Secondary Warehouse
Geography
The Secondary Subject Studies area of the Secondary Warehouse contains useful documents, media files and links to subject specific websites.
Please note that the SMART Education at Canterbury Christ Church University website contains a vast collection of useful Secondary Teaching Ideas and Interactive Websites links to support Subject Teaching.
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| KS3 Geography: Thinking Skills 1 Thinking skills are thought to enhance the performance of students because they use activities that are more challenging in terms of the thinking required by them. In this programme, an advanced skills teacher demonstrates techniques such as mind movies to show how they can be applied to bring topics alive and aid recall. Thinking skills are at the centre of AST Paul Ticehurst's lessons. |  |
| KS3 Geography: Thinking Skills 2 Thinking skills are thought to enhance the performance of students because they use activities that are more challenging in terms of the thinking required by them. But they can be daunting to use, particularly for student teachers. Paul Ticehurst is an advanced skills teacher with a huge interest in developing thinking skills with his students. | |
| Video Case Studies A selection of video case studies from Teachernet, about using ICT across the curriculum. There are 4 case studies about EAL, the geography of sport, coastal management and the Holme Valley Flood. | |
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| National Curriculum Online Here you will gain access to useful resources and information relating to Geography in the National Curriculum. |  | |
| National Curriculum in Action This website uses pupils' work and case study materials to show what the National Curriculum in Geography looks like in practice. | | |
| QCA The Geography pages provide access to a range of information about the projects, publications, case studies and other activities. | | |
| VTC: ICT in Geography The purpose of this site is to promote and support the use of ICT within geography. The site is managed by Becta and contains information and material in five sections, to help you integrate ICT effectively. | | |
| Geographical Association The Geographical Association aims to share and develop modern and practical teaching techniques. | | |
| ICT in Geography Information from BECTA for using ICT across the curriculum. This page provides downloadable resources and ideas on a wide range of areas including modelling weather systems, development and rivers and virtual field visits. | | |
| BBC - Learning Resources Here you can find very useful resources, help and advice. | | |
| BBC Weather Centre Not surprisingly our own BBC has weather pages. The links to shipping forecasts and skiing conditions are interesting features on this page. There are also links to the regions of the UK. Look up the weather in Birmingham! | | |
| The Met.Office This site is very well presented and has masses of interesting information. Use this to see weather forecasts for the next couple of days. | | |
| ICTeachers Here you can find resources which are free to download and use | | |
| Geography Support Pack A support pack for using ICT and Geography from Teachernet. | | |
| Guidance on Teaching the Gifted and Talented Information from the QCA to help identification of gifted and talented pupils and strategies to promote their development and inclusion. | | |