Everything you need to navigate the new specification
Familiar features and approaches, tried and tested in classrooms around the country, are combined with everything you need to teach the new specification.
What can you expect?
A third edition of the market-leadingEarth, developed for the new specification and changes in the world around us.
Familiar features and approaches, tried and tested in classrooms around the country, are combined with everything you need to teach the new specification.
Targeted exam preparation in Exam Focus and Essay Builder features.
A NEW write-in Skills and Assessment Book supports the new additional assessment component and builds exam skills.
An enhanced suite of digital resources brings Geography to life, including animated diagrams, ready-to-use PowerPoints, editable planning material and an interactive Q&A tool
NEW Research and Investigate feature provides opportunities for students to build the skills required for the Applied Geography Project
NEW Interactive Q&A digital feature in which students can choose a topic and practise answering both short- and long-answer questions.
A strong focus on sustainability, ethics, climate change and environmental action – topics that are strongly emphasised in the new specification
The Textbook
Two-year textbook with complimentary eBook, covering the three contextual strands of the new specification, while integrating the Unifying Strand throughout
Key terms listed at the start of each section and are clearly highlighted and defined in the text
Unfamiliar terms are defined in Geo Dictionary boxes
Detailed labelled diagrams illustrate key concepts and processes
Animated versions of key diagrams bring complex concepts to life and make them easier to understand
NEW Research and Investigate feature provides opportunities for students to build the skills required for the Applied Geography Project. Each activity connects directly to the Skills and Assessment Book, where students can complete the research tasks in a structured and guided way.
Skills and Assessment Book
To develop geographical and exam skills, a range of additional activities accompanies each chapter, including:
A scaffolded Essay Builder feature
short and long-answer questions
quizzes
fill-in-the-blanks tasks
labelling exercises
Space to complete Research and Investigate activities from the textbook
Information and guidance on how to complete the Applied Geography Project, including a structured inquiry log based on the seven stages of the geographical inquiry process.
The completed Skills and Assessment book will incorporate both exam-style questions and questions drawn from the SEC sample papers, enabling students to practise and refine their answering techniques.
Digital Resources
Include
Ebook
Editable planning documents
Animations that demonstrate concepts and processes clearly. Take a look at the sample animation
PowerPoints including supplementary notes to aid teachers in lesson delivery
Interactive Q&A feature in which students can choose a topic and practise answering both short- and long-answer questions
Teacher’s Resource Book
Provides:
information on the Earth package and new Leaving Certificate Geography specification
an assessment section focusing on the exam and the Applied Geography Project elements of the course
planning material
teaching strategies
solutions to the Test Yourself section questions
solutions to the Skills and Assessment Book activities