Seas and Coasts

#TheCompleteSeries6lessons

Whichever of the lessons is your focus, these resources provide you with a detailed lesson plan, a set of engaging slides for the teaching input, differentiated activity ideas and a range of printable resources – everything you need to deliver these fun KS1 Geography lessons.

This scheme of work is also part of a Topic Bundle. Perfect if you are teaching 'Seasides' as a cross-curricular topic.

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#Lesson1IdentifyingOceansandContinents

The first lesson in this six-lesson scheme of work challenges your class to locate and name the five oceans and seven continents of the world. Your class will also be introduced to the terms oceans, seas, coasts, continents and countries as they work out where in the world characters have visited.

This downloadable lesson comes with a lesson plan, slideshow presentation and printable teaching resources.

#Lesson2HumanandPhysicalFeatures

The second lesson in this geography scheme of work for KS1 will challenge your children to name and identify human and physical features found at British beaches. Your class will learn about some of the activities available at the British seaside as they examine photos or watch a character video diary of a seaside trip.

This downloadable lesson comes with a lesson plan, slideshow presentation and printable teaching resources.

#Lesson3BritishSeas

The third lesson in this six-lesson-long geography scheme of work will challenge your class to name and locate the seas that surround the UK. They will use a map and a compass rose to correctly identify each sea, before finding out more about the human activities that take place there. Your class will have the opportunity to work as a group and feed back information to their peers.

This downloadable lesson comes with a lesson plan, slideshow presentation and printable teaching resources.

#Lesson4WeareExplorers

The fourth lesson in this KS1 geography scheme of work encourages your class to be explorers. They will be challenged to use questioning to find out more about different UK beaches. Your class will have the opportunity to put their explorer skills into practice when they go on a trip to a local beach, or they create tourist information posters and leaflets for a beach of their choice.

This downloadable lesson comes with a lesson plan, slideshow presentation and printable teaching resources.

#Lesson5ComparingBritishandWorldBeaches

The penultimate lesson in this KS1 geography scheme of work encourages your class look closely at photos of different beaches. They will identify features and use this knowledge to decide if the beaches are British or not. They will be challenged to say which beach they would prefer to visit and explain why, taking into account the temperature in each location.

This downloadable lesson comes with a lesson plan, slideshow presentation and printable teaching resources.

#Lesson6UsingaCompass

The final lesson in this ‘Seas and Coasts’ scheme of work will get your class using directional language as they move around a map. They will use the compass points to travel to different coastal locations in the UK and the world. Your class will have the opportunity to either follow directions to get to a set location or they can create directions of their own. This lesson concludes with an End of Unit Quiz.

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Curriculum Objectives covered

• KS1 - name and locate the world's seven continents and five oceans.
• KS1 - name, locate and identify characteristics of the four countries and capital cities of the United Kingdom and its surrounding seas.
• KS1 - understand geographical similarities and differences through studying the human and physical geography of a small area of the United Kingdom, and of a small area in a contrasting non-European country.
• KS1 - use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key physical features, including: beach, cliff, coast, forest, hill, mountain, sea, ocean, river, soil, valley, vegetation, season and weather.
• KS1 - use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key human features, including: city, town, village, factory, farm, house, office, port, harbour and shop
• KS1 - use world maps, atlases and globes to identify the United Kingdom and its countries, as well as the countries, continents and oceans studied at this key stage
• KS1 - use simple compass directions (North, South, East and West) and locational and directional language [for example, near and far; left and right], to describe the location of features and routes on a map
• KS1 - use simple fieldwork and observational skills to study the geography of their school and its grounds and the key human and physical features of its surrounding environment