Lesson video

Hi everyone, how are you? Oh, lots of you are really well today, my name is Ms. Browne and I'm really excited for lesson two of our unit all about London and the United Kingdom.

I hope you're ready to be geographers, get your geography hats ready, pop them on your head, and let's get started.

Today, the question we are looking at is what can you find in United Kingdom? What can you find in the United Kingdom? For today's lesson, you're going to need an exercise book or paper, a pencil, and your brain.

If you haven't got any of those things, go and get them now.

So, here's what we're going to be doing today.

We're going to start with our introduction to geography, and we're going to have a quick reminder about what we are as geographers, we're going to recap our knowledge of U.

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countries, we're going to look at natural features of the U.

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, we're going to look at cities within the U.

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, and then we're going to do some matching of key information.

So, we are geographers, we are? We are geographers and we love it geographers are type of scientists who study the earth, land, and people, okay? So we know geographers are types of scientists who study the earth, land, and people.

Great.

Capital city, capital city.

Capital city is the most important city in a country.

Natural feature, natural feature.

Natural features are part of the land and many were in place before people live there, so they're really, really old.

They include things like plants, rocks, sand, soil, sea, and streams are all natural.

They are not made by people, okay? So natural features are things that are not made by people and often they existed before people were on the earth.

And finally, we've got the word United Kingdom, United Kingdom, well done.

Okay, so last time we learned about United Kingdom what continent is the United Kingdom part of? Good, it's part of Europe.

Now in this picture, what colour is the United Kingdom? Red.

What is the name of the green country? Can you remember? Tell your screen.

Good job, the green country is the Republic of Ireland and it is not part of the United Kingdom.

Okay, so we've got the United Kingdom is red and the Republic of Ireland is not part of the United Kingdom.

Next question.

How many countries are there in United Kingdom, in the red part? How many countries are there? Show me on your fingers.

Lots of you've got the right, there are four countries in the United Kingdom.

We know what these countries are 'cause we learnt them in lesson one.

I wonder, can you point to England? That's the right one, isn't it? Can you point to Scotland? It's the Northern most country, that's the pink on over here.

Can you point to Wales? Good job, that's the country also connected to England, and can you point to Northern Ireland? That's the dark blue one over here.

Okay, now we're going to try it the other way round.

What's the name of this country, the pink one? Scotland, good job.

What's the name of this country? Wales, well done.

What's the name of this country? Northern Ireland, and what's the name of this country? England, and, tricky question, what's the name of this country that's not part of the United Kingdom? The Republic of Ireland, great job and there are all the names and we know the first four are part of the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland is not.

I have lots of you going, not part of the United Kingdom, do it with me.

Great job, well done, okay.

Now we're going to start learning about our natural features.

And remember, natural features are features that are not made by people, they are part of the land, they are part of the? Or the sea, we said it could include things like sea and streams. I've got some pictures of natural features here.

I wonder, what can you see in this picture? Great job, you might've said, you can see rivers and mountains, they are all natural features, they are all? Natural features, well done and on this side, we've got river, could be a stream, okay? And we've got lots of big rocks over here and they are a natural feature, great job.

They are not made by man, they are formed from the land from the earth.

So, we are now going to look at key natural features in the four countries of the United Kingdom.

And we're going to use this compass to help us.

There are four compass points that we're going to be looking at today.

We've got north, your turn, north, east, south, and west.

Do them with me, north, east, south, west.

To start with, we are looking at Scotland and Scotland is the most Northern country in the United Kingdom.

You can see, you can compare it to our compass point, north this here and so Scotland is the most Northern country in the United Kingdom.

We are going to learn about two natural features of Scotland.

The first one is Ben Nevis, your turn, Ben Nevis.

Ben Nevis is the tallest mountain in Scotland, but also in the whole of the United Kingdom.

And it is part of the grumpiest mountain range which is the largest and the highest in the U.

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So the first natural feature of Scotland is Ben Nevis, your turn, Ben Nevis.

Your turn, great job, and Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in Scotland, also in the United Kingdom.

The other feature we're going to look at is this.

A loch is the Scottish name for a lake and the lake is a big body of water, okay? So you can see the loch is all the water just here.

