Different types of land use in the UK
Lesson details
Learning outcome
I can describe different types of land use in the UK.
Key learning points
- Houses and gardens take up 5% or just 5 out of our 100 squares
- Woods make up just 10% or one tenth, or ten of our hundred squares
- 27% or 27 squares out of the 100 are used for crops; half of this is fed to animals
- More than a quarter of land in the UK - 27% or 27 out of the 100 squares - is used for pasture for livestock
Keywords
Livestock - Livestock means the animals (but not birds) that are farmed.
Land use - Land use is the function or purpose of a particular area.
Habitat - Habitat is the natural home or environment of an animal, plant or other organism.
Wildlife - Wildlife refers to all living things that live in their natural habitat without human involvement.
Agriculture - Agriculture is the science and practice of cultivating soil and farming.
Common misconception
Children may believe that all arable crops grown in the UK are required by humans for food.
Explain that 40% or 2/5 of the crops grown in the UK are used for animal feed.
Teacher tip
There is a wonderful video created by Friends of the Earth and Dan Raven- Ellison called 'The UK in 100 seconds'. This is an excellent visual representation of how the land in the UK is used with each second of footage representing 1% of land use.
Equipment
100 cubes or counters
Licence
Lesson video
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What type of farming is this?
Q2.Which type of farming is this?
Q3.Match the three types of farming to their definitions.
Q4.Which part of the UK usually gets the most rainfall?
Q5.The of the UK is usually the warmest.
Q6.Select the factors that are best suited to arable framing.
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.What type of land use is this?
Q2.What type of land use is this?
Q3.This image shows land use.
Q4.Which of these would be called artificial surface land use?
Q5. is the main land use type in the UK.
Q6.Which of these types of land use are not commonly found in the uplands of the UK?
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