Geography in the News 10
Geography in the News 10
Geography in the News has been created to encourage students to read more widely, examining synoptic links and keep up to date with geography-related news. It has been developed to be given to students as homework and includes differentiated activities for them to complete. Our downloadable homework comes in an editable format so you can make adjustments appropriate to your students. We’ll be publishing a new homework relating to a recent event in the news every week during term time.
A peer/self-assessment sheet will soon be made available to download so students can peer/self assess their homework to help reduce your workload. You can access past mark schemes by signing up to a free subscription to Internet Geography.
Our tenth homework is based on an article on BBC website examining worldwide climate strikes by students. View the article.
If you are looking for a more open-ended approach to setting home Geography in the News homework take a look at our new template.
If you like Geography in the News please consider subscribing to Internet Geography Homework Plus. This is a new development on Internet Geography. We regularly publish homework to support skills development at GCSE. Homeworks will include the opportunity to practise and develop map skills, exam technique and statistical skills. So far we’ve covered a range of skills including:
- exam technique
- 4/6 figure grid references
- sketches from photographs
- height on a map
- longitude and latitude
- mean, median & mode
- range & interquartile range
- gradient, contour & spot height
- the direction a photo has been taken in
- pie charts
- bar graphs & histograms
- line & compound graphs
Homework Plus assignments also come with a mark scheme that can be used by teachers or students for peer/self-assessment.
In addition to Homework Plus resources, you also have access to our weekly GEOGREVISE. Each week we publish resources based on a unit from the AQA GCSE Geography course. Every GEOGREVISE pack includes:
- A four-step guide to revision
- A personal learning checklist (PLC) for a GCSE Geography unit
- 10 strategies for revision
- lots of retrieval practice questions for a GCSE Geography unit
- Answers to all retrieval practice questions
- An overview of retrieval practice for parents and copies of the questions to support parents in engaging with revision
This resource is ideal for class-based revision, intervention, homework and engaging parents in revision.
You will also have access to our new Geography Infographics.
Subscription for Homework Plus, including GEOGREVISE starts at only £20 per year for an individual class teacher. Also available are department level subscriptions for schools. Find out which subscription is right for you. By subscribing you’ll have instant access to all the documents published so far.
Download: Geography in the News 10
By downloading the document you agree not to edit the document header and footer before issuing to students. You also agree not to redistribute the document on a public forum e.g. TES, Schoolology or similar. You are welcome to share with students on services such as Show My Homework, however, do not make the document available to other users.
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Slumping at Hornsea March 2019
Slumping at Hornsea March 2019
Following a spell of unusually hot and dry weather in February significant mass movement has occurred at Hornsea on the Holderness Coast. On Friday 8th March 2019 the Hull Daily Mail first reported a crack forming in the cliffs at Longbeach Leisure Park to the south of Hornsea. A large section of the cliff, around 50m long and 8.5m at its widest point, had slumped. The image* below shows the area affected by slumping on Saturday 9th March 2019.
Slumping at Long Beach Leisure Park
Slumping to the south of sea defences at Hornsea is common, however, this is one of the largest sections of boulder clay cliff to have slumped since 2008 when 8.75m of land was lost. A number of holiday homes will be relocated away from the affected area taking the total number this year to 12.
To the south of the sea defences, the rate of erosion increases rapidly. The red line on the map below shows the location of the cliff top on Saturday 9th March 2019. By zooming in you can really appreciate the rate of erosion since the satellite photograph was taken on 1st July 2018. As you can see a considerable amount of land has been lost since the satellite image was taken.
The slump at Hornsea illustrates the classic features of this type of mass movement as shown in the image* below.
Classic features of slumping
Hornsea Slump Gallery*
* All images are © Internet Geography. You are welcome to use them in the classroom. They should not be redistributed, shared or included in any resource distributed on the internet, whether paid or free, without the written permission of Internet Geography.
Creating simple topographic profiles
Creating Simple Topographic Profiles
Pontypridd Profile
In this post, David Caplin illustrates a simple way of capturing topographic profiles using free, online tools.
