Please be aware
that you do not need to teach all the units in the QCA
scheme of work and the units can be taught in different
year groups to those suggested. It is not a requirement
that the QCA scheme is followed, but your long term plan
must address the four areas of the program of study for
geography: Geographical enquiry and skills; Knowledge
and understanding of places; Knowledge and understanding
of patterns and processes; Knowledge and understanding
of environmental change and sustainable development.
Year 1
Units
Teaching activity
Resources & NC Guidance
Unit 1
Around our school – the local area
Uses investigative tasks to introduce
children to the idea of looking at their local area.
Design and
carry out a survey of how children come to school. Enter
the information in to a data handling package. Produce a
pictogram and analyse the findings.
Use a word
bank to assemble sentences and label objects for example
use a Clicker Grid showing photographs of common
features, which may be found in a local area and around
a school.
Make a
guided tour of school in digital format. Link a plan of
the school to images and text. Use a multimedia-editing
package or web writing software to create the tour.
Create a web
site for a locality used in your scheme of work.
Multimedia
program i.e. PowerPoint, Textease 2000 or web writing
software i.e. Dreamweaver, HotDog, Publisher.
With the
children’s help, design and carry out a traffic survey
of the road outside school. Enter the data in to a
simple graphing package and produce a pictogram. Analyse
the findings by answering questions i.e. is this a busy
road?
Design and carry
out a survey of cars parked in the street outside the
school. Present the results in a pictogram. Discuss the
the findings and make simple observations by answering
questions. Are the parked cars there all day? Where do
people go when they park their cars?
Using
local maps, or Multimap, find a street map
that includes the school. Ask the children to mark on
the various ways used to control traffic.
Alternatively scan
in a local area map to use.
Unit 5
This Unit should be
taught to both Primary 1 and 2
Years
1/2
Units
Teaching activity
Resources & NC Guidance
Unit 5
Where in
the world is Barnaby Bear?
Uses a first-hand object – Barnaby the teddy
bear – to enable children to learn about
other countries and places. Barnaby travels
with different people connected to the
school as well as on school visits, creating
a sense of personal involvement for the
children.
Barnaby Bear could send electronic postcards
or emails from around The class could also
send him e-mails.
Internet and email access.
Scan some pictures of Barnaby Bear in to the
computer, or use digital photos, of the
places he has visited. Help the children to
insert one of pictures in to a word
processor. The children then enter some text
to describe the place.
Use a simple atlas, or a web based
map, to investigate some of the places
Barnaby visits.
On a
copy of a map the children could use the
AutoShapes in Word to produce caption boxes
detailing some information about the places.
Some sound clips could also be added.
Welcome to BBC
Education Scotland's exciting site for What?
Where? When? Why? Within the site there are
units on the following topics:
Buildings;
Homes;
Living Things;
Technology - Things we wear;
Scottish Woodlands.
The following fun-packed activities can be
used to complement our televised education
programmes What? Where? When? Why? on the
above topics. Alternatively, this Online
service can also be implemented
independently without using our TV series -
it all depends upon your requirements and
the needs of your learners!
What is the purpose of BBC Education Online?
BBC Education
Online offers a range of purposeful,
stimulating learning activities, which
cover various curriculum areas.
Using BBC
Education Online can also serve as a
useful ICT resource, which allows you to
integrate ICT and, in addition, enrich
other curriculum areas.
This Online
service is an accessible teaching
resource, available to you and can
implemented when required.
There are many
activities for the children to complete.
What? Where? When? Why? questions are
explored in four tasks. Please note that the
Where and When activities in Homes have
differentiated tasks to suit learner
requirements, as do the What and Where
activities in the Living Things site. In the
Technology - Things we wear and Scottish
Woodlands sites there are also
differentiated tasks for Levels A and B.