Something that is human, for example a human feature, is something that has been made or built by humans

A feature in the landscape which has a particular meaning attached to it, for example to help with directions, is called a landmark

A location is the particular position of something on Earth

Architecture is the process of designing buildings

Human wonders of the world

Geography

Annotating our map of the school grounds

Describing and locating our favourite places

The seven wonders of the natural world

This unit provides a foundation for investigations of the UK and London or Cardiff, and further investigation of what is special in the local area.

This unit builds on investigations of play areas in the local area, extending work on pupils’ preferred play areas and immediate locality by focusing on why some places are special.  It develops basic geographical vocabulary and simple mapwork and fieldwork skills.

This unit explores what makes places special by combining personal geography with global examples. Pupils describe, annotate and locate familiar places before learning about the natural and human wonders of the world using images, maps and geographical vocabulary.

Local to global: how can we identify special places?

How many human wonders of the world are there?

This image shows the Eiffel Tower. Where is this landmark found?

This landmark is found in the city of Rome. What is it called?

What do geographers make to share information?

Are these human or natural wonders of the world?

This is the harbour in Rio de Janeiro. What continent is it on?

Which country is the Grand Canyon found in?

Mount Everest is the tallest mountain, what continent is it found on?

How can geographers gather information from other people?

Exit Quiz

What do architects design?