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Lesson Two – Isle of Skye
This geography teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to explore how to select and list a set of matching questions that can be used to compare living on a small island with other some locations in the world.
The class can identify and describe some of the special physical and political features that can be found on the Isle of Skye off the North-West coast of Scotland.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to select and list a set of matching questions that can be used to compare living on a small island with other some locations in the world
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify the location of the Isle of Skye in the UK and describe and compare life on the Isle of Skye with other locations in the world and a template to record questions to explore and compare life on the Isle of Skye with some other places.
The interactive presentation can be used to explore and list questions that can be used to compare living on a small island with other locations in the world.
This lesson is part of a geography scheme of work to get the children to identify, record and compare some of the physical and political geographical features specific to islands with other locations around the world. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.
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