Topographic Profiles are a very good visual way of representing a section of terrain. There are a number of different uses for topographic profiles in Geography. In terms of Coastal Management, they can be easily used to illustrate how the coastline has changed under the presence of erosion or deposition.
There are a number of ways of producing profiles, and which one to use largely depends on what you actually want to use it for!
If you just want a simple profile, for a river valley, for example, or cross-section of a mountain range, you don’t need mm level accuracy and up-to-date data, you just need a general overview of the terrain. A brilliant tool for this is the HeyWhatsThat Path Profiler tool.
Hey What’s That Path Profiler Tool
The Path Profiler tool is very simple to use. It has a Google Maps Interface, and by left clicking on the map, you can create points on the map. A line will be drawn between the two points and the profile drawn automatically in the little window above it. Here is an example of it:
Example of a line drawn on HeyWhatsThat Path Profiler tool
If we want to have a look at the valley profile in this section of the Taff Valley in South Wales, we can drop our two points either side of the valley, and the profile is generated from that transect:
Pontypridd Profile
You can customize the display of it through the settings on the page, for example changing units. The profile can be copied/pasted or saved for further use.
Now, this is a really quick and simple tool for producing profiles, but it is neither up-to-date nor especially customisable. If you’re looking for something that is much more customisable, and able to use the latest data, you’re going to need to use a fully-fledged GIS package, such as QGIS.
By David Caplin
Lecturer in Agriculture
Bridgend College
Geography in the News 9
Geography in the News 9
Geography in the News has been created to encourage students to read more widely, examining synoptic links and keep up to date with geography-related news. It has been developed to be given to students as homework and includes differentiated activities for them to complete. Our downloadable homework comes in an editable format so you can make adjustments appropriate to your students. We’ll be publishing a new homework relating to a recent event in the news every week during term time.
A peer/self-assessment sheet will soon be made available to download so students can peer/self assess their homework to help reduce your workload. You can access past mark schemes by signing up to a free subscription to Internet Geography.
Our ninth homework is based on an article on The Guardian website examines changes in the predicted life expectancy for people in the UK. View the article.
If you are looking for a more open-ended approach to setting home Geography in the News homework take a look at our new template.
If you like Geography in the News please consider subscribing to Internet Geography Homework Plus. This is a new development on Internet Geography. We regularly publish homework to support skills development at GCSE. Homeworks will include the opportunity to practise and develop map skills, exam technique and statistical skills. So far we’ve covered a range of skills including:
- exam technique
- 4/6 figure grid references
- sketches from photographs
- height on a map
- longitude and latitude
- mean, median & mode
- range & interquartile range
- gradient, contour & spot height
- the direction a photo has been taken in
- pie charts
- bar graphs & histograms
- line & compound graphs
Homework Plus assignments also come with a mark scheme that can be used by teachers or students for peer/self-assessment.
In addition to Homework Plus resources, you also have access to our weekly GEOGREVISE. Each week we publish resources based on a unit from the AQA GCSE Geography course. Every GEOGREVISE pack includes:
- A four-step guide to revision
- A personal learning checklist (PLC) for a GCSE Geography unit
- 10 strategies for revision
- lots of retrieval practice questions for a GCSE Geography unit
- Answers to all retrieval practice questions
- An overview of retrieval practice for parents and copies of the questions to support parents in engaging with revision
This resource is ideal for class-based revision, intervention, homework and engaging parents in revision.
You will also have access to our new Geography Infographics.
Subscription for Homework Plus, including GEOGREVISE starts at only £20 per year for an individual class teacher. Also available are department level subscriptions for schools. Find out which subscription is right for you. By subscribing you’ll have instant access to all the documents published so far.
Download: Geography in the News 9
By downloading the document you agree not to edit the document header and footer before issuing to students. You also agree not to redistribute the document on a public forum e.g. TES, Schoolology or similar. You are welcome to share with students on services such as Show My Homework, however, do not make the document available to other users.
Seen a useful article for our next Geography in the News? Please let us know using the form below.
