Mountains
Unit
Geography
Year 4
Focus Education
Geography Unit Description
Editable presentation
Group work
Active
Discussion based learning
Year 4 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
Resource
Geography
Y4
The Long-term overview for the unit Mountains from Focus Education
Knowledge organiser
Resource
Geography
Y4
The Knowledge organiser for the unit Mountains from Focus Education
Progression pedagogy
Resource
Geography
Y4
The Progression pedagogy for the unit Mountains from Focus Education
Link it! Prior knowledge
Resource
Geography
Y4
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)
Lesson
Geography
Y4
Year 4 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?
Lesson
Geography
Y4
Year 4 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?
Lesson
Geography
Y4
Year 4 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?
Lesson
Geography
Y4
Year 4 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?
Lesson
Geography
Y4
Year 4 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!
Resource
Geography
Y4
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
Resource
Geography
Y4
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!
Resource
Geography
Y4
'Know it! - Mountains - Year 4' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 4 unit, Mountains
Locate on a map - Mountain regions
Resource
Geography
Y4
'Locate on a map - Mountain regions' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 4 unit, Mountains
Picture match - Parts of a volcano
Resource
Geography
Y4
'Picture match - Parts of a volcano' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 4 unit, Mountains
Locate on a map - Three volcanoes
Resource
Geography
Y4
'Locate on a map - Three volcanoes' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 4 unit, Mountains
What causes an earthquake?
Resource
Geography
Y4
'What causes an earthquake?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 4 unit, Mountains
Cops and robbers - What do you know about mountains?
Resource
Geography
Y4
'Cops and robbers - What do you know about mountains?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 4 unit, Mountains
End of Unit Assessment
Mountains - Unit Assessment
Resource
Geography
+1
Y4
Mountains - 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
Resource
Geography
Y4
The Long-term overview for the unit Mountains from Focus Education
Knowledge organiser
Resource
Geography
Y4
The Knowledge organiser for the unit Mountains from Focus Education
Progression pedagogy
Resource
Geography
Y4
The Progression pedagogy for the unit Mountains from Focus Education
Link it! Prior knowledge
Resource
Geography
Y4
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)
Lesson
Geography
Y4
Year 4 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?
Lesson
Geography
Y4
Year 4 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?
Lesson
Geography
Y4
Year 4 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?
Lesson
Geography
Y4
Year 4 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?
Lesson
Geography
Y4
Year 4 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!
Resource
Geography
Y4
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
Resource
Geography
Y4
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!
Resource
Geography
Y4
'Know it! - Mountains - Year 4' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 4 unit, Mountains
Locate on a map - Mountain regions
Resource
Geography
Y4
'Locate on a map - Mountain regions' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 4 unit, Mountains
Picture match - Parts of a volcano
Resource
Geography
Y4
'Picture match - Parts of a volcano' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 4 unit, Mountains
Locate on a map - Three volcanoes
Resource
Geography
Y4
'Locate on a map - Three volcanoes' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 4 unit, Mountains
What causes an earthquake?
Resource
Geography
Y4
'What causes an earthquake?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 4 unit, Mountains
Cops and robbers - What do you know about mountains?
Resource
Geography
Y4
'Cops and robbers - What do you know about mountains?' is a resource for assessing pupil knowledge at the end of the Year 4 unit, Mountains
End of Unit Assessment
Mountains - Unit Assessment
Resource
Geography
+1
Y4
Mountains - 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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