English National Curriculum Science - Previous Lessons Science
Mission Objectives
Understand that human features are man-made
Understand that physical features are natural
Locate some physical and human features on an aerial map
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Words and meanings to learn
aerial view
a picture of an area from the sky
human features
things or buildings that are made by people
physical features
natural parts of the world, such as mountains, rivers, trees, oceans or hills
map
a drawing that shows where things are located
features
natural and man-made things we see around us
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Resources: World map or globe, a map of the UK, aerial maps of your local area and school grounds, the handout, pencils and a ruler (optional). We have provided example aerial maps within the handouts, however, we do recommend that teachers provide this for their specific school.
Support Handout (1): The support handout is a word bank of typical human and physical features that might appear in your school grounds. We have also provided an additional support handout for pupils who may need more scaffolding.
Core Handout (2): The handout provides a space for children to stick in an aerial view of their school for them to label the human and physical features that might appear in your school grounds.
Challenge Handout (4): This handout asks children to label the human and physical features they can see on the aerial view of their school grounds and write a simple key.
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