Primary Theme: landscapes

Lesson 1: How do we use our oceans?

Explaining why the ocean is important, how it is used and its significance in the water cycle.

  1. Subjects >
  2. Geography >
  3. Key stage 2 >
  4. Year 5 >
  5. Why do oceans matter? >
  6. Lesson 1: How do we use our oceans?

Lesson 1: What is climate?

Learning about lines of latitude and longitude and climate zones; developing an understanding of why seasons and climate zones occur; discussing the positions of the Arctic and Antarctic circles.

  1. Subjects >
  2. Geography >
  3. Key stage 2 >
  4. Year 3 >
  5. Who lives in Antarctica? >
  6. Lesson 1: What is climate?

Pre-lesson checklist

  1. Subjects >
  2. Geography >
  3. Key stage 2 >
  4. Year 3 >
  5. Why do people live near volcanoes? >
  6. Lesson 2: Where are mountains found? >
  7. Lesson 2: Where are mountains found?: Presentation mode

Lesson 2: Where are mountains found?

Learning how mountains are formed and plotting them on a world map. Identifying patterns with plate boundaries. Mapping significant mountain ranges and their continents.

  1. Subjects >
  2. Geography >
  3. Key stage 2 >
  4. Year 3 >
  5. Why do people live near volcanoes? >
  6. Lesson 2: Where are mountains found?

Y3/4 (B): Lesson 2: Where is Antarctica?

Describing the physical features of Antarctica including its location, weather and landscape.

  1. Subjects >
  2. Geography >
  3. Mixed-age >
  4. Y3/4 (B): Who lives in Antarctica? >
  5. Y3/4 (B): Lesson 2: Where is Antarctica?

Pre-lesson checklist

  1. Subjects >
  2. Geography >
  3. Mixed-age >
  4. Y3/4 (A): Why do people live near volcanoes? >
  5. Y3/4 (A): Lesson 3: Why and where do we get volcanoes? >
  6. Y3/4: Lesson 3 (Cycle A): Why and where do we get volcanoes?: Presentation mode

Y3/4 (A): Lesson 2: Where are mountains found?

Learning how mountains are formed and plotting them on a world map. Identifying patterns with plate boundaries. Mapping significant mountain ranges and their continents.

  1. Subjects >
  2. Geography >
  3. Mixed-age >
  4. Y3/4 (A): Why do people live near volcanoes? >
  5. Y3/4 (A): Lesson 2: Where are mountains found?

Lesson 2: Where is Antarctica?

Describing the physical features of Antarctica, including its location, weather and landscape.

  1. Subjects >
  2. Geography >
  3. Key stage 2 >
  4. Year 3 >
  5. Who lives in Antarctica? >
  6. Lesson 2: Where is Antarctica?

Lesson 3: Why and where do we get volcanoes?

Learning why volcanoes erupt and about the two main types of volcano. Understanding how humans classify volcanoes. Mapping volcanoes globally and using digital imagery to explore them.

  1. Subjects >
  2. Geography >
  3. Key stage 2 >
  4. Year 3 >
  5. Why do people live near volcanoes? >
  6. Lesson 3: Why and where do we get volcanoes?

Learning Objective

  • To explain why volcanoes happen and where they occur.

Success Criteria

  • I can explain how volcanoes form and describe their features.
  • I can list the three ways volcanoes can be classified.
  • I can describe where to find volcanoes globally.
Please don’t screenshot or copy images from this page.
Kapow Primary resources are created by teachers and protected by copyright. Copying images or slides into your own presentations (for example using the Snipping Tool) counts as reproducing the resource and isn’t permitted under the Kapow licence.
This resource is being accessed through your school’s Kapow licence.
Thank you for respecting the work of the teachers who create these materials.