Learning objective
- To locate and explore features of deserts.
Success criteria
- I can identify the largest desert
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National curriculum
Geography
Locational knowledge
Pupils should
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Cross-curricular links
Mathematics
Number – number and place
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Before the lesson
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Lesson plan
Recap and recall
Display the Presentation: Brain dump and use the activity to recap learning from the previous lesson.
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Adaptive teaching
Pupils needing extra support
Could use the Activity: Comparing temperatures: support version to compare the temperatures of two deserts.
Pupils working at greater depth
Should be given the opportunity to explain why a desert in the Northern Hemisphere may have different temperatures to a desert in the Southern Hemisphere at the same month of the year.
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Assessing progress and understanding
Pupils with secure understanding indicated by: locating the largest deserts in each
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Vocabulary definitions
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airstrip
A long, empty piece of land where aircraft can take off and land (called an airfield in the UK).
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barren
Land that cannot grow vegetation.
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In this unit
Assessment - Geography Y5/6 (A): Would you like to live in the desert?
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 1: What is a hot desert biome?
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 2: Where are deserts located?
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 3: What physical features are found in a desert?
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 4: How can people use deserts?
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 5: What are the threats to deserts?
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 6: Would you like to live in the desert?
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Last update: 4th October, 2025
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 4: How can people use deserts?
Exploring how humans use the Mojave Desert.
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 5: What are the threats to deserts?
Exploring some of the threats to deserts.
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 1: What is a hot desert biome?
Locating and describing hot desert biomes.
Y5/6 (A): Lesson 3: What physical features are found in a desert?
Understanding how a desert is formed and the physical features found there.
