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Geography at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 2)

Unit 17: Global eye

QCA
About this unit

This is a 'medium' unit, which was developed specifically for more able children. It brings together investigations and ideas in geography and science. Children learn about the workings of the eye and find out how young people are fitted with spectacles in their local area and in other parts of the globe, in particular in Africa. This work could be linked with work on other aspects of less economically developed countries so that children form a balanced view of life in these countries.


This unit supports citizenship: 4, 11

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. Why are eyes important? What is it like not to be able to see?
2. What is the eye like?
3. How can sight be changed?
4. What do we recycle at home?
5. What work does an optician do?
6. What is the African countryside like? How do children in African countries get spectacles?
7. General