School Case Studies
| Barrow Grove Junior School | Age Range | Year 5 | |
| A contrasting locality St Lucia |   | |
| Learning Intentions | Activities |
| The children will: • Use maps, atlases and aerial photographs to find identify places • Use the Internet to research and find information about climate, population and land use • Compare St Lucia with their own locality • Use ICT to share their learning with others | • Use maps and aerial photographs to locate St Lucia • Plot the journey from Sittingborne to St Lucia on a map – how might you travel there? • Use photographs, video and Internet web-sites to research and find out information about the climate, land-use, buildings, employment, food and traditions • Compare and contrast Kent and Sittingbourne – list the similarities and differences |
| Learning Outcomes | ||
| What the children did: • Used Infomapper to locate St Lucia on world and regional maps • Used the internet and videos to research information about climate, places land-use and employment • Listed the similarities and differences between Kent and St Lucia • Used the information gathered to write their own Tourist brochures about the Island • Used PowerPoint to present and share their finished work with others | ||
| Published Infomapper Layers | ||
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Postcards from St Lucia | ||
| Use of ICT to enhance Teaching and Learning | ||
| The children used:
• BBC Motion Gallery for videos about people, places • The following web-sites for information about the climate and rainfall |
The children created and published the following layers on Infomapper:
• Google to search and find maps and photographs