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Opportunities and Challenges of Mineral Extraction in Cold Environments
This page provides resources and lesson ideas on opportunities and challenges of mining minerals in cold environments. It develops a detailed case study on gas exploration in the Yamal Peninsula in Russia....
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Competing Demands for Water
This page provides an in-depth case study into the competing demands for water in the Ica Valley Basin in Peru. Students develop a deep understanding of the physical and human factors that impact the...
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Opportunities and Challenges of Agriculture Free
This page provides resources and lesson ideas on opportunities and challenges of agriculture, in extreme environments, predominantly hot arid environments. It develops a broad range of place examples,...
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Hot Arid Environments
This page hosts resources and content that will introduce students to the desert environment and develop the characteristics, key features and processes of desert environments. These include the processes...
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Periglacial Environments
Where are periglacial environments, what do they look like and what processes form them? Lesson Time: 2 Hours Lesson Objectives: Teacher Notes: Lesson 1 - Periglacial Processes Class presentation Printable...
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Glacial Deposition
This page provides a visual approach to exploring both glacial and fluvioglacial depositional features. You can find several outstanding classroom resources, presentation tools and student worksheets....
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Glacial Erosion and Landforms
This page provides an overview of glacial erosion and develops this through several well-chosen videos, and class presentations. there are several smaller activities set within this page as well as a...
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Glacial Environments
How do glaciers form and what are the differences between Polar and Alpine glaciers? Lesson Time: 2 Hours Lesson Objectives: Teacher Notes: Lesson 1 It's best to hand out all the worksheets for this lesson...
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The Changing Distribution of Extreme Environments
This page explores the changing physical environment of glacial environments, including mountain regions and the Arctic. As well as desert environments focusing on North Africa and the Kalahari Desert....
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The Challenges of Extreme Environments
This page develops resources and lesson activities on both the physical and human challenges of living in extreme environments. It combines a combination of skill-based activities with insightful place...