This video helps teachers explore physical features of the Mojave Desert and examine how people live, work, and interact with this extreme environment.
year: Year 6
Teacher Video: Threats to deserts
Teachers are supported in guiding the children to understand how climate change and human activity are increasing threats to desert environments, while exploring positive responses to desertification.
Teacher video: Analysing and presenting data
Teachers are supported in guiding the children to analyse their fieldwork data and present their findings clearly, promoting critical thinking, reflection and confident communication.
Teacher video: Mapping a Route
Teachers are supported in guiding the children to plan and navigate a safe, purposeful route for their fieldwork enquiry, considering data collection, risks and appropriate mitigations.
Teacher video: Data Collection Methods
Teachers are supported in guiding the children to select suitable data collection methods for fieldwork inquiries, encouraging critical thinking and safe, effective research practice.
Teacher video: Choosing a fieldwork inquiry question
Teachers are supported in guiding the children to select meaningful fieldwork inquiry questions, plan investigations and collect evidence to develop independence and geographical understanding.
Pupil video: Ancient Maya cities (short captions)
Teacher video: Using knowledge of grammar when translating
This Spanish video supports teachers in leading a lesson that develops children’s confidence in translating Spanish sentences independently. Pupils explore sentences describing landmarks found in ancient Maya cities and are challenged to make plausible guesses for unknown words without using bilingual dictionaries.
Teacher video: Minerals
This video provides subject knowledge on metallic and non-metallic minerals, their everyday uses, extraction methods, and environmental considerations — supporting confident geography teaching at Key Stage 2.
