Geography

Research 

Watch an episode of Newsround Your Planet. Choose one of the stories and find out more about it. Create your own news report on an iPad, write a newspaper article remembering the features of a newspaper or produce a poster about it. https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/av/66235410

Create 

Choose a 3D model that can be bought into school or a Minecraft world that shows the geography of your current topic. You will need pictures of your Minecraft world that shows the geography of your current topic.  

Oracy 

Record a vlog on an iPad describing your walk to school, or your favourite walk. Tell us all about the physical and human geography that you notice. If you don’t walk to school or have a favourite walk, encourage your family to talk a walk through Highfield Park.

Research

Write an A4 summary of the use of, and importance of maps throughout history, in the UK and for the purpose of global exploration.

Try to explain the impact of mapping on the modern world (if you can!).

A useful link: About us | Our history (ordnancesurvey.co.uk).

Visit the St Albans Museum to gain a better understanding of how St Albans has changed as a 'place' over time.

Create

You are a water charity – design a campaign and action plan to provide clean water for those that do not have it.

How to make 3D Water Cycle | Water Cycle Model | School Project for Students - YouTube

Create a 3D water cycle using the following video tutorial.

Bring in your completed water cycle model to show your teacher.

Oracy

Listen to the BBC Sounds Podcast 'Saving Borneo's Rainforests' to enhance your understanding of the issue of illegal logging:

Witness History - The struggle to save Borneo's rainforests - BBC Sounds

Create a podcast on the history of St Albans, and a summary of how its past has shaped the character of the city today.

Research

Explore how Tsunamis are formed.

Create a detailed fact sheet including an explanation and key facts for example, what/where is the largest?

National Geographic: Tsunami Facts and Information (nationalgeographic.com)

Why are Hurricanes dangerous?

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/article/hurricanes-typhoons-cyclones

Create

Produce your own volcano so that it is annotated with all the key features labelled.

You could do this as a 3D model, a picture, create it in Minecraft or use another modelling tool.

Create a sustainable solution for the school (YGS 2023).

Make a scrapbook on articles and information that appears in the news, which is related to your topic of study.

Stay current!

Oracy

Listen to the podcast - Why are the seas salty?:

CrowdScience  - Why are the seas salty? - BBC Sounds

Record a maximum of a 2 minute summary of what you learnt from the podcast - use a voice recorder.

Listen to the podcast about the future for our Changing Planet:

The Planet Earth Podcast - 8. Changing Planet - BBC Sounds

Record a maximum of a 2 minute summary of what you learnt from the podcast - use a voice recorder.

Research 

Where can geography take you? Find out about a career that geography can take you to RGS Careers in Geography. Create a poster or a blog post to tell everyone about this exciting career opportunity. 

Find out about one of the world mega (or meta) cities.  What is it’s story?  Create a Google Earth story or an interactive slide show. Create a map or story in Google Earth Web – Google Earth Outreach 

Create 

Create a detailed, and geographically correct, model or stop motion video explaining the formation of one coastal landform. 

Unleash your creativity in the great outdoors. Capture your experience of an outdoor space by creating a journal entry, painting, poem, music, or any other form of artistic expression that nature inspires in you. 

Oracy 

Create a podcast reflecting on the work being done to address one of the sustainable development goals. Explain what the goal is, why it’s important and how effective the global community have been in addressing this goal.  What could we do better? 

Create a geographically inspired play list. This could be sound tracks inspired by places you have visited or want to see, or find out where a band takes its inspiration from (think the Beetles in Liverpool, or the Arctic Monkeys in Sheffield).  

Research

Write a review of one of the books (or a single chapter) you have read from the Geography reading list.

Read either The Economist or National Geographic and create some summaries of case studies or geographical articles that relate to the course.

This can help directly enhance subject knowledge. 

Create

Make a scrapbook on articles and information that appears in the news, which is related to your topic of study.

Stay current!

Create and conduct a questionnaire to understand schools' perspectives on sustainability. Use your findings to design something for the eco garden, or to improve sustainability, at SRA. 

Oracy

Watch Blood Diamond, starring Leo Di Caprio and winner of 5 Academy Award nominations.

To what extent is this a realistic portrayal of the resource curse?

Find out more about the solutions to climate change.

What innovative technology is currently being developed?

Create a podcast.