Year 5 - Geography
Year 5 - Geography
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Introduction
At Eastfield we aim for our children to develop an understanding and curiosity for the world. We use Collins Connected Geography scheme to ensure children receive a structured but ambitious curriculum. Vocabulary and talk play a central role within geography teaching and learning so our pupils' can talk like geographers.
Why does Sylvia have the largest collection of plastic bath ducks in the world?
Why does Sylvia have the largest collection of plastic bath ducks in the world?
Keywords we used:
Biodegradable, coast, Conservation, emission, gulf, pollution, gyre, strandline, validity
Within this unit children will Understand the importance of ocean gyres, the impact of microplastics in seas and on beaches and what action can be taken to reduce plastic pollution
Children started off looking at some map work and where certain oceans, seas and open water are in our world. They used a map and marked out all the different seas with a colour and their names in a key. From this we then looked at how rubbish moves around our oceans. The main focus were that of the thosands of plastic ducks that were lost at sea between China and America. The children marked off where they had turned up around the world.
Following from this we looked at how the rubbish and duck are able to move around the world through our oceans. We discovered and learnt about the ocean gyres. The children learnt how these work and that the biggest one in our oceans is called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Using the idea of currents we discovered how the ducks moved around the oceans.
This got us thinking about other rubbish and how it travelks around the world and how oceanographers recored it. We learnt about the techniques that oceanogrphers use to see how much rubbish washes up on our beaches. They use the mean average to estimate how much rubbish is in the strandline on our beaches. Here is an example of what they would do.
What is a River?
What is a River?
Keywords we used:
course estuary water cycle confluence port dock financial commercial
In this unit we have looked at a number of different parts rivers play in our lives and why they may be important. The children learnt about the features and processes of a river, how they are important in everyday life and how some countries rely on them more than others. The children also looked at why rivers are so important to our water cycle as well.
The children started off this topic looking at some map work locating different rivers around the world. They then looked closely at the different features of rivers from the source to the mouth where the river enter our seas and open water around theworld. They worked in small grouds trying to match the features of the rivers to pictures to help them understand what a river consists of.
Then they looked at an OS map that shows the River Axe. In pairs, they were given a small part of the OS map which they needed to recreate. They needed to know what an OS map was and how to read it as we would be using one on our geography trip we would later go on.
From this we then looked at how rivers are important parts of the water cycle and how they play a major part. The children created a story board of the journey a rain drop would take through the water cycle.
Finally we looked at the country of Bangladesh and why it encounters so many issues with flooding. The children had to take into account everything they had learnt about rivers and explain the issues that Bangladesh faces.
Once we had finished all of our learning in the classroom we went on a trip to Stanborough Lakes where the children could see first hand all we had been learning about. We even carried out a few investigations to see how clear the water was and how fast it was flowing. The children had an excellent day.
Why is Fair Trade Fair?
Why is Fair Trade Fair?
Keywords we used:
trade sustainability ethical co-operative export import producer consumer
In this unit we have looked at fair trade in detail and spoke lots about why fair trade is important. We have studied the history of fair trade, specifically at China's historic silk production and the legendary explorer Marco Polo. We then made links between the history of fair trade and modern trading; including the United Kingdom's import/export of commodities and a real life fair tarde farmer, Melvin Joseph.
We began this unit with a pre assessment, which required the children to explain why the famous 'Silk Road' was important two thousand years ago. We then went on to learn about the Silk Road, looking at who used the road, what goods were transported via the road and which countires the road passed through.
Once the children understood what the Silk Road was used for, we explored some of the challenges that travellers would have encountered when travelling the Silk Road. The children also learnt about the famous explorer, Marco Polo and went on to write a more detailed explanation of their initial question, 'Why was this road so important two thousand years ago?'
In this lesson, we identified commodities that the United Kingdom imports, sorted these commodities into categories and ranked each commodity in order of how much money the United Kingdom's population spend on them.
Next, Year 5 studied items that the United Kingdom exports. We researched British-made commodities and created a poster to advertise these products.
To conclude the unit, Year 5 studied a real life fair trade farmer, called Melvin Joseph. We wrote about Melvin Joseph and what he does for a living, explaining how fair trade affects him.
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