Exploring the Concepts and Content in IGCSE and IBDP Geography
Click the link below to access the general outline of an IA I did two years ago with my grade 12 (IBDP 2) class. It was geared towards the old syllabus, though it still can work well with the new one. Use it for an idea if you are thinking about designing a new Urban Environments IA!
Geography Internal Assessment Design
A short and sweet case study about the causes and consequences of air pollution in Beijing, China. Published by Ohio State.
GIS is no longer the ‘future’ of geography, it is the now. Browsing through Linkedin jobs, it is clear that any single job related to geography makes it a baseline requirement that the applicant have experience with GIS.
Click the link for an online, free training with the world-renowned GIS company, ESRI. It is a great introduction to the mechanics and usefulness of GIS. It is a course that is helpful for students and teachers alike, and at the end you get a certificate (PD hours!). You will need to make a (free) account.
Below is the PDF download to a Collins revision list/glossary of foundation level geographic terms. Using this can really beef up terminology usage and thereby improve essay writing as well as understanding of short answer questions. The pictures and diagrams throughout can be very helpful to understanding the definitions.
Collins Glossary of Geographical Terminology
(Image taken from link)
Jan Novotny’s presentation on mass movements includes many useful diagrams, definitions, annotations, and more.
Link to entire university lecture slides below:
http://www.geology.cz/projekt681900/vyukove-materialy/4_Lanslide_glossary.pdf
Taken from Jan Novotnýs lecture in Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia, October/November 2013.
Click the link for an all encompassing revision page on mass movements/wasting, published by the USGS.
https://pubs.usgs.gov/fs/2004/3072/fs-2004-3072.html
It isn’t the most visually appealing, but there is some great data as well as some fantastic pictures which illustrate the issues Fargo, ND, has gone through with regards to slower mass movements (Creep and earthflow). Click the link below for North Dakota State University’s full published case study.
https://www.ndsu.edu/fargo_geology/mass_wasting/
Below is a decent little clip discussing China’s development of ‘fake’ islands to assert their dominance in the fishing grounds of the South China Sea.
Click below the image for the link to a Prezi originally created by Emina Ademovic for one of the Mass Movement Case Studies required by the Geophysical Hazards unit.
https://prezi.com/s_dvpfrkpz83/vargas-state-venezuela-1999-case-study/