.

It's showing us a nice aerial view of these fields and some buildings in the background.

Right, let's continue with our learning.

That was the end of the first part of our learning today.

Now, we're going to move on to thinking about what fieldwork is.

Geographers investigate places as part of their job.

They do this by going outside to collect information in different ways.

This is called fieldwork.

Even though it's called fieldwork, it doesn't mean you need to be in a field to be doing fieldwork.

So, we'll be doing fieldwork today in our school.

There are different types of fieldwork, and that depends on what you're trying to find out or investigate about a place.

Today, we'll be looking at key features of our school grounds.

That means all the important places around your school.

Let's have another little check here.

Think about this question, what is fieldwork?

Is it, A, going outside to collect shells, B, going outside to collect information, Or C, going outside to be in the sun?

Pause the video and have a think.

Did you answer B?

well done, that's right.

Fieldwork means going outside to collect information.

You might go outside and collect shells, if that's the information that you want to investigate on a particular day and you might be in the sun while you do it, but fieldwork, in general, means collecting information when you are outside.

It could be that you collect information about mini beasts or bugs that are in your school, or it could be that you collect information about trees that are on your school site.

But today, we're going to be focusing on the key features of our school grounds.

Fieldwork is an important part of geography because it lets you go outside and collect information about the real world.

The information that you collect in different places lets you compare information to see patterns.

All of this learning through fieldwork is an important part of geography.

Remember, it lets you think about geography in the real world.

It's time for another little check now.

This is a true-or-false question.

So, I want you to think about this statement carefully.

Fieldwork is important.

Is that statement true or false?

Pause the video now and think about this statement.

Did you answer true?

That's right, well done.

Fieldwork is important to us as geographers.

Now, let's think about justifying our answer and thinking about why it is true.

Is fieldwork important because, A, it gives you information about the real world?

Or is fieldwork important because, B, it lets you go outside for a walk?

Think about this with your partner or as a class.

Pause the video now.

The correct answer is A, fieldwork is important because it gives you information about the real world.

Shall we say this sentence together?

My turn, then your turn.

Fieldwork is important because it gives you information about the real world.

Your turn.

Fieldwork is important because it gives you information about the real world.

Good job, well done.

You can give yourselves a thumbs up.

We will be completing field work about our school to find its key features.

Do you remember this aerial photograph of my school from earlier in the lesson?

Can you see how I found the key features?

These are the features that your school might have.

It could have buildings, a car park, a wildlife area, or garden, it could have a playground or more than one playground, it could have fields or green spaces, it could have an outdoor gym or some seating areas.

Can you see how I found them all?

Let's carry on with our learning, and I'll help you to do the same with your school.

Before we go outside, it's really important that we keep ourselves safe when completing field work.

We can do that by following these tips.

Use any equipment care-correctly and carefully.

That means using it only for what it's supposed to be used for, and not for anything else.

You have to stay with your group and with your teacher.

Don't wander off.

I know it could be really interesting when you're outside, but it's so important that we stay together.

Look out for low branches.

That means you might injure yourself if you're not looking out and you walk into a branch, you might poke your eye or hurt your head or something like that.

You've also got to be careful about what's on the ground, you have to be careful not to trip over tree roots.

Don't walk into any ponds or rivers, that's because you don't know how deep they are.

And don't pick or eat anything growing on the trees because they might be poisonous or give you a bellyache.

It's important that we check now that you remember how to keep yourselves safe.

You can choose two of these options to complete the sentence.

When completing field work, you should, A, wander off from your teacher, B, be careful of hanging branches or tree roots, C, run into a pond or river, or D, not pick berries or fruit of trees.

Pause the video and discuss this as a group.

Think about which two you need to be remembering when you complete field work.

Pause the video now.

The correct answers are B and D.

You've got to be careful of hanging branches and tree roots so you don't hurt yourself or trip over.

And it's really important that you don't pick and eat anything off of trees, otherwise, it could make you sick.

