(Rural) Where on Earth are we?

Topics Year 4/5
This unit is part of Comparing People and Places Local Area

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Objectives

Geography

Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography in a region of the United Kingdom.
Describe and understand human geography including types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water.

Computing

Select, use and combine a variety of software on a range of digital devices to design and create a range of programs, systems and content that accomplish given goals.

Lesson Planning

Explore the local area using conventional maps and Google maps. Then create their own map of their immediate area using mapping software.

Teaching Outcomes:

To locate their local area on a range of maps and discuss the similarities and differences using geographical language.
To look at other sections of google maps and create their own map of the area using Google Earth and Google Images.

Children will:

Locate their local area on a national map using Google maps and other mapping software.
Compare satellite and map views of the local area and discuss the similarities and differences using geographical language.
Create their own map of the area using mapping software.

Planning

Provided Resources

How to create your own map

Unit Resources

You Will Need

Ordnance Survey map of local area
Selection of OS maps
Internet enabled devices for children to work in pairs

Weblinks

Ordnance Survey Mapzone for children from ordnancesurvey.co.uk
Digimaps for Schools, with facility to print OS maps in A4 or A3 from digimapforschools.edina.ac.uk
Detailed digital maps of all rural areas of Great Britain from magic.gov.uk