Lesson Four – Road Survey

This geography teaching pack for Key Stage One gets the children to explore how to collect, present and interpret data about the traffic and vehicles that can be seen on a road near to the school’s location.
The class can identify and describe some of the different ways that roads can be made safe for pedestrians to walk alongside or cross over by installing signs or infrastructure.
Download this teaching pack including a lesson plan, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to explore how to collect, present and interpret data about the traffic and vehicles that can be seen on a road near to the school’s location
Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to identify and describe some of the different ways of crossing a road safely and a template to survey and record traffic data that can seen on a road in the local area as part of an investigation into road safety,
The interactive presentation can be used to explore how to collect, present and interpret traffic data that can be seen on a road near to the school.
This lesson is part of a geography scheme of work to get the children to identify and describe some of the different journeys that can be made around the school’s location, in the local neighbourhood and across the wider community. 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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