The Geography Lesson Box whiteboard teaching package includes:
Each
presentation
is
broken
into
lesson
size
units.
When
you
click
on
the
button
on
the
opening
page
you
go
directly
to
your
chosen
unit.
The
units
and
specific
content
for
each
presentation
are:
1.
A set of PowerPoint based presentations covering all lesson
topics shown below.
Perfect for introducing the core content and for revision. Includes
unique Lesson Box features to create a lesson to suit each class.
Activity buttons reveal starter tasks, discussion points, unit recap,
class activities and extension tasks. All content can be changed live
without closing the presentation. Select talking avatars to give extra
information and generate discussion. Keyword definitions revealed and
linked to printable vocabulary worksheets. Store your lesson plans
within the presentation.
2.
A linked set of Revise and Test presentations to reinforce and assess
learning that now include:
A narrated video summary of each topic to use prior to the test.
PowerPoint based formal tests with printable question and answer
sheets. Change and save to match each teaching group or student.
3.
A fully licenced network or VLE version of both the above products.
Perfect for anywhere learning even on mobile devices.
4. A set of 54 linked differentiated homeworks.
plus
flash tutorials, full support, full site licence. All elements can be
customised
(even the avatar input)
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The Content of the Geography Products.
The Geography product has four sections designed for different years
across KS3 but all presentations can be adapted including with some more
advanced sections for introductions at GCSE.
1. Skills and Places is designed to introduce key skills, concepts, and
geographical knowledge and also introduces ways of studying aspects of
regions and countries. This section uses language and concepts designed
to suit year seven students with limited previous geography.
2. Human Geography builds on some of these skills and allows more
development of understanding of current issues. Designed for use across
KS3 and to introduce topics at GCSE
3. Physical Geography allows students through its use of bold diagrams,
photos and animated sequence to understand the main physical geography
elements at KS3 designed to be adapted and used across the key stage and
to introduce GCSE studies.
4, Global Issues and Environments is designed for year 9 and as
introduction of important issues in geography. It can also be easily
used to generate class discussion and further study at GCSE.
Each presentation is broken into lesson size units. When you click on
the button on the opening page you go directly to your chosen unit. The
units and specific content for each presentation are:
Section One. Skills and Places
1. Geography Skills
The units are: Observing, Research and Presentation.
These units introduce skills needed for a geographical study
including observation skills and thinking geographically, using the
internet for research, presenting your work, using data, choosing the
right graph, line graphs, bar graphs, pie charts, age sex pyramids and
map drawing.
2.
Kenya
The
units are: Natural Features, People and Resources. These units introduce
the aspects of a traditional study of a country chosen to allow further
development by the teacher through topical issues. The study presents
important information about resources, the surprising variation within
one country and standard of living. Includes the location of Kenya, the
varied landscape, Mount Kenya noting the variations in vegetation with
altitude on an animated cross section, the Rift Valley formation
landscapes and wildlife, comparative animated climate graphs comparing
altitude and latitude, urban and rural life including levels of poverty
in both, population growth, farming, tourism and tourism.
3.
London
The
units are: Introduction, Contrasts and Land Use. These units use the
idea of a transect across a city to introduce knowledge about London but
also the broader concepts of variation in quality of life and land use.
Includes contrasts within a city, the location of London, a transect
from east to west highlighting the West End, City of Westminster, City
of London, Docklands, East End and Thames Gateway with land uses and
problems of each area.
4.
Map Skills
The
units are: Map Symbols, Contours, and Grid References. Animated diagrams
help to introduce map skills and knowledge including what are map
symbols, the map key, contour lines, a gentle and steep slope using
contours to create cross sections recognising the shape of the land from
a contour map, grid squares, 4 and 6 figure references with animations
to help the students learn.
5.
New York City
The
units are: The location, Skyline and Special Features. The units
considers the position and site of a city and allows the teacher to draw
out the importance of this to the growth of a city. Includes location,
through a series of maps and view from space, Megalopolis, The skyline
of New York and the CBD in relation to geology, Manhattan, the business
of New York, the harbour, migration, tourism and sprawl.
6.
South West USA
The
units are: Location, Desert Landscapes, The Colorado River and
Vegetation. This presentation introduce a geographical region but also
allows the teacher to explore how we can change our environment. The
units include a desert region, the location shown by a series of maps at
different scales, desert landscapes with photos of the dramatic scenery,
the importance of the Colorado River, power supply, recreation water
supply and desert vegetation.
7.
The Globe
The
units are: Global Views, Satellite Views, Continents and Latitude &
Longitude. These units include our view of the world, the world as a
sphere and how cartographers draw it, The Arctic, the Antarctic, a
rotating world, The Pacific Ocean, satellite views of Florida, NE UK,
the Hawaiian Islands, and New York, continents and longitude and
latitude.
