Hot and Cold
Geography
Kindergarten
Focus Education
Geography Unit Description
Editable presentation
Group work
Active
Discussion based learning
Kindergarten Geography unit, Hot and Cold 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. Hot and Cold has been constructed in accordance with the National Curriculum.
Unit contents
Overview Documents
Long-term overview
The Long-term overview for the unit Hot and Cold from Focus Education
Knowledge organiser
The Knowledge organiser for the unit Hot and Cold from Focus Education
Progression pedagogy
The Progression pedagogy for the unit Hot and Cold from Focus Education
Link it! Prior knowledge
Link it! Prior knowledge is the set of initial activities that should be used to introduce the unit Hot and Cold from Focus Education, it will allow pupils to link the upcoming learning to their existing skills and knowledge
Lessons
1. How can you use maps and the globe to locate the equator, the North Pole and the South Pole?
Kindergarten Geography lesson from the unit Hot and Cold. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How can you use maps and the globe to locate the equator, the North Pole and the South Pole?'
2. How have people adapted to live in a very hot climate?
Kindergarten Geography lesson from the unit Hot and Cold. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How have people adapted to live in a very hot climate?'
3. How have people adapted to live in a very cold climate?
Kindergarten Geography lesson from the unit Hot and Cold. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How have people adapted to live in a very cold climate?'
4. Which animals will we find living naturally in very hot or very cold climates?
Kindergarten Geography lesson from the unit Hot and Cold. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Which animals will we find living naturally in very hot or very cold climates?'
Assessment for Learning Resources
Check 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 Hot and Cold from Focus Education.
Show it! Group presentation
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 Hot and Cold from Focus Education
Know it!
'Know it! - Hot and Cold climates - Kindergarten' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, Hot and Cold
Picture match - Equator, South Pole and North Pole
'Picture match - Equator, South Pole and North Pole' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, Hot and Cold
Picture match - Compass points
'Picture match - Compass points' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, Hot and Cold
Picture match - Hot places
'Picture match - Hot places' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, Hot and Cold
Connecting images - Equator, South Pole and North Pole
'Connecting images - Equator, South Pole and North Pole' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, Hot and Cold
Word sorts - Equator, South Pole and North Pole
'Word sorts - Equator, South Pole and North Pole' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, Hot and Cold
Unit contents
Overview Documents
Long-term overview
The Long-term overview for the unit Hot and Cold from Focus Education
Knowledge organiser
The Knowledge organiser for the unit Hot and Cold from Focus Education
Progression pedagogy
The Progression pedagogy for the unit Hot and Cold from Focus Education
Link it! Prior knowledge
Link it! Prior knowledge is the set of initial activities that should be used to introduce the unit Hot and Cold from Focus Education, it will allow pupils to link the upcoming learning to their existing skills and knowledge
Lessons
1. How can you use maps and the globe to locate the equator, the North Pole and the South Pole?
Kindergarten Geography lesson from the unit Hot and Cold. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How can you use maps and the globe to locate the equator, the North Pole and the South Pole?'
2. How have people adapted to live in a very hot climate?
Kindergarten Geography lesson from the unit Hot and Cold. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How have people adapted to live in a very hot climate?'
3. How have people adapted to live in a very cold climate?
Kindergarten Geography lesson from the unit Hot and Cold. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'How have people adapted to live in a very cold climate?'
4. Which animals will we find living naturally in very hot or very cold climates?
Kindergarten Geography lesson from the unit Hot and Cold. This lesson uses an enquiry-approach method, and will facilitate students answering the question 'Which animals will we find living naturally in very hot or very cold climates?'
Assessment for Learning Resources
Check 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 Hot and Cold from Focus Education.
Show it! Group presentation
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 Hot and Cold from Focus Education
Know it!
'Know it! - Hot and Cold climates - Kindergarten' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, Hot and Cold
Picture match - Equator, South Pole and North Pole
'Picture match - Equator, South Pole and North Pole' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, Hot and Cold
Picture match - Compass points
'Picture match - Compass points' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, Hot and Cold
Picture match - Hot places
'Picture match - Hot places' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, Hot and Cold
Connecting images - Equator, South Pole and North Pole
'Connecting images - Equator, South Pole and North Pole' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, Hot and Cold
Word sorts - Equator, South Pole and North Pole
'Word sorts - Equator, South Pole and North Pole' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Kindergarten unit, Hot and Cold
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