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Human environment
- People living in Leixlip who have to travel to work.
- People who live outside Leixlip and travel to Leixlip to work
- People who use train, bus, car or bicycle to travel to work
- Basic layout out of the main street of the town and how this effects traffic
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Natural environments
Location of the village and features of the natural environment
- Sloping site of village
- Hills surrounding village
- Course of the rivers into and through the village
Interrelationship of natural features and the lives of people
- Settlement named after salmon leaping in the Liffey (Léim an Bhradáin)
- Bridges over river today
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Environmental awareness and care
- Awareness of the impact of air pollution due to heavy traffic
- Traffic congestion in Leixlip: how public transport is used to reduce this
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Geographic Investigation Skills
- Conduct survey of traffic at school gate
- Establish forms of transport used to bring pupils to school
- Assess flow of traffic at different times
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A sense of place and space
- Links between features e.g. village street, roads, hills, rivers and bridges
- Distances and directions between features
- Links Leixlip has with other places e.g. roads to other towns
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Maps, globes and graphical skills
- Simple plans and maps of home, school and surroundings
- Maps and photographs of vullage
- Graphs to analyse and present traffic information
- Display results of traffic survey at open day
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