3rd Grade Geography scheme of work from Focus Education. This scheme has been designed to help you create your own bespoke curriculum but take advantage of the numerous resources that have been produced to support you.The curriculum is built on sequencing knowledge and skills (to include substantive and disciplinary knowledge) and building on prior learning so that each subject creates a narrative. Focus Education have used an enquiry-approach methodology, where possible, so that questions are predominant in most of the units produced.

3rd Grade Geography unit, Biomes from Focus Education. This unit uses an enquiry-approach methodology, lessons are built around a central question in order to build pupil curiosity and motivate learning. Biomes has been constructed in accordance with the National Curriculum.

The Long-term overview for the unit Biomes from Focus Education

Long-term overview

Long-term overview - Biomes - 3rd Grade

The Knowledge organiser for the unit Biomes from Focus Education

Knowledge organiser

Knowledge organiser - Biomes - 3rd Grade

The Progression pedagogy for the unit Biomes from Focus Education

Progression pedagogy

Progression pedagogy - Biomes - 3rd Grade

Link it! Prior knowledge is the set of initial activities that should be used to introduce the unit Biomes from Focus Education,  it will allow pupils to link the upcoming learning to their existing skills and knowledge

Link it! Prior knowledge

Link it! Prior knowledge - Biomes - 3rd Grade

3rd Grade Geography lesson from the unit Biomes. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What are different types of biomes and what creates them?'

1. What are different types of biomes and what creates them?

What are different types of biomes and what creates them?

3rd Grade Geography lesson from the unit Biomes. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What are the main features of a rainforest?'

2. What are the main features of a rainforest?

What are the main features of a rainforest?

3rd Grade Geography lesson from the unit Biomes. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What are the main features of the tundra and deserts?'

3. What are the main features of the tundra and deserts?

What are the main features of the tundra and deserts?

3rd Grade Geography lesson from the unit Biomes. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Where are the different regions in the world where different biomes exist?'

4. Where are the different regions in the world where different biomes exist?

Where are the different regions in the world where different biomes exist?

3rd Grade Geography lesson from the unit Biomes. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Can you carry out an in-depth study of a type of biome and present findings to others in the class?'

5. Can you carry out an in-depth study of a type of biome and present findings to others in the class?

Can you carry out an in-depth study of a type of biome and present findings to others in the class?

Check it! is a set of assessment for learning tasks and assessments that should be used to check pupils' understanding of the learning during the course of the unit Biomes from Focus Education.

Check it!

Check it! - Biomes - 3rd Grade

Show it! Group presentation is a group task that should be used to solidify student learning and should be run after the teaching of the lessons contained in the unit Biomes from Focus Education

Show it! Group presentation

Show it! Group presentation - Biomes - 3rd Grade

'Know it! - Biomes - 3rd Grade' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 3rd Grade unit, Biomes

Know it!

Know it! - Biomes - 3rd Grade

'Give me 3 - Types of biomes' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 3rd Grade unit, Biomes

Give me 3 - Types of biomes

'Picture match - Layers of the rainforest' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 3rd Grade unit, Biomes

Picture match - Layers of the rainforest

'Three reasons - Why deforestation is bad' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 3rd Grade unit, Biomes

Three reasons - Why deforestation is bad

'Cops and robbers - What are the main features of a tundra?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 3rd Grade unit, Biomes

Cops and robbers - What are the main features of a tundra?

'Cops and robbers - What are the main features of a rainforest?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 3rd Grade unit, Biomes

Cops and robbers - What are the main features of a rainforest?

Biomes

3rd Grade Geography unit, Europe from Focus Education. This unit uses an enquiry-approach methodology, lessons are built around a central question in order to build pupil curiosity and motivate learning. Europe has been constructed in accordance with the National Curriculum.

The Long-term overview for the unit Europe from Focus Education

Long-term overview - Europe - 3rd Grade

The Knowledge organiser for the unit Europe from Focus Education

Knowledge organiser - Europe - 3rd Grade

The Progression pedagogy for the unit Europe from Focus Education

Progression pedagogy - Europe - 3rd Grade

Link it! Prior knowledge is the set of initial activities that should be used to introduce the unit Europe from Focus Education,  it will allow pupils to link the upcoming learning to their existing skills and knowledge

Link it! Prior knowledge - Europe - 3rd Grade

3rd Grade Geography lesson from the unit Europe. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Where exactly is the Mediterranean?'

1. Where exactly is the Mediterranean?

Where exactly is the Mediterranean?

3rd Grade Geography lesson from the unit Europe. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Which countries border the Mediterranean Sea and what do we know about them? '

2. Which countries border the Mediterranean Sea and what do we know about them? 

Which countries border the Mediterranean Sea and what do we know about them?

