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Geography: Year 1 How Have Local Features Changed Over Time?

The document discusses a geography lesson plan for students to learn how local features have changed over time. Students will identify and observe natural, managed, and constructed features in their local area. They will interview a community member and go on an excursion to the local river to understand how rivers and landscapes can change over time and the impacts of those changes. The lesson includes activities where students analyze how features in their school and community have changed, collect data on plants and animals during the river excursion, and complete a quiz to test their understanding.

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Geography: Year 1 How Have Local Features Changed Over Time?

The document discusses a geography lesson plan for students to learn how local features have changed over time. Students will identify and observe natural, managed, and constructed features in their local area. They will interview a community member and go on an excursion to the local river to understand how rivers and landscapes can change over time and the impacts of those changes. The lesson includes activities where students analyze how features in their school and community have changed, collect data on plants and animals during the river excursion, and complete a quiz to test their understanding.

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Geography

Year 1

How have local features changed


over time?

Name ___________________________
Geography
This term, we will be observing how local features
have changed over time.
Our class will identify and observe natural,
managed and constructed features in our local
area and how these features have changed over
time.
We will interview a member of the local
community to assist or understanding of how
features have changed over time in our town.
Our class will go on an excursion to the
Rockhampton Fitzroy River to gather information
on how rivers and landscapes can change over
time and what impacts these changes can have on
local wildlife and the community.
Natural

Managed

Constructed
Buildings Beaches Mountains Rivers

Farms Waterfalls Bridges Gardens

Volcanos Orchards Roads Rain


Activity 2 How have features in our school changed over time?

2015

2015 2015

These trees in the school have fallen because of:

Natural changes Constructed changes Managed changes

What could have caused these changes?

_______________________________________________________________________________
2015 2019

The school office has changed because of:

Natural changes Constructed changes Managed changes

What do you think was used to make these changes?

_______________________________________________________________________________
Activity 3 How have features in our local community changed over time?

Old photo How it looks now

What caused the changes? What is different?


Activity 4 Interview with a member of the local community

How have other features


in our local community
changed over time?”

List some questions you would like to ask someone


about this town and how it has changed over time.

Question 1 _______________________________________

__________________________________________________

Question 2 ______________________________________

__________________________________________________

Question 3 _______________________________________

__________________________________________________
Paste a copy of the interview with a member of
the local community here.
Activity 5 Excursion to the Rockhampton Fitzroy River

Name___________________________
Circle and tally the animals that you see near the river.
Animals

Birds Frogs Fish Turtles

Crocodiles Crabs Lizards Insects

List any other animals that you see near the river.
_________________________________________________
Circle and tally the plants that you see near the river.
Plants

Flowers Water plants Trees Seedlings

List any other plants that you see near the river.
_________________________________________________
Circle and tally what you can see in the river.

Water

Lilly pads Mossy/murky Litter Seaweed

What else do you notice about the water?


_________________________________________________
Circle what you can see around the river.

Land

Grassy fields Rocks Mud Sand

Soil Mountains Holes Cliffs


What else do you notice about the land?
_________________________________________________

_________________________________________________
Circle the ways that could cause changes to the river and
landscape.

Natural and constructed changes

Cyclones Droughts Floods Pollution

Construction Overfishing Fires Earth quakes


List any other ways that you think could cause changes to the
river and landscape.
_________________________________________________
Please answer these questions during our talk with
an expert.
Over the last 10 years Rockhampton has had:
How many floods? How many droughts?

How many fires? How many earthquakes?

How many cyclones? How many new buildings


surrounding the river?
How much litter has been found in the Fitzroy River?
Activity 6 Digital image display and labelling

Paste and label your images from the excursion


Excursion images Labels/descriptions

Fitzroy River gaage


Activity 7 Data presentation
Name _________________________________
Describe what you saw on your excursion to the Fitzroy River.
Animals Plants

How many animals did you How many plants did you see?
see?
__________________________ ___________________________

Water Land

What did the water look like? What did the land look like?

__________________________ ___________________________

Data presentation

Floods

Fires

Cyclones

Earthquakes

Droughts

Construction
Activity 8 Quiz
Name _______________________________________________

Complete the activity below.

Many different types of animals and plants depend


on rivers to stay alive and healthy:
A. True
B. False

When it doesn’t rain for a long time, this is called a:


A. Flood
B. Drought
C. Cyclone

How does human interaction cause changes to the


river’s landscape?
A. Catching too many fish
B. Littering
C. Cutting down trees
D. All of the above

Can you identify some natural ways that could change


the river’s landscape? Circle your answers below.
Rain Cyclones Droughts Earthquakes

Floods Fires Storms


What did you notice about the water in the river? Circle your answers
below.
Clear Murky Mossy Rocks

Litter Lilly pads Seaweed Fish

What did you notice about the landscape around the river? Circle your
answers below.
Rocks Cliffs Mossy Mud Water falls

Litter Trees Plants Soil Holes

Sand Mountains Grass Flowers Seedlings

In the last 1o years, has Rockhampton had more floods or droughts? Circle
your answer.
Floods Droughts

In the last 1o years, how many cyclones has Rockhampton had had?
__________________________

Can you suggest ways that we can help take care of our local river?

_______________________________________________________________________________
Label the picture below using these words.
sky river leaves snake rock

grass flower plant trees dirt

sky

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