The geography of summer and winter sports

Topics Year 2/3

Objectives

Geography

  • Describe and understand key aspects of physical and human geography including climate zones, rivers and mountains, and land use and economic activity.

PE

  • Use running and jumping in isolation and in combination.
  • Develop flexibility, strength, technique, control and balance.

Lesson Planning

Discover how seasons within the Norwegian climate impacts on the sports played. Play a fun, high-octane climate sports game and create your own infographics for the Olympic Committee and prospective sports enthusiasts.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • To link terrain and climate to sports activities.
  • To develop further strength and balance skills through specific exercises.

Children will:

  • Play Seasonal Sports game to develop specific strength and balance skills and to reinforce understanding of the landscape and land-use in different seasons.
  • Create sports infographics for a range of winter and summer Norwegian sports.

Provided Resources

  • Trysil sports (covering: Trysil (Summer) Trysil (Winter))
  • Trysil sports (Summer or Winter?)
  • Seasonal Sports game
  • Infographic images
  • Sample infographic design images
  • Sample infographic

You Will Need

You do not need any particular resources for this session.

Weblinks

There are no weblinks needed for this session.