And this is Loch Ness, your turn? Let's do an action with it, let's do Loch Ness, your turn, Loch Ness, well done.

And it is the most famous loch, which means lake good job, it's a Scottish water like in the whole of Scotland, because it's one of the deepest and one of the largest lochs.

Also, there is a special story about Loch Ness.

And that is that there is a monster that lives within it.

You can see a little drawing over here of the Loch Ness monster and it's a myth and people say that there is the Loch Ness monster that lives in Loch Ness, okay.

So, are you ready? We learned that in Scotland, the natural features are; Ben Nevis, good job and Loch Ness, your turn.

Let's do it again, Ben Nevis, Loch Ness, well done, okay.

We also need to learn about the capital city, the most important city in Scotland and the most important city or the capital city in Scotland is Edinburgh.

It is? Edinburgh, and you've got some really beautiful pictures of Edinburgh here.

And you can see lots of man-made features.

These are features that people have built, they are buildings or fountains as you can see in the image.

This is Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Edinburgh.

So we've got Ben Nevis, which is the tallest mountain, Loch Ness, the biggest loch, and Edinburgh, well done.

I have a little activity for you now.

I wonder, I'd like you to do a matching activity.

Firstly, what country, which of these labels is a country? The options you've got are Loch Ness, Edinburgh, and Scotland.

One is a country, one is a natural resource and one is the capital city.

On your piece of paper, can you write down those six words and join the ones together or you can do it with your finger on the screen.

Pause the video now.

Great job, so, what was the name of the country? Scotland, good job down here.

What was the natural feature? Loch Ness, this one well done.

And what was the name of the capital city of Scotland? Edinburgh, well done, really amazing work geographers, great job.

Now, we're now going to look at our next country in the United Kingdom and we are going to look at England, England, and that is what we're going to look at now.

So, we've got two natural features that we're going to learn about when it comes to England.

One is the Lake District, your turn, Lake District.

And this is an area of England that has a lot of lakes.

It has the largest lake in England, oh sorry, not the largest, the longest lake in England which is called Lake Windermere, and it has the deepest lake in England as well.

So this is an area that has lots of lakes, it's called that Lake District, your turn.

Good, Lake District.

The other natural feature we're going to learn about is this river that runs through London and it's called the River Thames.

It's called the? River Thames.

And it's one of the longest rivers in England.

It's called the River Thames, your turn.

Great, so let's recap.

We've got our natural features the England are the Lake District and that River Thames, well done.

Also we're going to learn the name of capital city of England.

I wonder, do you know what the name of the capital city of England is? London, well done, you're so right.

The capital city of England is London and I've got some pictures of man-made features of London here.

We've got this very tall building, which is called, do you know? Big Ben, we're going to learn that later on in the unit, and we've got this building here which is called? it's a bit tricky, St.

Paul's Cathedral.

We also in this image got a natural feature, what was the name of the river that ran through London? The river? Good, the River Thames, well done.

So the capital city of England is London.

It is? London.

So we've learned; the natural features we had the Lake District, the River Thames, and we know the capital city is called London, well done.

Now I've got that matching activity for you again.

I want to know which of these is a country, which of these is a natural feature and which of these is the capital city, the options are London, England, or River Thames.

Either write them down and join them up on a piece of paper or you can do it with your fingers on the screen, pause the video now.

Well done everyone, let's look at them together.

So, which of these is the country? London, hm, that's not the name of the country.

England, oh, it can be that one, River Thames, the river Thames isn't the name of the country, so the country is England.

The country is? England.

Which is a natural feature, which is the natural feature? Is it London or is it the River Thames? It's the River Thames, isn't it? That's the natural feature.

And finally therefore, the capital city must be? London, it's this one at the top.

The capital city of England is London.

Whoa! We are learning so much about places in the United Kingdom.

The next one is Wales.

And we can tell that Wales is on the Western side, look at our compass, of England.

Okay, it's on the Western side of England.

Let's have a look.

So, we've got two natural features that we're going to learn about Wales, the first is about an amazing natural park they've got, which is called Snowdonia, and in it, they have the tallest mountain in Wales, which is called Snowdon, your turn, Snowdon.

