Geomorphic process and landscape Rebecca Kitchen, Secondary Curriculum Leader, Geographical Association rkitchen@geography.org.uk

What is your favourite UK landscape? In small groups locate, describe and discuss your favourite UK landscape on the blank map. Good for: Definition of key terms Location Prior knowledge ‘Need to know’ Discussion

Aims and outcomes Reflection on the importance of understanding landscape in the context of the new GCSE specifications Opportunities to discuss the challenges and solutions for teaching landscape to GCSE students Examples of good practice and innovative resources that can be easily adopted and adapted for classroom use.

Overview of landscapes by specification Reflection on the importance of understanding landscape in the context of the new GCSE specifications Overview of landscapes by specification

AQA OCR A OCR B Edexcel A Edexcel B Eduqas A What does the assessment of UK landscapes look like? AQA OCR A OCR B Edexcel A Edexcel B Eduqas A What characteristics do you look for with assessment?

Important things to remember: Reflection on the importance of understanding landscape in the context of the new GCSE specifications Important things to remember: Students need to acquire an holistic understanding of ‘landscape’ rather than piecemeal understanding of ‘landforms’. Students need to experience landscapes – they need to be given the opportunity to have time to sit, look and observe. Students need to engage with the content in order to understand the complex patterns and processes involved.

Opportunities to discuss the challenges and solutions for teaching landscape to GCSE students What are your greatest challenges for teaching landscape to GCSE students? In small groups discuss what you consider to be the greatest challenges that you are likely to face in the teaching of UK landscapes to GCSE students. Now, pass your sugar paper to another group. You should receive another group’s ideas. Can you try to answer them / suggest ways in which they could tackle these challenges?

Examples of good practice and innovative resources that can be easily adopted and adapted for classroom use. Curriculum Making

Are these Britain’s 10 best landscapes? Do you know where they are? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/europe/uk/11207922/Are-these-Britains-10-best-landscapes.html Number 10 – Derwent Water: Lake District

Are these Britain’s 10 best landscapes? Do you know where they are? Number 9: Yorkshire Dales

Are these Britain’s 10 best landscapes? Do you know where they are? Number 8: Lindisfarne Castle, Northumberland coast

Are these Britain’s 10 best landscapes? Do you know where they are? Number 7: Glen Etive Mor, Scotland

Are these Britain’s 10 best landscapes? Do you know where they are? Number 6: Win Green Hill, Wiltshire

Are these Britain’s 10 best landscapes? Do you know where they are? Number 5: The Western Isles

Are these Britain’s 10 best landscapes? Do you know where they are? Number 4: The Cornish coast

Are these Britain’s 10 best landscapes? Do you know where they are? Number 3: Lincoln Cathedral East Anglia – Human landscapes as well as physical

Are these Britain’s 10 best landscapes? Do you know where they are? Number 2: River Cuckmere near Seaford, Sussex

Are these Britain’s 10 best landscapes? Do you know where they are? Number 1: Gwynedd River Mawddach Estuary, Wales Students could create their own top 10.

River / Glacier / Coastal processes videos Pumpkin Interactive River / Glacier / Coastal processes videos A series of videos each between 30 and 40 minutes. Costs £49.00 each although Pumpkin Interactive do have a YouTube channel which have short clips. Good for: Engagement Explaining processes and landforms

–Alan Parkinson Award Winning Teacher Earth Primer iTunes app An app which can be used on iPads or phones. The app costs £7.99 and covers a range of landscapes. Educational resources to support Earth Primer are in development. “The most AWESOME app ever for teaching Geomorphology to a young audience” –Alan Parkinson  Award Winning Teacher Good for: Engagement Aerial photos Playing

Minecraft GB geology Good for: Engagement Minecraft is a game that many students have access to and which can be used to build landscapes. The British Geological Society have developed a 2D geology map within the world of Minecraft. Good for: Engagement Explaining processes and landforms

Teachit Geography Good for: Engagement A range of interactive and engaging resources developed by teachers. Membership subscriptions vary from free to £70 per year. Good for: Engagement Tried and tested quality resource Thinking skills Discussion

Further reading Looking into the physical future, Teaching Geography (2014), volume 39 http://www.geography.org.uk/journals/journals.asp?articleID=1170 - Duncan Hawley describes activities aimed at stimulating students to probe more deeply into what images might reveal about physical environments. Layered decision making: coastal protection along the Holderness coast, Teaching Geography (2008), volume 33 http://www.geography.org.uk/journals/journals.asp?articleID=446 - Anna Avanessian applied the strategy of 'layered decision making' to a lesson on coastal erosion in Holderness while she was a PGCE student. It provides a powerful way of examining the complexity of the issue of coastal erosion. From crack to stack!, Teaching Geography (2006), volume 31 http://www.geography.org.uk/journals/journals.asp?articleID=186 - Hayley Briggs reports on how a hands-on approach to learning about coastal landforms brings fun and creativity to key stage 3, 4 and 5 geography

Geomorphic process and landscape Rebecca Kitchen, Secondary Curriculum Leader, Geographical Association rkitchen@geography.org.uk