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 1 explores a range of place-based content from the UK including the Boscastle flood, quarrying in the Peak District and the development of the 2012 Olympics site in London.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 geographyAimed at middle- to high-achieving pupilsEach 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 courseEach theme concludes with an issues-based decision-making task, relating the content pupils have covered to the real worldOpportunities for fieldwork are developed throughoutFull coverage of the new national curriculum
Table of Contents: IntroductionChapter 1: My Home EnvironmentInvestigating my home environmentMental maps and favourite placesInvestigating our local heritageThe hedgerow ecosystemIssue: Should hedgerows be destroyed?Chapter 2: Ordnance Survey Map SkillsWhat is a map?Fantasy mapsOS map skills: using map symbolsOS map skills: grid referencesOS map skills: compass directionsOS map skills: measuring distanceOS map skills: describing reliefOS map skills: drawing a cross-sectionOS map skills: drawing a sketch mapOS map skills: interpreting photographsChapter 3: Weather and ClimateWhat is weather and climate?Weather in the UKHow does the weather affect us?Extreme weather in the UK: Boscastle flash flood 2004What is the climate of the UK?Issue: Is there any evidence for climate change in the UK?Chapter 4: The Physical LandscapeLandscapes in the UKWhy does the landscape vary in the UK?Weathering and erosionLimestone landscapes: the Yorkshire DalesIssue: Should a new limestone quarry be opened on Longstone Edge?Chapter 5: River LandscapesThe River Exe, DevonRiver processesRiver landformsIssue: How can rivers be managed sustainably?Chapter 6: PeopleWhat’s in a name?Enquiry: Discovering my geographical rootsHow many people live in the UK?Where do people live in England and Wales?People on the moveEmigration and immigrationIssue: Should immigration to the UK be allowed to continue?Chapter 7: SettlementSettlement siteChanging land use in towns and citiesGreen towns and citiesIssue: How can traffic be managed in towns and cities?Chapter 8: Farming and IndustryThe world of workMackie’s of ScotlandWestertown Farm: a Scottish mixed farmFrom cow to bowl: the making of Mackie’s ice creamIssue: How can Westertown Farm make extra money in the future?Chapter 9: EnergyWhat is energy?The story of coal: a non-renewable form of energyWind power: a renewable form of energyConserving energyIssue: Should the Severn Barrage be built?Chapter 10: Leisure and RecreationQuality of life: the work/life balanceSport for allSeaside resort: BlackpoolIssue: How should Stonehenge be managed sustainably?Chapter 11: EnvironmentWhat a wasteWhat is rubbish?Where does our rubbish go?Reduce, reuse and recycleRecycling in the UKMade in Britain, dumped in ChinaIssue: How can aluminium recycling be increased?GlossaryIndex
About the Author(s): Simon Ross is a Head of Geography at Queen's College, Taunton, and an experienced author.
