Year 3 Geography

I can collect data over a school day to investigate changes in the school grounds during a single day.

I can interpret fieldwork data to find out more about where I live and how it is changing.

I can collect data to investigate current changes in my local area and evaluate the impact of these changes.

I can use enquiry to find out what people think about local changes.

I can use maps to measure and investigate settlement growth over time.

I can create enquiry questions about how my local place has changed.

In this lesson, we will be learning about the physical causes of flooding as well as the human factors which can increase the risk of flooding. We will also be learning about dams by studying the Aswan High Dam in Egypt.

In this lesson, we will be learning about rivers and why they are important to people. We will be looking at two case studies in the lesson today - the Volga River in Russia and the Amazon River in South America.

In this lesson, we will be learning about how meanders in rivers are formed. In order to do this, we will be looking at the process of erosion and deposition in more depth. We will also be learning about how an oxbow lake is formed.

In this lesson, we will be learning about what landforms are and how they can be created. We will also be looking at how rivers can create dramatic landforms by studying the Horseshoe Bend in the Grand Canyon and the Nile Delta in Egypt.