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Discover and Learn is a visually stimulating series that explores core areas of learning. This series uses eye-catching imagery, informative diagrams and fascinating facts to bring key subject areas to life.
Find out about the different settlements in which people live. Settlements tells you about: what people live in, from tents to huge blocks of flats; how most people in the world now live in towns and cities; where children play and adults relax; how food and water get from the country to the people who need it. Activity panels encourage children to get involved hands-on in finding out more information. Case studies provide essential real-life examples.
Mastering Primary Geography introduces the primary geography curriculum and helps trainees and teachers learn how to plan and teach inspiring lessons that make learning geography irresistible. Topics covered include: * Current developments in geography * Geography as an irresistible activity * Geography as a practical activity * Skills to develop in geography * Promoting curiosity * Assessing children in geography * Practical issues This guide includes examples of children's work, case studies, readings to reflect upon and reflective questions that all help to show students and teachers what is considered to be best and most innovative practice, and how they can use that knowledge in their own teaching to the greatest effect. The book draws on the experience of two leading professionals in primary geography, Anthony Barlow and Sarah Whitehouse, to provide the essential guide to teaching geography for all trainee and qualified primary teachers.
Running through six countries in the middle of Africa, the Congo Basin contains some of the largest tropical rain forests in the world. Dealing with present-day issues of climate change, it is home to bonobo apes, mountain gorillas, forest elephants, and more. With details about the exploration (and exploitation) by the European colonialists and the aftermath of their arrival in the Congo, this book will give readers a better understanding of the second largest rain forest in the world.
This particular category focuses on our beautiful planet Earth. Replete with valuable information and amazingly beautiful photographs, these encyclopaedias will surely carve a special place in the minds of the young readers.
The Big Picture series launches with 16 titles for KS1 all about what is going on all around the world, split into four high interest topics. Find out how other people around the world live/lived; extreme animals habitats or weather across the globe; faraway homes made of ice and much, much more. Each book within this Key Stage 1 series will provide a number of jumping off points in a high interest, accessible way, with which to cover the 'big curriculum picture'. Eventually backed up by teacher notes comprising background information and teaching notes re: how to use the books to cover statutory national curriculum key skills. Houses on stilts, mud huts and caravans. Some homes don't stay in one place for long. A look at moving homes around the world. Book band: Purple Ideal for ages: 5+
The Teacher's Resource CD-ROM for Cambridge IGCSE (R) Geography offers comprehensive support for the syllabus for examination from 2016. Endorsed by Cambridge International Examinations this teacher's support resource helps your students develop the necessary skills that the course covers and includes answers to key activities in the coursebook. It has been written by experienced teachers and examiners. Sample Schemes of Work are included along with lesson outlines and ideas for differentiation to help save time spent on preparation.
The 5th edition of geog.123 has been revised and updated to deliver both the Programme of Study for Geography at Key Stage 3 and new teaching and learning needs for greater preparation for GCSE. This workbook provides extra engaging activities to supplement geog.123 lessons. It offers skills practice, and each topic concludes with a revision exercise to allow students to consolidate their learning; it is ideal for homework and independent study.
Ons weet almal hoe nuuskierig jong kinders is, veral oor die wêreld rondom hulle, en die konstante vloed vrae wat hulle vra. Ek Wonder Wie? beantwoord ’n paar van die dinge waaroor kinders gewoonlik wonder wanneer hulle diertjies in die tuin, park of veld opmerk. Die boek is ontwerp sodat dit ’n vraag met geïllustreerde leidrade op een dubbelblad vra wat kinders dan die geleentheid gee om te antwoord of te raai. Die regte antwoord verskyn eers wanneer hulle die bladsy omblaai. Ek Wonder Wie? is uitdrukkingsvol geïllustreer, en sal ’n ware vreugde vir kleintjies wees.
When homework feels like a big mountain to climb for your kids, help them reach the top of their geography class with this unique step-by-step visual guide. Covering all the core subjects for 10-16 year olds, from oceans to volcanoes to climate change and population growth, this invaluable guide allows parents and kids to work together to understand even the trickiest topics. Inside of the pages of this subject aid, you'll find: - Supporting core national curriculum geography topics for ages 10-16 years, Key Stages 2, 3 and 4 - Concepts of human and physical geography, including fieldwork skills, using easy to follow explanations - Presents practical skills necessary for succeeding in the subject - Provides key support for developing geography skills at home alongside school studies Fully revised and updated for 2021, to include global pandemics, climate change, mega cities data science. Help Your Kids with Geography builds confidence, reduces stress, and makes even the most difficult aspects of this subject simple, clear, and accessible for children in key stages 3-4. Brush up on your own knowledge of the earth sciences, weather systems, topography and bio-geography with interesting facts to help your kids navigate the longitude and latitude of their homework. DK's Help Your Kids With series covers a range of school subjects such as Maths, Science, English, Computer Coding, Computer Skills and there's even a Help Your Kids With Study Skills, to make school work less frustrating for students and parents.
The SEND Code of Practice (2015) reinforced the requirement that all teachers must meet the needs of all learners. This topical book provides practical, tried and tested strategies and resources that will support teachers in making geography lessons accessible and interesting for all pupils, including those with special needs. The author draws on a wealth of experience to share her understanding of individual needs and show how the geography teacher can reduce or remove any barriers to learning. Offering strategies that are specific to the context of geography teaching, this book will enable teachers to: ensure all pupils are able to participate in every lesson; provide inclusive fieldwork opportunities that take into consideration the needs of all pupils; use formative assessments to measure learning and inform planning; plan the classroom layout and display to enhance learning; successfully use the support of their teaching assistants. An invaluable tool for continuing professional development, this text will be essential for middle school and secondary geography teachers (and their teaching assistants) who are committed to creating an inclusive learning environment for all pupils, regardless of their individual needs. The book will also be of interest to SENCOs and inclusion managers, curriculum co-ordinators, senior management teams and ITT providers. Full of practical ideas and inspiration, and supported by free online resources, this is an essential tool for geography teachers and teaching assistants who want to deliver successful, inclusive lessons for all pupils.