8.
The United Kingdom
The
units are: Location, Altitude, Climate and Population. These units
introduce basic facts about our country with maps and graphs including
our place in the world, what are the British Isles and the United
Kingdom, landscapes and tourism, topography and the tees exe line,
rainfall variation, temperature variation shown with animated graphs
population distribution, census extracts.
Section
Two. Human Geography
9.
Employment
The
units are: Types of employment, primary, secondary and tertiary sectors,
the changing employment structure with development, the growth of high
tech industries, employment change in the UK and employment in LEDC's.
10.
Los Angeles
The
Units are: Location, Natural Setting, Sprawl and Counter urbanisation.
These units include the location and growth factors of a major city
including location within SW USA, the attractions of California, the
movie industry and early history, the Sierra Nevada mountains and water
supply, the residue of farming land use, the Mojave desert, sprawl and
its problems, the donut effect, neighbourhood variation and the growth
of edge cities.
11.
Population
The
units are: Population Growth, Population Structure, Population Density
and Migration. These units include population growth and future
populations, population structures and population density all introduced
using maps and animated graphs. the best places to live, why are some
places crowded? shown in relation to the UK, migration, multi racial
societies, push and pull factors and urbanisation.
12.
Rich and Poor
The
units are: Divided World, Poverty Indicators, Quality of Life. These
units include the developed and developing world, rich north and poor
south, HDI, what do we mean by poverty? measuring poverty using animated
graphs as illustrations including GNP, use of energy, and infant
mortality, environmental impact, of development, unfair shares,
population growth, differences in cities, housing quality, hazards and
land ownership.
13.
Settlements
The
units are: Function, Types, Patterns and Problems. These units include
what is a settlement? where do people build settlements, function, types
of settlements, including villages, towns, cities and megalopolis, new
towns, settlement patterns with examples of nucleated and linear,
settlement problems.
14.
Sri Lanka
The
units are: Background, Resources and Problems. These units studying
resources in an LEDC include what are resources? what does Sri Lanka
have? location the land as a resource, rainforest, climate, what are the
monsoons and how they benefit Sri Lanka, using all the land, GNP, the
people as a resource, cash crops, tea, precious stones tourism, the 2004
tsunami, why is Sri Lanka not wealthy?
15.Town
Study
The
units are: Location Land Uses and Changes. This example of a town study
is a template of how students might study their own town or area and
includes location, land uses, constructing a land use pattern map,
residential areas, types of employment, industry, how is open space
used, changes to the High Street, shopping, new housing and planning,
land use around the town.
16.
Urban Problems
The
units are: Congestion, Decay and Sprawl. These units cover the problems
in developed world cities, urbanisation, the CBD, the inner city include
typical street plan, redevelopment, renovation gentrification, high rise
estates, sprawl and its problems, edge cities, the Green Belt, land on
the edge of cities including hope land and brown field sites.
Section
Three. Physical Geography
17.
Climate
The
units are: Climate factors, Britain's Climate and Climates. The units
include how weather and climate is affected by latitude, altitude
continental and maritime position with animated diagrams, examples of
these in North America with task for the students, air masses in
relation to the UK, the effect of altitude in the UK, relief rain, the
effect of latitude in the UK from animated graphs, climate statistics
and graphs, climates and vegetation types including Arctic, temperate
rainforest, mountain, savannah, tropical rainforest and temperate.
18.
Clouds & Rainfall
The
units are: Types of Rain and Changing Clouds. These units include why it
rains, animated sequences of relief, convectional and frontal rain,
fronts from a Uk weather map, animated explanations of a frontal system
passing and the sequence of clouds and cloud types from a passing
frontal system.
19.
Mount St Helens
The
units are: Background, Before & After, The Eruption and The Impact.
These units explain the events of May 18th 1980, location, the cascade
chain on an animated map, an animation of the Cascade chain plates, the
major cities in relation to the active peaks, St Helens before and
after, the eruption with animated diagrams, the blast, the blow down
zone, the mudflows, the impact on Spirit Lake, ash clouds and St Helens
today.
20.
Mountains
The
units are: Location, Formation Ranges and Features. These units include
where mountains occur, other high mountains besides in major chains, the
structure of the earth, plate tectonics, fold mountains with animated
diagram mountain chains including The Himalayas, the Rockies, Alps and
Andes, volcanoes, glaciers, soil erosion problems and mountains for
pleasure.
21.
