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Mount Snowdon

Topics Year 2/3
This unit is part of Mountains, Rivers and Coasts Mountain Views

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Objectives

Art

  • To create sketch books to record their observations and use them to review and revisit ideas.
  • To improve their mastery of art and design techniques, including drawing.

Geography

  • To describe and understand key aspects of physical geography including mountains.
  • To interpret a range of sources of geographical information, including maps, diagrams, globes, aerial photographs and Geographical Information Systems (GIS).

Lesson Planning

Learn about Mount Snowdon, make sketches and consider perspective.

Teaching Outcomes:

  • Using a pencil, sketch Mount Snowdon from different views whilst considering things in the foreground and background.
  • To consider information about Mount Snowdon, including how it might have formed.

Children will:

  • Use their sketch books to record observations of Mount Snowdon.
  • Begin to consider perspective when drawing things in the foreground and background.
  • Begin to interpret geographical information from a map.
  • Locate Mount Snowdon on a topographical map of the UK.

You Will Need

  • Map of the UK
  • Sketch books
  • Drawing pencils.

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