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Year 3 geography

Year 3 geography runs to 38 lessons across a 36 week year, for children aged 7 to 8 in Key Stage 2. Every lesson is listed below in teaching order.

The vocabulary a child meets this year includes human feature, physical feature, digital map, atlas, land use, map key, settlements, scale, agriculture, arable farming, livestock, fertile.

These lessons are written by Oak National Academy, the government-funded curriculum body, and are free to anyone. StudyDen sequences them, marks the answers and keeps the record.

Every Year 3 geography lesson

In the order they are taught. 38 lessons.

Land use: how diverse are local and UK landscapes?

  1. UK Human and Physical Features
  2. Land Use in the Locality
  3. Farming in the UK
  4. Different Types of Land Use in the UK
  5. Using Grid References to Identify Land Use
  6. Changing Land Use: How Does It Affect Wildlife?

The water cycle: why is it important?

  1. The Water Cycle
  2. Water Flow Around Buildings
  3. Water Around the World
  4. Water Supply and Demand in the UK
  5. Water Ownership: Why Do We Pay for Clean Water?
  6. Water Inequalities

Rivers: what's special about them?

  1. Introducing Rivers
  2. River Processes and Landforms
  3. The River's Journey
  4. Flooding Rivers: Why Do Rivers Overflow?
  5. Flooding Impacts and Solutions
  6. Rivers in the UK
  7. Rivers in Europe
  8. Mighty Rivers of the World

Climate zones: what are they and why do they matter?

  1. Introducing Climate
  2. Using Lines of Latitude to Locate the Main Climate Zones
  3. Climate Data and Patterns
  4. The Differences Between Climate Zones and Biomes
  5. Adaptations of Plants and Animals in Different Biomes
  6. Climate Change

Settlements: where do people live and why?

  1. Settlement Features: Villages, Towns and Cities
  2. Villages, Towns and Cities in the UK
  3. Location and Growth of Settlements
  4. Change in Our Local Area
  5. Our Local Town: Why Did It Grow?
  6. Designing a New Settlement

Local area: how is it changing?

  1. Our Changing Place
  2. Measuring Settlement Change
  3. Recording Local Views
  4. Evidence from Fieldwork: How Is Our Local Area Changing?
  5. Mapping Changes
  6. Measuring Change in a Day

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Common questions

What does Year 3 geography cover?
Year 3 geography runs to 38 lessons across a 36 week year, covering human feature, physical feature, digital map, atlas, land use, map key and more.
How many geography lessons are in Year 3?
38 lessons, sequenced in teaching order across the school year.
How old is a child in Year 3?
Children in Year 3 are 7 to 8 years old during the school year in England and Wales.