Geography
Key Stage 3
- Complete the extension tasks made available in your lessons.
- Independent research on the topics you are learning about.
- Ask questions about what you see and hear in the classroom- don’t take everything the teacher says for granted!
- Keep up to date with current affairs.
- Take part in the Geography trips available.
Key Stage 3
- http://mapzone.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/mapzone/
- http://www.sporcle.com/games/category/geography
- http://www.geoguessr.com/
- http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
- http://www.geographyinthenews.rgs.org/
- http://www.gapminder.org/
- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
- http://www.missionexplore.net/
- http://worldwise.geography.org.uk/localquiz/
- In addition to websites, you can subscribe to the National Geographic Magazine for an interesting read. There are also plenty of good books about the world- both fact and fiction! You could try the Horrible Geography series.
Key Stage 4 and 5
- Complete the extension tasks made available in your lessons.
- Revision materials, case study notes and extra reading is also available on the VLE.
- Independent research on the topics you are learning about- remember place specific detail helps you reach the higher grades at GCSE and A Level.
- Ask questions about what you see and hear in the classroom- don’t take everything the teacher says for granted!
- Take part in the Geography Trips available.
- Keep up to date with current affairs.
- At A Level you should be making regular use of the Edmodo Blog.
What can you use to challenge yourself?
- There is also a wealth of interesting and stimulating resources available to you, see below for some suggestions:
Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5
- http://www.sporcle.com/games/category/geography
- http://www.nationalgeographic.com/
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/
- http://www.theguardian.com/uk
- http://www.gapminder.org/
- https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
- http://www.statistics.gov.uk/hub/index.html
- http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/
- You can also subscribe to magazines like the National Geographic and The Geographical.
- There is plenty of good fiction out there, for example ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns’.
- There are also some brilliant travel books, for example ‘Blood River’