Activities
In this section of the website you will find all the activities that students can work through independently, guided by teachers, in class or online. All the activities are directly accessible by students. Answers, when appropriate, are set as "filtered student access" and so teachers can choose when to release these to students.
These activities should be complemented by practical activities to build up the skills for the internal assessment. See Practical Approach and the knowledge and understanding are outlined in The Topics section of the website.
Don't forget to also try out the quizlets and the quizzes for retrieval practice. See Key Vocabulary and Ideas for Each Topic and Quizzes.
Topic 1 Activities
In this section we have a variety of student led activities. Some can be followed independently, serviing as review. All can be used as teacher guided or facilitated activities to enhance understanding...
Topic 2 Activities
In this large topic there are many activities that can support learning. Remember to check the Practical Approach section as there are a lot of ideas in this part too as topic 2 lends itself very well...
Topic 3 Activities
Here are a collection of activities for learning in topic three. Don't forget to combine these with the practical activities Topic 3 Practical Ideas. There are also more embedded activities in the pages...
Topic 4 Activities
We have lots of activities building understanding and case studies in this topic. There are lots of opportunities for great inquiry based learning and some review options too. There are a couple of different...
Topic 5 Activities
Topic 5 offers a nice opportunity to mix practical ideas see Topic 5 Practical Ideas with CAS based activities and inspiration with lots of case studies.In this short review, various different systems...
Topic 6 Activities
One year, while we were due to cover Topic 6, I had to have a period of absence. My students used the material in the pages on Topic 6: Atmospheric Systems & Societies and these activities to successfully...
Topic 7 Activities
These activities are all linked to topic 7 and build a useful set of student centered learning activities for the whole topic, supplemented by the practical activities in Topic 7 Practical Ideas.
Topic 8 Activities
There's lots of opportunity for a variety of activities and case study building in this topic. There are some checks of understanding, videos to deepen understanding and resources for building case studies....
Selected Pages
Activities
Reintroduction of Beavers Free
In November 2018 there was a Paper 1 on the Algonquin Park in Canada where beavers and wolves coexist with First Nation...
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The Great Barrier Reef: Can it be saved? Free
The Great Barrier Reef is one of the natural wonders of the world and is so large it is visible from space. In this case...
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The Chicago River: Life in the Anthropocene Free
Approaches to TeachingThis is the messy story of the Chicago River. As with most case studies it draws on many aspects of...
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Topic 8 Activities Free
There's lots of opportunity for a variety of activities and case study building in this topic. There are some checks of...
Activities
Topic 7 Activities Free
These activities are all linked to topic 7 and build a useful set of student centered learning activities for the whole...
Activities
Topic 6 Activities Free
One year, while we were due to cover Topic 6, I had to have a period of absence. My students used the material in the pages...