Starter quiz
- The United Kingdom is made up of four nations: England, Northern Ireland, Wales and ______.
- 'Scotland' ✓
- The UK is part of which continent?
- Europe ✓
- Africa
- Asia
- North Amercia
- South America
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- Match the map type to its definition
- digital maps⇔can be viewed at different scales using the zoom function ✓
- paper maps⇔can be folded up and taken in your pocket ✓
- digital and paper maps⇔can be annotated with labels and photographs ✓
- True or false? Scotland has a land border with England.
- 'True' ✓
- The capital city of Northern Ireland is ______.
- 'Belfast' ✓
- True or false? This map shows the United Kingdom.
- 'False' ✓
Exit quiz
- True or false? Residential land use includes factories.
- 'False' ✓
- Which of these would not be classed as industrial land use?
- quarries
- houses ✓
- mines
- power stations
- factories
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- ______ land use includes places where people sell things.
- 'Commercial' ✓
- Vertical aerial images are know as a ______ eye view.
- 'bird's' ✓
- True or false? This is the OS symbol for agricultural land use.
- True
- False ✓
- Which of these buildings could be shown on a map by small orange shapes with white land in front or behind them?
- factories
- houses and gardens ✓
- supermarkets
- power stations
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Lesson Details
Key learning points
- Aerial images and maps can help us identify different types of land use; an easy example is housing
- Maps and keys help us identify industrial areas, fields, woods and built up areas with lots of roads
- Aerial images reveal patterns and colours in the landscape e.g. farmed areas may have uniform stripes
- OS maps at 1: 10000 and 1:25000 are useful scales to explore land use patterns
Common misconception
Land can be mixed use and this may confuse some children when classifying land use type.
You could create a mixed land use category or ask children to go with the majority land use.
Keywords
Land use - Land use is the function or purpose of a particular area.
Map key - A map key is a box of information on a map that tells you what the lines and symbols on the map mean.
Settlements - Settlements are places where groups of people live and work.
Scale - The scale on a map shows what size the area that is represented in the map really is.
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