An ocean is a very big area of salt water between the continents.

Earth is the name of the planet that we live on.

Life is the time between birth and death.

A tourist is someone who who travels to a different place from where they live for a holiday.

The world's five oceans

Geography

This unit builds basic knowledge needed to engage with the next unit 'Seasons' where pupils will need to talk about the world and some knowledge of its basic geometry.

This unit builds on pupils' knowledge of the world from their experiences in EYFS and their perceptions from other media and first hand experiences and expands their view of the local area as studied in 'Local area: Where do we go to school?' and 'Local area: Where do we live?' to a global scale.

Continents and oceans: what can we find out about the world?

How much of the Earth's surface do oceans cover?

fresh and salt water covering Earth's surface.

Arctic, Indian, Atlantic, Pacific, Southern

Indian, Asian, Atlantic, Pacific, Southern

Arctic, Antarctic, Indian, Asian, Atlantic

What fraction of living things are thought to live in the oceans?

What are the large areas of salt water separating the continents called?

Someone who visits a place on holiday is called a {{}}.

What things can you do as a tourist visiting an ocean?

Match these sentence starters to the appropriate sentence endings to complete these sentences about Earth.

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