Year 3- Geography- Contours and Relief (2 Lessons)

2 part lesson covering contours and relief specifically aimed at Year 3 pupils.
Includes lesson plans and resource sheets

Lesson 1:
Learning objectives
Children should understand:
• contours show the shape of the land (relief);
• how sea level is measured.
Success criteria
Children can:
• begin to understand how relief (the shape of the
land) is shown on OS maps;
• understand how sea level is assessed.

Lesson 2:
Learning objectives
Children should understand:
• there are two ways of representing height on an
OS map;
• contours show the shape of the land (relief);
• layer colouring is a third way of showing relief on
maps.
Success criteria
Children can:
• state how high above sea level a particular
feature is on an OS map;
• begin to understand how height and relief are
shown on OS maps.

Taken from LCP’s LKS2 Geography Resource File