Y5/6 (A): What is life like in the Alps?
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Y5/6 (A): What is life like in the Alps?
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Locate the Alps on a world map and identify and label the eight countries they spread through.
- Locate three physical and three human characteristics in the Alps.
- Research and describe the physical and human features of Innsbruck.
- Use a variety of data collection methods including completing a questionnaire, mapping their route and recording their findings in sketches or photographs.
- Compare the human and physical geography of their local area and Innsbruck.
- Describe at least four of the key aspects of the human and physical geography of the Alps to answer the enquiry question, ‘What is life like in the Alps?’
Lesson 4 involves fieldwork in a local urban environment. It is important to risk-assess the proposed route taking into account any relevant school risk assessment policies and procedures. Refer to the Before the lesson section in Lesson 4 to prepare for this lesson. Please be aware this lesson may take longer than 1 hour.
Lessons 2, 3 and 5 require a device (one between two).
Suggested prior learning
Y3/4 (B): What are rivers and how are they used?
Get startedLessons
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 1: Where are the Alps?
- To locate the Alps on a map.
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 2: What is it like in the Alps?
- To locate the key physical and human characteristics of the Alps.
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 3: Why do people visit the Alps?
- To describe the physical and human features of an Alpine region.
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 4: What is there to do in our local area?
- To investigate what there is to do in the local area using data collection.
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 5: How are the Alps different from our local area?
- To understand similarities and differences between the local area and an Alpine area.
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 6: What is life like in the Alps?
- To understand the human and physical geography of the Alps.
Key knowledge
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Unit resources
Knowledge organiser: Geography – Y5 What is life like in the Alps?
A 2-page summary of key information and vocabulary, capturing the key learning from the Year 5 What is life like…
Vocabulary display: What is life like in the Alps?
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit What is life like in the Alps?
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