This essential skills and knowledge companion mini project teaches children about locating map features using a range of methods. They learn about the Prime Meridian, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), and worldwide time zones and study interconnected climate zones, vegetation belts and biomes. Children learn about human geography and capital cities worldwide before looking at the UK motorway network and settlements. They carry out an enquiry to identify local settlement types.
Investigating Our World is a comprehensive Geography project that boasts an array of essentials including:
Lesson activities
Resources
Knowledge Organiser
Investigating Our World provides a structured approach to Geography, outlining key subjects and topics including:
Geography
Biomes
Capital cities
Climate zones
Human geography
Map skills
Settlements
Transport
World time zones
If you’re looking for inspiring lessons and resources across the whole Geography curriculum, then the Cornerstones Geography Curriculum offers everything you need for single or multi-year groups, with a collection of projects designed by subject experts to support teachers and subject leaders at every level of subject knowledge.