Geography in the News – 3

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 third homework is based on an article on the BBC website examining the the role of Nuclear Power in climate change. View the article.

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Download: Geography in the News 3

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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AQA Geography DME

Withernsea DME resources

Withernsea DME resources

The resources below have been developed to support teacher and students using the Internet Geography Coastal Management DME for AQA GCSE Geography paper 3.

An application has been made to secure funding to extend the coastal defences at Withernsea on the Holderness Coast.  The resources below support students investigating the Withernsea Coastal Defences decision-making exercise.

The map below provides an overview of the proposed location of the coastal defences along with information on the existing coastal defences and the impact of coastal erosion in this area.

The image above shows the coastal defences to the south of Withernsea. These include a sea wall, wooden groyne and rock armour.

The image above shows the coastal defences to the south of Withernsea. These include a seawall, wooden groyne and rock armour.

The image below shows the coastal defences at Withernsea and their down-drift impact.

Withernsea - Terminal Groyne Effect

Withernsea – Terminal Groyne Effect

Below is a 360 image captured at Golden Sands Holiday Park.


Golden Sands Holiday Park, Withernsea

 

This image shows the leisure park to the south of Withernsea. The application for funding will protect this area of coastline.

How to show physical changes over time using images in Geography

River Fieldwork CPD on the River Derwent

Coastal Environments CPD – Erosional Landforms, Coastal Management, Deposition and Fieldwork on the Holderness Coast

OS Maps on Bing

Did you know OS Maps is available free on Microsoft Bing Maps? To access them go to https://www.bing.com/maps. Then click the drop-down menu under Road and select Ordnance Survey.

OS Maps on Bing

OS Maps on Bing

You can then zoom to any location to display the OS map for that area.

OS map on Bing

OS map on Bing

Now That’s What I Call Geography

Earlier in the week, I started thinking about songs that related to geography that could be used as a hook to help students remember geographical information or analyse lyrics to develop an understanding of place, processes and features. I reached out to the geography community and they came up trumps. A post on Facebook and a tweet on Twitter led to a flurry of suggestions of geography-related songs. What we’ve ended up with is Now that’s What I Call Geography, an eclectic mix of music from Iron Maiden to a track from the Little Mermaid and The Smiths to Aqua.

After several hours copying and pasting, I’ve collated the songs and you can view them below. If you have any suggestions for the playlist please contact us.

If you subscribe to Amazon Music use this link to access the playlist.

Now That’s What I Call Geography – The full list of tracks and links to geography in one spreadsheet.

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Anthony Bennett

Practical Geography

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