LESSONS

• 7 GO WITH THE FLOW Students capture data, represent their data graphically, and devise a traffic management system to improve the flow of pupils around school.
• 9 THE MICRO CLIMATE Students take temperature readings at different places around the school - and then account for the differences they have observed.
• 11 CHOICE GRAPHS Introduces students to different types of graphs as they consider which types are most appropriate for various different data sets.
• 13 BETTER CIRCULATION Students carry out an analysis of a traffic flow data set and make suggestions to improve things.
• 15 WHERE ARE THE SHOPS? Students analyse a town plan, explaining the reasons behind the location of particular shops, and suggesting improvements that might be made.
• 17 ALL IN THE MALL Students understand the reasons for the location of out of town shopping centres.
• 19 GET OFF MY LAND! Students understand occupancy patterns of buildings in the centre of towns.
• 21 A LOT OF FRONT Students compare the different street frontages of various kinds of shops, and explain why frontage is important to some businesses, but less so to others.
• 23 HOUSE STYLE Different housing types are compared, students considering such variables as classification, age, distance from work/shops/schools, fashions in housing design.
• 25 UP AND COMING Students consider the characteristics of the resurgence of dockland areas.
• 27 ESTATE AGENT Students consider the factors that influence industrial development - like transport links, and the distance from markets and labour.
• 29 FLOWERING WILDERNESS Using a squared-up coat-hanger frame, students compare the different flora at two distinct green sites in or around the school.
• 31 CROP CIRCLES The use of agricultural land is examined, with students considering crop rotation, field size, and the ever-changing rationale for growing particular varieties of crop.
• 33 ALL CHANGE Students learn how land use changes with soil type, slope, and profitability. They indicate the various land uses they would expect to find on a hill farm.
• 35 A RIVER RUNS THROUGH IT Students understand the effects of the speed of water on erosion and deposition.
• 37 IN THE RIVER BED Students understand the differences in river deposits caused by the flow of water.
• 39 WAVE AFTER WAVE From a supplied data set, students research the characteristics of waves - their height, frequency and the effect they have on the shoreline.
• 41 BEACH WEAR Students study the different shapes of beach that different constituents cause. They then identify the characteristics of three different types of beach.
• 43 SEA IT OFF Students assess the relative merits of different types of sea defence.
• 45 THE LAST RESORT Students consider the features of a successful resort. Is there a river outlet? Is there suitable land for building? What about local competition?
• 47 RIVER AND SEA SETTLEMENTS In the first of three lessons considering geographical effects on human settlement, the influence of rivers and the sea is examined - how ports, fords, crossing places and bridges have given their name to thousands of human settlements.
• 49 UNDERGROUND SETTLEMENTS Human settlements that come about due to local geological deposits - such as coal, gold, diamonds and oil. What happens to such settlements when the mineral resources are exhausted?
• 51 GLACIAL SETTLEMENTS Students consider the factors affecting human settlement in glacial valleys.
• 53 BLOWING IN THE WIND Using simple wind gauges, students measure the wind speed at various locations around the school.
• 55 BYPASS THIS! Students consider the problem of creating a bypass route that will satisfy everyone.
• 57 LAST TRAIN LEAVING Students look at the decline of the railways and suggest reasons. They devise a questionnaire to study rail usage - and suggest what might be done to increase it.
• 59 PARK AND RIDE Students consider the merits of park and ride schemes and discover the practical details of their operation as they devise such a scheme of their own.
• 61 THE WAY TO WORK How commuting habits have changed over the years - and how they will continue to change in the future.