Hot and Cold

Unit

Geography

Year 1

Focus Education

Geography Unit Description

Editable presentation

Group work

Active

Discussion based learning

Year 1 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

Long-term overview

The Long-term overview for the unit Hot and Cold from Focus Education

Knowledge organiser

Knowledge organiser

The Knowledge organiser for the unit Hot and Cold from Focus Education

Progression pedagogy

Progression pedagogy

The Progression pedagogy for the unit Hot and Cold 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 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?

1. How can you use maps and the globe to locate the equator, the North Pole and the South Pole?

Year 1 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?

2. How have people adapted to live in a very hot climate?

Year 1 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?

3. How have people adapted to live in a very cold climate?

Year 1 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?

4. Which animals will we find living naturally in very hot or very cold climates?

Year 1 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! 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

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! - Hot and Cold climates - Year 1' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 1 unit, Hot and Cold

Picture match - Equator, South Pole and North Pole

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 Year 1 unit, Hot and Cold

Picture match - Compass points

Picture match - Compass points

'Picture match - Compass points' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 1 unit, Hot and Cold

Picture match - Hot places

Picture match - Hot places

'Picture match - Hot places' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 1 unit, Hot and Cold

Connecting images - Equator, South Pole and North Pole

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 Year 1 unit, Hot and Cold

Word sorts - Equator, South Pole and North Pole

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 Year 1 unit, Hot and Cold

End of Unit Assessment

Hot and Cold Places - Unit Assessment

Hot and Cold Places - Unit Assessment

Hot and Cold Places - Unit Assessment is an end of unit assessment by Focus Education, designed to be used as a summative assessment at the end of teaching this Focus unit

Unit contents

Overview Documents

Long-term overview

Long-term overview

The Long-term overview for the unit Hot and Cold from Focus Education

Knowledge organiser

Knowledge organiser

The Knowledge organiser for the unit Hot and Cold from Focus Education

Progression pedagogy

Progression pedagogy

The Progression pedagogy for the unit Hot and Cold 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 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?

1. How can you use maps and the globe to locate the equator, the North Pole and the South Pole?

Year 1 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?

2. How have people adapted to live in a very hot climate?

Year 1 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?

3. How have people adapted to live in a very cold climate?

Year 1 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?

4. Which animals will we find living naturally in very hot or very cold climates?

Year 1 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! 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

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! - Hot and Cold climates - Year 1' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 1 unit, Hot and Cold

Picture match - Equator, South Pole and North Pole

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 Year 1 unit, Hot and Cold

Picture match - Compass points

Picture match - Compass points

'Picture match - Compass points' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 1 unit, Hot and Cold

Picture match - Hot places

Picture match - Hot places

'Picture match - Hot places' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 1 unit, Hot and Cold

Connecting images - Equator, South Pole and North Pole

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 Year 1 unit, Hot and Cold

Word sorts - Equator, South Pole and North Pole

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 Year 1 unit, Hot and Cold

End of Unit Assessment

Hot and Cold Places - Unit Assessment

Hot and Cold Places - Unit Assessment

Hot and Cold Places - Unit Assessment is an end of unit assessment by Focus Education, designed to be used as a summative assessment at the end of teaching this Focus unit

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