Amazon Rainforest
Year 3 - Geography - Autumn 1
Year 3 - Geography - Autumn 1
The UK and the World
Discuss the location of the Equator in relation to the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Understand the key human and physical features of the Northern Hemisphere and how they are linked (it has 90% of the world’s population and most of the world’s land).
Understand the key human and physical features of the Southern Hemisphere and how they are linked (it has 10% of the world’s population and is covered by 80% water).
Define the terms biomes and vegetation belts: a biome is a large area of the Earth’s surface classified by the plants and animals that live there and a vegetation belt is the dominating plant life within a biome.
Name and identify the characteristics of the 5 main biomes: forest, grassland, tundra, desert and aquatic.
Name and locate rainforests around the world, understanding their proximity to the Equator and the impact this has on the weather and climate.
Locate the country of Brazil within the continent of South America.
Use relief maps and interpret keys to identify some of the major physical features of Brazil e.g. mountainous areas, rivers etc.
Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of the capital city of a country in the UK (London, England) and the capital city of a country in North or South America (Brasilia, Brazil).
Use topological maps (tube maps) to compare London and Brasilia’s transport networks.
Locate the Amazon Rainforest and understand that it spans 8 different South American countries: Brazil, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana and Suriname.
Understand the term political map is defined as a map which represents human-created boundaries. Use political maps to identify the different countries which the Amazon spans and begin to develop an understanding that these boundaries can change.
Use increasingly advanced geographical vocabulary to refer to the key physical features of rainforests: forest, tropical, forest floor, understorey, canopy and emergent.
Equator
Southern Hemisphere
Northern Hemisphere
biome
vegetation belt
forest
grassland
tundra
desert
aquatic
tropical
forest floor
understorey
canopy
emergent
In Year 2, children identify the location of hot and cold areas of the world in relation to the Equator and the North and South poles, developing an understanding of how a country’s proximity to the Equator has an impact on its human and physical geography.
Year 2 - Spring 1 - The African Continent
In Year 6, children study the Amazon River and investigate the historical flood of 2021 to understand its causes.