Geography Resource File KS2

• What do others need to know about our locality?
• Where is the locality in relation to other places?
• Where is our school?
• What was the local area like?
• Land use
• What jobs do people do?
• Services
• Change in the locality
• Everywhere has something to shout about

• Holiday weather
• Where are hot and cold places found around the world?
• Climate patterns
• Holidays around the world
• What is the place like?
• What do we need to take with us?
• What was the weather like?
• Which places have we visited?

• What is the environment like in school?
• Noise investigations
• The noise issue in school
• What do we throw away in the classroom
• Visit to a waste disposal site
• How much do we throw away in the school grounds?
• Caring for the environment
• A place in need of improvement
• A blueprint for improvement

• Where did the early settlers choose to settle?
• The early development of the village
• What evidence can we find on maps?
• What are villages like today?
• How are isolated farms and houses connected to the locality?
• How do settlements develope?

• Where is the village?
• What is the village like?
• Physical and human features
• Producing a class display
• How is the village connected to other places?
• What is the landscape like?
• Weather and climate
• What are the homes of children like?
• Going to school
• Going to work
• Shopping
• What are the main similarities and differences?

• Where can we find water locally?
• Water around the world
• Water around the school
• Moving water around
• How do we use water?
• How do we use water in the home?
• Filed visit to water treatment plant
• Who owns the water that we drink?
• Water supply in less economically developed countries

• What is the high street like?
• How big an issue is traffic?
• Analysing the field data
• What can be done to solve the problem of traffic?
• Planning meeting - what can be done to improve the high street?
• The dissemination of the findings

• Where is the locality?
• Similarities and differences
• What do we expect the locality to be like?
• The field experience
• Analysing the field data
• Compiling the portfolio of the contrasting locality
• Does the locality match up to the expectations?
• What about the future?

• Where does water come from?
• Where does water go to?
• Rivers and streams
• Rivers and streams on maps
• Field investigation of rivers
• Analysing the river data
• What do I feel about rivers and streams?
• Rivers around the world
• River project work

• Different tyopes of environment
• What is the mountain environment?
• What are these places like?
• Making a presentation
• How does the weather compare in each of there places?
• Weather in different seasons
• What effect does the weather have on tourism?
• What effect does tourism have on our area?
• Preparing for a camping expedition in the mountains
• How to camp in the mountains

• What is in the local or national newspapers?
• What is changing in the local environment?
• What will the weather be like today and tomorrow?
• What is the international news today?
• What is happeninng in the news today?
• What is in the radio traffic new today?
• What is happening in our local area?

• Why do people use faxes?
• Why do people use e-mail?
• What is the weather like there?
• Connections between places
• What will our journey be like?

• What did we all do last week?
• How can we make a survey of what we did?
• What do the results mean?
• Where did we spend our leisure time?
• How do we spend our leisure time?

• What is the issue?
• Fieldwork - the site visit
• A visiting speaker
• How will the local area be changed?
• What are the interest groups involved in the issue?
• How might the issue be resolved?
• How did the issue arise?
• Why is this an issue?
• Is the development sustainable?

• What is the view like?
• What are the main features in the locality?
• What is the view from our window like?
• What do we want to find out about the area?
• What have we found out from our fieldwork?
• What exactly are the key features we can see?
• What is the quality of the environment like here?
• What wiil the view be like in the future?

• What is the coast?
• How do coasts change?
• What do people do on the coast?
• Why do we need to protect our coastline?
• Waves and beaches
• Coastal fieldwork investigations
• Presentation of fieldwork
• Why do people visit the coast?
• How are decisions made about looking after the coastline?

• How can we find out where place are?
• How can we find out about places?
• How can we find out what places are like?
• What are the reasons for places being mentioned in the news?
• How are places described in stories?

Apply mathematics to work in geography.