Resource Management - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

An AQA specification topic for KS4 in Geography about Resource Management, with a specification on water.

Throughout the series of lessons students will be able to accurately describe what resources are, why it is important to management them sustainability. First students start of with an overview of energy in the UK, then the provision of food in the UK along with how to reduce food miles and an introduction to agribusiness. Finally students will focus on the resource of water at the UK scale with Kielder Dam, in Northumberland as a water transfer scheme. Then focus on the larger scale of global distribution of water. With the focus on the south-north water transfer scheme in China. Then how to sustainability increase water supply with the Mali Water Aid case study.

Lesson 1:Introduction to Resource Management.
Lesson 2: Provision of Energy in the UK
Lesson 3: Provision of Food in the UK
Lesson 4: Reducing Food Miles and Agribusiness
Lesson 5: Water Management in the UK
Lesson 6: Global Distribution of Water
Lesson 7: Water supply, insecurity and sustainability.

Students will improve skills such as graph reading, data interpretation, and case study analysis.

This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.