Paperback

ISBN-10: 0340946059

Published: 29/05/2009

Extent: 152 pages

 

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Summary:
Exploring Geography in a Changing World is a new Key Stage 3 series designed to present real-life geography to motivate and stimulate pupils. With challenging content, engaging practical activities and an emphasis on ‘thinking skills’ pupils can achieve a solid foundation of knowledge and skills for progression to GCSE.


Book 2 focuses on the geography of Europe and includes material on future sources of energy, and the threat of the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.

Opportunities for fieldwork are provided throughout the course, and pupils relate the content to the real world through the Issues activities at the end of each chapter.

• Challenging content for real-life geography.
• Aimed at middle- to high-achieving pupils.
• Each year of the course is focused on a different scale, from the local environment and the UK in Year 7, Europe in Year 8 and the global environment in Year 9.
• Key geographical themes are explored and revisited throughout the course.
• Each theme concludes with an issues-based decision-making task, relating the content pupils have covered to the real world.
• Opportunities for fieldwork are developed throughout.
• Full coverage of the new national curriculum.

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Chapter 1: Weather and Climate
Chapter 2: Ecosystems
Chapter 3: Mountains
Chapter 4: Coasts
Chapter 5: People
Chapter 6: European Cities
Chapter 7: Farming in Europe
Chapter 8: Energy and Industry
Chapter 9: Tourism
Chapter 10: Environment
Glossary
Index

About the Author(s):
Simon Ross is a Head of Geography at Queen's College, Taunton, and an experienced author.