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Geography
5 sections available · 30 chapters available
Free Geography study notes for Key Stage 2 (KS2) students. Each chapter covers a key topic with examples and practice prompts you can continue inside the thinka app.
Locational knowledge
Countries and major cities of Europe, including the location of Russia
Countries and major cities of North and South America
Environmental regions and key physical and human characteristics of Europe and the Americas
Counties and cities of the United Kingdom
Geographical regions of the UK and their identifying human and physical characteristics
Key topographical features of the UK: hills, mountains, coasts and rivers
Land-use patterns in the UK and how they have changed over time
Latitude, longitude, the Equator and the Northern and Southern Hemispheres
The Tropics of Cancer and Capricorn, the Arctic and Antarctic Circles and the Prime/Greenwich Meridian
Time zones, including day and night
Place knowledge
Human and physical geography of a region of the United Kingdom
Human and physical geography of a region in a European country
Human and physical geography of a region within North or South America
Geographical similarities and differences between regions
Human and physical geography: physical geography
Climate zones
Biomes and vegetation belts
Rivers
Mountains
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
The water cycle
Human and physical geography: human geography
Types of settlement
Land use
Economic activity, including trade links
The distribution of natural resources, including energy, food, minerals and water
Geographical skills and fieldwork
Using maps, atlases, globes and digital/computer mapping
The eight points of a compass
Four- and six-figure grid references
Symbols and key, including the use of Ordnance Survey maps
Fieldwork: sketch maps, plans, graphs and digital technologies
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