This geography based topic covers contextual knowledge of the location of the earth’s polar regions including their defining physical and human characteristics. The children will learn about the processes that give rise to key geographical features and will develop skills related to interpreting a range of geographical sources and communicating their findings in a variety of ways. 

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Threads
Environment and sustainability 
Discoveries and inventions (additional Beech class)

Key Vocabulary
ALL
Sustainability, climate change, global warming, Equator, Tropic of Cancer, Tropic of Capricorn, Arctic Circle, Antarctic Circle, ocean, continent, climate zone, human, physical
SOME
glaciation, biomes, Prime/Greenwich Meridian, settlement, distribution, processes