An average is found by adding two or more numbers together and then dividing the total by the number of numbers added together.

Climate is an average of weather conditions (e.g. rain, sun, wind) in a place taken over a long period of time (usually 30 years or more).

Temperature is the degree of hotness or coldness of a place.

A meteorologist is someone who investigates and measures the atmospheric conditions that cause weather, and makes predictions.

The weather of a place is the day to day condition of the atmosphere, e.g. sunny, snowing, warm etc.

The weather where I live and in the UK

Geography

Locating our place with an address and directions

Key features of our local area

Mapping places to visit in our local area

Local and national landmarks

Fieldwork: our locality

This unit is a foundation for the more abstract contrasting locality units, enabling pupils to build on their understanding of the uniqueness of place through other cultural lenses and apply the learnt process of enquiry when finding out about places and people.

This builds on the Local to global unit which explored the local area and what made places special to enable pupils to be selective and communicate the most essential elements of their place in the form of a local area guide.

This unit explores what makes the local area special by identifying key features, landmarks and places of interest. Pupils use maps, address and direction language, local climate knowledge and fieldwork to describe and represent their locality.

Local area: why is (our place) special?

measured over a long time - usually more than 30 years!

the degree of hotness or coldness of a place

investigates weather and climate and makes predictions

Can you match these weather and climate descriptions?

Match the best activity to suit the weather conditions

Which of these does a meteorologist do? Choose all the ones that fit.

Where would be a good place to watch birds where wildlife is protected?

On an OS map, what is the symbol for a nature reserve?

Which of these is not a word we use to describe the weather?

Summer days are longer than winter days. 

In the UK, why do we get more hours of sunshine in the summer than in the winter?

Name the four seasons in order starting with spring

From the UK, in which direction is the North Pole?

From the UK, in which direction is the Equator? 

The weather where I live and in the UK

Lesson outcome