British English CC

Using digital maps to explore changes in our local area

Geography

Change in a local area

Fieldwork tools and techniques

Risk assessment and staying safe

Active fieldwork

Presenting data

Future changes

This Unit links directly to 'Local area: Why are trees and forests important?', where pupils will continue to evaluate the local area by investigating green spaces and trees.

This unit builds on 'UK region: Why is the Lake District a National Park?' in which pupils learnt about issues at a regional scale in the Lake District, and it develops 'Local area: How is it changing?' in which local area change was identified and recorded. This unit is about evaluating change with a futures’ perspective.  

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.

Local area: what needs changing?

Which of these terms is used for moving around a digital map with your mouse cursor?

Measure the area of shape drawn on the map

Compare two map layers by sliding a divider across them

What does the 'Swipe' function on the Geography Visualiser allow you to do?

What might you call a map you use on a computer?

Which of these features are you more likely to find on a map today than a map made 100 years ago?

If a new park is built in your area, how might it appear on a digital map?

How might we be able to see places in greater detail on a digital map?

In maths, the proper name for the space inside a shape is its:

Introduction

What will you need for this lesson?

Are you ready to learn?

Equipment

Worksheet