Boardworks KS3 Geography Contents
4 presentations, 10 worksheets
Introduction to maps
Geographical Enquiry
Direction and Scale
Latitude and Longitude
Boardworks KS3 Geography Contents
Introduction to Maps
42 slides, 20 Flash activities, 6 worksheets
What are maps?
Standard OS maps
What is your view of the Earth?
Where is the EU?
Do you know the British Isles?
Exploring the UK
Summary activities
Geographical Enquiry
25 slides, 8 Flash activities
What is geographical enquiry?
General techniques
Presenting data and analysing results
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Direction and Scale
27 slides, 8 Flash activities, 2 worksheets
Describing direction
Using scale
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Latitude and Longitude
26 slides, 7 Flash activities, 2 worksheets
How can we locate places on a globe?
Lines of latitude
Lines of longitude
Using latitude and longitude
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Introduction to Weather and Climate
40 slides, 21 Flash activities, 4 worksheets
Why do geographers study the weather?
What is the difference between 'weather'
and 'climate‘?
European climate – decision-making
Climate graphs
What is the water cycle?
What is precipitation?
Why does it rain?
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Weather and Climate in the UK
26 slides, 14 Flash activities, 3 worksheets
Why do temperatures vary across Britain?
Why is there more rainfall in the west?
What is high and low pressure?
Why is the weather in Britain so changeable?
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Weather Maps
22 slides, 9 Flash activities, 2 worksheets
What goes into TV weather forecasts?
What are synoptic charts?
How are satellite images used?
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Measuring the Weather
27 slides, 9 Flash activities, 4 worksheets
Gauging rainfall and classifying clouds
Measuring wind and assessing air pressure
Quantifying sunlight and taking temperatures
Weather stations
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Weather Hazards
38 slides, 15 Flash activities, 4 worksheets
What is a weather hazard?
What are the causes and effects hurricanes?
What are the causes and effects of tornados?
What are the causes, effects and dangers
of other weather hazards?
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People Everywhere
34 slides, 16 Flash activities, 4 worksheets
What do we mean by the term population?
How and why is the world’s population
changing?
What will the population of the world be
in 50 years time?
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Sparse and Dense Populations
27 slides, 13 Flash activities, 3 worksheets
What is population density?
What is population distribution?
Why are parts of the world more densely
populated than others?
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Plate Tectonics
31 slides, 20 Flash activities, 4 worksheets
How old is the Earth?
What is the Earth made from?
What is plate tectonics?
What happens at the different types of
plate boundary?
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Volcanoes
38 slides, 20 Flash activities, 2 worksheets
What is a volcano?
Why do volcanoes occur?
Where are volcanoes found?
A case study: Mount St Helens
Can eruptions be predicted?
Why do people live in volcanic areas?
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Earthquakes
35 slides, 13 Flash activities, 5 worksheets
Earthquake basics
Limiting the damage
Comparing earthquake impact
A case study: The Indian Ocean earthquake
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Trade
31 slides, 14 Flash activities, 3 worksheets
What is trade?
What are trading blocs?
Trading through the EU
France: a trading country
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Fair Trade
16 slides, 8 Flash activities, 3 worksheets
Fair trade
How does trade affect you?
Summary activities
What is Development?
25 slides, 13 Flash activities, 3 worksheets
What is development?
How can development be measured?
Developed or developing?
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Comparing Development – Rich or Poor?
39 slides, 14 Flash activities, 3 worksheets
What makes a country rich?
Where are India and Scotland?
How are population and development linked?
Who lives where?
India on the up!
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Aid
34 slides, 14 Flash activities, 3 worksheets
What is aid?
What types of aid are there?
A case study: Kibera
What are the advantages and
disadvantages of aid?
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Climate Change – A Global Issue
40 slides, 15 Flash activities, 6 worksheets
Understanding climate
The greenhouse effect
Collecting evidence
Predicting climate change
Dealing with climate change
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Climate Change – A Local Perspective
31 slides, 11 Flash activities, 3 worksheets
How are we affecting the climate?
What will the UK’s climate be like in 2100?
How is climate change affecting the UK?
How can the UK cut carbon emissions?
What can you do at home?
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Resources and Population
32 slides, 14 Flash activities, 3 worksheets
What are resources?
How are population and resources interrelated?
How can a resource be planned and managed?
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Rainforests
36 slides, 8 Flash activities, 4 worksheets
Are rainforests a resource?
Who lives in the Amazon rainforest?
How is the Amazon rainforest being developed?
How can rainforests be developed sustainably?
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