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        • 3. Managing coastal margins
        • 4. Ocean management futures
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        • 1. Geophysical systems
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      • Unit 1: Changing Population >
        • 1. Population and economic development patterns
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        • 3. Challenges and opportunities
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        • 1. Causes of global climate change
        • 2. Consequences of global climate change
        • 3. Responding to global climate change
      • Unit 3: Global resource consumption and security >
        • 1: Global trends in consumption
        • 2: Impacts of changing trends in resource consumption
        • 3: Resource stewardship
    • Part 3: HL Core Extensions >
      • Unit 4: Power, places and networks >
        • 1. Global interactions and global power
      • Unit 5: Human development and diversity
      • Unit 6: Global risks and resilience
    • Internal Assessment
    • Why should I study IB Geography?
  • IB Geography (Old Syllabus)
    • IB Core >
      • 1. Populations in Transition
      • 2. Disparities in Wealth and Development
      • 3. Patterns in Environmental Quality and Sustainability
      • 4. Patterns in Resource Consumption
    • Part 1: Geographical Themes >
      • Oceans and their Coastal Margins
      • Hazards and disasters - risk assessment and response
      • Freshwater - issues and conflicts
      • Urban Environments
    • Global Interactions - HL >
      • Measuring Global Interactions
      • Changing Space - The Shrinking world
      • Economic Interactions and Flows
      • Environmental Change
      • Sociocultural Exchanges
      • Political Outcomes
      • Global Interactions at the Local Level
    • IB Guidance >
      • Syllabus Guidance
      • IB Examination Guidance
    • Extended Essay
  • IGCSE Geography
    • Theme 1: Population and settlement >
      • Population Dynamics
      • Migration
      • Settlements
      • Urban Settlements
      • Urbanisation
    • Theme 2: The natural environment >
      • Plate Tectonics
      • Coasts
      • Rivers
      • Weather and Climate
      • Climate and Ecosystems
    • Theme 3: Economic development >
      • Development
      • Food Production
      • Industry
      • Energy
      • Tourism
      • Water
      • Environmental Risks of Economic development
    • GCSE Key Terms
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    • Alternative to Coursework
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      • Paradise lost - Tourism in Thailand
  • AS Level Geography
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  • Geography Skills
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  • Essential computer programs

Lesson 1 : Introducing Geography

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Objectives​
•To know what the study of geography involves. 
•To understand the difference between physical and human geography and where they overlap, environmental geography. 
•To be able to classify different topics into these categories


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​Starter:
Watch the following YouTube and find 3 things that you think make Geography really matter. 


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​Main activities:
 

Human, Physical and Environmental Geography
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​After reviewing the PowerPoint you can use the content to create a poster.
Poster
  1. Think about the images we discussed last lesson, and the main types of Geography (Physical, Environmental, Human) as well as the various topics one might study in Geography (Coasts, Cities, Tourism, Rivers, etc. etc.)
  2. Using the A3 sheet of paper, create a full scale poster to answer the question What is Geography? and help to define the subject
  • Take care with drawing and titles
  • Keep it neat
  • Lots of drawings
  • Lots of colour! 
  • Lots of geographical ideas and key words
I would like to display these on the back wall of the room (they will be what people see when they come in!) so make them as eye-catching and interesting as you can.

To be completed for Homework.
[10 Marks]
5 Content - Make sure that you include lots of key geography words and that your sentences are accurate.
2 Presentation - Clear design and neatly presented using colours and titles.
3 Drawings - You will need to include little drawings to illustrate your ideas.

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Tell me three things that you have learnt in this lesson that you did not know before?
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Lesson 2: ​What are maps? - Exploring China

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  • To consider the importance of maps.
  • To compare different types of maps.
  • To identify who uses maps.
  • To be able to make a map using the principles of STACK

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​Explore the YouTube on maps and consider what types of maps we have?

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Main:
Complete the a PowerPoint below and the activities included.

