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Geography at key stages 1 and 2    (Year 3)

Unit 7: Weather around the world

QCA

Vocabulary

In this unit, children are likely to use:

  • holiday, weather, climate, climatic zone, hot, cold, dry, wet, tropical, desert, warm temperate, cool temperate, polar, temperature, rainfall, route, journey, transport, distance, destination, leisure, country, continent, population
They may also use:
  • words associated with the chosen destinations


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 do people go on holiday? Where have we been on holiday?
2. Where are hot and cold places located on a world map?
3. Where can we go on holiday? How will we get there?
4. What is the place like? How is it similar to, and different from, our locality?
5. How do we decide what we need to take with us?
6. What will the weather be like? How will it affect what we do?
7. Which places have we 'visited'?
8. General