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Resources Front Page
The GA website is categorised into three phase areas - Early Years & Primary, Secondary and Post 16 & HE - each with its own green button on the menu bar.
GA publications can be found in the Shop.
Look out for the Resources Index coming soon...
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| The Prince's Rainforests Project For Schools |
The schools site of the Prince's Rainforests Project contains lesson ideas for all different age groups. Their Quests (lessons) are designed to provoke further questioning and investigation by children. Each Quest is a simple framework that allows children and teachers to work collaboratively, to solve problems, find solutions and re-present ideas using a variety of techniques. All the Quests fit with existing UK national curriculum requirements.
The Prince's Rainforests Project Schools website
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| Managing Flood Risk: Carlisle Case Study |
The last in our series of flood risk management case studies produced in conjunction with the Environment Agency is now online. The Carlisle case study focuses on the flooding of January 2005 which affected 2,700 homes, caused more than £400m damage and left three people dead. Through these web pages you can investigate the causes of the 2005 flood, its effects on Carlisle, and different solutions to prevent future flooding. It also includes a selection of activities aimed at Key Stage 3-5.
Managing Flood Risk: Carlisle Case Study
(02.06.09)
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| Two new Global Dimension resources from the DEA |
The education charity DEA has recently published 'Exploring together: A global dimension to the secondary curriculum', a pack of leaflets exploring the global dimension to each secondary National Curriculum subject, including geography.
The pack provides starting points for exploring what the global dimension means for particular subjects and can also be used for cross-curriculum planning. One copy of the 'Exploring together' pack has been sent to all secondary school headteachers in England, together with the 2009-10 Global Wallplanner which can help with planning for schemes of work, assemblies and other whole school activities.
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The Met Office have a newly relaunched and refreshed website. With easier to navigate pages and clearer content, teachers can easily locate and download free resources for the classroom with lesson plans, while pupils can enjoy fun and games and learn amazing facts in the For kids and For teens sections.
www.metoffice.gov.uk/education
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| The Countryside Investigators |
An online learning tool aimed at children aged 7-11 years. It aims to promote an understanding of the countryside by guiding children through farms, villages, woodland and country estates and meeting various characters, such as a river keeper or estate manager on the way. Relevant to the curriculum for geography, and in addition the citizenship, English, ICT and art and design curricula.
www.countrysideinvestigators.org.uk
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The relevance and importance of agriculture to everyday life will be brought alive in classrooms across the country with the return of the NFU's Why Farming Matters teaching packs. The packs have been produced in conjunction with education charity FACE (Farming and Countryside Education) and cover both primary and secondary education. They include booklets containing a series of activities for children at Key Stages Two and Three on a wide range of farming topics, as well as three sets of picture cards and a DVD containing interviews with farmers about their lives and work. The packs can be ordered for free from the FACE website.
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| Curriculum Making: Teaching Ideas |
The resources in this section have all been created by teachers attending our Curriculum Making courses during 2007 and 2008. We have chosen examples of teachers' work which, we believe, exemplify the approach we call 'Living Geography' and demonstrate how teachers have localised activities and underpinned what has been done with careful, purposeful thought.
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| New Living Geography Resources |
We have added three new lesson ideas to our Living Geography area. Developed in partnership with the Rotherham Investment and Development Office (RIDO) all three resources make innovative and effective use of Google Earth. The resources give students the chance to decide on the best site for a new football stadium, the opportunity to test their skills as developers in a regeneration exercise, and to explore the changing environment of an area through the eyes of the people who have lived and worked there. The resources are all based on the Rotherham area but can easily be modified in order to explore a planning issue in your local area.
www.geography.org.uk/projects/livinggeography/rotherham
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| Eye To Eye with Child Labour |
Eye to Eye is an educational project for secondary schools run by Save the Children in the UK and Spain, and funded by the European Union. Eye to Eye's main aim is to develop, in collaboration with secondary school teachers, engaging and participatory classroom resources on the various issues connected to child labour. Photos and stories have been collected from young workers around the world and Save the Children have collaborated with teachers to develop teaching resources to fit in with the new 2008 National Curriculum and pilot them. Many of these are already up in the Resources section of the Eye to Eye website.
www.savethechildren.org.uk/eyetoeye
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| Growing Schools Resources |
The Growing Schools website has been designed to support teachers in using the 'outdoor classroom' as a resource across the curriculum for pupils of all ages. The website has a wide variety of resources related to the outdoor classroom, including the virtual 'Growing Schools Garden' and 'Get Your Hands Dirty', which considers the issues involved in growing plants or keeping animals in your school grounds.
http://www.growingschools.org.uk/Resources
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Earth from Above is a new series showing on Teachers TV. Photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand takes a breathtaking journey as he views the earth from above and discusses the effects of mankind on nature. This series sees him visit the African Savannah, Antarctica, Tasmania and many more places in a bid to confront and explore the major issues currently at stake for the Earth. The films make a great resource for both primary and secondary geography.
http://www.teachers.tv/video/29842
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Earthlearningidea was set up for the International Year of Planet Earth with the intention of reaching as many children throughout the world as possible, particularly those who suffer from lack of resources or from lack of thought-provoking teaching. Their aim is to foster a better knowledge of our natural world and how it works, encouraging the joy of knowledge about the Earth in those who may not otherwise have the opportunity to receive it. They produce weekly, practical Earth-related activities aimed at age groups between 8 and 18. All require minimal equipment.
www.earthlearningidea.com
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| New Educational Resources: India - Pictures of the Past |
New learning resources to accompany the Royal Geographical Society's exhibition on the Punjab entitled 'The Punjab – Moving Journeys' are now available. The free online resources target the Key Stage 2 and 3 Geography, History & Citizenship curricula and explore themes of independence, partition and migration with a particular focus on the Punjab region spanning both India and Pakistan. The resources can be accessed by visiting the Unlocking the Archives website for schools.