Types of Maps - Activity sheet
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All about maps
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Continets and Oceans worksheet
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China Map Outline
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​Complete the Map Quiz at the end of the PowerPoint


Lesson 3: ​Around THE WORLD

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  • To know the continents and oceans of the world.
  • To be able to locate all the continents and oceans on a world map
  • To be able to use an Atlas

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Introduction to Atlases 
Maps and Atlases
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​Complete the following worksheets:
  • Continents and Oceans of the World
  • Atlas Scavenger hunt

Continents and Oceans of the world
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Atlas Scavenger Hunt
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Atlas Scavenger Hunt - Answer sheet
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​Test each other on finding locations using the Atlases.


Lesson 4: Discovering China

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  • To appreciate the geography of China
  • To be able to locate important physical features in and around China.

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Using laptops and the atlases complete a brief fact sheet on China.
China Factsheet - template
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​Complete the following worksheet with the help of the Atlases and the laptops.
The final map should:

  1. Have the 3 major rivers labeled (The Pearl River will need to be added)
  2. Include the Altai and Himalayan mountain ranges.
  3. Show the Gobi and Takla Makan desert.

Activity Sheet - Mapping China
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Test you area knowledge, play the Quiz Game

Quizziz Game China


Lesson 5: Latitude and Longitude

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  • To know what latitude and longitude mean
  • To understand how to use them
  • To be able to use them to locate places around the world

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​Watch the YouTube below about longitude and latitude. 
Do you know what they mean?


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Go through the PowerPoint discussing lines of latitude and longitude.
​Then complete the worksheets found below.

latitude_and_longitude.ppt
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Latitude and Longitude Worksheet
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Practice using lines of latitude and longitude - worksheet
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Latitude and Longitude Map practice
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Extension activity - Trip around the world
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Using the atlases ask students to test each other on places that they have been on holiday. Can they find out where each other went using lines of latitude and longitude? 

Latitude and Longitude Review
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Lesson 6: OS Map Symbols

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  • ​To know the basic map symbols used
  • To understand why we use them
  • To be able to interpret and use them


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Using the image below discuss what symbols are and why we use them. Can you guess the meaning of some of the symbols?

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​Use the introductory PowerPoint to explain OS Symbols. Ensure that all students have an OS Map in front of them.

Map Symbols
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OS Map Symbols
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​Print off the bingo cards and Play Map Bingo. When reviewing the answers encourage students to identify the symbol that appears.

Bingo Cards
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Bingo Game
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Snap Game for use with iPads

Lesson 7: Compass Directions

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  • ​To know the points of the 16 point compass
  • To be able to use it to describe where things are


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​Watch the Compass Rose song to identify the main points of direction.


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​Draw and label the Compass below.

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​Complete the following worksheets.

maptown_zoo_activity_sheet.pdf
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Points on a compass worksheet
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Points on a compass - Answers
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​Play the following interactive game and Kahoot.

Kahoot
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Lesson 8: Scale and Distance

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  • To know the three types of scale used on maps
  • To understand how scale relates to distance 
  • To be able to measure distances on a map using a range of scales


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​Look at the following image. What is it?
What can we tell from it?

Then watch the YouTube. Does it change your concept of size?

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​Map scale refers to the relationship (or ratio) between distance on a map and the corresponding distance on the ground. For example, on a 1:100000 scale map, 1cm on the map equals 1km on the ground.
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​Complete the following worksheet.

Scale worksheet
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​Look at the image of a box and decide what scale should be used. Then draw it 'unpacked' to scale.

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Dimensions:
  • Height = 24m
  • Length = 12m
  • Width = 6m


Lesson 9: Grid Referencds

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  • ​To know what grid references are and when to use them
  • To be able to use 4 and 6 figure grid references


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​Review previous lesson on lines of Latitude and Longitude. 
What are they?
How do we use them?


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​Using the Following PowerPoint make notes on how we use Grid References.

Grid References Lesson
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Complete the following worksheet
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Swanage Map Activity - Grid References
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​Play the following Kahoot to test 6 Figure knowledge or Play Battleships.

Battleships
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Battleships instructions
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6 Figure Grid Ref Kahoot

Lesson 10: Height and Relief

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  • To be able to identify height on a map
  • To understand how to read height
  • To know how contour lines represent shape.


