Find out everything there is to know about the city of Edinburgh in this fascinating city guide. Learn about Edinburgh's history, its location, culture, festivals, hidden gems and even where the best places to shop are! A map of Edinburgh city centre will help you find the locations of the key places mentioned in the book. Impress your friends with your knowledge of this beautiful and historic city.

From energy and water resources to natural disasters, and from changing climatic patterns to the evolution of the Earth's deep interior, geoscience research affects people's lives in many ways and on many levels. This book offers a stimulating cross-disciplinary perspective on the important relationship between geoscience research and outreach activities for schools and for the general public.
The contributors - academics, research scientists, science educators and outreach program educators - describe and evaluate outreach programs from around the world. A section entitled Field-based Approaches includes a chapter describing an initiative to engage Alaskan communities and students in research, and another on problem-based learning in the field setting. The Online Approaches section discusses ways to connect students and scientists using online forums; use of the web and social media, including the United Nations University and its experience with the design of a web magazine featuring geoscience research; and video clips on marine geoscience created by students and scientists. The section on Workshop and Laboratory-based Approaches includes a chapter on teaching geochronology to high school students, and another describing an extracurricular school activity program on meteorology. The Program Design section presents chapters on Integrating Geoscience Research in Primary and Secondary Education, on ways to bridge research with science education at the high school level, and on use of online geoscience data from the Great Lakes. The concluding section, Promoting Research-enhanced Outreach, offers chapters on Geoscience Outreach Education with the local community by a leading research-intensive university, and on the use of research to promote action in Earth science professional development for schoolteachers."Geoscience Research and Outreach: Schools and Public Engagement" will benefit geoscience researchers who wish to promote their work beyond academia. It offers guidance to those seeking research funding from agencies, which increasingly request detailed plans for outreach activities in research proposals. Policymakers, educators and scientists working in museums, learned societies and public organizations who wish to widen participation will also find this book useful.

"Together with the companion volume Geoscience Research and Education: Teaching at Universities, this book showcases the key role that geoscience research plays in a wide spectrum of educational settings.""

Open the flaps of this book and dive into a watery world full of amazing creatures. Explore coasts, coral reefs and mangrove forests, and find out what lives in the deepest, darkest part of the ocean.

This Europe Activity Book for KS2 Geography is chock-full of questions and activities to develop pupils' interest in Geography. It's the perfect way to help pupils work towards the National Curriculum aims, and is ideal for helping pupils get to grips with the things they've learned in the matching Europe Study Book* (9781782949800)! Answers, notes for teachers and additional activities can be found in our Locations Geography Teacher Book (9781782949886). *Note, pupils will need the matching Study Book to answer the questions in his Activity Book.

Target exam success with My Revision Notes. Our updated approach to revision will help students learn, practise and apply their skills and understanding. Coverage of key content is combined with practical study tips and effective revision strategies to create a guide that can be relied on to build both knowledge and confidence. My Revision Notes: AQA A-level Geography will help students: - Develop subject knowledge by making links between topics for more in-depth exam answers - Plan and manage revision with our topic-by-topic planner and exam breakdown introduction - Practise and apply skills and knowledge with Exam-style questions and frequent check your understanding questions, and answer guidance online - Build quick recall with bullet- pointed summaries at the end of each chapter - Understand key terms for the exam with user-friendly definitions and a glossary - Avoid common mistakes and enhance exam answers with Examiner tips - Improve subject-specific skills with an Exam skills checkbox at the end of each chapter

The carefully sequenced content ensures a logical build-up of key ideas, and cross-referencing between chapters enables pupils to integrate all aspects of the subject. Each chapter is broken into manageable short sections for ease of use, and ends with a set of data-response questions. The Fieldwork Appendix provides practical guidelines for preparing and conducting field-work, and there are ideas for practical work which link to each chapter.

First published in 1987, this title provides primary school teachers with ideas by which geographical skills and ideas can be introduced in the primary school. John Bale shows how teachers can build on children's 'private geographies' with practical learning strategies, examining approaches to the teaching of map skills, the ways in which the locality can be used and how information about distant places can best be relayed. An interesting, useful and relevant guide, this title will be of particular value for teachers and teachers in training, as well as those studying primary Education more generally.

Need something built in your local area? Meet the Local Area Builders! From schools to shops and playgrounds to parks, these kids know how to build the best local area you could ever imagine. Watch them turn empty spaces into towns and cities bursting with things to do and places to see in this fun and fact-filled series!

Impact helps teenage learners to better understand themselves, each other, and the world they live in. By encouraging self-expression, global citizenship, and active participation, Impact motivates students to explore who they are and who they want to be, all while learning English!

