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:
0 For each unit this contents list shows: Unit title/Key concept covered/Key enquiry question/Main pupil task
1 Living on the edge
Physical and human processes
What makes Indonesia such a dangerous place to live?
Write a newspaper report about Indonesia, after the Asian tsunami
2 Save the rainforest!
Environmental interaction & sustainable development
Why does it matter if the rainforest is destroyed?
Produce a guide for the Eden Project to explain why the rainforest is so important
3 India – a developing story
Place and Cultural understanding and diversity
Which way should for India develop now?
Evaluate three different development strategies and decide which will work best for India
River risk
Physical and human processes
How safe would a river field trip be?
You will consider the risks at different sites along a river and do your own fieldwork investigation. Finally, you will carry out a risk assessment to help you to decide if a river walk would be safe.
4 Food for the future
Interdependence
What are the ingredients for a better world?
Plan a recipe so that it is good for the rest of the world, as well as for you
5 The Olympic Games and Paralympic Games come to town
Space
What's the secret of a successful Olympic bid?
Put together your own Olympic bid. Why would your city make a great place to host the Olympic Games?
6 Israel/Palestine - a land divided
Space
Is building a barrier the best way to create peace?
Decide whether building a barrier is the best way to create peace, or if there is a better option
7 Antarctica - the ultimate challenge
Place
Why should we be interested in Antarctica?
Make a proposal for a new scientific expedition to Antarctica
Key concept table
Glossary
Index
Acknowledgements

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