Lesson Planning
Footprints to Antartica
Topics Reception/Year 1
This unit is part of
Weather Experts - NEW LOOK Cold, Cold, Cold! - NEW LOOK
Objectives
Geography
- To use simple compass directions and directional language.
- To understand how to use a simple map.
- To locate different areas on a world.
Enquiry question
What can we find out about the location of the UK and Antarctica?
Outcomes
Children will:
- Learn how to read and follow a simple map.
- Recognise and use the points of a compass.
- Locate the UK and Antarctica on a world map and find the best route between the two.
Provided Resources
You Will Also Need
Lost and Found by Oliver Jeffers
A compass
Atlases
Weblinks
You may want to show children a short clip of Antarctica in the plenary such as this one from Nat Geo Kids