Y5/6 (B): Why do oceans matter?
Based on the National curriculum for Geography in KS2, use this unit hub to inform your medium-term plan.
Unit outcomes
Pupils who are secure will be able to:
- Describe the water cycle.
- Describe how the ocean is used for human activity.
- Explain how the ocean helps to regulate the Earth’s climate and temperature.
- Identify the Great Barrier Reef as part of Australia.
- Describe the benefits of the Great Barrier reef.
- Describe how humans impact the oceans and the consequences of this.
- Explain some actions that can be taken to help support healthy oceans.
- Explain which data collection method would be best for marine fieldwork and why.
- Collect data using a tally chart, photographs and a sketch map.
- Safely navigate the fieldwork environment.
- Make suggestions for how to improve a marine environment.
- Present data using a tally chart and pie chart.
Lesson 5 involves fieldwork in a marine environment. 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 5 to prepare for this lesson. Please be aware this lesson may take longer than 1 hour.
Lessons 2, 5 and 6 require a device (one between two).
Suggested prior learning
Y5/6 (B): Why does population change?
Get startedLessons
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 1: How do we use our oceans?
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 2: What is the Great Barrier Reef?
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 3: Why are our oceans suffering?
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 4: What can we do to help our oceans?
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 5: How littered is our marine environment? – Data collection
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 6: How littered is our marine environment? – Findings
Equipment list
Equipment needed across all lessons in this unit.
This list does not include equipment which is usually readily available in the classroom (e.g pencils, A4 paper etc)
Full equipment list for the subject
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Atlases ×15
- Colouring pencils
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Laptops or computers
×15 - Clipboards ×15
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iPad or tablets
×8 -
A pre-prepared aerial sketch map of the fieldwork area (a local marine environment).
×1
Equipment list
Quantities marked × will update. Items without quantities are unaffected
- Atlases ×15
- Colouring pencils
-
Laptops or computers
×15 - Clipboards ×15
-
iPad or tablets
×8 -
A pre-prepared aerial sketch map of the fieldwork area (a local marine environment).
×1
Related content
Unit resources
Knowledge organiser: Geography – Y5 Why do oceans matter?
Aimed at pupils, two pages providing key facts and definitions from the unit "Why do oceans matter?".
Vocabulary display – Geography Y5: Why do oceans matter?
A display version of the vocabulary from the unit ‘Why do oceans matter?’.
Cross-curricular opportunities
English: Writing – composition, spoken language
Mathematics: Statistics
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