Geography in the News 8
Geography in the News
Geography in the News has been created to encourage students to read more widely, examining synoptic links and keep up to date with geography-related news. It has been developed to be given to students as homework and includes differentiated activities for them to complete. Our downloadable homework comes in an editable format so you can make adjustments appropriate to your students. We’ll be publishing a new homework relating to a recent event in the news every week during term time.
A peer/self-assessment sheet will soon be made available to download so students can peer/self assess their homework to help reduce your workload. You can access past mark schemes by signing up to a free subscription to Internet Geography.
Our eigth homework is based on an article on the BBC news website examines the tornadoes that have occurred in Lee County, eastern Alabama, USA. View the article.
If you are looking for a more open-ended approach to setting home Geography in the News homework take a look at our new template.
If you like Geography in the News please consider subscribing to Internet Geography Homework Plus. This is a new development on Internet Geography. We regularly publish homework to support skills development at GCSE. Homeworks will include the opportunity to practise and develop map skills, exam technique and statistical skills. So far we’ve covered a range of skills including:
- exam technique
- 4/6 figure grid references
- sketches from photographs
- height on a map
- longitude and latitude
- mean, median & mode
- range & interquartile range
- gradient, contour & spot height
- the direction a photo has been taken in
- pie charts
- bar graphs & histograms
- line & compound graphs
Homework Plus assignments also come with a mark scheme that can be used by teachers or students for peer/self assessment.
In addition to Homework Plus resources, you also have access to our weekly GEOGREVISE. Each week we publish resources based on a unit from the AQA GCSE Geography course. Every GEOGREVISE pack includes:
- A four-step guide to revision
- A personal learning checklist (PLC) for a GCSE Geography unit
- 10 strategies for revision
- 95 retrieval practice questions for a GCSE Geography unit
- Answers to all retrieval practice questions
- An overview of retrieval practice for parents and copies of the questions to support parents in engaging with revision
This resource is ideal for class-based revision, intervention, homework and engaging parents in revision.
You will also have access to our new Geography Infographics.
Subscription for Homework Plus, including GEOGREVISE starts at only £20 per year for an individual class teacher. Also available are department level subscriptions for schools. Find out which subscription is right for you. By subscribing you’ll have instant access to all the documents published so far.
Download: Geography in the News 8
By downloading the document you agree not to edit the document header and footer before issuing to students. You also agree not to redistribute the document on a public forum e.g. TES, Schoolology or similar. You are welcome to share with students on services such as Show My Homework, however, do not make the document available to other users.
Seen a useful article for our next Geography in the News? Please let us know using the form below.
Geography Revision Timetable 2019
Geography Revision Timetable 2019
Looking for an AQA GCSE Geography revision timetable? Laura Gregson (@grego_geog) has produced this fantastic example inspired by @MrThorntonTeach. Click the image or here to download.
Geography Revision Timetable 2019
Be sure to thank Laura on Twitter, it’s a great piece of work!
If you have created a similar revision timetable and you’re happy to share please send a copy to [email protected]
Anthony
Geography in the News Research and Evaluation
Geography in the News Research and Evaluation
Internet Geography has developed a series of guided Geography in the News homework activities that encourage wider reading around current affairs in geography. However, if you are looking for a more open-ended activity consider downloading our Geography in the News research template. The template encourages students to review the sources of information they find using the CRAAP analysis and provides support in identifying synoptic links.
Geography in the News 7
Geography in the News
Geography in the News has been created to encourage students to read more widely, examining synoptic links and keep up to date with geography-related news. It has been developed to be given to students as homework and includes differentiated activities for them to complete. Our downloadable homework comes in an editable format so you can make adjustments appropriate to your students. We’ll be publishing a new homework relating to a recent event in the news every week during term time.
A peer/self-assessment sheet will soon be made available to download so students can peer/self assess their homework to help reduce your workload. You can access past mark schemes by signing up to a free subscription to Internet Geography.
Our seventh homework is based on an article on the ITV news website examining the rubbish dump exposed by coastal erosion at Lynemouth beach, Northumberland. View the article.
