Year 7 Geography

Turning a map's scale into a real distance, what mountains, plateaus and plains actually are, and a river's journey from source to sea.

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Maps and Directions

Map scale and distanceLesson
Use a map's scale to turn a length measured on the map into the real distance on the ground, and turn a real distance back into a length on the map.

The Land and Its Water

Mountains, plateaus and plainsLesson
Tell a mountain, a plateau and a plain apart by the shape and height of the land, and say why people live and farm where they do.
A river from source to seaLesson
Follow a river from its source to its mouth and name the parts of the journey — tributary, confluence, valley, delta and basin — and say what the river does to the land along the way.