The teacher delivering these activities must familiarise him/herself with the Outdoor Learning Cards prior to undertaking the lessons in this unit. The lessons here are pitched at an average ability level, but there may be requirements to adapt the lesson to different classes. The differentiation and progression sections on the O.L.C’s will aid in this process.

This resource for upper KS2 / lower KS3 looks at the location of Tropical Rainforests before giving users the opportunity to compare their features with environments in Wales. Pupils can find out more about ‘rainforest’ products and also take part in a debate to decide the future of Guyana’s forests.

This thinking skill based resource introduces pupils to a Welsh town suffering from a build up of rubbish. Mirroring actual events happening now around the world pupils can debate the opinions of the townspeople, consider the impact of waste on the environment and evaluate the possible effects of these problems in their own areas. This resource covers aspects of the Consumption and Waste, Natural Environment and Choices and Decisions themes in ESDGC.

Resource which will enable pupils to learn about the points of a compass and how you can read them to find your way.

Introduces scale in relation to maps.

Use this activity to practice drawing maps and using keys.

What a grid reference is. How to locate one. How to convert a location into a grid reference. How to read basic OS symbols.

Using the wind to create electricity.

Learn about weather forecasting.

Learn about travelling to Uganda and the importance of passports.

Looking at a locality in a less economically developed country, including an interactive map of Gweta, slideshows and a Powerpoint file

What is waste? where does it come from? what do we do with it?

A collection of resources to support the Locality Studies topic - Comparing a Less Developed Country to Wales. The unit consists of presentations, interactive activities and recommended follow up work. The unit begins with work on location and compares the physical aspects of both countries including the climate. Attention is given to fair trade and other human aspects such as tourism and food on the island.

Within these activities pupils will learn interactively to: * identify different kinds of weather * describe the weather * identify different weather symbols * collect, record and present information in simple graph form * create a simple weather forecast using labels, symbols and maps * identify activities that can be done in different sorts of weather * learn what adjectives are and how they can be used to describe the weather

An interactive oracy resource for the interactive whiteboard, suitable for Y2 / 3 pupils. Follow Bleddyn and Enfys as they explore areas of South East Wales. By accompanying them on their travels, pupils will have the opportunity to engage in a variety of cross-curricular activities.

A resource that allows children to see the differences between two contrasting countries.

An interactive resource that looks at coordinates on a map using letters and numbers

A term's lesson plans that includes photograph resources worksheets and interactive white-board activities for Early Years and for Key Stage 1. Activities that support children in comparing and contrasting places and features beyond their local area ,namely Wales and Lesotho. Both units of work address several elements of the Global Dimension themes and Foundation Phase Learning Aims.

This resource is aimed at year 1 and 2 pupils. It takes them through the following steps: * identifying geographical features such as a hill, mountain and river, and extending geographical vocabulary * locating Snowdon on a map of Wales * identifying activities that could be done on a mountain * recognising features on a walk up a mountain

An investigation of Llanrwst allowing the children to compare the town with their own locality.