Our current unit we are focusing on in Geography is:
PHYSICAL AND HUMAN:
What is a mountain and where are the key mountain ranges found?
What is the climate zone of the Europe? (Place)
To know that Europe has the following climate zones: polar, temperate, Mediterranean and mountains
To know that polar means very cold and dry all year round.
To know that Mediterranean mean dry hot summers and mild winters.
To know that mountains means, very cold, sometimes wet all year.
What is a mountain? (Physical and Human Processes)
To know that a mountain is a landform that is 600 metres above sea level.
To know that the Alpine biome starts at the snowline of a mountain
To know what vegetation is found in an Alpine Biome
To know that a mountain has a summit, a slope and a valley.
To describe these key features (summit, slope, valley)
To know that the geography of a mountain may include the base, a plateau, ridge, snow line, face and tree line.
To know that there are four different types of mountain- fold, fault- block, dome, volcanoes and to be able to describe the features of these mountains.
How is land height shown on a map? (Scale and Space: How is it mapped)
To know that contour lines are lines that join up areas of equal height on a map.
To know that by looking at how far apart the contour lines of an area are, we can tell how steep or flat the land is. This is usually on smaller areas.
To know that shading is used on maps to show the height of the land.
Where are the key mountain ranges found?
To name and locate the seven summits . (The tallest summit on each continent)
Aconcagua (South America), Denali (North America), Kilimanjaro (Africa), Mount Elbrus (Europe), Mount Vinson (Antarctica), and either Mount Kosciuszko or Carstensz Pyramid (Oceania). and know that Mount Everest is the tallest mountain in the world
To locate the tallest mountains in the UK- Ben Nevis (Scotland and the tallest in the UK 1345m), Snowdon (Wales1085m), Scafell Pike (England 978m), Slieve Donard (Northern Ireland 850m)