Geography at key stages 1 and 2 (Year 3)

Unit 7: Weather around the world

About this unit

This is a 'medium' unit. It helps children to develop ideas about weather conditions around the world. The focus is the relationship between weather and tourism, but it could be extended to include other forms of human activity, eg occupations, settlement, transport, or amended to make another human activity the main focus.

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