This could be used for Year 6 and upwards. It is a fun way of teaching a rather dry topic! It is linked to the Tour de France, giving it a real life context. The children will make plasticine models of hills/mountains and added lines to them.
The video shows cyclist Jeff who is asking for help with his cycling as he finds going up hills and mountains hard and needs help reading the map. The children will write to Jeff and tell him about their individual hill/mountain. They can give it a name and they need to describe the relief of it using the contour lines.
- MUST: Understand what contour lines are
- SHOULD: Understand how they are measured and use them in context
- COULD: Understand how to use 2D/3D pictures to represent contour lines
The video shows cyclist Jeff who is asking for help with his cycling as he finds going up hills and mountains hard and needs help reading the map. The children will write to Jeff and tell him about their individual hill/mountain. They can give it a name and they need to describe the relief of it using the contour lines.
- MUST: Understand what contour lines are
- SHOULD: Understand how they are measured and use them in context
- COULD: Understand how to use 2D/3D pictures to represent contour lines
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