Find your way around our world and take a journey through mapping you wouldn't expect with this interesting look at maps and mapping. Not just for directions maps are used to track and study weather people money and more. In this fascinating series human and physical geography combines with technology and science to look at how we map the world around us and our lives within it. Over 70 of the Earth's surface is water. This title takes a look at how we map and understand oceanic geography around the world.|Find your way around our world and take a journey through mapping you wouldn't expect with this interesting look at maps and mapping. Not just for directions maps are used to track and study weather people money and more. In this fascinating series human and physical geography combines with technology and science to look at how we map the world around us and our lives within it. Over 70 of the Earth's surface is water. This title takes a look at how we map and understand oceanic geography around the world.
Learning Primary Geography: Ideas and inspiration from classrooms celebrates children's learning in primary geography. It is a book for all student and practising teachers who would like children to learn about their world in an enjoyable and stimulating way. Every page presents inspiring examples of children's learning, and explains how and why creative approaches such as enquiry learning, learning outside the classroom, and using imaginative resources work so well in primary geography. Using illustrated case studies from a range of schools and classrooms, each chapter showcases the fantastic work all children can do in primary geography. The book explores a wide variety of geographical learning, with chapters focusing on key aspects of the subject, including: primary geography through the school grounds topical geography through issues and events learning about places in primary geography children's agency and action through primary geography Throughout the chapters, the role of primary geography in helping children develop all types of literacies, including spatial, critical and digital literacies, is explored. Written by a highly experienced teacher and lecturer in education, Learning Primary Geography is underpinned and illustrated by examples from a wide range of primary classrooms. It will be a source of support, guidance and inspiration for all those teaching geography in the primary school.
These books are filled with fascinating facts and pictures to help explore the different elements that make the United Kingdom a great place to live, visit and learn about.
Cambridge IGCSE and O Level Geography has been written specifically for Cambridge International syllabuses 0460 and 2217. Filled with sources, graphs and case studies, the coursebook requires students to examine a range of information, helping to build their analytical skills. Written by highly experienced authors and Cambridge trainers, this coursebook is updated to support both Cambridge IGCSE and O Level students. It includes clear and practical support, case studies from 25 different countries, fieldwork ideas and a range of interesting content. The accompanying CD-ROM contains support sheets for the topics covered, outline maps and sample exam-style questions. Answers to the activities are in the teacher's resource.
A mountain might be thousands of feet high, but it can still grow taller or shorter each year. This classic picture book explores how mountains are made-including how Mount Everest grew from a flat plain under an ocean to become 29,028 feet tall! Now rebranded with a new cover look, this book features simple activities and fascinating cross-sections of the earth's moving crust that clearly explain plate tectonics. Both text and artwork were vetted for accuracy by an expert in the field. This is a Level 2 Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science title, which means the book explores more challenging concepts for children in the primary grades and supports the Common Core Learning Standards, Next Generation Science Standards, and the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) standards. Let's-Read-and-Find-Out Science is the winner of the American Association for the Advancement of Science/Subaru Science Books & Films Prize for Outstanding Science Series.
This brand new course takes a unique approach to providing the strong foundations and skills practice students need to prepare them for study of the AQA GCSE specification. This Teacher Handbook provides teachers with plenty of support and ideas to deliver motivating lessons. Provides suggestions and guidance for every unit in the Student Book, including learning outcomes, key skills and key terms. Chapter overviews summarise key ideas, outline links to AQA GCSE and the KS3 Programme of Study, and include a skills and fieldwork overview grid. Includes suggestions for starters, plenaries, homework and extension. Perfect for non-specialists. Includes answers to all Student Book activities. Coverage is mapped to both the KS3 Programme of Study and the AQA GCSE specification, so you can be sure that the course delivers a varied and relevant scheme of work that is designed to provide the perfect preparation for the increased demands of the AQA GCSE. Specially designed to support the teaching of a two-year KS3 and written with reference to the 2018 examiner reports, you can be confident that this course reflects a real understanding of what is required for success at GCSE level. Cross-references to resources on KS3 Geography: Heading towards AQA GCSE Kerboodle: Resources and Assessment.
This Teacher's Handbook offers at-a-glance support for the 5th edition of Nelson Key Geography Connections. Each page supports a spread in the Student Book and provides: - an easy-to-follow lesson overview - clear learning objectives, learning outcomes and key vocabulary - skills builders to stretch pupils of all abilities and deliver a key criterion of the 2014 National Curriculum PoS - differentiation suggestions for end-of-unit enquiries to aid assessment with student checklists - answers to the activities. Designed to be flexible and easily integrated, this title works alongside the Student Book to help deliver exciting, relevant and up-to-date lessons that engage all students.
This title is endorsed by Cambridge Assessment International Education for learner support. Reinforce learning and deepen understanding of the key concepts covered in the latest syllabus; an ideal course companion or homework book for use throughout the course. - Develop and strengthen skills and knowledge with a wealth of additional exercises that perfectly supplement the Student's Book. - Build confidence with extra practice for each lesson to ensure that a topic is thoroughly understood before moving on. - Improve geographical skills such as data interpretation, and diagram and map reading with practical applications and exercises. - Keep track of students' work with ready-to-go write-in exercises. - Save time with all answers available in the Boost Subscription
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