Unit 16 - What’s in the news
- Years 3 to 6 Unit 18 - Connecting
ourselves to the world -
Years 3 to 6 Unit 23 - Investigating
coasts - Year 5/6 Unit 24 - Passport to the
world - Years 1 to 6
Whilst
undertaking fieldwork use a digital camera to photograph
features of a river. Use the photos when writing about
the river.
Whilst
undertaking fieldwork collect information for a database
e.g. height, depth, width and speed of the river at
different sections along its course. Enter the data into
a database and use it to find answers to questions.
Database
ie Textease Database; Information Magic; Information
Workshop.
Ask the
children to find out further information about the river
they are studying, by using the Internet. Create a
multimedia presentaion on their river.
The
Internet. Multimedia program i.e. Textease 2000;
PowerPoint; Illuminatus.
Ask the
children, in groups, to investigate a mountain
environment, using the Internet and other sources.
Children present their findings, to the rest of the
class, as a multimedia presentation.
The
Internet. Multimedia program ie Textease 2000;
PowerPoint; Illuminatus.
CD-ROMs ie Encarta
World Atlas, Comptons 3-D World Atlas, Eyewitness World
Atlas.