It's now time for task B, which is your second task in today's lesson.

Tell your partner three ways to keep safe when doing field work.

Pause the video now and complete task B.

Well done for thinking about how you can keep yourselves safe.

Here are three examples that I wrote down.

You can have any of these answers, or you could also have some of the ones that we discussed earlier.

So, things like staying with your group and staying with your teacher, not wandering off, looking out for low branches so you don't hurt your head or get anything in your eye, being really careful to look at the ground so you don't trip on tree roots, don't wander into ponds or rivers because you don't know how deep they are, and don't pick or eat anything growing on the trees because they might be poisonous or give you a bellyache.

Well done for completing that task, you can give yourselves another thumbs up.

We're now onto the final part of our learning for today's lesson.

We're going to think about locating or finding features of our school grounds on an aerial map.

Let's think about labels.

We use labels to identify features and share information about places.

We're looking at this aerial photograph of my school again.

It's also an aerial map.

Can you spot the main features of the school?

Let's take a look together.

There's the playground.

I spotted that earlier, it's quite an easy one to spot.

There's the car park.

There's the field and some green spaces.

So, I'm lucky in my school that we have trees that are included in our school grounds.

There's the outdoor gym.

And there's two seating areas.

There's one, a quiet little space called the gazebo, and there's also seating so that you can watch the sports that are being played in the multi-use games area.

Now, let's take a closer look at these areas.

We can find these features on an aerial photograph, and we can describe their location in the school grounds.

If we look closely, there's a green gymnastics area on the field.

Then we can see the trim trail next to it.

And finally, we can see the trees and the woodland area.

So, look carefully, there's the green gymnastics area.

And there's the trees and the woodland area as well.

We can describe their location like this.

The green space and the wildlife area are next to the trim trail.

So, there's all the key features that I found in my photograph, and I was able to find them in an aerial photograph as well.

Here's another feature of my school grounds that I can find on an aerial photograph, it's the playground.

We can describe the location of the climbing frame like this.

The climbing frame is in the Key Stage 1 playground near the Key Stage 1 building.

And there's the arrow to show exactly where that climbing frame is on my aerial photograph.

Here's another feature of my school grounds.

So, you can see the photograph there again, and the aerial photograph.

And I can describe it by saying the outdoor gym is in between the sports facilities and the gazebo.

So, there's the sports facilities.

There's the outdoor gym.

And there's the gazebo.

And that's how I found them on my aerial photograph, by looking at the features and seeing if I can match the shapes together.

So, it's now time for your final task for today, Task C.

It's your turn to complete some field work.

So, for this task, you need to go outside and take photographs of key features of your school.

Then I want you to draw your favorite feature.

And finally, I want you to locate it on an aerial photograph or a map of your school.

Pause the video and go outside and enjoy being geographers completing field work and collecting information.

Remember about how to keep yourselves safe.

Did you have fun completing field work and collecting information about the key features in your school?

I'm sure you did.

Here's my answer to Task C.

There's the photograph of my favorite place.

It's the outdoor gym and the gazebo, and I've written a little sentence to say what I've drawn.

I've drawn the outdoor gym and the gazebo and I've located it on my aerial photograph.

So, you can see the arrow there.

That hexagonal shape, the shape of a hexagon, is the top of the gazebo, it's the roof of the gazebo.

So, I was able to find that on my aerial photograph.

Well done to all of you.

I'm sure that you've all had fun going outside and photographing your favorite places around school and then locating them on an aerial photograph or a map of your school.

Well done, you can give yourselves a big thumbs up.

And that's it, we've come to the end of our lesson now.

So, let's just go through a quick summary of the learning that we've completed together today.

An aerial photograph is a picture taken from above, it can help us find key features of a place.

Field work means going outside to collect information about the real world.

Labels help us identify key features on a map or a photograph.

You've been fantastic today.

Give yourselves a thumbs up.

And well done for joining me today and sharing your learning with me.

See you next time for more geography lessons soon.

Goodbye.