Natural Disasters
The
units are: Earth Movements, Volcanoes and Atmospheric. The units include
what are natural disasters? earth movements, earthquakes, types of
earthquakes, the example of Kobe, the Richter scale, tsunami, tsunami in
Papua New Guinea and the great Asian tsunami, landslides, avalanches,
volcanoes, volcanic eruptions and why they happen, eruption at
Montserrat and its impact, flash floods, hurricanes, Hurricane Andrew,
tornadoes and tornado alley.
22.
Rivers and Waterfalls
The units are: Stages, Waterfalls and Other Features. The units include
river systems, the stages of a river, mountain streams, the youth or
mountain stage, the mature or valley stage, waterfalls, the old age or
plain stage, waterfalls with Niagara as an example with animated
diagrams, the nature of rivers and the creation of river landforms,
animated explanations of meanders, ox bow lakes, and deltas.
23. Shaping The Land
The units are: Forces, Rivers, Wind, Glaciers and Coasts. These units
include an introduction to erosion and weathering and what they are,
the role of erosion transportation and deposition, freeze thaw, how
rivers form v shaped valleys, other river features, floods and run off,
river deposition, the wind and weathering, example of Bryce Canyon, wind
deposition, glaciers as powerful forces, u shaped valleys, fiords,
glacial scenery, hanging valleys and waterfalls, coastal erosion and
coastal features. All illustrated with bold diagrams, animated sequences
or well chosen photographic examples.
24. The Changing Coastline
The units are: Erosion and Deposition, Wave Power, Coastal Erosion and
Deposition. These units include the power of the waves, how the sea
erodes, coastal change, an animated sequence showing why cliffs
collapse, the coast line, animated sequences of formation of an arch /
stack and of longshore drift. and preventing erosion.
Section Four. Global Issues and The Environment
25. National Parks
The units are: Background, US Parks, UK Parks and Worldwide. These units
include what are National Parks? their history and ideals, Yellowstone
and the American National Park system, UK National Parks, Britain's
scenic areas, National Parks worldwide their value and objectives with
striking images of National Parks around the world.
26.Yellowstone
The units are: Background, Geothermal Features, Attractions and Super
Volcano. This in depth study of the first National Park includes, what
makes Yellowstone so special, location, what is a National Park,
protecting Yellowstone, geysers, hot springs, animated diagram showing
how geysers work, hot springs, fumaroles, mud pots, visitors, winter
attractions, Old Faithful, cabins, Yellowstone scenery slide show,
wildlife, Yellowstone's secret and super volcano
27. The Grassland Environment
The units are: Background, Desertification and Management. The units
include what are grasslands? location with examples of regions,
grassland animated climate graphs desertification, animated diagram of
transition form rainforest to grassland, badlands, preventing soil
erosion, cereal framing, the bread basket, grasslands wildlife,
protecting grasslands. Includes many bold photographs and diagrams.
28. Managing the Colorado River.
The units are: Background, Mountain Stage, Canyon Stage and Desert Flood
Plain Stage. The units include location, the drainage basin, animated
long profile diagrams, the mountain stage, The Rocky Mountains, the
source of the Colorado Grand Lakes, the canyon stage, Arches NP
Canyonlands, Lake Powell, The Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, Las Vegas, the
desert and flood plain stage, The Mojave desert, the sunbelt and into
Mexico.
29. Environmental Issues
The units are: Causes, Resources, Habitats and Atmospheric. These units
include people as the main cause of environmental problems, the growing
population with animated graph, the problems caused, saving planet
earth, resource issues, energy as a resource, toxic waste, habitat
destruction, deforestation, wetlands, protecting local environments, the
oceans and seas, extinctions, poisoning the air, the greenhouse effect
with animated diagram, is the planet warming up? the effects of global
warming, carbon footprint, offsetting, the ozone layer.
30. The Desert Environment
The units are: Locations, Desert Features, People and Deserts. The units
include what are deserts? where they are located, why they are around
the tropics with an animated diagram, the locations and names, water in
the deserts, buttes and mesas, unusual scenery slideshow, hot and cold
deserts, animation of Death Valley adaptations of plants, oases, farming
and people in the deserts.
31. The Water Cycle
The units are: The Water Cycle and Features. These units include an
animation of the basic water cycle, where is the earth's water? stores
progress from the mountains to the river including ground water,
controlling water flow including evaporation from standing water, the
water table animation and pollution.
32. Resources
The units are: Basic resources, Inequalities and Management. what are
resources, basic resources, safe water supply animated graph, using
water, land supply animated graph, cash crops, GNP comparative graph,
rich north poor south, managing resources, clear cutting, the best types
of farming, primary resources, industrial resources, energy as a vital
resource, where is the energy going? animated graph.
