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POST 16 GeographyWhat is on this site is partly up to youHave you prepared anything that is worth sharing? So far there are these people who have come out of the closet. Staffordshire Edexcel A level networkDetails of the next A level network can be found on the Booking System here The
EdExcel website
has a lot of support material.
Good resources on NGFL Cymru for AS and A2; thanks
to Cindy Benson for this! Have you seen the EdExcel Ning? This is created and maintained by Alan Parkinson. Thank you Alan! It is worth having a look at the North Staffs GA Branch page elsewhere on this site, presentations from past lectures are posted there; the latest is Emerging World Cities by Allan Watson. Resources Matt Smith, The Woodlands School and Sports College, Coventry sent a Powerpoint as a useful introduction for Year 13 students studying Sustainable Cities. They follow the WJEC syllabus but I am sure it could be used for the other boards too. Gayle Cullen at Felpham School has created two sets of Taboo cards for AS, Risky World and Rebranding Places. At a recent meeting the following were recommended:- The Atlas of Water, mapping the world's most critical resource by Maggie Black and Janet King, Earthscan The Atlas of Climate Change, mapping the world's greatest challenge, by Kirsten Dow and Thomas Downing, Earthscan The Atlas of Food, who eats what, where and why, by Erik Millstone and Tim Lang, Earthscan The Atlas of Health, mapping the challenges and causes of disease, by Diarmuid O'Donovan, Earthscan Access to Geography series, Hodder and Stoughton. Titles include Arid and Semi Arid Environments by Michael Hill Full list here Farming, Food and Famine by Michael Witherick, Nelson Thornes, EPICS 80: 20 Development in an Unequal World, Colm Regan, available from TIDEC details here Philip Allen Updates Edexcel details and sample pages here Jayne Whaley recommends Carbon Based sea level rise for Crowded Coasts. At recent meetings Sue Warn has recommended the following:- Development Works, a booklet from DfID which can be ordered through their website. Farm Africa website Shoreline Management Plans from Defra Cities and Urbanisation, Michael Witherick and Kim Adams, Philip Allan updates, 2006 Health and Inequality, Sarah Curtis, 2004, Sage publications, (available from Amazon) Fair Trade for all: How Trade can promote Development; Joseph Stiglitz and Andrew Charlton, Oxford University Press (available from Amazon here) Crossroads for Planet Earth, Scientific American £3.95 (available from high street bookshops) Rural Geography, Michael Woods Revise AS and A2 geography - Heinemann Global Issues, Global Environment, Changing Environment, edited by Andrew Blowers Open University (for teachers not students!) There is also GeoCases - a subscription service from Hodder Murray
Rachael Peryer, Cromwell Community College, Cambridgeshire, designed this to help her A level students get to grips with Chi square, Mann Whitney U and Spearman’s Rank. All of the cards are cut up and muddled together. Students then have to sort them into three piles (one for each test). Each pile is then sorted into order to reflect the following:
Rachel says "It was a real challenge but it really got my students thinking! I’m hoping it will help them to understand the tests better but also to be able to answer questions like’ show how you would use Mann Whitney U to investigate x y z’ etc. I used it as a summary at the end of a unit but will also use it for revision." Statistical test card sort
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