Starter quiz
- Which of these is true about a city?
- lots of people live in cities ✓
- cities can be noisy places ✓
- cities have lots of farmland
- cities have lots of fresh, clean air
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- What is a river?
- water that flows across land until it meets the sea ✓
- a place for going swimming and boating
- water in a human made lake
- a place where fish live
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- What type of place is Cardiff?
- village
- city ✓
- country
- continent
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- What type of vehicles use roads?
- cars ✓
- trains
- lorries ✓
- planes
- bikes ✓
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- How many countries are there in the United Kingdom?
- '4' ✓
- Which of these countries is part of the United Kingdom?
- Scotland ✓
- Sweden
- Spain
- Switzerland
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Exit quiz
- Which river flows through Cardiff?
- Thames
- Tyne
- Taff ✓
- Tay
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- What type of photographs show places from above?
- aerial photographs ✓
- bird's eye photographs
- high photographs
- plan photographs
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- What is the capital city of Wales?
- 'Cardiff' ✓
- Which road connects Cardiff and London?
- A48
- M4 motorway ✓
- London Road
- Welsh Road
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- Complete the sentence. The River Taff flows into Cardiff ______.
- sea
- lake
- bay ✓
- pool
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- Match the words to the definitions.
- Cardiff⇔the capital city of Wales ✓
- London⇔the capital city of the United Kingdom ✓
- Scotland⇔one of the four countries in the United Kingdom ✓
- England⇔the country where the capital city of the United Kingdom is located ✓
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Aerial imagery and maps at different scales help us describe where places are using geographical vocabulary.
- Cardiff is located in the south east of Wales, near the coast and close to the M4 motorway.
- Cardiff is the largest city and capital city of Wales.
Common misconception
Pupils may think that London is the only capital city in the UK.
The UK consists of four countries; England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. Each of these has their own capital city, so London is not the only capital city in the UK. Cardiff is the capital city of Wales.
Keywords
Scale - The scale on a map shows what size the area that is represented in the map really is.
Aerial photograph - An aerial photograph is a picture of an object or place that has been taken from above.
River taff - The River Taff travels 64 miles from its source in the Brecon Beacons, through Cardiff to its mouth in the Bristol Channel.
Motorway - A motorway is major road that you can travel long distances on at a fast speed.
Capital city - A capital city is the place in a country where the government ‘sits’ and has its centre of power.