King’s Ely Explorers

Geography is about exploration

Which of these explorers do you recognise?

Which of these explorers do you recognise?

Geography is about places

Today, we are going to explore… and

create…

First… an explorer…

We like Lego….

Challenge 1Make Mr. Learny…

Against the clock – use the

bag for guidance….

Now break him back down to single pieces and put back in

the bag…. Apart from one of the

mini figures….Choose wisely…

Challenge 2Take your figures exploring…

Mission:Explore

Say hello to Dan

Geographers look at the world on different SCALES…

Picture challenge

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Using the craft materials, build your own landscape and place your

minifigure in it….

- clay- rocks

- paper and card and other materials- cotton wool

Climbing a tree Watching the weather

Hacking through the jungle

Trekking to the South Pole

Exploring the desert

Sailing the high seas

Uncovering a hidden treasure

Planting a flag at the top of a high mountain

Crawling through a cave

system

Consulting a map to plot a

new routeGetting lost…

…and finding a new path

through the forest

Meeting a ferocious creature

Meeting another explorer

unexpectedly

Celebrating the end of a long

journey?????

Pictures on iPad

• Get down at a low angle• Tap the screen to focus on the minifigure and

not the background• Try not to get anything else in the picture to

spoil the illusion• It’s a minifigure, so don’t make the landscape

too large….• If the weather’s good we can go outside.