Learning objective

  • To locate the Equator on a world map.

Success criteria

  • I know the Equator is an imaginary line

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National curriculum

Geography

Human and physical geography

Pupils should

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Before the lesson

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Lesson plan

Recap and recall

Display the Presentation: Brain dump and use the activity to recap learning from the previous lesson.

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Adaptive teaching

Pupils needing extra support

Could work in a focus group to locate the Equator on a world map and one country it runs through.

 

Pupils working at greater depth

Could use the atlas to locate the continents and countries the Equator runs through and label them on their Activity: World map; could be challenged to consider why the Equator is hot and the poles are cold or why the UK has a mild climate.

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Assessing progress and understanding

Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: locating the Equator on a world

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Vocabulary definitions

  • map

    A picture of a place, drawn from above.

  • locate

    Discover the position of something.

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Maintained by: Kapow Primary team

Contributors

Dr Michael Leach

Geography specialist

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