Geography in the News 6
Geography in the News
Geography in the News has been created to encourage students to read more widely, examining synoptic links and keep up to date with geography-related news. It has been developed to be given to students as homework and includes differentiated activities for them to complete. Our downloadable homework comes in an editable format so you can make adjustments appropriate to your students. We’ll be publishing a new homework relating to a recent event in the news every week during term time.
A peer/self-assessment sheet will soon be made available to download so students can peer/self assess their homework to help reduce your workload. You can access past mark schemes by signing up to a free subscription to Internet Geography.
Our sixth homework is based on an article on the BBC website examining new life on one of the world’s newest islands. View the article.
If you like Geography in the News 6 please consider subscribing to Internet Geography Homework Plus. This is a new development on Internet Geography. Every week we publish homework to support skills development at GCSE. Homeworks will include the opportunity to practise and develop map skills, exam technique and statistical skills. So far we’ve covered a range of skills including:
- exam technique
- 4/6 figure grid references
- sketches from photographs
- height on a map
- longitude and lattitude
- mean, median & mode
- range & interquartile range
- gradient, contour & spot height
- the direction a photo has been taken in
- pie charts
- bar graphs & histograms
- line & compound graphs
Homework Plus also comes with a mark scheme that can be used by teachers or students for peer/self assessment.
In addition to Homework Plus resources, you also have access to our weekly GEOGREVISE. Each week we publish resources based on a unit from the AQA GCSE Geography course. Every GEOGREVISE pack includes:
- A four-step guide to revision
- A personal learning checklist (PLC) for a GCSE Geography unit
- 10 strategies for revision
- 95 retrieval practice questions for a GCSE Geography unit
- Answers to all retrieval practice questions
- An overview of retrieval practice for parents and copies of the questions to support parents in engaging with revision
This resource is ideal for class-based revision, intervention, homework and engaging parents in revision.
Subscription for Homework Plus, including GEOGREVISE starts at only £2 per month for an individual class teacher (that’s just 50p a week for a quality homework and mark scheme!) or save £4 with an annual subscription for £20. Also available are department level subscriptions for schools. Find out which subscription is right for you. By subscribing you’ll have instant access to all the documents published so far.
Download: Geography in the News 6
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