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Lesson plan: Where do bananas grow?

From the Go Bananas! online resource

Age group: 5 - 11

Aims:
To give practice in reading and using world maps.
To help children understand that different crops grow best in different regions of the world.

What to do:
You will need copies of the map and atlases.

Ask the children to mark these countries on the outline map, by looking them up in the atlas.

  • Northern Australia

  • Costa Rica

  • Kenya

  • Honduras

  • Nicaragua

  • Windward Islands

  • Kenya

  • Tanzania

  • Philippines

  • Thailand

  • India

Do the children notice anything about where these countries are located?

What explanation can they give for this?

Curriculum links:

England

Scotland

Wales

Geography:
- Use atlases, globes, and maps and plans at a range of scales; places and environments.

Science:
- Life processes and living things.

Environmental Studies, social sciences:
- People and place - location and features of maps.

Science:
- Living things and the processes of life.

Geography:
- Use atlases, globes, and maps and plans at a range of scales; places and environments.

Science:
- Life processes and living things.

 
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