Pupils who are secure will be able to:

• Describe lines of latitude and longitude, giving an example.
• Understand that the Northern and Southern Hemispheres have seasons at different times.
• Define climate zones, giving an example.
• Describe Antarctica’s position in the far south and its polar climate of ice sheets, snow and mountains.
• Describe tourism and research as the main reasons people visit Antarctica and list examples of research done there.
• Describe the equipment and clothing researchers use in Antarctica.
• State the outcome of Shackleton’s expedition.
• Plot four figure grid references where the vertical and horizontal lines meet and begin to recall the eight points of a compass, following at least four of them.
• Use the zoom function on a digital map and recognise and describe features of the school grounds from an aerial map.
• Describe a similarity and a difference between life in the UK and life in Antarctica.
• Draw a map of the route taken on an expedition.
• State one thing that went well on the expedition and one aspect that did not go as hoped.

Lesson 6 involves fieldwork on the school grounds. It is important to risk-assess the proposed route taking into account any relevant school risk assessment policies and procedures. Refer to the Before the lesson section in Lesson 6 to prepare for this lesson. Please be aware this lesson may take longer than 1 hour.

Lesson 5 requires a device (one per pair).

Optional sustainability lesson: Choose between the three optional lessons.