Starter quiz
- One quick way geographers can record information is by ...
- taking photographs. ✓
- telling their friends.
- writing a long story.
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- NW9 9ND is an example of a ...
- road name.
- local area.
- postcode. ✓
- town.
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- Which of these is not a key feature of a school?
- Buildings
- Classrooms
- A dinner hall
- A park ✓
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- A map contains ...
- lost pets.
- hidden treasure.
- key features. ✓
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- Schools can be named after:
- local areas ✓
- historical people ✓
- swimming pools
- places ✓
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- Two buildings on the same road can have the same address.
- True
- False ✓
Exit quiz
What is an aerial photograph?- A photo taken from below
- A photo taken from the side
- A photo taken from above ✓
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- Aerial photographs help us to:
- see the top of a building ✓
- identify the main features of a place ✓
- identify what a place looks like from below
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- Fieldwork is ...
- going outside for a picnic.
- going to lots of different fields.
- going outside to collect valuable information about the real world. ✓
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- Thinking about geography in the real world is called ...
- farmwork.
- fieldwork. ✓
- housework.
- schoolwork.
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- How do you keep yourself safe when completing fieldwork?
- Eating wild fruit and berries off trees
- Staying with the group ✓
- Looking out for low branches ✓
- Being unsafe with equipment
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- Labels on aerial photographs help geographers to ...
- show you exactly how to get to a place.
- tell someone what is happening next.
- share key information about a place. ✓
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Key learning points
- Aerial photographs help us identify the main features of a school and its surroundings.
- Geographers go outside to gather information in different ways and we call this fieldwork.
- Geographers use photographs and sketches with labels to share opinions, information and ideas about places.
- We use locational vocabulary to describe where things are. E.g., the location of familiar features in the school ground.
Common misconception
You don't have to be in a field to be doing fieldwork.
Fieldwork means going outside to gather information. Going outside and exploring our school grounds is fieldwork.
Keywords
Aerial photograph - An aerial photograph is a picture of an object or place that has been taken from above.
Fieldwork - Investigating the outdoors using geographical tools and thinking, and gathering information or data, is known as fieldwork.
Label - A label is a word or phrase added to a map, a photograph or a diagram to identify a feature.
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