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Year 5 geography

Year 5 geography runs to 46 lessons across a 36 week year, for children aged 9 to 10 in Key Stage 2. Every lesson is listed below in teaching order.

The vocabulary a child meets this year includes native, climate change, broadleaf tree, biodiversity, carbon sink, forest, plantation, conifer, boundary, timber, natural resource, agriculture.

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 5 geography lesson

In the order they are taught. 46 lessons.

Local and global: why are trees and forests important?

  1. The Benefits of Trees
  2. Mapping Trees Locally: Woodland Detectives
  3. Mapping Changes in the UK's Forests
  4. Global Trees and Forests
  5. Mapping Changes in Forests Around the World
  6. Planning Tree Planting in the Local Area
  7. Using Digital Maps to Identify Forests Around the World

Natural resources: what are they, where are they found, why are they important?

  1. Introducing Natural Resources
  2. Identifying Renewable and Non-Renewable Energy Sources
  3. Global Food Production and Its Impacts
  4. Economic Minerals and Their Uses
  5. Wood and Its Many Uses
  6. Water: Our Essential Resource

North and South America: how diverse are their places and landscapes?

  1. Using Maps to Locate Countries in North and South America
  2. Climate of North and South America
  3. Physical Geography of North and South America
  4. Human Geography of North and South America
  5. Economic Activities of North and South America
  6. Planning a Journey Through the Americas
  7. Using Digital Maps to Identify Different Landscapes of North and South America

South America: why does the Amazon matter?

  1. Tropical and Temperate Rainforests
  2. Location of the Amazon Rainforest
  3. Features of the Amazon Rainforest
  4. Foods from Tropical Rainforests
  5. Brazil Nut Production: A Rainforest Chain
  6. People of the Amazon Rainforest
  7. Debating the Future of the Amazon Rainforest
  8. Protecting Our Rainforests

Energy: how do we power the world?

  1. Energy Production: How Do We Power the World?
  2. Energy Use and Climate Change
  3. Non-Renewable Energy Sources
  4. Renewable Sources of Energy
  5. Reducing Energy Use
  6. Solving the Energy Problem

Sustainable world: does it matter how we live?

  1. Introducing Sustainability
  2. Carbon Footprints: How Does the Way We Live Affect Our Planet?
  3. Using Energy Wisely
  4. Tackling Food Waste: How Our Food Choices Affect the Planet
  5. Biodiversity and Sustainability: Why Every Species Counts
  6. Making Cities More Sustainable

Fieldwork: how can we investigate the sustainability of our school?

  1. Planning to Do Fieldwork
  2. Writing a Fieldwork Enquiry Question
  3. Collecting Our Geographical Data
  4. Presenting Our Geographical Data
  5. Examining Our Geographical Data
  6. Reflecting on our fieldwork enquiry

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Common questions

What does Year 5 geography cover?
Year 5 geography runs to 46 lessons across a 36 week year, covering native, climate change, broadleaf tree, biodiversity, carbon sink, forest and more.
How many geography lessons are in Year 5?
46 lessons, sequenced in teaching order across the school year.
How old is a child in Year 5?
Children in Year 5 are 9 to 10 years old during the school year in England and Wales.