Teach Us Geography

Geography assignments are back in the Scottish curriculum for National and Higher. How can you do fieldwork with a large class and very little equipment? What work do your students need to do to be successful with this? How can you fit in carrying out fieldwork as well as trying to complete the rest of the curriculum? Here is the answer! Carry out a microclimate study around your own school. This booklet contains everything you need to do this. It has clear instructions, templates for measuring, sketching and analysing results. It also gives ideas on how to process data gathered and write a conclusion. This booklet is also of use to any geography teacher worldwide looking for easy to arrange but very enjoyable fieldwork for their classes. Click on this link to find out more. School Microclimate Project

Interested in an entire UK and Worldwide Unit for National Travel and Tourism? Elements of it are also suitable for BTEC Travel and Tourism with long haul destinations such as the Maldives and travel to the Arctic included. Related issues and solutions are explored with excellent examples and links.This unit is engaging, colourful with fun activities to meet the outcomes with lots of exemplars and guidance. Activities include carrying out a travel survey, designing an all-inclusive resort, planning an interrail trip and investigating ecotourism in the Arctic. The resource also includes access to a free Sway presentation to allow the completion of positives and negatives of tourism in the Maldives as a case study, including links to relevant websites and film clips. All outcomes are comprehensively covered. This booklet is flexible. Material can be used in format presented or activities can be extracted or uploaded onto Teams/OneNote for digital use. Required outcomes are clearly set ou...

  As a geography teacher, you will absolutely not escape teaching river landscapes to at least one year group - but realistically probably more than one year group. That's great as it is a superb landscape feature to introduce students to. Let's face it, most of them will have some prior knowledge of rivers, but to help them understand and know the features they can see will stay with them for a lifetime. We are all familiar with the bog standard features and diagrams associated with teaching this topic. As ever, diagram drawing and coloured pencils are essential. However, for younger students, getting to grips with sequencing diagrams can embed understanding for more complex river feature studies in later years. This link is an entire sequencing resource aimed at doing this in a fun, colourful and accessible way. Bumper Fun Rivers Sequencing Geography Colouring Book!  For your senior classes, this bundle consisting of a PowerPoint which builds understanding of entire river la...

Okay, how many of you have looked at the atmosphere unit that you are expected to teach in geography and thought to yourself - how can I deliver this in a way that the teenagers in front of me are going to be able to understand? For many years I bashed away at this and I think I eventually found the way forward. Firstly - humour. Make it feel like you understand as much as they do and give it a "lets all learn together" vibe. A bit of play acting comes in here. Secondly - humour! Lets all have a laugh together as we learn. Get everyone involved with leading questions but make the atmosphere (LOL) as if they are not being judged to encourage them. Thirdly - humour and colouring in. It's geography you are teaching! Don't forget the diagram drawing and colouring in. I usually joke that I keep the best coloured pencils just for that particular class as they are special (spoiler alert - I don't). Fourthly - here is my bit by bit lesson on the intertropical convergence...

If you are delivering a Travel and Tourism course, it is often difficult to enrich delivery with work related practical simulations. This 10 page work booklet and associated Sway attempts to address this! Included is a detailed presentation of what is included in a pre-flight safety briefing to be delivered by cabin crew, engaging activities and everything you need to set up a simulation in your classroom. Help with how to assess this activity is provided also. Spice up your Travel and Tourism course and have fun with this. It will also help you greatly with how to deliver the outcomes required for the SQA Employability unit in Scotland without having to organise complicated work experience. Click on these links to find out more! Travel and Tourism - Pre-flight safety simulation activity | Teaching Resources (tes.com) Pre-flight safety briefing Aviation regulations state that the operators of aircraft must make sure that all passengers are orally briefed on safety before take-off. This...