If you like Geography in the News 7 please consider subscribing to Internet Geography Homework Plus. This is a new development on Internet Geography. Every week we publish homework to support skills development at GCSE. Homeworks will include the opportunity to practise and develop map skills, exam technique and statistical skills. So far we’ve covered a range of skills including:
- exam technique
- 4/6 figure grid references
- sketches from photographs
- height on a map
- longitude and latitude
- mean, median & mode
- range & interquartile range
- gradient, contour & spot height
- the direction a photo has been taken in
- pie charts
- bar graphs & histograms
- line & compound graphs
Homework Plus also comes with a mark scheme that can be used by teachers or students for peer/self assessment.
In addition to Homework Plus resources, you also have access to our weekly GEOGREVISE. Each week we publish resources based on a unit from the AQA GCSE Geography course. Every GEOGREVISE pack includes:
- A four-step guide to revision
- A personal learning checklist (PLC) for a GCSE Geography unit
- 10 strategies for revision
- 95 retrieval practice questions for a GCSE Geography unit
- Answers to all retrieval practice questions
- An overview of retrieval practice for parents and copies of the questions to support parents in engaging with revision
This resource is ideal for class-based revision, intervention, homework and engaging parents in revision.
You will also have access to our new Geography Infographics.
Subscription for Homework Plus, including GEOGREVISE starts at only £20 per year for an individual class teacher. Also available are department level subscriptions for schools. Find out which subscription is right for you. By subscribing you’ll have instant access to all the documents published so far.
Download: Geography in the News 7
By downloading the document you agree not to edit the document header and footer before issuing to students. You also agree not to redistribute the document on a public forum e.g. TES, Schoolology or similar. You are welcome to share with students on services such as Show My Homework, however, do not make the document available to other users.
Seen a useful article for our next Geography in the News? Please let us know using the form below.
Geography in the News 6
Geography in the News
Geography in the News has been created to encourage students to read more widely, examining synoptic links and keep up to date with geography-related news. It has been developed to be given to students as homework and includes differentiated activities for them to complete. Our downloadable homework comes in an editable format so you can make adjustments appropriate to your students. We’ll be publishing a new homework relating to a recent event in the news every week during term time.
A peer/self-assessment sheet will soon be made available to download so students can peer/self assess their homework to help reduce your workload. You can access past mark schemes by signing up to a free subscription to Internet Geography.
Our sixth homework is based on an article on the BBC website examining new life on one of the world’s newest islands. View the article.
If you like Geography in the News 6 please consider subscribing to Internet Geography Homework Plus. This is a new development on Internet Geography. Every week we publish homework to support skills development at GCSE. Homeworks will include the opportunity to practise and develop map skills, exam technique and statistical skills. So far we’ve covered a range of skills including:
- exam technique
- 4/6 figure grid references
- sketches from photographs
- height on a map
- longitude and lattitude
- mean, median & mode
- range & interquartile range
- gradient, contour & spot height
- the direction a photo has been taken in
- pie charts
- bar graphs & histograms
- line & compound graphs
Homework Plus also comes with a mark scheme that can be used by teachers or students for peer/self assessment.
In addition to Homework Plus resources, you also have access to our weekly GEOGREVISE. Each week we publish resources based on a unit from the AQA GCSE Geography course. Every GEOGREVISE pack includes:
- A four-step guide to revision
- A personal learning checklist (PLC) for a GCSE Geography unit
- 10 strategies for revision
- 95 retrieval practice questions for a GCSE Geography unit
- Answers to all retrieval practice questions
- An overview of retrieval practice for parents and copies of the questions to support parents in engaging with revision
This resource is ideal for class-based revision, intervention, homework and engaging parents in revision.
Subscription for Homework Plus, including GEOGREVISE starts at only £2 per month for an individual class teacher (that’s just 50p a week for a quality homework and mark scheme!) or save £4 with an annual subscription for £20. Also available are department level subscriptions for schools. Find out which subscription is right for you. By subscribing you’ll have instant access to all the documents published so far.
Download: Geography in the News 6
By downloading the document you agree not to edit the document header and footer before issuing to students. You also agree not to redistribute the document on a public forum e.g. TES, Schoolology or similar. You are welcome to share with students on services such as Show My Homework, however, do not make the document available to other users.
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