The New Wider World: Foundation Edition
Grant Westoby(Author)
Nelson Thornes Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 11. June 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
128 pages
978-0-17-434335-6 (ISBN)
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Description
This book provides activity sheets written to aid student understanding of specific topic areas. It links closely with exercises in the book and offers chapter tests to use in the classroom, complete with details of assessment. It also features a variety of decision making activities, IT tasks and enquiry-based exercises.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Oxford University Press
Target group
Primary & secondary/elementary & high school
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 297 mm
Width: 220 mm
Thickness: 10 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-17-434335-6 (9780174343356)
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The New Wider World Teacher's Resource
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€158.86
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Content
Part 1 Population: population density; positive and negative factors; physical and human factors; population structure. Part 2 Settlement: settlement location factors; siting a settlement; types of settlement; settlement functions; changing functions. Part 3 Urbanization: land use in the city; docklands redevelopment - the problem; docklands redevelopment - the solution; docklands redevelopment - winners and losers; the spread of the cities; urban traffic problems; out-of-town shopping. Part 4 Urbanization in developing countries: urban poulation; rural-to-urban migration; urban poverty; life in a shanty town; urban land use; urban problems. Part 5 Migration: types of migration; ethnic minorities in Britain; multicultural Britain; internal migration in Britain; moving to the country; migrant workers. Part 6 Farming: farming process; British farming; farming in Europe; farming in southern Italy; farming in Japan; intensive farming in Japan; rice farming in Japan; Japanese farming; the hedgerow problem. Part 7 Energy resources: renewable and non-renewable resources; daily resources; non-renewable energy; renewable energy resources; fuels as natural resources; nuclear energy; wind power; wind farms. Part 8 Industry: an industrial system; location of industry; factors in location of industry; South Wales iron industry; modern industry location factors; science or business parks; science park location factors; marketing a science park; Trafford Park. Part 9 Tourism: tourism growth; planning in National Parks; activities in National Parks; conflict in National Parks; planning in National Parks; quarries in National Parks; National Parks quarries and planning; National Parks mines and quarries; tourism in Spain; tourism in the Alps; tourism in Chamonix; tourism in Kenya; Kenyan tourism. Part 10 World development: employment structure; north and south; development; social indicators; interdependence; single product economies; short and long term aid; problems with world aid. Part 11 Weather and climate: the UK climate; climate in the UK; weather investigations; depression over the UK; anticyclones; world climates; four climate types; tropical storm; hurricane warning; acid rain; global warming. Part 12 Ecosystems: ecosystems; living systems; wetlands; sustainable development; Brazilian rainforest; tropical rainforest; Mediterranean vegetation; vegetation of the hot deserts. Part 13 Rocks and soils: types of rock; rock types in the UK; limestone scenery; weathering of rocks; weathering; soil erosion; reducing soil erosion. Part 14 Plate tectonics: earthquake regions; volcanoes; volcanic activity; earthquake damage; causes of earthquakes; the Earth's plates; Mount St. Helen's effects of volcanic eruption; newspaper report. Part 15 Drainage basins and rivers: the course of a river; waterfalls; meanders; river flooding; pollution of rivers; river pollution; river dam (part contents)