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Geography is available as an upgrade that can be added to an existing
Easiteach Studio installation.
Geography
tools
Easiteach Geography tools are designed specifically to support the
teaching of Geography in a whole class or group teaching environment
and with both Primary and Secondary age pupils. Many of the tools are
also useful on desktop computers and can help with the preparation of
Geography teaching materials.
The tools
provide facilities such as grid overlays in a variety of sizes and a
grid reference reader with 4- and 6- alphanumeric digit references,
as well as a grid fill tool for shading areas of the grids.
Other
tools within Easiteach Geography include a map builder palette with
pictures and Ordnance Survey® symbols as well as road, rail and other
line type 'brushes', a navigator tool for creating and following paths
using left-right or compass directions, a selection of compass roses,
scaleable, calibrated on-screen rulers and a distometer tool for measuring
paths, shapes, journeys.
Geography
content pack
The Easiteach Geography Content Pack includes 7 animated simulations,
over 40 whole-class teaching activities, 8 games, 22 maps, over 250
photographs, an electronic atlas and 25 video clips, all with accompanying
teaching notes.
The
content is focused on aspects of the geography curriculum that are harder
to teach or harder for pupils to visualise and understand. All the materials
work within the Easiteach environment and can be annotated, adapted
and extended by teachers. The simulations and video clips can all be
controlled so that teachers can adapt and use them at their own pace.
Examples
of the simulations are formation of coastal features, village settlers
and investigating rivers.
The whole-class
teaching activities are spread across the full range of Primary levels
- from going to the seaside to improving the environment, from around
your school to a locality in India
The video clips include the world's driest, wettest, hottest, coldest and
windiest places, waste and water, rivers and Romans - a fantastic resource
covering many subjects, most of which include audio commentary. Many of
the videos have been provided by Channel 4. |