3rd Grade Geography lesson from the unit Europe. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How do human and physical features of the UK differ from those of the Mediterranean countries? '

3. How do human and physical features of the UK differ from those of the Mediterranean countries? 

How do human and physical features of the UK differ from those of the Mediterranean countries?

3rd Grade Geography lesson from the unit Europe. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How do we compare and contrast a holiday resort in the Mediterranean with that of one in the UK?'

4. How do we compare and contrast a holiday resort in the Mediterranean with that of one in the UK?

How do we compare and contrast a holiday resort in the Mediterranean with that of one in the UK?

3rd Grade Geography lesson from the unit Europe. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What is Brexit and why is it important to know about it?'

5. What is Brexit and why is it important to know about it?

What is Brexit and why is it important to know about it?

Check it! is a set of assessment for learning tasks and assessments that should be used to check pupils' understanding of the learning during the course of the unit Europe from Focus Education.

Check it! - Europe - 3rd Grade

Show it! Group presentation is a group task that should be used to solidify student learning and should be run after the teaching of the lessons contained in the unit Europe from Focus Education

Show it! Group presentation - Europe - 3rd Grade

'Know it! - Europe - 3rd Grade' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 3rd Grade unit, Europe

Know it! - Europe - 3rd Grade

'Picture match - 8 countries in Europe' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 3rd Grade unit, Europe

Picture match - 8 countries in Europe

'Match up - Countries' food' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 3rd Grade unit, Europe

Match up - Countries' food

'Mini quiz - European languages' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 3rd Grade unit, Europe

Mini quiz - European languages

'Mini quiz - European capitals' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 3rd Grade unit, Europe

Mini quiz - European capitals

'Contrast - Living in the UK and living in Greece' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 3rd Grade unit, Europe

Contrast - Living in the UK and living in Greece

Europe

3rd Grade Geography unit, Mountains from Focus Education. This unit uses an enquiry-approach methodology, lessons are built around a central question in order to build pupil curiosity and motivate learning. Mountains has been constructed in accordance with the National Curriculum.

The Long-term overview for the unit Mountains from Focus Education

Long-term overview - Mountains - 3rd Grade

The Knowledge organiser for the unit Mountains from Focus Education

Knowledge organiser - Mountains - 3rd Grade

The Progression pedagogy for the unit Mountains from Focus Education

Progression pedagogy - Mountains - 3rd Grade

Link it! Prior knowledge is the set of initial activities that should be used to introduce the unit Mountains from Focus Education,  it will allow pupils to link the upcoming learning to their existing skills and knowledge

Link it! Prior knowledge - Mountains - 3rd Grade

3rd Grade Geography lesson from the unit Mountains. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What lays beneath our feet? (tectonic plates etc)'

1. What lays beneath our feet? (tectonic plates etc)

What lays beneath our feet? (tectonic plates etc)

3rd Grade Geography lesson from the unit Mountains. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Which are the most well known mountains in the UK and the rest of the world?'

2. Which are the most well known mountains in the UK and the rest of the world?

Which are the most well known mountains in the UK and the rest of the world?

3rd Grade Geography lesson from the unit Mountains. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How can a relief map be transformed into a model of a mountain?'

3. How can a relief map be transformed into a model of a mountain?

How can a relief map be transformed into a model of a mountain?

3rd Grade Geography lesson from the unit Mountains. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What causes an earthquake?'

4. What causes an earthquake?

What causes an earthquake?

3rd Grade Geography lesson from the unit Mountains. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'What causes a volcano?'

5. What causes a volcano?

What causes a volcano?

Check it! is a set of assessment for learning tasks and assessments that should be used to check pupils' understanding of the learning during the course of the unit Mountains from Focus Education.

Check it! - Mountains - 3rd Grade

Show it! Group presentation is a group task that should be used to solidify student learning and should be run after the teaching of the lessons contained in the unit Mountains from Focus Education

Show it! Group presentation - Mountains - 3rd Grade

'Know it! - Mountains - 3rd Grade' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 3rd Grade unit, Mountains

Know it! - Mountains - 3rd Grade

'Locate on a map - Mountain regions' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 3rd Grade unit, Mountains

Locate on a map - Mountain regions

'Picture match - Parts of a volcano' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 3rd Grade unit, Mountains

Picture match - Parts of a volcano

'Locate on a map - Three volcanoes' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 3rd Grade unit, Mountains

Locate on a map - Three volcanoes

'What causes an earthquake?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 3rd Grade unit, Mountains

'Cops and robbers - What do you know about mountains?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the 3rd Grade unit, Mountains

Cops and robbers - What do you know about mountains?

Mountains

3rd Grade

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Geography - 3rd Grade - Focus Education

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Geography - 3rd Grade - Focus Education

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