| Human and physical | Describe and understand key aspects of: - physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle - human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water | Explore your local area, finding human and physical from the train window ‘You can’t go over it…’ – tunnels/bridges. Children identify features as human and physical during or after their train journey |
| Cartography | Use fieldwork to observe, measure, record and present the human and physical features in the local area using a range of methods, including sketch maps, plans and graphs, and digital technologies | Create maps using keys and symbols Find the distance – use maps to locate cities/towns/stations/POI. Children map their journey on the train and create their own keys and symbols, identifying distances using professionally made maps and scales |
| Comparison to an EU country | Understand geographical similarities and differences through the study of human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom, a region in a European country | Double decker trains (France/Germany) – the future? Comparison to North American railway – AMTrak How are they similar and how are they different? How are they used? |