The Changing UK Economy: UK Science and Business Parks
AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 2B: In this lesson we examine the role that science and business parks play in our economy.
The lesson starts with a quick retrieval practice quiz. We then look at what a science park is and the students complete a cloze exercise whilst writing a short paragraph about science parks. We then consider a business park and the students have to work out the correct reasons for business parks locating on the outskirts of urban areas. The students then complete a decision making exercise called ‘Geograville: Where Should The Science Park Go?’. They annotate all the advantages the city has for a science park and then chose a suitable location and justify this. We then look at Cambridge. The students again annotate a map of the advantages of the location. They then complete an emoji exercise about the benefits and drawbacks of locating in Cambridge. We then finish with a GCSE-style practice question with some guidance.
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