Geog Resource of the month

Geo-Resource featured

If you are a resource provider and want to send us copies we will make impartial judgements. We get an average of 5000 visits per day.

If you are a teacher and want to nominate one, please contact kate.russell@staffordshire.gov.uk

"It's long, it's neat and it's coloured in nicely" is the tongue in cheek title of Approaches to assessment for learning to improve geographical writing, which is the publication which has been produced as a result of the work of the Staffordshire BPRS group who have done work over 3 years on getting better at writing showcased on this site; Year 1, Year 2 and Year 3.

The booklet is accompanied by a CD ROM with editable Word files of all the ladders and pupil resource sheets. You may purchase the book and CD ROM for Ł15. Please complete the order form and return to Denise Haynes, whose address is on the form.

GA Awards

A good indicator of some of the best resources around is the winners of the GA awards (which are awarded at the annual conference at Easter).

This year's winners are:-

Mapping Our World from Oxfam a website to help pupils develop key geographical skills www.oxfam.org.uk/coolplanet/mappingoutworld

Teaching Geography in Primary Schools, Fran Martin, Chris Kington publishing, 2006

Where we Live: Our Place in the World, Rhondda Cynon Taf Borough Council, Field Studies Council, 2005 The publication can be downloaded here

Chembakolli: Life and Change in an Indian Village interactive website, Action Aid, 2006 www.chembakolli.com

Discovering Antarctica, RGS-IBG, FCO and BAS, 2005 www.discoveringantarctica.org.uk

Full details of all the GA Awards can be found here on the GA website

Sale items from QLS / SID!

Occasionally really good resources with wide appeal are bulk purchased. Details of some of these and how you can buy from us are detailed below.

KS3/4 Cities and Citizenship

Another cracking resource from TIDE for teachers of geography or citizenship. Its purpose is to enquire into urban futures. Two case studies, Nairobi, Kenya and Bogotá, Colombia are featured. View a sample page showing the resources. Pupils are able to engage in a debate about improving city landscapes. Download a flyer for more details. It is available either from us at Ł7.50 per copy or you may purchase it from TIDE Postage and packing will be Ł1.50

KS3/4 What is Development?

There is NO hesitation in recommending this resource from TIDE. It includes poster maps with data, photographs and active learning strategies in a booklet. It illustrates how to use the famous development compass rose which really helps young people analyse geographically. It is available either from us at Ł20 per copy or you may purchase it from TIDE For more details Download a flyer. Postage and packing will be Ł2.00 Only one remaining!

KS1/2 Your World, My World

Cidinha Your world, My world is a photopack featuring a day in the life of four children (in India, Brazil, Russia and Ethiopia). It is rich, it celebrates diversity. It introduces geography to young children. This is unbelievable value at Ł14 per copy. Ordering details below. Flyer here

Have a look at a way of teaching with the pack. Download overview plan

Introduced by Michael Morpurgo, the former Children's Laureate, Food and Farming is a book which inspires you to teach about farming in global way at KS2. When you examine the food we can buy in the local area, we can definitely find produce from every continent and many countries at that. View a sample page showing a map of the global connections of one Midlands UK farm.

The book includes a case study of strawberries very topical for summer. It encourages pupils to think about improving sustainability in farming.

This is a collaborative publication between TIDE and FACE

Only Ł7.50 Postage and packing will be added but not more than Ł1.50 depending on weight.

To order the above items

Please contact Denise Haynes Tel - 01785 278194. or email denise.haynes@staffordshire.gov.uk or send order form (on the flyers) to Denise Haynes, The Kingston Centre, Fairway, Stafford, ST16 3TW with your remittance.

Tourism '07 is the latest resource from Right Place Resources, a small New Zealand company providing resources for teachers. This CD Rom is full of up-to-date statistics, images and fact sheets on ten major tourism destinations (including Bali, Brazil, California, Kenya, Singapore, and Spain.) UK teachers are now ordering the CD, telling them that it is exactly what they have been looking for. Take a look at their website, which features sample materials online. A new resource Impact Zone: Where nature and people meet is also available and includes presentations and activities on people and natural processes, including the Dynamic Coast, Living with Volcanoes, The Tsunami, and Hurricane Katrina (Tony Cassidy contributed to the latter!). It is now in over 20% of New Zealand schools and proving very popular. Ł15 each plus Ł3 p&p - order from their website.

Atlas Jigsaw maps produce very high quality wooden jigsaw maps of the World, UK, Europe, Africa, South America and central Asia. Everything about this company is well produced and high quality. See more on their website www.atlasjigsawmaps.co.uk/

This page last updated 03 September 2007

This page was last updated 03/09/07