UK human and physical features

Geography

Land use in the locality

Farming in the UK

Different types of land use in the UK

Using grid references to identify land use

Changing land use

The idea of land use is developed in more depth in 'Settlements: Where do people live and why?' where pupils will look at settlement patterns and make links between human and physical landscapes.

This unit builds on 'Local area: Why is (our place) special?' and other previous locality studies to develop pupils' ideas of features and the patterns of land use in the local area, and more widely in the UK, consolidating and developing what was learnt about the UK in 'The UK: What kind of place is is?'.

This unit explores how land is used in the local area and across the UK. Pupils investigate human and physical features, farming, land use types and change, using aerial photos, maps and grid references to describe and compare landscapes.

Land use: how diverse are local and UK landscapes?

Land use is the function or purpose of a particular area.

A map key is a box of information on a map that tells you what the lines and symbols on the map mean.

Settlements are places where groups of people live and work.

The scale on a map shows what size the area that is represented in the map really is.

Farming is the growing and harvesting of crops or rearing animals for food or raw materials.

A farmer is a person who grows and harvests crops or rears animals for food or raw materials.

Livestock means the animals (but not birds) that are farmed.

Agriculture is the science and practice of cultivating soil and farming.

Habitat is the natural home or environment of an animal, plant or other organism.

Wildlife refers to all living things that live in their natural habitat without human involvement.

Something vertical stands upright or points upwards from the ground.

Something horizontal is parallel to the ground.

Pasture is land, with grass and other low plants, suitable for livestock to graze on.

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

Variety is where the collection of things are different from one another.

A food chain shows how a group of living things are linked by what they eat.

Land use: how diverse are local and UK landscapes?

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These lessons were made for home learning during the pandemic.