It seemed like every geography teacher that I knew had visited Iceland – apart from me. Finally, this Easter holiday, I got my turn to visit this geographer’s paradise. Along with my sixth form geographers, I went on a 5 day tour of South Iceland to marvel at the glaciers, waterfalls, volcanos and dynamic coastlines. […]
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Planning and teaching the new GCSE (Eduqas A at my school) has highlighted the importance of the AO3 objective: ‘apply knowledge and understanding to interpret, analyse and evaluate geographical information and issues and to make judgements’. My Year 10 students have been developing their AO3 skills but many have struggled to include everything required in […]
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If you were intrigued by the concept of using Initial Stimulus Material in your teaching (as outlined in my previous post), then read on. I would like to share some more practical applications of the strategy, which have all been successful in stimulating curiosity and interest in my lessons. Images In a ‘pens down’ (no […]
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