National curriculum content
Improve locational knowledge through identifying the position and significant of latitude, longitude, Equator, Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, the Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn and the Arctic and Antarctic Circle.
Practice geographical skills through using maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping to locate features studied.
Lesson objectives
What we want children to know
What skills we want children to develop
Vocabulary
Antarctic Circle, Arctic Circle, compass points, day, Equator, Global Positioning Systems (GPS), International Date Line (IDL), latitude, longitude, Prime Meridian, time zone, Ordnance Survey (OS)