Geography

'Antarctica is an extreme environment: the climate and landscape provide a challenge to life, particularly to humans who study this largely untouched wilderness. Recently there has been media interest in exploration of the continent, focussing on the possibility of life within the sub-glacial lakes.'

To help your geography students understand the significance of the discovery of a sub-glacial lake at Vostok, Antarctica, geography teacher Tony Cassidy shares his ideas for teaching about sub-glacial lakes.

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To stretch more able students and encourage independent study, Boardworks KS3 Geography is supplemented by editable worksheets. To find out more about the different ways Boardworks Geography resources can be adapted to suit your teaching needs, order your free sample disc today!

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“Sustainability is a key geographical concept in all key stages. It is always topical, and gives students an opportunity to address big issues that affect them, their future children and their grandchildren.”

After starting with the basics of what natural resources are, geography teacher Stephen Schwab’s lesson then engages students in current geographical debate.

Considering sustainable development from local, national and global perspectives, students are invited to question how a world with a population that has now reached seven billion can hope to remain sustainable.

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Accompanying the slides in Stephen’s lesson are detailed teacher’s notes, giving you ideas for further discussion points. To find out more about the additional teaching support offered by Boardworks Geography resources, order your free sample disc today!

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Following our lesson plan vote last term, you can now download the winning lesson plan on tectonic boundaries, written by geography teacher Tony Cassidy.

Ready to use with your KS3 students this spring term, Tony’s lesson illustrates the general geological theory of tectonic boundaries by discussing the actual causes of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

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'How many of your students have actually been to an upland glaciated region? Those who have, did they have an eye open for ‘glacial landforms’?'

To help your students open their eyes to glacial landforms, geography teacher Richard Allaway has written a lesson plan that encourages students’ creativity, using their knowledge of glacial landforms to create a ‘You Find It! Guide to the Mountains’.

In this cross-curricular lesson, students combine their geographical knowledge with their English language skills, producing the guide in a particular style, and then updating it for the 21st century by transforming it into a smartphone app.

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The slides that accompany this lesson plan represent only a snapshot of the ‘Glacial Landforms’ presentation from Boardworks KS4 Geography resources. For a more comprehensive overview of Boardworks Geography resources, why not order your free sample disc today?

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‘…there are very few accessible resources in existence, which makes the teaching of this section more challenging. […] The use of the Boardworks PowerPoint is a key tool when teaching this module as the content of the slides is up-to-date and relevant […].’

Although a topical and engaging subject, ‘Energy Issues’ can be a tricky subject to teach without access to relevant and up-to-date resources on the geopolitics of energy in Europe.

With this in mind, geography teacher Helen Young has produced an A-Level geography lesson plan on Energy Issues, and we’ve made available some free resources, including an interactive GIS map on existing and proposed oil and gas pipelines in Europe.

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