National 4/5 Geography January plan:
In National Geography, we cover 3 main units and below are the topics we still have to cover during Term 3:
1) Physical Environments - Rivers (recap from S3 - this will likely happen once back in school to enable map work to take place
2) Human Environments - Rural
3) Global Issues - Tourism
In January, we will start with the Tourism topic, covering 2 case studies: mass tourism and eco-tourism. For mass tourism, we look at the Caribbean and how significant volumes of tourists impacts on the local people and environment, alongside how to combat some of the issues with this. We also look at eco-tourism in the context of Kenya, and how increasing tourism there can both help and hinder the local people and environment.
Microsoft Teams:
Pupils can join the National 4/5 Teams page if they have not already done so, using the following code: 1j96tyd
All work will be posted weekly on a Tuesday to the class Teams page via the Assignments tab. Pupils will have a full week to complete all work set, with a live class call at one point during usual Geography class time to discuss feedback/tasks/help with the set work. All pupils are expected to attend the live Teams call to best support them to reach their target grades.
SQA National 4/5 course documents:
Pupils can access the files and sites below to become more familiar with the topics covered in the National course. These documents are also on the class Teams page, along with a selection of course materials pupils can browse through:
https://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/files_ccc/RNQCourseSpecGeographyNational5.pdf - National 5 course specification and outline
https://www.sqa.org.uk/files_ccc/CfE_CourseSpec_N4_SocialStudies_Geography.pdf - National 4 course specification and outline
https://www.understandingstandards.org.uk/Subjects/Geography/national5 - SQA Understanding Standards page, giving information and examples of the question paper and Added Value Unit which make up the course assessment.
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!
