by JohnWiddowson (Author)
Endorsed by ISEB, this authoritative textbook prepares pupils for the Independent Schools Examinations Board's Common Entrance Geography examination. This book covers the five themes of Earthquakes and Volcanoes, Weather and Climate, Rivers and Coasts, Population and Settlement and Transport and Industry. Environmental issues are studied through the human geography topics, and OS map skills are developed throughout. - Helps pupils to understand each theme with systematic coverage of all the key geographical ideas and syllabus content - Uses an enquiry-based approach to explore each theme in a more engaging way - Provides up-to-date case studies using real places at a range of global, national and local scales - Challenges pupils' thinking and deepens their understanding with stimulating activities - Provides step-by-step guidance on fieldwork through a model that pupils can apply to their own assignment Reviews: '...the best Common Entrance textbook I have seen over my 45 years of being involved with prep school geography' (Paul Baker, Geography Adviser to the IAPS and Chair of the GA ISSIG)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 168
Edition: UK ed.
Publisher: Hodder Education
Published: 27 Jun 2014
ISBN 10: 1471808114
ISBN 13: 9781471808111
Book Overview: '... the best Common Entrance textbook I have seen over my 45 years of being involved with prep school geography' (Paul Baker, Geography Adviser to the IAPS and Chair of the GA ISSIG)
John Widdowson is the author of the award-winning Key Stage 3 series Earthworks and wrote the previous editions of Geography for Common Entrance for KS3
Simon M Lewis is the ISEB's Geography Editor and Setting Team Leader, and the Head of Geography at St Andrew's School, Woking