Secondary geography using ICT

Description

At The Friary School In Lichfield, geography teacher Helen Young takes a group of Year 10s out into the school grounds with data loggers and probes to help them investigate the local microclimate.At Notre Dame School in Sheffield, a Year 8 group goes on a classroom-based virtual field trip, using a range of photographic and mapping resources on the school's learning platform.Geography teacher Robert Lang and his students at Five Ways King Edward VI School in Birmingham use a range of readily available GIS applications to analyse global statistics, to investigate coastal erosion, and to design and map infrastructure improvements to their local area.

Runtime

34 min

Series

Subjects

Geography

Genre

Date of Publication

2009

Database

Alexander Street

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