Applying ICT to Geography

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Age Range: KS3 KS4

This pack provides materials which allow students to use PCs and appropriate applications in their study of a range of Geography-based topics. The NC PoS are met through 10 worksheets at KS3 and 10 at KS4, and the pack now also provides extra worksheets on using the Internet for research, a 20-page section of general ICT support for students and a section of teachers' support notes on delivering and applying ICT.

The pack includes 5 web-based homeworks which can be set, completed and marked online using our Yacapaca assessment platform. List of homeworks

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Size: 86 Pages
ISBN: 978 1 86025 141 2
Author(s): Janice Whittington
Code: AIGE
Popularity rank: 188

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Contents List

LESSONS

SECTION 1: TEACHER SUPPORT NOTES

8 GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR TEACHERS
9 APPLYING ICT TO OTHER CURRICULUM AREAS
10 USING THE INTERNET IN CLASS
11 POTENTIAL PROBLEMS OF APPLYING ICT
12 GUIDELINES FOR WEB-BASED HOMEWORK
13 USEFUL WEBSITES
14 GEOGRAPHY PROGRAMMES OF STUDY
15 ICT PROGRAMMES OF STUDY

SECTION 2: WORKSHEETS TO AID COMPUTER-BASED RESEARCH

21 RESEARCH 1: WHAT'S ON THE NET? Students become acquainted with the main Internet applications.
23 RESEARCH 2: SEARCH ME! This page aims to provide students with an introduction to using search engines, focusing on the different techniques available and on how search engines compare with CD-ROM.
25 RESEARCH 3: INTERNET AND CD-ROM Students make a systematic comparison between information gathering on CD-ROM and Internet, and thereby make their own assessments of each.

SECTION 3: WORKSHEETS APPLYING ICT TO GEOGRAPHY

Key Stage 3

31 WHERE IN THE WORLD? Students become familiar with using CD-ROM sources of information in the context of inequalities in world development.
33 WHY IN THE WORLD? Students consider the contrasting lives children lead in different parts of the world, using the computer's word processing tools to respond to these issues.
35 URBAN HELP Students explore the problems of urban migration, by creating the front-page layout of a newspaper, using a DTP application.
37 GOING HOME Students gain an understanding of the pressures on rural land in developing countries. Using a draw program, they create a map to demonstrate their understanding of rural land use.
39 THE WAY THE WIND BLOWS Students consider the importance of accurate weather forecasts, entering weather data into a spreadsheet, and using the spreadsheet to produce appropriate graphs.
41 NOT IN MY BACK YARD Students consider the problem of congestion in towns and villages on major routes, and the difficulties of building by-passes. They create a questionnaire, using the computer's word processor, to test local opinion.
43 THEME SCHEME Students look at the infrastructure that a major new theme park would require, and use word processing and DTP programs to produce arguments in favour of specific locations for a new theme park.
45 BLOWING THEIR TOP Students use the computer's database to codify and extend their learning about volcanoes.
47 SPLISH! SPLASH! Alerts students to the volume of water used in the home and in industry. They record water use on spreadsheets, and use their data to produce graphs of water use.
49 ON THE BEACH Students consider the causes and effects of pollution, and show their understanding by using the computer's draw program to produce spider diagrams of causes and solutions.

Key Stage 4

51 DOCTOR, DOCTOR Students use CD-ROM to research the relationship between doctor numbers and life-expectancy for the population of countries around the world, and then display their results in graphic form.
53 BIG BYTE'S NEW FACTORY Students consider the factors that can affect the location of a new factory and use a spreadsheet to analyse and rank various potential sites.
55 MAKE SENSE OF THE CENSUS Students consider the purpose and practice of the census. They create a spreadsheet to record data about different households from different areas, and then compare that data graphically.
57 SUNRISE ZONES Students explore the factors involved in the success of the 'Tiger Economies', using the computer's word processor to record and present their observations.
59 LOCAL SHOPPING Students examine the motivation for consumers to use different shopping facilities. They create a spreadsheet and graphs of their findings, and evaluate their results.
61 SHOE SHOP CLUSTERS Students consider the 'whys and wherefores' of shop positions and how they relate to each other,and demonstrate their understanding by designing a new shopping centre using a draw package.
63 BYPASS THIS! Students use the computer's spreadsheet to analyse data about two possible new road routes. They use their analysis to decide which route would be best.
65 THE NEW RESERVOIR Students increase their awareness of the implications of new developments. They use a paint or draw program to show the effects of a new reservoir on an actual valley.
67 THE PUBLIC INQUIRY Students appreciate that there are arguments on both sides in all new developments. They demonstrate their understanding of this by using the computer's DTP package to produce a partisan poster, either opposed to, or in support of, the new reservoir.
69 RIVER DANCE Students use the computer's spreadsheet program to evaluate fieldwork data they have collected, manipulate that data, and draw conclusions from it.

71-93 SECTION 4: WORKSHEETS PROVIDING GENERAL ICT SUPPORT

Additional Resources: Online Assessment

Preview tests forDevelopment andPopulation delivered via our Yacapaca assessment system.

These tests are part of a larger assessment resource which can be foundhere.