A fact is a statement about something that can be proven to be true.

An opinion is a thought, feeling or belief held by a person or group of people.

To summarise is to explain something using just the main points.

Evidence is a fact or piece of information that helps to prove that something is or is not true.

Our changing place

Geography

Measuring settlement change

Recording local views

Evidence from fieldwork

Mapping changes

Measuring change in a day

This unit links to further work on the UK in 'The UK: Who are we?'. 'UK region: Why is the Lake District a National Park?' and particularly to fieldwork in 'Local area: What needs changing?' where pupils will return to the theme of local change and consider what changes they would like to see in the future and gather a range of perspectives on this before making recommendations. 

This unit directly builds on work in 'Settlements: Where do people live and why?' to examine change in your local area through a large scale investigation, using mapwork and other evidence, including fieldwork.

This unit develops pupils’ fieldwork skills through an investigation of change in the local area. Pupils observe, measure, map and record evidence of change, gather local views, and begin to consider how places evolve over time.

Local area: how is it changing?

Which of the following settlements is the smallest?

A fact is a statement about something that can be proven to be ...

Match the question words to the questions about our local area.

What evidence could we use to investigate how our local area has changed?

Starting with the smallest, put these settlement types in order of size.

What type of map could geographers use to find out about a settlement in the past?

changes that might be thought to be good or bad

Match the features to the correct examples.

to ask for information about what time something happens

Match the enquiry question word to its meaning.

a collection of data about a whole population

a tool used by geographers to measure air pollution

Our changing place

Lesson outcome