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• 6.4: Science
• 6.5: History
• 6.6: Geography
  • KS1 (age 5-7)
  • 6.6.2: Find Out About The Seaside (age 5-7)
  • KS2 (age 7-11)
  • 6.6.4: Climate Change (age 7-11)
  • 6.6.5: Mountains and Coasts (age 7-11)
  • 6.6.6: Living in Contrasting Environments (age 7-11)
  • 6.6.7: Water: A Precious Resource (age 7-11)
• 6.7: Religious Education
• 6.8: PSHE
• 6.9: Modern Foreign Language

Geography

Living in Contrasting Environments (age 7-11)

This exciting and wide-ranging CD-ROM journeys across the globe to bring you everything you need to show your class the different ways that people live in today's world.

The study of distant places and different environments covers a very broad range of objectives in the curriculum and the QCA scheme of work.

This resource builds on everyday concepts that pupils are familiar with in a refreshing and interesting way.

Pupils will begin to understand the relationship between climates, environments, and the lives of people around the world.

Contents:

Unit 1: Living in a contrasting environment: A Cold Climate

• Where are the coldest places in the world?
• The Polar Bear - What happens next?
• Which do they belong to, The Arctic or the Antarctic?
• What is the Midnight Sun?
• How does the midnight sun affect daily life?
• Baffin Island
• What's it like to live in a cold place?
• How do people get about on the frozen sea
• What should you know about Polar Bears?
• What should you know about Emperor Penguins?
• Geographical dictionary

 

Unit 2: The Sami

• The Sami: Introduction
• Where do the Sami live?
• What is the annual temperature for Northern Finland?
• Summer and winter in the tundra
• The life of the Sami people
• Why are Reindeer important?

 

Unit 3: The Desert

• What makes a desert?
• How is a desert created?
• A desert before and after rain
• Where are the world's deserts?
• The Saguaro Cactus
• Survival in the desert
• Finding water in the desert
• Changing the desert

 

Unit 4: Living in the desert: Toujane and the Sahara

• This is my home
• Where are they going?
• An oasis
• Getting water in the desert
• Life-giving water
• All about the camel
• Camels in the desert
• The market

 

Unit 5: Monsoon areas

• Too much rain
• Where does the monsoon occur?
• The annual monsoon cycle
• The effect of the monsoon
• Getting about in the monsoon

 

Unit 6: Living in a monsoon area: Gungkul

• Visiting Gangkul: The journey starts
• Travelling from Sylhet to Gangkul
• Aspects of the journey
• Bangladesh
• Visiting Gangkul: What's it like?
• Nazmul's day
• Nazmul gets ready for school
• The market at Rowtuli Bazaar
• Gangkul Primary School

 

Unit 7: The tropical rainforest

• The tropical rainforest
• Where are the world's rainforests?
• What creates a rainforest?
• A rainforest cycle
• Who lives where?
• The versatile palm tree
• Making a mat
• Threats to the rainforest
• What can be done to save the rainforest?

 

Unit 8: Living in a tropical rainforest: The Caribbean

• Living in the Caribbean
• The Caribbean
• Comparing the weather
• A typical Caribbean house
• A good climate for growing fruit and vegetables
• Hurricane season

 

Unit 9: Assessment: What do we know?

• A monsoon climate
• The climate wheel
• The world map
• A desert region: Furnace Creek
• A cold climate
• A tropical climate

 

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