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65 free guides covering The challenge of natural hazards, The living world, Physical landscapes in the UK, Urban issues and challenges, The changing economic world and The challenge of resource management - each with a plain-English explanation, a worked example, practice questions and exam-style questions with full mark schemes. Every guide links to a free printable worksheet, no card or account needed.

The challenge of natural hazards

Natural Hazards and Hazard RiskGrades 4-7 (GCSE)Tropical Storms: Effects and Responses in a Case StudyGrade 4-8 (GCSE)Plate Tectonics: Structure of the Earth and Types of Plate MarginGrades 3-8 (GCSE)Earthquake Case Study in a Wealthier Country: L'Aquila, ItalyGrades 3-9 (GCSE)Earthquake Case Study in a Poorer Country: Nepal, 2015Grades 3-9 (GCSE)Reducing Tectonic Hazard Risk: Monitoring, Prediction, Protection, PlanningGrades 4-9 (GCSE)Weather HazardsGrades 4-9 (GCSE)Climate ChangeGrades 3-9 (GCSE)Tropical Storms: Formation, Structure and DistributionGrades 4-8 (GCSE)Tectonic HazardsGrades 3-9 (GCSE)

The living world

Hot Desert Characteristics, Adaptations and Opportunities for DevelopmentGrades 4-9 (GCSE)Causes, Impacts and Management of DesertificationGrades 4-9 (GCSE)Ecosystems and Tropical RainforestsGrades 3-9 (GCSE)Cold EnvironmentsGrades 4-7 (GCSE)Tropical Rainforests: Causes and Impacts of DeforestationGrades 4-9 (GCSE)Tropical Rainforests: Sustainable Management StrategiesGrades 4-9 (GCSE)Hot DesertsGrades 3-9 (GCSE)

Physical landscapes in the UK

UK Physical Landscapes: Relief and Geology OverviewGrades 4-9 (GCSE)Glacial Landscapes: Erosion Processes and LandformsGrade 3-7 (GCSE)Glacial Landscapes: Transportation and Depositional LandformsGrades 4-9 (GCSE)Glacial Landscapes: Land Use and Tourism in an Upland AreaGrades 4-9 (GCSE)UK Physical Landscapes: Coastal LandscapesGrades 3-9 (GCSE)UK Physical Landscapes: River LandscapesGrades 4-7 (GCSE)

Urban issues and challenges

Global Urbanisation Trends and the Growth of MegacitiesGrades 4-7 (GCSE)UK City Case Study: Migration and Urban Growth in BristolGrades 4-9 (GCSE)Urban Regeneration and Rebranding in BristolGrades 1-9 (GCSE)Urban Sustainability and Reducing Cities' Environmental ImpactGrades 1-9 (GCSE)Urban Issues: A City in a Newly Emerging Economy (NEE) Case StudyGrades 2-9 (GCSE)

The changing economic world

Changing Economic World: The Development GapGrades 4-8 (GCSE)Strategies to Reduce the Global Development GapGrades 4-9 (GCSE)Economic Development Case Study: Nigeria's Industry and Global LinksGrades 4-9 (GCSE)The UK's Economic Change: Deindustrialisation to Post-Industrial GrowthGrades 4-7 (GCSE)

The challenge of resource management

Global and UK Resource Security: Trends in Food, Water and EnergyGrades 4-9 (GCSE)Global and UK Resource Supply: Food, Water and Energy OverviewGrades 3-6 (GCSE)Impacts of Energy Insecurity and Strategies to Increase SupplyGrade 4-7 (GCSE)

The challenge of resource management: Food

Large-Scale Food Supply: The Indus Basin Irrigation System, PakistanGrades 3-8 (GCSE)Small-Scale Sustainable Food Supply: Urban Farming in KenyaGrades 4-7 (GCSE)Impacts of Food Insecurity: Drought and Famine in the Horn of AfricaGrades 4-9 (GCSE)UK Food Security: Agribusiness, Food Miles and Sustainable ChoicesGrade 4-9 (GCSE)Global Food Security: Supply, Insecurity and Increasing ProductionGrades 3-9 (GCSE)Impacts of Food Insecurity: Undernutrition, Unrest and DamageGrades 4-9 (GCSE)Strategies to Increase Food Supply: Technology and SustainabilityGrades 4-9 (GCSE)Food Security Case Study: Almeria's Greenhouse AgricultureGrades 3-9 (GCSE)Food Security: Rising Demand and Factors Affecting SupplyGrades 3-6 (GCSE)

The challenge of resource management: Water

Water Insecurity: Physical and Human Causes of Water StressGrades 4-8 (GCSE)Impacts of Water Insecurity and Conflict Over Shared RiversGrades 4-9 (GCSE)Increasing Water Supply: Large-Scale Engineering SchemesGrades 4-7 (GCSE)Sustainable and Small-Scale Water Supply SolutionsGrades 3-9 (GCSE)Water Security: Rising Demand and Factors Affecting SupplyGrades 4-9 (GCSE)Impacts of Water Insecurity: Disease, Pollution and ConflictGrades 4-9 (GCSE)Strategies to Increase Water Supply: Transfer, Dams and Local SchemesGrades 3-9 (GCSE)

The challenge of resource management: Energy

Energy Insecurity: Causes of Growing Energy Demand and Supply IssuesGrades 4-7 (GCSE)Impacts of Energy Insecurity and Large-Scale Strategies to Increase SupplyGrades 3-9 (GCSE)Sustainable Energy Use and Local Renewable SchemesGrades 4-7 (GCSE)Energy Security: Changing Demand and Factors Affecting SupplyGrades 3-7 (GCSE)Energy Security Case Study: Whitelee Windfarm and Sustainable Energy UseGrades 4-7 (GCSE)

Geographical skills

Ordnance Survey Map Skills: Grid References, Scale and DistanceGrades 3-7 (GCSE)Photographic, Sketch Map and GIS SkillsGrades 3-9 (GCSE)Ordnance Survey Map Skills: Relief, Contours and Cross SectionsGrades 3-6 (GCSE)Graphical Skills: Line Graphs, Bar Charts and Pie ChartsGrades 3-6 (GCSE)Numerical Skills: Percentages, Averages and Measures of SpreadGrades 3-8 (GCSE)Fieldwork Enquiry: Planning, Sampling and Data CollectionGrades 4-6 (GCSE)Fieldwork Enquiry: Presenting, Analysing and Evaluating DataGrades 4-7 (GCSE)Issue Evaluation: Interpreting Resources and Reaching a Justified DecisionGrades 4-7 (GCSE)Graphical Skills: Population Pyramids, Triangular Graphs and Radial GraphsGrades 3-6 (GCSE)

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