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QCA

Geography at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 5)

Unit 20: Local traffic - an environmental issue
Section 2: Where is the by-pass located?

QCA

Objectives

Children should learn:
  • to use maps at a variety of scales
  • to identify key physical and human features
  • how features influence the location of human activities

Activities

Outcomes

Children:
  • Ask the children to locate the area of road construction using Ordnance Survey maps and relate the development to the main roads, local villages and towns and local land forms, eg hills, valleys.
  • understand how human and physical features in the area affect the bypass construction

Sections in this unit

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1. What are the issues involved in constructing the by-pass?
2. Where is the by-pass located?
3. Why is the construction of the by-pass an issue?
4. How did the issue arise?
5. What are the groups involved in the issue and what are their views?
6. How might the issue be resolved?
7. General