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Really fantastic website for resources and games for children to play and understand the world they live in.

You can simply select age range and what topic you'd like it to cover.

For geography, it focuses on enquiry-based learning i.e. what is the UK? what countries are a part of the UK and what are their capitals.

There are loads of resources on here and small videos and songs that will allow children to retain information in a fun and engaging way.

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Google Earth Education is an excellent tool for global mapping in KS1 and KS2 geography lessons. It links to NC objectives by helping students explore physical and human geography worldwide. The platform is highly visual and interactive, making it engaging and age-appropriate for pupils. It is easy to navigate, with search tools and user-friendly features like 3D views of landscapes and landmarks. The platform encourages enquiry-based learning by allowing pupils to create custom maps and investigate global issues like climate change or urban growth. This makes it ideal for teaching global mapping concepts in an engaging and modern way.

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Bitesize is an easy to navigate website for children of all key stages to learn more about their subjects. The section I have looked at is KS2 mapping. It contains information on continents, what a globe is and how we can use maps. There is a video on mapping information and a quiz at the end of the section to consolidate children’s learning

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Google Earth - Google Earth allows children to put themselves into an area with a first person perspective that truly allows them to immersive themselves in that location.

This is very useful for children as it allows them to familiarise themselves with a map and locate different areas, such as, local areas, towns, cities, or countries. It can also allow children a better understanding of distance between 2 points because they physically can drop down to a first person perspective and begin to ‘walk’ along the way. This also allows the student to investigate the human and physical geographical features of the area, identifying what is in the landscape, types of building - which they may contrast and compare from the geographical features in their local area.

Using Google Earth, which attains a compass, children may also be able to familiarise themselves with the points of a compass, and may even begin to locate areas from an origin point using the points of a compass, for example, the local town centre is southwest from my school

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BBC Bitesize - What are human and physical feature in Geography?

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BBC Bitesize - What are human and physical feature in Geography?

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Easy to read, navigate, and understand.

Fun interactive activities to engage with.

Clear guidance and examples on the difference between physical and human features.

Links to the NC and offers further information for deeper learning.

Appropriate for children to use

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What are human and physical features in geography? - BBC Bitesize

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Discover what human and physical features are in geography and find out what their differences are in this geography BBC Bitesize guide.

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I used David Attenborough's work throughout my geography work as it comes up with some great examples of many aspects of geography. He addresses many issues in a way that is visually engaging as well as informative. I especially think this one narrated by students is powerful in terms of it empowering young people to engage in geography and the current threats that are occurring.

It links to biomes, human geography and the effects humans have had on the planet, it talks about landscapes.

Worksheets and class discussion can be stimulated from clips from the shows.

The videos can act as a stimulus for enquiry.

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This special Earth Day episode of Planet Earth III is narrated by schoolchildren across the UK. Because you don’t have to be Sir David Attenborough to become a voice for nature.

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Contains a range of resources for every age range and covers every topic in Geography

Links to NC objectives by allowing pupils to explore geography at a level they understand through enquiry based learning such as knowledge of continents and where they are on maps. Its a fun activity as pupils can see where they are in relation to interesting features in other countries.

-Munira

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Bitesize has a great amount of information that is easy for children to understand. The website is interactive including videos and quizzes to ensure the information the children are reading makes sense to them. Especially on the topic of Volcanos it discusses what happens during a volcanic eruption in bullet points to ensure that children can easily read it, and take in the key information. It also shows where in the world there has been volcanic eruptions, which teaches children about the world around them. This can then form their next geography topic, if the children seem to show a specific interest in a certain country.

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This website uses quizzes as an engaging resource for children and fun games for them to try. Sections like 'top 10 facts about...' helps children improve their knowledge about areas of physical geographyin an exciting way, making it good for KS1 and KS2 children.

There are clear sections on the website, such as 'discover' and 'primary resources' where teachers can select the area of geography they want to focus on.

It also uses lots of pictures to give children more of an idea of exactly what they are learning about, which is important for areas of physical geography they won't see for themselves (e.g. somewhere else in the world).

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Mapzone is ideal as it is easy to navigate for children and focuses on key mapping skills such as measuring distance, understanding scale, relief, contours and grid references. It uses games and interactive resources, as well as videos and text for the children to read. This is important as it engages the children. As the website has plenty of resources it promotes enquiry and encourages children to do their own further research.

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You'll find games, trivia quizzes and help with map skills, plus you can delve into some fascinating topics about the world around you and find out how geography is evident in our day-to-day lives.

Mapzone brings geography and mapping to life and is a great resource to use as a teacher.

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Variety of games, and homework help for children about mapping and geography.

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Easy to navigate website with 100's of map quizzes for all over the world. This includes continent capital cities and maps or every down to specific countries and their regions. This website can be used to test children's knowledge, play games as a class and have group discussion. It could also be good for children's homework and they can practice what they've learnt in the classroom

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World Geography Games Online - Let's play and learn Geography!

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Brain-engaging geography map games: learn countries of the world, capitals, flags, US States, continents, oceans, mountains, rivers, islands and much more.

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What are human and physical features in geography?

Simplified to enable understanding

Fun and interactive games

Easy to spot differences

Child friendly

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BBC bitesize

has lots of resources that cover every geography topic and can be used for every age range which is good, very easy to navigate and use. this links to the NC as it offers a wide range of sources to accommodate to every year group.

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Videos Summarising Both human and physical features.

Great for recapping at the end of a lesson

website is easy to navigate.

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https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zr8q7nb

This website is easy to navigate and includes videos, pictures and texts.

It uses key words that will help children to navigate what they are trying to find.

It also has some fun activities for children to engage with.

This website is great for children to be able to work independently without support from the class teacher, it gives them opportunities to explore the difference between human and physical features in geography and enhance their knowledge with further information.

