5 worksheets to inspire learning and encourage geographical curiosity both at home or at school. Available as PDF to print. Designed for Year 4. These worksheets include: Mapping Puddles Invesitagion Soaking up Water Investigation Regional Study: East Anglia The Water Cycle Rainfall in the UK Leave a review

Get all five sheets from our TES shop Encourage your child’s natural curiosity with this River Investigation. Links to measure in Maths Taken from the KS2 Geography Resources File. Available in PDF Leave a review.

7 activities to support the understanding of the Naples and Campania Region as part of a location study aimed at Keystage 2 children. Activity 1: Where is Italy? Activity 2: The Regions of Italy Activity 3: Base Map of Naples and the Campania Region Activity 4: Reading Train Timetables: Circumvesuviana line table (The train around the Bay of Naples). Activity 5: Holiday Brochure Activity 6: Understanding Volcanoes- The Vesuvius Crater Activity 7: A Section Through a Volcano. Leave a review

Taken from our Geography Flipbook Activities Keystage 2 Years5&6 This unit contains Water Flipbook page 1: WaterAid at work Flipbook page 2:Improving water supplies The resource includes one page of teacher’s notes for every page in the flipbook,and each one includes learning objectives and outcomes,key questions and activity ideas.There are many suggestions on how to use the relevant flipbook page and associated activity sheet. Learning Objective: Children should learn: • to understand that people in less economically developed countries may not have access to safe, clean water supplies Learning outcomes: Children will be able to: • appreciate some of the problems associated with water supply • understand that important decisions about water use have to be made

Taken from our Geography Flipbook Activities Keystage 2 Years5&6 This unit contains Investigating rivers Flipbook :The water cycle The resource includes one page of teacher’s notes for every page in the flipbook,and each one includes learning objectives and outcomes,key questions and activity ideas.There are many suggestions on how to use the relevant flipbook page and associated activity sheet. Learning objectives Children should learn: • about the features of the water cycle • to sequence the components of the water cycle Learning outcomes Children will be able to: • identify and explain each stage in the water cycle Leave a review

2 full lessons with resources, flipbook and worksheets 1st lesson: Learning objectives Children should learn: • that rocks and natural materials are chosen for particular purposes because of their characteristics Learning outcomes Children will be able to: • relate the use of some rocks and natural materials to their characteristics and say why they are used Lesson focuses on describing the use of material in buildings. Do you recognise this building? Try to describe it. • Describe the main building material(s) that was (were) used to make this building. • Are the materials natural or man-made? If the materials are man-made, what do you think the original material was? (e.g. glass is made from sandstone/silica) • Why do you think these materials have been chosen? 2nd lesson: Learning objectives Children should learn: • about planning a fair test and using results to draw conclusions Learning outcomes Children will be able to: • explain whether a simple test is fair and what the results indicate Lesson focuses which rock is the most permeable? Leave a review

Taken from our Geography Flipbook Activities Keystage 2 Years5&6 This unit contains 2 full lessons with lesson plan and resources. Investigating rivers Flipbook The water cycle Flipbook :The Amazon The resource includes one page of teacher’s notes for every page in the flipbook,and each one includes learning objectives and outcomes,key questions and activity ideas.There are many suggestions on how to use the relevant flipbook page and associated activity sheet. Learning Objective: Learning outcomes: Children will be able to: • appreciate some of the problems associated with water supply • understand that important decisions about water use have to be made • about the River Amazon and its characteristics Learning outcomes Children will be able to: • identify and explain each stage in the water cycle Locate the Amazon on a map and identify some of its features (size,meanders,sediment,tributaries, environment through which it flows)

2 lessons with plans and resources Taken from our Year 5 and 6 Geography Flipbook Lesson 1: Making Waste Work Learning objectives Children should learn: • to investigate a local environmental issue • about issues associated with landfill sites Learning outcomes Children will be able to: • understand how change affects the local area • communicate opinions on landfill sites Activity: You are going to make a written proposal to ask the headteacher to give you permission to start a recycling scheme. Lesson 2: Recycling Learning objectives Children should learn: • about the types of rubbish we throw away • about the need for recycling in order to reduce rubbish Learning outcomes Children will be able to: • understand the difference between re-use and recycling • discuss what needs to be considered when setting up a recycling scheme Activity:Imagine that you are an education officer for Friends of the Earth. You are against the proposal for a new landfill site in the local area. • Design a T-shirt for children to wear in the campaign against a new landfill site. Leave a review

1 lesson plan with resource sheets Learning objectives Children learn: • the names of the continents; • the names of the oceans; • the difficulties of representing the globe on a map. Success criteria Children should be able to: • name and locate the seven continents and five oceans Skills and processes Locational knowledge: • Name and locate the seven continents and five oceans. Human and physical geography: • Recognise the Equator and North and South Poles. Geographical skills and fieldwork: • Use a globe to identify continents and oceans. Taken from LCP’s KS1 Geography Resource File

1 lesson plan with resources Called: Going somewhere new – How will we get there? Learning Objective Children should learn: • about the types of transport used to get to places; • to use atlases, internet maps and globes. Success criteria Children can: • use atlases, internet maps and globes to plan routes Taken from LCP’s KS1 Geography Resource File

1 lesson covering the distinction between human and physical features Includes Worksheets Learning objectives Children can: • distinguish human from physical features in the landscape; • begin to understand that the distinction between human and physical is not always clear. Success criteria Children should be able to • recognise physical and human features in the environment; • use geographical vocabulary to describe physical and human features Taken from LCP’s KS1 Geography Resource File

3 lessons covering: The Compass How to use the compass Directional language Includes Lesson plans and work sheets Lesson 1: The Compass and its uses Learning objectives Children should learn: • the names of simple compass directions; • simple locational language; • to describe the location of features on a map Lesson 2: Using the Compass Learning objectives Children should learn: • the names of simple compass directions; • simple locational language; • to use simple maps; • to plot a route on the ground. Lesson 3: Using directional language Learning objectives Children can: • begin to confidently use directional language. Taken from LCP’s KS1 Geography Resource File

Lesson: My school address Learning objectives Children should learn: • that everyone has a personal address; • the significance of addresses, including the school address. Success criteria Children can: understand the importance of knowing addresses particularly of their school Taken from LCP’s KS1 Geography File

4 lessons focusing on how to locate their school Lesson 1: Who lives where? Learning objectives Children should learn: • that some children live far away from school while others live nearby and everyone travels different distances; • how to measure and compare the distance of the routes used by the children in their class. Lesson 2: The journey to school Learning objectives Children should learn: • that everyone travels to school in different ways; • how to design and carry out a survey; • to draw a simple graph; • how to analyse their findings. Lesson 3: Where is the school? Learning objectives Children should learn: • a sense of place: the relationship between home and school; • to draw a picture map Lesson 4: Describing my route to school Learning objectives Children should learn: • to describe geographical features on their route to school; • to compile a personal word bank of geographical terms; • to give descriptive directions using adjectives. Taken from LCP’s KS1 Geography Resource File Leave a review

Lesson Plan: How to identify different types of buildings Learning objectives Children should learn: • that a locality includes a range of types of building; • about the function or significance of some buildings in their own locality; • how to annotate maps. Success criteria Children can: • annotate a simple route map Taken from LCP’s KS1 Geography Resource File

Lesson: Celebrating the local area- Designing a trail Learning objectives Children should learn: • how to design a trail that celebrates their local area; • to work in pairs to review and redraft their work. Success criteria Children can: • work with a partner to devise a successful trail which can be readily followed with clear starting and finishing points, with a set of precise direction to help find one’s way. Taken from LCP’s KS1 Geography Resource File