This half term our focus will be around geography and the children will focusing on the following question,
'Where is North America and what are the key characteristics?'
National Curriculum links:
To locate the world’s countries, using maps to focus on North America concentrating on their environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries, and major cities.
We will learn all about:
Where is North America?
Which countries are in North America and what are their capital cities?
What are the environmental regions of North America and what are the characteristics of these?
What are the key human and physical features of North America?
Key Vocabulary
aerial photograph, atlas, characteristics, capital city, climate, coast, continent, country, environment, Equator, hemisphere, human processes, landmark, locality, location, map, mountains, ocean, physical processes, region, , scale, significance, cay, islet plains, biome, topography, tundra, mountainous western region, great plains, eastern region, Caribbean region coral reef, volcanic, Rockies, wetlands, marsh, Everglades.