Buildings and features near our school
I can investigate the street outside my school and do some fieldwork to observe and record what is there.
Buildings and features near our school
I can investigate the street outside my school and do some fieldwork to observe and record what is there.
These resources will be removed by end of Summer Term 2025.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Many streets include a range of buildings, including homes, shops, places of worship, offices, etc.
- When doing fieldwork geographers use large-scale maps to locate their position and features they see.
- Geographers use maps, labels and photographs to share information about places they have investigated through fieldwork.
Keywords
Fieldwork - Fieldwork is investigating the outdoors using geographical tools and thinking to gather information or data.
Buildings - Buildings are structures made by people that have walls and a roof, such as homes, offices, schools, shops, places of worship.
Large-scale map - A large-scale map shows a small area on a map in a great amount of detail.
Recording sheet - A recording sheet is where you can note your findings from fieldwork, and can include a table, chart, etc.
Display - A display is a way of sharing your findings and can be written, drawn, spoken or be a mixture of all these methods.
Common misconception
The features discussed in the slides are the only way they look in real life e.g. all houses/ shops/ leisure facilities all look the same (like the pictures in the slides).
Houses, shops, green spaces, places of worship etc. are all unique. The features in your area might look the same as the examples or they might look different to the examples used. They are still a type of that feature.
Licence
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