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  4. Y5/6 (B): Why does population change?
  5. Y5/6 (B): Lesson 3: Why do people migrate?

Y5/6 (B): Lesson 3: Why do people migrate?

Understanding that migration can be voluntary and involuntary and that it is influenced by external factors that are environmental, economic and social.

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  • Assessment – Geography Y5/6 (B): Why does population change?

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  • Y5/6 (B): Lesson 1: How is the global population changing?

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  • Y5/6 (B): Lesson 2: What are birth and death rates?

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  • Y5/6 (B): Lesson 4: How is climate change impacting the population?

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  • Y5/6 (B): Lesson 5: How is population impacting our environment?: Data collection

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  • Y5/6 (B): Lesson 6: How is population impacting our environment?: Findings

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