Geography at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 6)

Unit 15: The mountain environment

Prior learning

It is helpful if the children have:

studied contrasting places, as in Units 10 'A village in India' and 13 'A contrasting locality - Llandudno', for example
some experience of using secondary sources to find out a range of information

Sections in this unit

This unit is divided into sections. Each section contains a sequence of activities with related objectives and outcomes. You can view this unit by moving through the sections or print/download the whole unit.


	1. What is a mountain environment? Where are mountain environments found?
	2. What are these places like?
	3. How does the weather compare in each of these places?
	4. What effect does the weather have on tourism?
	5. What effect will tourism have on the chosen areas?
	6. What would I need to do to plan a camping holiday in this area?
	7. Optional