For further information about educational resources and free exhibition hire for schools please contact the education officer by email or on 020 7591 3057.
www.unlockingthearchives.rgs.org
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| Poems for the Geography Classroom |
Last year we published three poems by GA member Mark Cowan on this website, all available to download from the Secondary page. Following a very positive response, a book of geographical poems has now been published by EPrint Publishing.
Poems for the Geography Classroom is a collection of fifty poems which help to bring a diverse range of topics to life, stimulate debate and discussion, and enable students and teachers to be creative in lessons. The poems are complemented by a range of practical ideas and suggestions of how they can be used imaginatively in the classroom.
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| Learning Outside the Classroom |
This resource, created as a result of the Manifesto for Learning Outside the Classroom, is designed to help professionals working with young people to provide high quality outdoor learning experiences. The website contains six CPD modules that can be delivered as whole-day training or in sessions, a number of case studies of best practice, and links to useful learning resources that will be frequently updated. The website also allows users to upload their own case studies, news items and Learning Outside the Classroom events.
www.lotc.org.uk
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| Primary and Secondary Resource Catalogues |
Two new catalogues have been produced by the GA showcasing new or soon-to-be published resources for primary, secondary and post-16 geography.
For primary, there is the brand new publication, Caring for our world, a new practical guide to ESD for ages 4-8. In addition there is the new SuperSchemes Basics series, along with other core resources such as the Primary Geography Handbook, The Primary Project Box and of course the perennial Barnaby Bear series.
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For secondary, there is the new Planning Your Key Stage 3 Geography Curriculum, the new KS3 Geography Teachers' Toolkit series, as well as familiar core resources such as The Secondary Geography Handbook. For A Level students we have the new GIS for A-Level Geography and the Changing Geography series.
Download: Primary Resources Catalogue
Download: Secondary and Post-16 Resources Catalogue
All the resources shown here can be ordered at our online shop.
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Environmental Protection UK are launching a free online teaching resource called the Travel Buster which is aimed at raising awareness of the impacts of travel on health, air and noise pollution to children aged 7-11 years old. The Travel Buster asks pupils how they travel to and from school over one week and how far they travel and uses animation and sounds to demonstrate the impact their choices have on their health and their local environment. It then gives them a rating based on their choices and the option to print off a pledge form, where they can pledge to improve how they travel.
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| ICT in secondary schools: a short guide for teachers |
This guide, edited by David Mitchell and produced by the GA with the support of the RGS-IBG and Becta, outlines some of the most important ICT available for teaching and learning geography, both in and outside the classroom. Drawing on the work of geography teachers and what they find really works, each short chapter takes a separate area of technology and explains, in simple terms, its meaning, why it is helpful for teaching and learning geography, and practical steps to get started.
Download: ICT in secondary geography: a short guide for teachers
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The Climate Cops energy pack, published by npower in consultation with the GA and the SAGT, has been arriving in schools recently. It is designed for lower secondary students, but could also provide useful stimulus for a foundation level GCSE group. This free pack of materials features a range of interactive lessons on a CD complete with some eye-catching laminated posters for display; if you'd like to request a copy visit the educational resource pages of the npower website.
www.npower.com/education/resources
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Our brand new website links geographical themes such as regeneration, economic development and tourism with global sporting events. The Beijing Olympic and Paralympic Games are looked at in detail, and the site features additional sections on Sydney, Athens and the FIFA World CupTM.
www.geography.org.uk/planetsport
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Learn is Christian Aid's dedicated website for teachers and youth leaders, providing extensive material that covers various aspects of the geography syllabus. Easy-to-use assemblies, classroom activities and games will help students engage with world issues and reflect on their own role as global citizens.
learn.christianaid.org.uk
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Learn Zone is a new free teaching resource for primary and secondary schools from WaterAid. Most of the resources here are linked to the geography, PSHE and citizenship curriculums and explore a range of global issues around access to clean, safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. These bright and colourful resources include engaging activities such as role-play and enquiry mysteries and much more. Learners can also interact with a range of media resources from slideshows, films and games to real people's stories and images. Geography teachers will also find useful a set of full colour country information sheets.
www.wateraid.org/uk/learn_zone
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A range of new materials is now available for teachers, schools, and farmers to help deliver the national curriculum and enable children to learn about food, farming, and the natural environment. The 'Farm Visits Learning Day' consists of a number of lesson plans and accompanying materials for Key Stage 2. The materials aim to help pupils to get the most out of a farm visit by having a day devoted to the subject in the classroom prior to visits.
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The Learning Day has been produced by Learning Days Ltd as part of the Year of Food and Farming, and is sponsored by Natural England and The Co-operative. It aims to support the use of the outdoors as a classroom and improve children's knowledge about how food is produced and where it is from.
www.learningdays.co.uk/foodandfarming.php
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Created by Rob Chambers, this PDF file is a directory of weblinks and resources to support the teaching and learning of Geography. It has been compiled from a variety of resources including amongst others, suggestions/recommendations made by fellow geography teachers on the SLN website. Unfortunately, it does not seem to have been updated since 2007, nevertheless it should still be a highly useful resource.
The Directory can be found on the Geobytes website - see also www.geobytes.org.uk.
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