"Geography Matters" is a Key Stage 3 course created for pupils of all abilities. It provides an exact match to the requirement of the revised National Curriculum, and to the units of the Key Stage 3 Scheme of Work. The pupil textbooks for each year are parallel in their content coverage but are set at different levels, Foundation and Higher, to provide material at the right level and pace for both less able and more able pupils. Pupil books emphasize investigation skills, and integrated geographical skills such as map work and data analysis. The activities are linked to literacy and numeracy and have integrated ICT skills. Regular tasks provide feedback on progress and extention activities. There is a teacher resource pack to cover each full year at Key S tage 3. Each pack offers differentiated photocopiable worksheets and teacher's notes for the activity sheets. Matrices show how the scheme covers the new National Curriculum and links with the Scheme of Work, and there are teaching plants for each chapter. Guidance is included on differentiation, literacy and numeracy. Other photocopiable resources include outline maps, diagrams and writing frames.

 

This book is part of a book series called Geography Matters .

This book is suitable for Key Stage 3. KS3 covers school years 7, 8 and 9, and ages 12-14 years. A key stage is any of the fixed stages into which the national curriculum is divided, each having its own prescribed course of study. At the end of each stage, pupils are required to complete standard assessment tasks.

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published 2001 by Pearson Education Limited .

Rob Bowden, is an education consultant who has taught at three UK universities and written and advised on many educational publications. He has also appeared in a number of TV programmes, including HUNTING CHRIS RYAN, PUSHED TO THE LIMIT (Toughest Families) and TERROR ALERT (Sky TV, 2004). Heather Blades has taught at Deepings School, South Lincolnshire, since 1990. She has also been an examiner and moderator since the mid 1990s. She has written a number of series for young people, including 'People, Places and Themes', 'Kenya' and 'Geography Matters' (all published by Heinemann). She has travelled in Canada, especially in Ontario and Quebec. Garrett Nagle is a highly experienced author of Geography resources for Key Stage 3, GCSE and A level.

This book has the following chapters: Rivers
Coastal environments
Shopping - past, present and future
Weather patterns over Europe
Investigating Brazil
Limestone landscapes of England
Can the Earth cope?
Crime and the local community