You can see actually in this picture, there is some snow on Snowdon, okay? So the tallest mountain in Wales, it's not the tallest in the United Kingdom because that was Ben Nevis, the tallest mountain in Wales is called Snowdon, it's called? Great job.

And the next one is a river and the river actually goes through England and also through Wales and it's called the River Severn, it's called the? Well done, it's called the River Severn, it's called the? So we've got our natural features of Wales are Snowdon and the River Severn, your turn.

Amazing, so those were natural features, and now we need to learn what is the capital city of Wales? Well, the capital city of Wales is a city called Cardiff, Cardiff, and Cardiff you can see has lots of man-made features.

You can see a castle over here that was made by man and also lots of buildings.

The capital city of Wales is called Cardiff, it's called? Well done.

Let's have a look at our matching activity.

So, what was the country, which has Cardiff and Snowdon in it? Which is the natural feature on our list? And what is the capital city? Pause the video now and either join that with your fingers on the screen, or do it on a piece of paper with a pencil, off you go.

Right, let's match them together.

So, I'm going to go from this side this time.

First of all, we've got Cardiff.

What was Cardiff? Was it the country name? Was it the natural feature, or was it the capital city? It was the capital city, wasn't it? We like, Cardiff was the capital city of Wales.

The next one is Wales.

What was Wales? Was it the natural feature, the feature not made by man? Or was it the name of the country? It was the name of the country, wasn't it? Wales is the name of the country, and finally therefore Snowdon, what was Snowdon? Good, it was a mountain, wasn't it? It was the tallest mountain in Wales, that way it is a natural feature, so Snowdon is the natural feature of Wales, so these two go together.

Okay, we've got one last country left.

We've done Scotland, we've done England, we've done Wales, what's the fourth country in the United Kingdom? Good job, it's Northern Ireland, it is? Can you point to me with an eye, don't mind my map.

It's this one here, isn't it? It's the dark blue one.

Let's have a look at some of the features of Northern Ireland.

So, the first feature of Northern Ireland is the Mourne Mountains, your turn, Mourne Mountains.

And the Mourne Mountains are a collection of really big mountains in Northern Ireland, they're not the tallest in the United Kingdom, because that was Ben Nevis and Ben Nevis is part of the grumpiest mountains range but they all the tallest mountain range in Northern Ireland, they're called the Mourne Mountains, they called the? And the other feature is really cool.

This is called the Giant Causeway, can you do that with me? Giant Causeway, well done.

And the Giant Causeway is 40,000 interlocking columns.

So, columns of rock that have come together and they're made of a hard rock, well buzzled and it is thought that it is the result of an ancient volcanic fissure eruption.

So long time ago, there was a volcano and there was an eruption and that caused the Giant Causeway and all those rocks and all those columns have fitted together and it's a really popular attraction in Northern Ireland.

So Northern Ireland, we've got the Mourne Mountains and we've got the Giant Causeway, your turn.

Good, can you go Giant Causeway, you're making columns of rock with your hands, Giant Causeway.

Great job, those are the natural features and now, we've got the capital city of Northern Ireland and the capital city of Northern Ireland Belfast, Belfast.

And you can see from the images, there were lots of man-made features, lots of buildings that humans have built.

And you've got some really beautiful older buildings, and also some really modern buildings that we can see in our pictures.

So the capital city of Northern Ireland is Belfast and the natural features are the Mourne Mountains and the Giant Causeway, great job.

Okay, let's have a quick quiz on that knowledge, shall we? So we can make it really sticky in our brains.

So, let's have a look.

We've got Belfast, Northern Ireland, and Giant Causeway.

Can you match them with the country? Which one's are country,? Which one's the natural feature? And which one's the capital city? Pause the video and do that now.

Amazing, should we match them? The country is called Northern Ireland, well done.

The natural feature is the Giant Causeway, well done, and the capital city is Belfast, great job.

Whoa, what a lot of learning? You are excellent geographers, I am really excited for us to continue learning together in lesson three of this unit.

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Thank you so much everyone for joining me today and hopefully see you again soon, bye.