• 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.

• 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’