The street outside our school
You can share your ideas about how you could investigate the local area and help plan fieldwork in the street outside your school.
The street outside our school
You can share your ideas about how you could investigate the local area and help plan fieldwork in the street outside your school.
Lesson details
Key learning points
- Geographers sometimes draw maps from memory, e.g. a map showing things in a street outside school.
- Geographers investigate places by going outside to gather information in different ways and we call this fieldwork.
- Risk assessment means thinking about possible dangers and how you can keep yourself safe.
Common misconception
All streets outside schools across the country have all of these features and look the same.
The street outside your school is unique to your school. There might be all, some or none of these features. There could be features outside your school that are not mentioned here.
Keywords
Fieldwork - Fieldwork is investigating the outdoors using geographical tools and thinking to gather information or data.
Familiar street features - Familiar street features are those items that you usually find near to roads and pavements.
Street - A street is a road, usually with houses or buildings on both sides.
Danger - A danger is a cause of something bad happening.
Licence
This content is © Oak National Academy Limited (2024), licensed on Open Government Licence version 3.0 except where otherwise stated. See Oak's terms & conditions (Collection 2).
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Starter quiz
6 Questions
Exit quiz
6 Questions
Make sure everyone has a coat to wear.
Walk on the pavement and use the crossings.
Make sure you wear suitable shoes.
Stay with the adult in charge.