This is a Year 5 geography lesson focussing on the type of land, land use, physical and human features and climate to compare and contrast rocket launch sites around the world.
Children will be able to;
*Know and identify the location of Russia on a world map.
*Know and identify the location of America on a world map.
*Know of human and physical features as well as climate differences between Russia and America’s main space/rocket launching sites.
*Know how to locate places using lines of longitude and latitude.
The lesson starts with a discussion of the definition of geography and why we study it.
Children will recap the continents before looking at aerial images of rocket launch sites around the world, identifying human and physical features and deciding why those areas have been chosen. They will compare the three sites to look for similarities and differences.
There is an activity using lines of latitude and longitude to identify where the rocket launch sites are on a world map.
The lesson ends with deciding where they would launch a rocket from within the school grounds. You can incldue an aerial image of your own school and grounds and decide where to launch from as well as discussing and giving reasons why.
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