Geography

To kick off Term 3, S3s will begin a new unit on Deserts. We will look at the location of the world's deserts, analyse climate graphs, research plants/animals which live in the desert, then focus on a case study of how Las Vegas survives and thrives in a desert environment.

Classes and teachers:

3A - Miss Cowan (nadine.cowan@aberdeenshire.gov.uk)

3B - Mr Beecroft (robert.beecroft@aberdeenshire.gov.uk)

3E - Miss Cowan (nadine.cowan@aberdeenshire.gov.uk)

Microsoft Teams:

All course materials will also be uploaded to Teams and tasks will be set via the Assignments tab, where pupils will be encouraged to submit their work either via the Teams page or by email to their teacher.

Additional materials:

Any pupils who have a keen interest in Geography are encouraged to feed their enthusiasm and can use the following links to take them to some general geographical sites - the image at the bottom of the page also provides the names of fantastic media sources on a variety of geographical themes:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrw3bdm - keep an eye out on Bitesize for Sir David Attenborough teaching some geography lessons.

https://www.gapminder.org/dollar-street/matrix - a fantastic and fascinating resource, allowing comparisons of various factors to be compared between families in different countries.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ - a fantastic site full of facts and figures on a range of geographical data.

https://www.sporcle.com/games/category/geography - a fun quiz site on all things Geography-related!

https://www.worldatlas.com/quizzes/geography-iq-test-how-much-do-you-know-the-world/2/ - a Geography IQ test!