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Year 6 geography

Year 6 geography runs to 42 lessons across a 36 week year, for children aged 10 to 11 in Key Stage 2. Every lesson is listed below in teaching order.

The vocabulary a child meets this year includes globe, rotation, axis, longitude, latitude, Prime Meridian, Co-ordinated Universal Time (UTC), Greenwich Mean Time (GMT), time zone, antimeridian, International Date Line (IDL), border.

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 6 geography lesson

In the order they are taught. 42 lessons.

Time zones: can we time travel on planet Earth?

  1. Day and Night
  2. Longitude and Time Zones
  3. The International Date Line and Time
  4. Travel and Time: How Time Zones Affect Your Journey
  5. Using Digital Maps to Plan a Trip to a Different Time Zone

Earthquakes: how do they change the world?

  1. The Causes of Earthquakes
  2. Measuring Earthquakes
  3. The Location of Major Earthquake Zones
  4. Earthquakes and Tsunamis: Honshu, Japan, 2011
  5. Preparing and Responding to Earthquakes
  6. People and Earthquakes: Turkey, 2023
  7. Using Digital Maps to Find Earthquake Patterns Around the World

Farms and factories: where does our food come from?

  1. The Geography of Food: How Bread Reaches Your Table
  2. Changes in the Foods We Eat
  3. Sourcing Our Food
  4. The Distance Food Travels
  5. Making Our Food: From Cocoa Pod to Chocolate Bar
  6. World Food Supplies: Why Does Hunger Still Exist?
  7. Food and Climate Change
  8. The Future of Food Production

Coasts: what happens where the land meets the sea?

  1. The Coast of the UK
  2. Mapping the Coast
  3. Coastal Erosion: How Waves Shape the Land
  4. The Changing Coastline
  5. Protecting the Land: Coastal Defences
  6. Coastal Habitats and Ecosystems
  7. Coasts and Tourism: Cruises, Hotspots, and Venice's Big Decision
  8. Coasts and the Future: Climate Change and Our Coastlines

Global trade: how do we get our stuff?

  1. Global Trade: How Your T-Shirt Travelled the World
  2. Imports and Exports: How Countries Trade
  3. Supermarkets and Global Supply Chains
  4. Patterns of Production: The Global Journey of a Mobile Phone
  5. Global Transportation of Goods
  6. Ethical Trading: Who Is Responsible?

Around the world in 80 days: what have we learnt about our world?

  1. Geography is All Around Us
  2. Geography in the News
  3. Geographical Skills: Describing the UK
  4. The Role of Geographers: Focus on Europe
  5. Environmental Geography: Focus on North and South America
  6. Contrasting Climates: Asia and Antarctica
  7. Tourism: Oceania
  8. Natural Resources and Sustainability: Focus on Africa

Each of the 6 units has a free printable Year 6 geography worksheet, with the answers on a separate page.

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Common questions

What does Year 6 geography cover?
Year 6 geography runs to 42 lessons across a 36 week year, covering globe, rotation, axis, longitude, latitude, Prime Meridian and more.
How many geography lessons are in Year 6?
42 lessons, sequenced in teaching order across the school year.
How old is a child in Year 6?
Children in Year 6 are 10 to 11 years old during the school year in England and Wales.