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NC- uses all key words which links to the NC and gives definitions with pictures and relative information

Appropriate/navigability- easy to navigate, sectioned well and very engaging, included quizzes and questions

enquiry based- good to retrieve relevant information

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BBC Bitesize website and Human features in geography

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BBC Bitesize website and Human features in geography

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This website is divided into different categories for each year group and subject. For geography, there are a number of subheadings with links to each aspect of the national curriculum.

It is simple to find different categories as the text is bold, there are lots of colourful pictures to help children understand more visually, there are quizzes and games and an overall information page for each topic, making the information really easy to access.

(Lucy set B)

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BBC bitesize has a range of different resources linking to Human Geography including one of what settlements are. The section on settlements incudes a video which explain what they are. On this page it also has pictures with descriptions of different types of settlement as well as special functions some settlements may have. After all the infomation there are a couple of activities for the pupils to do to further their knowledge.

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this website helps to give children an idea of where countries belong on a map, and once clicked provide areas of information such as foods, tourist attractions, and weather that differs from place to place. this teaches children different ways of lives for those in different places of the world.

It is easy to navigate for pupils as well as being appropriate for children. I think this could be used to support an enquiry- based approach as it helps children discover information to ask more questions about.

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Globe Trottin' Kids is an interactive website for exploring world geography and cultures. Join us on a global adventure!

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Bitesize is a website that is easy to navigate for children of all the key stages,making it easier for them to learn about any subject.

There are links to NC objectives making it accessible for pupils learning about geography and building knowledge on continents and maps

The activities they provide on the website are fun and engaging making the pupil stay focused and wanting to learn more about other countries.

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Google Earth

Google earth is an excellent resource as it shows itself as much more advanced than other mapping softwares, allowing the students more range in densities and graphs. The use of Google earth to understand global dimension is highly efficient as it not only builds on landmarks and finding certain locations, but also allows you to view this in different volumes as opposed to just the location. With this 3D feature, it is beneficial for the kids as it brings more options for teaching and allows for greater opportunities when teaching geography.

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BBC Bitesize- Protecting the environment

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BBC Bitesize- Protecting the environment

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BBC Bitesize is very easy to navigate and serves as a great resource for children of all key stages. You can select the key stage you are working with and sort through a diverse list of resources for your chosen subject, not just geography. For geography, it emphasizes inquiry, which is a key skill. For example, it addresses questions like "Where is the UK?" and "What is the capital?" There is a wide range of resources available, including quizzes, videos, games, and informative content. The platform provides clear guidance on activities and includes links to the National Curriculum.

-Natalie, Set B

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Protecting the environment - BBC Bitesize

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Learn how to protect the environment, do your bit with for the planet and find out about pollution.

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human geography-

bbc bitsize

quite simple to navigate for both teachers and pupils, it gives a range of resources to use (videos, games, pictures, short texts).

straight forward to navigate as lots of sub links within the website and there is a search bar within the website to find any specific information.

you can select age ranges to make it more suitable for certain year groups. Has good links with the national curriculum also.

this website would be really useful to support a human geography based enquiry as there is so much information and lots of different examples of human geography are talked about within the website.

set B- grace, millie, hollie

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Global Trottin' Kids is a website that is useful for both for educators and pupils. from the world map you select a country to learn more about. when you click on a country, the website tells you more about the country you clicked on with facts and video that helps bring the country closer to the children. the children will enjoy looking at the map, encouraging them to be curious when exploring the map. The facts are well presented and easy to read so, children of all abilities could access this website

children can also develop the geography knowledge through the games and quizzes on the website and through the links , which can help to extend the learning and develop curiousity for the country they are looking at This can support enquiry- based learning by allowing the children to enquire how big a country is ,look at the country that surround the country. this can be used as a start for children to explore countries.

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Oak National Academy - Set D, Primary QTS

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Oak National Academy - Set D, Primary QTS

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Oak National Academy - KS1-2 geography curriculum unit sequence | Oak National Academy

Links with national curriculum geography:

·        All units they highlight, include the key concepts mentioned in the national curriculum. For example, where human and physical geography is mentioned, this correlates with the website where human and physical processes are units that can be accessed.

·        They show clearly the questions posed to the different year groups that align with the units they are meant to learn. For example, in the national curriculum key stage 1 use geographical skills and fieldwork to use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and encounter other countries. On the Oak National Academy website, in year 1, a question posed to them is how do we read maps and plan routes? They also have a question relating to other countries which is how can we identify special places?

Appropriateness for use by pupils:

·        This would be accessible for pupils to use as it is easy to navigate and has a good number of resources including worksheets and quizzes that can be accessed based on a select year group and unit.

Navigability:

·        This website is easy to navigate as you can filter for specific content and year groups.

Degree to which web site could be used to support an enquiry - based approach:

·        The PowerPoints contain questions for enquiry throughout the PowerPoint that can be discussed.

·        It also uses images of maps so when explaining concepts like scale and place, this can be demonstrated using a picture.

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Annotated Webliography - Oak National Academy

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Annotated Webliography - Oak National Academy

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Annotated Webliography

Oak National academy - https://www.thenational.academy/teachers/curriculum/geography-primary/units

Oak national academy website is very easy to navigate as a website and the website does include lots of resources that cover all areas and link with key parts of the geography national curriculum.

They include threads from human and physical processes which link directly with the national curriculum.

This website also covers all bases when it comes to different years making sure every year from KS1 and KS2. In per unit for lesson for different years they provide examples of lessons for pupils and also look at how the lesson would affect a students learning and understanding for that lesson and for future learning.

The lessons are very easy for pupils to access as it provides different years and units for students to highlight and look at which is also very handy for teachers as well.