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.

Changing land use

Geography

UK human and physical features

Land use in the locality

Farming in the UK

Different types of land use in the UK

Using grid references to identify 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?

{{}} can be described as the variety of life on Earth?

It makes the landscape look more attractive.

It helps keep the water and soil healthy.

Humans remove nettles as they are ‘weeds’.

The land where they grow is used for farming.

The land where they grow is built on and covered with an artificial surface.

Why might a plant like a nettle be removed from a food chain?

How much of its original biodiversity has the UK lost?

Which of the following would help to protect biodiversity in the UK?

More than half of the land in the UK is used for ...

Match the type of line of an Ordnance Survey map with their definition.

Which 4 digit grid reference tells you the location of the golf course symbol?

Which grid square is Holywell Pond Nature Reserve in?

What is the main land use in grid square 3374?

Which of these grid squares does not have a nature reserve in them?

Changing land use

Lesson outcome