New KS3 PoS Compatible...
1. Introduction to the idea of consumption - what is consumption ?? - what do we consume ? (CONSUMER DIARY - as per Pilot GCSE stuff...)
2. Diary of Consumption: keep a diary of all that is consumed - taken from Pilot GCSE resources
3. What can't you do without and what can you do without ? - BASICS / ESSENTIALS and LUXURIES...
4. GOJI BERRY MYSTERY - new for January 2008
This is part of the new resources that have now been made available at the GTT website:
The Lesson 4 and the resources with the Mystery Cards and Writing Frame are particularly good...
SHOULD TESCO STOCK GOJI BERRIES ?
SHOP 'TIL YOU DROP Resources
These are from the 'This is Geography' series by John Widdowson, which I really like...
The CD ROM doesn't work very well though....
Use the lessons and resources from the book as the basis for the lesson, and add in some FOOD MILES materials.
WATER
A section of work on bottled water.
You can get water out of the tap, so how many of us drink bottled water. Some excellent ideas for looking at bottled water.
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/foodmonthly/story/0,,1013279,00.html - Observer Food Monthly
http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/117/features-message-in-a-bottle.html
How far does Fiji water travel ?
What about flavoured water ?
Check out the new WATER page for January 2008
FOOD MILES
See the GeographyPage for FOOD MILES
We will then use the unit of work produced by Christine Lloyd Staples on the use of Food Miles (folder of resources available on the network - thanks also to various other members of SLN Forum for their resources)
This is a useful FRIENDS OF THE EARTH viral ad as well about local shops
A useful starter video - capture it with Zamzar.
THE STORY OF STUFF
Thanks to Helen Nurton for telling me about the new resource from Free Range Studios: THE STORY OF STUFF.
This is a great resource, and has a lot of potential for use in the classroom with a range of groups. There is a great annotated script which throws up loads of weblinks. Check it out...
PLASTIC BAGS
Plastic bags are now in the environmental firing line more than ever before....
People are realising that single use plastic bags are destroying environments the world over...
I have added a new PLASTIC BAGS page for February 2008