Each book contains enjoyable reading, map work and writing activities on:* location* political divisions* physical features* resources* culturesExploring Geography and the major elements of the Key Stage 2 Geography curriculum:* location knowledge - location of the world's countries, using maps to study environmental regions, key physical and human characteristics, countries and major cities.* place knowledge - understanding geographical similarities and differences* human and physical geography - studying rivers and mountains, natural resources and economic activities* geographical skills - using maps and map symbols

 

This book is part of a book series called Exploring Geography .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 2. KS2 covers school years 4, 5 and 6, and ages 8-11 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks. This book is aimed at children in primary school.

There are 122 pages in this book. This book was published 2013 by Prim-Ed Publishing .

This book has the following chapters: What's in this book. 4Section 1: Antarctica in the world. 5-16Section 2: Physical featuresof Antarctica. 17-40Section 3: History of exploration. 41-66ANTARCTICASection 4: Antarctica today . 67-80Section 5: Antarctica's wildlife . 81-106Section 6: Assessment . 107-110Section 7: Note-takers . 111-116Answers . 117-122