'This is Geography' aims to raise standards of teaching and learning through covering less content but doing more learning with it.

It offers:
-Focus: a streamlined scheme of work which focuses on the essentials and which allows teachers to do in-depth work on real world topics that really matter to pupils
- Worthwhile and significant tasks - every unit builds, step by step, towards an engaging and significant final task. These tasks use the full range of learning styles to provide something for all pupils. Equally important they progressively develop skills across the three year course.

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

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published 2006 by Hodder Education .

John Widdowson is the author of the award winning Key Stage 3 series Earthworks, from which this book is adapted.

This book has the following chapters: Book 1 for Year 7 1 Your place. and mine! Key question: Is there a place for everyone in your school? Your challenge: Draw a plan for your school to make it more accessible 2 My spaces Key question: How can we use maps to show our lives? Your challenge: Produce a wall chart showing life and how it is connected with the spaces around you 3 Survivor! Key question: Could Geography help you to survive an island adventure? Your challenge: Choose ten items that could help you survive on a deserted island 4 City - past, present, future Key question: Why do people come to live in cities? Your challenge: Identify problems in 'Metropolis' and plan improvements 5 Shop until you drop! Key question: How is the way that we shop changing? Your challenge: Write a children's story about shopping 6 Flood disaster Key question: How could we be better prepared next time? Your challenge: Design a flood warning poster 7 What a load of rubbish! Key question: What should we do with all our waste? Your challenge: Write a letter to the local council about how to deal with waste 8 Look again at the United Kingdom Key question: What would a newcomer to the UK want to know? Your challenge: Make a PowerPoint presentation about the UK for newcomers Key concept table Reference map of the UK Ordnance Survey 1:50, 000 map symbols Glossary Index Acknowledgements Where next?