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Geography Curriculum Resources

Geography Curriculum Resources

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Year 7 Learning Resources

Extended reading for challenge 

General

  • ‘Touching the Void’ – Scholastic Version (abridged) – Joe Simpson 
  • ‘Great Adventurers’ – Alastair Humphreys 
  • ‘The Boy who Cycled the World’ – Alastair Humphreys 
  • Horrible Geography – Anita Ganeri

Coasts  

  • Rocks, Rivers, and the Changing Earth by Herman Schneider and Nina Schneider 
  • Rivers and Coasts by Izzi Howell 
  • The Pebble in My Pocket by Meredith Hooper 
  • Cracking Coasts (Horrible Geography)  by Anita Ganeri 

 Economy vs The Environment 

  • Can We Save the Tiger? by Martin Jenkins 
  • Greta’s Story: The Schoolgirl Who Went on Strike to Save the Planet by Valentina Camerini 
  • What a Waste: Trash, Recycling, and Protecting Our Planet by Jess French 
  • This Book Will (Help) Cool the Climate by Isabel Thomas
  • Climate Rebels by Ben Lerwill

 Extended links 

Coasts 

  • BBC Bitesize: Coastal Processes and Landforms – Short, educational videos explaining erosion, transportation, and deposition. 
  • Blue Planet II: Episode 7 – Our Blue Planet – Stunning visuals of coastal ecosystems and the challenges they face. 
  • Wildlife on One: Life on the Beach (BBC) – Highlights the unique habitats and ecosystems found on the coast. 

 Economy vs The Environment 

  • David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet (Netflix) 
  • The True Cost (YouTube/Documentary) 
  • Down to Earth with Zac Efron: Episode on Sustainable Cities (Netflix) 
  • BBC Teach: The Cost of Economic Growth 
  • Our Planet: Coastal Seas (Netflix) 
Year 8 Learning Resources

Extended reading for challenge 

General

  • ‘Horrible Geography’ – Anita Ganeri 
  •   ‘Shackleton’s Journey’ – William Grill 
  •  ‘Plate Tectonics’ – Iain Stewart 
  •  ‘Shackleton’ – Ben Saunders 
  •  ‘Climate Change’ – King Charles 
  • ‘Evolution’ – Steve Jones 
  • ‘How bad are bananas?’ –  Mike Berners-Lee 
  • Home | Geography in the News 
  •  “National Geographic Kids” (Monthly) – Articles on natural resources, sustainable living, and urbanization. 
  • BBC Bitesize: Geography (Online) – Concise explanations of Earth’s spheres, urban challenges, and changing economies

Natural Resources 

  •  “This is How We Do It” by Matt Lamothe 
  • “Geography: A Children’s Encyclopaedia” by DK 
  • “The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years” by Robert M. Hazen (Adapted) 

Changing Economies and Urban Problems 

  • “Trash” by Andy Mulligan 
  • “Cities: Discover How They Work” by Kathleen M. Reilly 
  • “If the World Were a Village” by David J. Smith

Extended links (websites or clips) 

Mapzone | Ordnance Survey 

Geography For Kids | Mocomi 

Secondary Geography Teaching Resources (bbc.co.uk) 

BBC iPlayer – Planet Earth 

BBC iPlayer – Planet Earth II 

BBC iPlayer – Planet Earth III

 “Planet Earth” (BBC)

“The Story of Stuff” (YouTube) 

 “Our Planet” (Netflix) 

“Rotten” (Netflix) 

“Mega Cities” (National Geographic) 

“Wall-E” (Pixar/Disney) 

Year 9 Learning Resources

Extended reading for challenge 

General

KS4 Resources

Doing
Neighbourhood Map: Create a map of your neighbourhood without key map elements, like a compass rose, labels, and a key. Then have a family member or friend try to use the map to reach a particular destination. Talk about the ways in which the map was difficult to use.

Explore a Line of Latitude: Pick a line of latitude and use a globe to trace that line in a full circle. Make a list of the countries and other important features, such as mountain ranges or deserts, that the line of latitude passes through. Think about the similarities and differences between these countries and features.

Follow a Tropical Storm’s Path: Plot the path of a tropical storm or hurricane on a map.
Record data about the storm, and make predictions about whether a storm will become a hurricane. Confirm or revise your predictions as you get new data.

Watching and Listening
Watch some documentaries from the series listed below:
C4 Unreported World http://www.channel4.com/programmes/unreported-world/episodeguide/series-2018
BBC’s Panorama
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006t14n
BBC’s Horizon
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mgxf/episodes/player

  • Pompeii (2014)
  • San Andreas (2015)
  • The Impossible (2012)

Various BBC documentaries covering both physical and human geographical themes.
1. Equator (2006)
2. Tropic of Capricorn (2008)
3. Tropic of Cancer (2010)
4. Planet Earth
5. Human Planet

Reading
The Earth: A Very Short Introduction Martine Redfern
The Tortilla Curtain T.C Boyle
Subscribe to magazines such as:
National Geographic
https://www.nationalgeographic.com
Geography Review
https://www.hoddereducation.co.uk/product/9781471891533.aspx

General Resources

Doing

Trips to Flamborough Head and the East Yorkshire coast are a great way to get students to engage and understand the topic in more depth. 

Go to Geography club. Ask your teacher for time and location.
Get outdoors and observe and record examples of physical geography in action. This might include looking at a river or a coastline and seeing what landforms and processes you can identify.
Keep a travel journal and map all of then places you’ve been to.
Play ‘GeoGuessr’ online – (Game using StreetView images that drops the player in a randomlocation and challenges them to work out where they are)https://geoguessr.com/

Download some of these useful apps onto your phone:
Your World
World Geography Quiz
Hazards and Population Mapper
Earth Viewer
Google Earth

Visit the royal Geographical Society website. Here you can find out about all of the latest news and enter the Young Geographer of the Year competition.
https://www.rgs.org
https://www.rgs.org/schools/competitions/

Watching and Listening
Watch the news, read a newspaper or download news app on your phone to keep up with
what’s going on with the human population across the world.

  • Pompeii (2014)
  • San Andreas (2015)
  • The Impossible (2012)

Various BBC documentaries covering both physical and human geographical themes.
1. Equator (2006)
2. Tropic of Capricorn (2008)
3. Tropic of Cancer (2010)

Reading
Touching The Void –  Joe Simpson
The Week Junior Magazine –  Various

 

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