Welcome to Geography - Interactive Activity - Create your own fieldsketch

In Yr 7 Geography you will learn locational knowledge, develop mapskills, study weather and climate, carry out a microclimate enquiry  and investigate the changes in London.

Aim: To understand what a field sketch shows and how to successfully draw one. 

1. Look at the photograph - how many different human geography and physical geography features can you identify?  

2. Listen https://voca.ro/aApgjOBDAmi - to check your understanding.

3. Watch  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhFUJkBw3kk to find out how to draw a field sketch.

    

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4. Your turn to draw a field sketch. You can choose to draw and label a field sketch from the photograph above  OR the view from a window at home. 

Tips:

1. You will need: a piece of plain paper, a pencil and a ruler. 

2. Draw a 20cm (w) x 15cm (h) box.

3. Draw in the MAJOR lines in each box including skyline and building shape.

4. Add some smaller details e.g. trees or paths. Note: you DO NOT need all the details.

5. Add  labels to the sketch to identify the human geography and physical geography.

6. Lastly add - date drawn, the location and a title.

Well Done!

Now try at least 1 (of your choice) of the Geography quizzes below, or challenge yourself and do all 3 of them! 

For some fun learning, Learn the countries of the world with Yakko  :)