Geography Knowledge Organiser: North America —Year 3

Where in the world is North America?

Which countries make up the

continent North America?

North America is made up of 23

countries.

Canada — largest country in North

America

USA

Mexico

Caribbean Islands (Jamaica , Trini-

dad, Barbados and others)

50 states of the USA:

Extreme Weather and

temperature:

North America experiences

extreme weather such as

cyclones, hurricanes,

whirlwinds, typhoons and

tornadoes.

Key Ideas:

North America is one of the seven

continents.

North America is the third largest con-

tinent by area.

Indigenous settlers:

The USA began with the

settlement of indigenous

people, known as Native

American Indians

Geography Knowledge Organiser: North

America —Year 3 continent any of the world's main continuous expanses of land

state nation or territory considered as an organised political com-

munity under one government.

economy production and consumption of goods and services and the

supply of money.

tourism when people travel for pleasure

settlements place, typically one which has previously been uninhabited,

where people establish a community.

cyclone system of winds rotating inwards to an area of low

barometric pressure

hurricane storm with a violent wind

whirlwind column of air moving rapidly round and round in a

cylindrical or funnel shape.

typhoon tropical storm in the region of the Indian or western Pacific

oceans.

climate weather conditions in an area in general or over a long

period.

indigenous first people to live in a region

migrate (a person) move to a new area or country in order to find

work or better living conditions.

emigrate leave one's own country in order to settle permanently in

another.

colonies country or area under the full or partial political control of

another country and occupied by settlers from that country.

Human features

A human feature is man-

made.

Physical features

A physical feature is natural/

not created by humans.

Route 66 is one of the

most famous roads in

the United States which

runs from Chicago to

Los Angeles covering a

total of 2,448 miles.

Route 66:

Key Vocabulary:

Art Knowledge Organiser: Quentin Blake —Year 3

illustrator person who draws or creates pic-

tures for magazines, books,

advertising, etc.

shade how light or dark a colour is

hue a colour

tone light and dark shades of an

object

accuracy being correct, exact or precise

sketch A rough or unfinished drawing –

usually done quickly to practise

colour

wash

light, see-through layer of colour

caricature picture of a person/object with ex-

aggerated features to create an

amusing effect

Key vocabulary:

Colour mixing

Dark tone

Light tone

Texture using a pencil

Science Knowledge Organiser: Rocks —Year 3

Rocks are all around us. They are found in gardens, on beaches, underground as well as in

walls, buildings and quarries. Not all rocks are the same. They have many different properties (ways that

they perform in certain conditions) which means they can be selected to perform different tasks.

Some rocks are permeable. This

means that water can pass

through the rock.

Some rocks are impermeable.

:water cannot soak through permeable impermeable

Some rocks are hard. Only

very hard things like a

diamond can scratch them.

Some rocks are soft. You can

scratch it with your finger

nail. hard soft

igneous

sedimentary metamorphic

Igneous rocks are created when

magma cools and becomes a

solid.

Sedimentary rocks are made of

particles of sediments such as

sand and clay or the skeletons

and shells of sea creatures.

Metamorphic rocks are formed when

minerals in rocks are changed underground

by heat or pressure.

Fossils can rocks with the outlines of long

dead plants or animals in them.

Fossils can sometimes contain the whole dead

animal or plant. (This one is in amber not rock.)

Fossils can also be an imprint.

Fossils take millions of years to form in sedimentary rock.

Non-natural rocks like

concrete and have been made about of a mixture of

materials.

We need soil to grow plants for our

food. It covers most of the world’s land. It

is teeming with life. There are worms and

insects that live in the soil. There are also

microscopic creatures (microbes) that break

down dead plants and animals.

natural rock a naturally formed material with differing

properties

non-natural

rocks

made to mimic the properties of some

rocks. E.G. brick, concrete

permeable a material that allows water to pass

through

impermeable a material that does not allow water to

pass through

sedimentary a type of rock formed by layers of sediment

igneous a type of rock formed by cooled magma

metamorphic rock changed over time by heat or pressure

humus dead and rotting organic material

microbes tiny organisms breaking down dead plants and

animals

fossil a preserved image of a plant or animal

chalk a natural rock used for mark making

slate a natural rock that is impermeable

magma hot liquid rock from beneath the Earth’s crust

sediment tiny particles of sand or clay or organic

matter settled at the bottom of a liquid

Science Knowledge Organiser: Rocks —Year 3

Soil is made up of four main things:

worn down pieces of rock

humus—dead and rotting

material

air

water

Because not all rocks are the same, not all soils are the

same. It depends on the type of rock found in the soil.

Loamy soil— lots of small stones which help water

to drain quickly.

Sandy soil— light and dry. Water also drains

quickly.

Clay soil—very sticky and heavy when wet. Water

does not drain easily.

Computing Knowledge Organiser: We are programmers —Year 3

What is Scratch?

Scratch is a visual programming tool mainly used by children to

learn basic programming skills.

Users of the site can create online projects and animations.

animation the process of making it look

like drawings, models, or inan-

imate objects are able to move

algorithm set of instructions or rules that

are followed to complete a task

programming the process of creating a set of

instructions for the computer.

storyboard picture based representation of

how a story will unfold.

coding using a computer to create pro-

gramming instructions

sprite an object (character) in Scratch

which performs functions con-

trolled by code

Key vocabulary:

Fun Fact

Scratch is a bit like Lego — you use program-

ming tools to build the animation, instead of

Lego blocks.

What can we do in Scratch?

In Scratch, you can create char-

acters and backgrounds.

You can create algorithms to

make the character move on the

screen and even add sounds! The list of purple boxes are lists of in-

structions for the characters to complete.