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Watch the following YouTube. What do you think Altitude and relief represents? 
Can you tell me one way we show this on a map?


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Using the PowerPoint create some notes on Altitude and Relief.
Height and Relief
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Complete the following worksheets
Relief Activity Sheet
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Relief Answer Sheet
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Draw a cross section showing relief.


How to draw a cross section
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Cross section graph
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Map/Contour lines for cross section
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Lesson 11: Review of skills

Assessment Map Skills Review
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Assessment Map Skills Review - Answers
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  • Home
    • How to make a website: Tools and experiences
    • Maps and Regions
    • Travel Photographs and Videos
    • Live: Global Hazards and Disasters
    • Geography in the news
    • The Big Geography Challenge
  • New IB Geography 2017 onwards
    • IB Geography Introduction
    • Part 1: Geographical Themes >
      • Option B: Oceans and coastal margins >
        • 1. Ocean–atmosphere interactions
        • 2. Interactions between oceans and coastal places
        • 3. Managing coastal margins
        • 4. Ocean management futures
      • Option D: Geophysical Hazards >
        • 1. Geophysical systems
        • 2. Geophysical hazard risks
        • 3. Hazard risk and vulnerability
        • 4. Future resilience and adaptation
    • Part 2: Core Units (SL&HL) >
      • Unit 1: Changing Population >
        • 1. Population and economic development patterns
        • 2. Changing Populations and Places
        • 3. Challenges and opportunities
      • Unit 2: Global climate—vulnerability and resilience >
        • 1. Causes of global climate change
        • 2. Consequences of global climate change
        • 3. Responding to global climate change
      • Unit 3: Global resource consumption and security >
        • 1: Global trends in consumption
        • 2: Impacts of changing trends in resource consumption
        • 3: Resource stewardship
    • Part 3: HL Core Extensions >
      • Unit 4: Power, places and networks >
        • 1. Global interactions and global power
      • Unit 5: Human development and diversity
      • Unit 6: Global risks and resilience
    • Internal Assessment
    • Why should I study IB Geography?
  • IB Geography (Old Syllabus)
    • IB Core >
      • 1. Populations in Transition
      • 2. Disparities in Wealth and Development
      • 3. Patterns in Environmental Quality and Sustainability
      • 4. Patterns in Resource Consumption
    • Part 1: Geographical Themes >
      • Oceans and their Coastal Margins
      • Hazards and disasters - risk assessment and response
      • Freshwater - issues and conflicts
      • Urban Environments
    • Global Interactions - HL >
      • Measuring Global Interactions
      • Changing Space - The Shrinking world
      • Economic Interactions and Flows
      • Environmental Change
      • Sociocultural Exchanges
      • Political Outcomes
      • Global Interactions at the Local Level
    • IB Guidance >
      • Syllabus Guidance
      • IB Examination Guidance
    • Extended Essay
  • IGCSE Geography
    • Theme 1: Population and settlement >
      • Population Dynamics
      • Migration
      • Settlements
      • Urban Settlements
      • Urbanisation
    • Theme 2: The natural environment >
      • Plate Tectonics
      • Coasts
      • Rivers
      • Weather and Climate
      • Climate and Ecosystems
    • Theme 3: Economic development >
      • Development
      • Food Production
      • Industry
      • Energy
      • Tourism
      • Water
      • Environmental Risks of Economic development
    • GCSE Key Terms
    • GCSE Coursework
    • Alternative to Coursework
    • IGCSE Geography Examination Advice
    • IGCSE Revision Games
  • Key Stage 3
    • Year 6 >
      • My Place
      • Rivers
      • Brazil
    • Year 7 >
      • Maps and the world
      • Rocky Landscapes
      • Settlement
      • Weather & Climate
    • Year 8 >
      • Maps Introduction
      • Plate Tectonics
      • Economic Activity
      • Biomes
    • Year 9 >
      • Map Skills - review
      • Development
      • Coasts
      • Tourism
      • Paradise lost - Tourism in Thailand
  • AS Level Geography
    • World at Risk
    • Crowded Coasts
  • Geography Skills
  • Donations & Contact
  • YouTube Channel
  • Essential computer programs