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This is Geography 2 Pupil Book
John Widdowson

Paperback
RRP: £12.99
ISBN: 9780340907429
ISBN-10: 0340907428

Published: 28/11/2008
Extent: 144 pages
Illustrations: Full colour throughout

Series: This Is Geography

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Summary:
This is Geography is a major new course for Key Stage 3 Geography aiming to raise standards of teaching and learning. It offers: - Less content, more learning – a streamlined scheme of work which focuses on the essentials and which therefore allows teachers to do in-depth work on real world topics that really matter to pupils - Worthwhile and significant tasks – every unit builds, step by step, towards an engaging and significant final task. These tasks use the full range of learning styles to provide something for all pupils. - Integrated ICT – embedded ICT tasks plus a separate CD-ROM with interactive eLearning activities to support every lesson with starters, plenaries, games and presentations. All the key visuals from the pupils book are clickable and usable as you wish. The associated Teachers Resource Book, available in print and as a CD, supports this Pupil's Book with lesson plans and differentiated worksheets – for homework and class work. The lesson plans and worksheets are also provided on CD for you to edit and customise.

  • Less content, more learning!
  • A streamlined scheme of work taking advantage of the new flexibility of the revised National Curriculum for Geography.
  • Every unit builds from a key enquiry question, step by step towards an engaging and significant final task.
  • e-Learning activities provided for each lesson.
  • Customisable lesson plans and worksheets in Word or as PDFs.
  • Award winning author.

Table of Contents:
1 Welcome to Earth Village
Key Question: Can the earth cope with any more people?
Your challenge: Write a speech for a debate between optimists and pessimists over the future for world population.
2 Landscape detective
Key Question: What can you learn about a place by investigating rocks?
Your challenge: Devise a geology trail to make rocks really interesting!
3 Here is the weather forecast
Key Question: How do I become a brilliant weather forcaster?
Your challenge: Make your own weather forecast using Met Office satellite images and weather charts.
4 Once upon a coal mine
Key Question: How will jobs in the future be different from jobs in the past?
Your challenge: Investigate the changes taking place in North East England and plan a film sequel to show what work will be like in future.
5 A question of football
Key Question: What has football got to do with Geography?
Your challenge: Make a case to persuade your teacher you could do a geographical enquiry about football.
6 Coast to coast
Key Question: Where would you build a new seaside resort?
Your challenge: Use your map skills and knowledge of physical geography to advise on the best site for a seaside resort.
7 Spain – here we come!
Key Question: What won't you see on a package holiday to Spain?
Your challenge: Plan a holiday to Spain so that someone experiences more than just the seaside!
8 Changing Fumes
Key Question: What's the point of trying to be more energy-efficient?
Your challenge: Compare homes in UK and Kenya then make someone's home more energy efficient.
Ordnance Survey 1:25,000 map symbols
Reference map of Europe
Key concept table
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgments

About the Author(s):
John Widdowson was the author of the Earthworks series – which twice won the Geographical Association's Silver Award for educational resources and of the Geography Special Needs Support Material used in hundreds of schools all around the country to raise achievement among lower ability pupils. He is a curriculum development expect and currently a Geographical Association consultant on their curriculum making project and a contributor to the Geographical Association's Teaching Geography handbook.

Readership:
Pupils in lower secondary - age 12-13

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