I devised this resource for a year 7/8 KS3 class. They were learning about GIS from a book, but I felt that some of the concepts were perhaps too abstract. Without any real GIS software I improvised using a PPT to make a computer based lesson. The PPT contains a map of a town with a number of different data sets such as traffic, land use, crime, bus routes etc etc. The students are told that they are employees of Plankton Estate Agents and our company finds the perfect home for clients using a GIS. Students are then given one of the four worksheets, which contains a client for whom they must find the ideal house and give the reasons for it. This activity takes about 35 minutes, and can lend itself to discussions about how layers work on a GIS, what other datasets could we add to the map? And so on… I hope you enjoy. Feel free to modify as you please.

Ideal for Geography EDEXCEL B Guides students through the different elements of the Gersmehl Model individually and explained in a simple way. Then shows how the model works differently in Deserts, Rainforests and Taiga Forest with an explanation. The slide has animated elements; if the biome has a lot of biomass, the biomass will expand, but if the biomass is relatively small it will shrink. This lends itself to getting students to think about how the cycle is going to look before you show them. N.B. Some elements may need to be recolored depending on your version of Powerpoint, on mine it looks like the screen shot.