The emerging field of using geospatial technology to teach science and environmental education presents an excellent opportunity to discover the ways in which educators use research-grounded pedagogical commitments in combination with their practical experiences to design and implement effective teacher professional development projects. Often missing from the literature are in-depth, explicit discussions of why and how educators choose to provide certain experiences and resources for the teachers with whom they work, and the resulting outcomes.

The first half of this book will enable science and environmental educators to share the nature and structure of large scale professional development projects while discussing the theoretical commitments that undergird their work. Many chapters will include temporal aspects that present the ways in which projects change over time in response to evaluative research and practical experience.

In the second half of the book, faculty and others whose focus is on national and international scales will share the ways in which they are working to meet the growing needs of teachers across the globe to incorporate geospatial technology into their science teaching. These efforts reflect the ongoing conversations in science education, geography, and the geospatial industry in ways that embody the opportunities and challenges inherent to this field.

This edited book will serve to define the field of teacher professional development for teaching science using geospatial technology. As such, it will identify short term and long term objectives for science, environmental, and geography educators involved in these efforts. As a result, this book will provide a framework for future projects and research in this exciting and growing field.

This superb CGP Revision Guide explains everything students will need for success in Grade 9-1 OCR B GCSE Geography: Geography for Enquiring Minds! It covers every topic from Component 1 (Our Natural World) and Component 2 (People and Society) with crystal-clear study notes, examples and case studies - plus exam-style practice questions throughout the book. There's also plenty of brilliant advice for Component 3 (Geographical Exploration) and all the Geographical Skills that might come up in the exams. A matching CGP Exam Practice Workbook is also available (9781782946199), packed with indispensable exam-style questions for OCR B GCSE Geography.

Collins Primary Geography has been developed to provide full coverage of the national curriculum requirements for geography in the primary school. The Key stage 1 primary geography book delivers a progressive, skills based scheme for the early primary years. Subject specific vocabulary is introduced along with geographical skills to increase locational awareness. It covers map skills, physical, human and environmental geography, introduces contrasting localities in the UK, Europe, Asia and the wider world and uses an extensive range of evidence to stimulate the pupil's interest and encourage investigative skills. Photographs, maps, satellite images artwork, charts and diagrams are use throughout. The pupil book has an accompanying teacher's guide which contains copymasters.

Separate Core and Foundation Books ensure that ALL pupils' needs are supported at exactly the right level. Identical pagination and coverage of the same topics makes them easy to use. Clear objectives for each unit helps pupils understand the purpose of their work. A self-assessment checklist at the end for pupils to check and follow-up their understanding and the 360 review page at the end of each chapter provides a ready-made assessment for teachers and a useful review for pupils. A skills reference section can be used as a quick reminder and practice for skills such as drawing pictograms, bar charts and using atlases. Key words are highlighted and explained when first introduced in a unit to aid comprehension. Popular topics such as Earthquakes and Volcanoes are included in Book 3 to help maintain pupils' interest in Geography and encourage them to continue with the subject at GCSE level.

What is the role of the humanities in the modern school? Should geography, history, RE and Citizenship teachers remain faithful to long-standing subject cultures and pedagogies? Or is there another way to consider how the curriculum, and the notion of individual subjects and teachers? pedagogy, could be constructed?

Drawing on case studies taken from a range of innovative secondary schools, and interrogating the use of cross-curricular approaches in UK schools, Cross-Curricular Teaching and Learning in Humanities constructs a research based pedagogy with practical steps for students and teachers as they consider how cross-curricular approaches can be implemented in their own subject areas.

Key features include:

• Clear theoretical frameworks for cross-curricular processes of teaching and learning in the humanities
• Lively and engaging text that blends key issues with stories of current practice
• An analysis of the use of assessment, enquiry, and pupil talk as key components in building a cross-curricular approach to the humanities
• Practical and reflective tasks that enable to reader to apply their reading to day to day practice, alongside links to professional standards
• Summaries of key research linked to suggestions for further reading
• Professional development activities to promote cross-curricular dialogue

Part of the Cross-Curricular Teaching and Learning in the Secondary School series, this timely interdisciplinary textbook is essential reading for all students on Initial Teacher Training courses and practising teachers looking to holistically introduce cross-curricular themes and practices in secondary Humanities teaching.

This CGP all-in-one guide to Grade 9-1 Edexcel B Geography provides fantastic coverage of every Human and Physical Geography topic. It includes crystal-clear study notes, examples, exam advice and case studies, plus a wide range of exam-style practice (with answers). There's also a set of mini practice papers at the back, to give students a clear idea of what to expect in the real exams. To round things off we've included a free Online Edition of the whole book - just use the code printed inside the book to access it on your PC, Mac or tablet.