• Age groups: 4-7s
• Subjects: Geography
• Topics: Energy

Curriculum links

England

Design and Technology

When designing and making, pupils should be taught to:

Make

 

• Select from and use a wide range of materials and components, including construction materials, textiles and ingredients, according to their characteristics
• Select from and use a range of tools and equipment to perform practical tasks [for example, cutting, shaping, joining and finishing]

Evaluate

• Evaluate their ideas and products against design criteria

Geography

Geographical skills and fieldwork

Human and physical geography

Pupils should be taught to:

• use basic geographical vocabulary to refer to key physical feature

Scotland

Technology

Craft, design, engineering and graphics contexts for developing technological skills and knowledge

• Through discovery and imagination, I can develop and use problem-solving strategies to construct models. (TCH 1-14a / TCH 2-14a)
• Having evaluated my work, I can adapt and improve, where appropriate, through trial and error or by using feedback. (TCH 1-14b / TCH 2-14b)

Social Studies

People, place and environment

• While learning outdoors in differing weathers, I have described and recorded the weather, its effects and how it makes me feel. (SOC 0-12a)
• By using a range of instruments, I can measure and record the weather and can discuss how weather affects my life. (SOC 1-12a)

Wales

Design and Technology

Knowledge and understanding

Pupils should be given opportunities to:

• Pupils should be taught that materials behave in different ways, e.g. strength, flexibility, and use this knowledge to make simple products.

Making

Skills

• Pupils should be taught to assemble and join materials and components.

Geography

Geographical enquiry and skills

In undertaking geographical enquiry, pupils should be taught to:

• observe and record
• express their own views about people, places and environments

Knowledge and understanding of places

When studying places, pupils should be given opportunities to:

• Collect and record information
• Communicate ideas, information and their opinions

When using geographical enquiry skills, pupils should be taught to:

• Observe and collect information in the field e.g. look at and record different types of weather.

Northern Ireland

The World Around Us

Science and technology

Being creative:

• experiment with ideas and use different ways of joining materials, for example, explore moving parts and incorporate them appropriately in what they make

Place

Pupils should be enabled to explore:

• the seasonal changes in weather in their locality and how this affects how people live and work