This app will provide you with curriculum content for Geography UK across age ranges: ‘ages 14-16’.
Visually stunning, this single app covers all these topic areas:
-Fragile Environments - Acid Rain
Acid rain, the causes and formation of acid rain, the effects of acid rain, reducing gas emissions, viewpoints, case study - Sweden
-Fragile Environments - Deforestation
Introduction to deforestation, rainforests, causes of deforestation, effects of deforestation, solutions, case study - Brazil: Amazon basin development, case study - Brazil: viewpoints, case study - Brazil: government action
-Fragile Environments - Desertification
Introduction to desertification, causes, effects, solutions, case study - The Sahel: problems in The Sahel, case study - The Sahel: solving the problems
-Fragile Environments - Global Warming
The greenhouse effect, global dimming, consequences, solutions, viewpoints, case study - The UK
-The Work of Ice
The glacial system, inputs, stores and outputs, movement of a valley glacier, glacial processes, erosion, transportation, deposition of glacial debris, recognising landforms, human uses of glaciated areas, additional resources
-The Work of Rivers
Drainage, discharge, energy, erosion, transportation, deposition,upper, middle and lower course, valleys, gorges, potholes, waterfalls, rapids, river beaches, river cliffs, flood plains, estuaries, uses, valleys and river mouths, flooding
-The Work of the Sea
Definitions, formation of waves, types of waves, facts and figures, types of erosion, transportation, deposition, landforms created by the sea, human uses of coastal areas, problems associated with the coast, coastal protection and management
-Urban Geography
Urbanisation, urban morphology in MEDCs, urban development in MEDCs, MEDC cities - problems, solutions and planning issues, urbanisation in the LEDCs
-Weather & Climate 1
Temperature and sunshine, atmospheric pressure and wind, precipitation, humidity and clouds, types of rainfall, temperature and rainfall, local weather and microclimates, world climates
-Weather & Climate 2
Air masses, weather systems-depressions, weather systems-anticyclones, forecasting-obtaining the data, forecasting-using the information
The App uses high quality 3D animation, video, imagery, professional voice-overs, text and interactive activities with high score functions to ensure effective learning of relevant curriculum topics. Superb for class or independent learning and revision both in school and at home, delivering an engaging interactive learning experience.
Thanks to a user-friendly interface, navigation through the content is made easy and intuitive, including swipe gestures, scrolls and expandable menus.
Each section is completed with activities (fill in the blanks and quizzes) to reinforce learning.
Cherry on the cake: The app also provides a handy direct access to all the activities contains in the subject and your scores. So you can easily take a test on any topic, and know which ones you havent been tested on yet, or redo the ones you havent scored 100% on yet. You can even compare your scores with other users through the game center, highlighting performance on each topic, age range or whole subject.