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.

Land use in the locality

Geography

UK human and physical features

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?

True or false? Residential land use includes factories.

Which of these would not be classed as industrial land use?

{{}} land use includes places where people sell things.

Vertical aerial images are know as a {{}} eye view.

True or false? This is the OS symbol for agricultural land use.

Which of these buildings could be shown on a map by small orange shapes with white land in front or behind them?

The United Kingdom is made up of four nations: England, Northern Ireland, Wales and {{}}.

can be viewed at different scales using the zoom function

can be folded up and taken in your pocket

can be annotated with labels and photographs

True or false? Scotland has a land border with England.

The capital city of Northern Ireland is {{}}.

True or false? This map shows the United Kingdom.

Detailed green gradient map of United Kingdom.

Land use in the locality

Lesson outcome