GCSE: Life on the edge? A study of extreme environments
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ISBN: 9781843772668
Published: 2011
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As geographers we constantly ask questions about places from the local to the distant. Extreme environments are perhaps the most distant, both spatially and experientially, from the everyday lives of GCSE students. So, why should young people be interested in places that are so remote they are neither likely to nor (when they discover how extreme the climate is) will want to visit them?
As this unit shows, it is this remoteness, this difference that makes extreme environments fascinating – they engender a sense of awe and wonder. This series of lessons uses a range of teaching strategies and a series of case studies to engage students in exploring extremely hot, dry and very cold environments.
Throughout the unit students are required to form their own opinions and views about the challenges facing these extreme environments and the people who live there and to consider the future for the people and animals that inhabit these places.
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Product Code
P019995
Pages
ISBN
9781843772668
Publication date
2011
Weight
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