Mountains

Unit

Geography

3rd Grade

Focus Education

Geography Unit Description

Editable presentation

Group work

Active

Discussion based learning

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.

Unit contents

Overview Documents

Long-term overview

Long-term overview

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

Knowledge organiser

Knowledge organiser

The Knowledge organiser for the unit Mountains from Focus Education

Progression pedagogy

Progression pedagogy

The Progression pedagogy for the unit Mountains from Focus Education

Link it! Prior knowledge

Link it! Prior knowledge

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

Lessons

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

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

2. 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?

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?'

3. 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?

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?'

4. What causes an earthquake?

4. 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 an earthquake?'

5. What causes a volcano?

5. What causes a volcano?

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?'

Assessment for Learning Resources

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.

Show it! Group presentation

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 Mountains from Focus Education

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

Locate on a map - Mountain regions

Locate on a map - Mountain regions

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

Picture match - Parts of a volcano

Picture match - Parts of a volcano

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

Locate on a map - Three volcanoes

Locate on a map - Three volcanoes

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

What causes an earthquake?

What causes an earthquake?

'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?

Cops and robbers - What do you know about 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

Unit contents

Overview Documents

Long-term overview

Long-term overview

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

Knowledge organiser

Knowledge organiser

The Knowledge organiser for the unit Mountains from Focus Education

Progression pedagogy

Progression pedagogy

The Progression pedagogy for the unit Mountains from Focus Education

Link it! Prior knowledge

Link it! Prior knowledge

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

Lessons

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

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

2. 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?

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?'

3. 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?

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?'

4. What causes an earthquake?

4. 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 an earthquake?'

5. What causes a volcano?

5. What causes a volcano?

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?'

Assessment for Learning Resources

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.

Show it! Group presentation

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 Mountains from Focus Education

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

Locate on a map - Mountain regions

Locate on a map - Mountain regions

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

Picture match - Parts of a volcano

Picture match - Parts of a volcano

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

Locate on a map - Three volcanoes

Locate on a map - Three volcanoes

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

What causes an earthquake?

What causes an earthquake?

'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?

Cops and robbers - What do you know about 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

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