Mapping our school grounds
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can plan a route to show a visitor our school grounds using an aerial photograph and a large-scale map.
Key learning points
- An imaginary scenario can help us to plan what we would show an alien visiting our school grounds.
- Routes can be plotted on large-scale maps and aerial photographs of familiar places, e.g. the school grounds.
- Geographical vocabulary is used to name and describe familiar places, e.g. features of the school grounds.
Keywords
Map - A map is a two-dimensional representation of an area, showing geographical features and where they are in relation to each other.
Visitor - A visitor is someone who goes to a place for a while but does not stay there permanently.
Route - A route shows the starting point and end point of a journey, sometimes with stops in between.
Common misconception
Places on the route can be visited in a random order.
A route has a start point and end point and the stops in between help us find the last place of our route. If we visit places in a different order we may get lost.
Teacher tip
You can replace the images shown with your own to show a route around your school. Choose a visitor that pupils can relate to (another pupil from a local school, visitor from the council etc.) so they can create a route for them in mind.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Geographers use images, words and to help them describe a place.
Q2.You collect when you do geography fieldwork.
Q3.How do school grounds help with your development?
Q4.An aerial photograph is taken from .
Q5.Which of these are facts?
Q6.Which of these is an example of a large-scale map?
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Why are these areas important in school?
Q2.A path taken on a journey can be described as a...
Q3.Which of these are examples of locational language?
Q4.What can we use to help us plan a route?
Q5.Which of these people are visitors at a school?
Q6.Why would a visitor need a map of the school?
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