Teaching Ideas for Geography
Classroom teaching ideas and lesson planning advice to support busy primary school teachers in Key Stages One and Two and the Foundation Stage. Discover a fantastic range of primary resources to excite and inspire pupils on different topics and themes for geography.
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Topic Launches
Select and utilise effective ways of launching a new curriculum topic covering a range of subjects in the classroom
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Topic Tree
Demonstrate prior understanding of a new classroom topic and identify questions for further research
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Easter Treasure Hunt
Develop English, Maths and Art and Design skills when creating an Easter egg hunt around the school grounds
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Local History
Develop cross-curricular skills by exploring the history and location of different buildings found in the local area
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Lesson Puzzles
Create engaging and exciting lessons by devising a series of puzzles to match different learning objectives for a range of curriculum subjects
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Current Events
Develop skills in all curriculum areas by harnessing interest in events currently happening around the world
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School Adventures
Develop practical, social and physical skills across the curriculum by completing a range of activities in the school grounds
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Community Links
Explore how to establish and build strong links in the local community to support learning across the curriculum
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Country Support
Understand the events of a natural disaster and how the school community can provide support to families affected
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Love and Understanding
Develop and demonstrate love and understanding for the world community at a local, national and global level
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School Trips
Prepare for and manage a school trip to support curriculum learning in different subjects and topics
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Green Steps
Identify and record some of the personal steps that can be taken to protect and preserve the planet for future generations
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Shape Locations
Explain and model how to record and change the co-ordinate positions of some different geometric shapes using translation and reflection movements in the first quadrant.
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Shape Symmetry
Explore, record and compare the matching lines of symmetry that can be found in a range of different geometric shapes as part of their individual properties
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Shape Matching
Identify, describe and compare different 2D shapes by their matching individual properties including the number of sides, vertices and lines of symmetry
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Buses, Trains, Planes
Select patterned language to use when writing poems describing ways of travelling when making different journeys