Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Describe the water cycle.
- Describe how the ocean is used for human activity.
- Explain how the ocean helps to regulate the Earth’s climate and temperature.
- Identify the Great Barrier Reef as part of Australia.
- Describe the benefits of the Great Barrier reef.
- Describe how humans impact the oceans and the consequences of this.
- Explain some actions that can be taken to help support healthy oceans.
- Explain which data collection method would be best for marine fieldwork and why.
- Collect data using a tally chart, photographs and a sketch map.
- Safely navigate the fieldwork environment.
- Make suggestions for how to improve a marine environment.
- Present data using a tally chart and pie chart.
Lesson 5 involves fieldwork in a marine 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 5 to prepare for this lesson. Please be aware this lesson may take longer than 1 hour.
Lessons 2, 5 and 6 require a device (one between two).
Suggested prior learning
What are rivers and how are they used?
Get startedLessons
Lesson 1: How do we use our oceans?
Lesson 2: What is the Great Barrier Reef?
Lesson 3: Why are our oceans suffering?
Lesson 4: What can we do to help our oceans?
Lesson 5: How littered is our marine environment? – Data collection
Lesson 6: How littered is our marine environment? – Findings
Key skills
- Locating major
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Key knowledge
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Key vocabulary
atmosphere
biodegradable
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Unit resources
Assessment – Geography Y5: Why do oceans matter?
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Knowledge organiser
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Cross-curricular opportunities
English: Writing – composition, spoken language
Mathematics: Statistics
Computing
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