Geographic theme: Extreme environments revision
Unit Contents
Teacher generated Google Earth project
Case studies and examples
Required case studies
- Case study of one cold environment to illustrate the issues [opportunities and challenges for mineral extraction in cold environments]
- geographyalltheway.com > Alaska and the Trans-Alaskan Pipeline
- Case study of one arid environment to illustrate the issues [opportunities and challenges for mineral extraction in arid environments]
- geographyalltheway.com > Uranium Mining in Niger
- One case study illustrating the human and physical dimensions of desertification
- geographyalltheway.com > Great Green Wall
- One case study to highlight the issues [Increasing competition for access to resources in extreme environments]
- geographyalltheway.com > Increasing competition for access to resources
Required detailed examples
- Detailed examples for illustrative purposes [How relief, climate, human discomfort, inaccessibility, and remoteness present challenges for human habitation and resource development]
- geographyalltheway.com > The characteristics of extreme environments
- Detailed examples illustrating the involvement of local and global stakeholders [Opportunities and challenges for tourism in extreme environments]
- geographyalltheway.com > The Chamonix Valley, France and Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Case study revision
ee.1 The characteristics of extreme environments
Content and context
ee.2 Physical processes and landscapes
Content and context
ee.3 Managing extreme environments
Content and context
ee.4 Extreme environments futures
Content and context
Extreme environments revision clock
Revision clocks are an auditing approach. It takes a unit of work, broken down into logical chunks. The challenge is for the user to write all their knowledge and understanding into each section, in turn, within a certain time limit. I give my students 90 seconds or 2 minutes per section to write all they know/understand. Repeat until the whole clock has been done. We then review any 'gaps' and address these in a different pen colour.
Extreme environments concept corners
Concept corners are like mini-concept maps. The challenge is to link all the elements together on the sheet. Bottom left to bottom right, top left and top right etc. On each link you must explain the connection. Try and add examples where possible.