LINES OF INQUIRY
1. How the world is divided.
2. The causes of geographical diversity.
3. Peoples connection to place.
The lines of Latitude and Longitude also are used to divide the earth so that we can locate and find things. Watch the films below to learn more about how it works.
The first 2 films below will help you to gain an understanding of how borders are made along natural landmarks, such as rivers, mountains and valleys. The film on Plate Tectonics shows you how and why the earths surface changes.
The Weather and Climate films will help you realise how they influence our landscapes and how we live.
Use the below databases to explore maps, the atlas, geography, weather and climate and the diversity of the planet.
The world has been broken up into a variety of categories.
We shall look first at CONTINENTS.
Now REGIONS.
Now COUNTRIES.
