Life in the City

Today we will be:

Exploring the features of a city.

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What things would you find in a city?

Talk to a partner about this.

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Look at this picture. What is a human feature and what is a

physical feature?

Cities are made up of human and physical

features.

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Human feature

Physical featureBack

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Human and physical features are very

different. Why is this?

Think, pair, share.

Human features are anything in a city that has been built

by humans.

Physical features are anything in a city that is naturally

there.

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We can play “I Spy!”

Can you guess the feature?

Now you know about features of cities. Let’s learn about Vancouver in Canada. It is a large city made up of physical and human features.

Let’s see what we can find there.

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This is Vancouver. What can you see?

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I spy with my little eye, something

beginning with B.

Hmmm. Is this a physical or human feature?

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It is a beach!A beach is a physical

feature of a city.

Have you

been to a beach?

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I spy with my little eye, something beginning

with H.

Hmmm. Is this a

physical or human feature?

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It is a harbour!A harbour is a human

feature of a city.

What is a

harbour?

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I spy with my little eye, something beginning with B.

Hmmm. Is this a physical or human

feature?

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It is buildings!Buildings are a human

feature of a city.

What are buildings used for?

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I spy with my little eye, something

beginning with M.

Hmmm. Is this a physical or human feature?

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It is mountains!Mountains are a physical

feature of a city.

What do mountains look like?

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I spy with my little eye, something

beginning with B.

Hmmm. Is this a physical or human feature?

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It is a bridge!Bridges are a human

feature of a city.

Where would you

build a bridge?

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I spy with my little eye, something

beginning with H.

Hmmm. Is this a physical or human

feature?

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It is a hill!Hills are a physical feature of a city.

Can you build

houses on hills?

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Wow! Vancouver has many human

and physical features!

Humanbuildingsharbourbridge

Physicalbeachhill

mountains

Do you have any of these features in the city you live in?

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Here are some more features you may know.

Physicalforestcliff

oceanrivervalleyplants

Humanfactoryhouse

train stationpost office

churchshop

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Which box do these words belong to?

Physical Human

River

Church

Train

Tesco

Office

Soil

Hill

Plenary