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Y5/6 (B): Lesson 5: How is population impacting our environment?: Data collection

Using a range of data collection methods, pupils compare the environmental quality of two areas in their locality with a focus on traffic and litter.
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Assessment – Geography Y5/6 (B): Why does population change?Y5/6 (B): Lesson 1: How is the global population changing?Y5/6 (B): Lesson 2: What are birth and death rates?Y5/6 (B): Lesson 3: Why do people migrate?Y5/6 (B): Lesson 4: How is climate change impacting the population?
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 5: How is population impacting our environment?: Data collection
Y5/6 (B): Lesson 6: How is population impacting our environment?: Findings
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