Key Geography GCSE Links - Chapter 11- Primary Activities

Farming
 
National Farmer Union education page - Hot Link! - http://www.nfu.org.uk/
This is a superb site allowing access to invaluable resources to the geography teacher and pupil alike. The site was Highly Commended by the geographical Association in 1998. A brief review of the website is provided in the GA journal Teaching Geography p145 July 1998.

This page includes a collection of press releases and news stories related to UK farming issues
The education link takes the user to the NFU education page. Further links are provided Farm studies being the most useful - Recognising that not every school can visit a farm as often as it would like and that there is a need for comparative information from different parts of England and Wales, the NFU has developed studies of 9 working farms. The studies are regularly updated, giving schools access to current information about farming and countryside issues. They were recently given a Geographical Association award "as likely to make a significant contribution to geography".

Tips for Teachers
Provides a check list for teachers planning their first class visit to a farm.
An online Farm glossary is provided in the resources section.

Presents profiles of 9 very different farms, drawn from each of the NFU regions :

1. Mixed farming and visitor centre - Central region

2. Arable - East Anglia region

3. Horticulture with glasshouses - East Midlands region

4. Pigs - North East region

5. Hill sheep - North West region

6. Soft fruit and hops - South East region

7. Organic dairy and arable- South West region

8. Lowland beef - West Midlands region

9. Hill beef and sheep - Wales region
 

There is also a glossary of farming terms

For each farm the site provides a wide range of excellent resources including information about Location, Physical features, Land Use, Labour, Machinery, Buildings, Inputs, Outputs, The farming year and Diversification. An Ordnance Survey map extract is provided for each farm together with a land use map and a sequence of aerial photographs. The photographs alone are invaluable for allowing pupils to analysis land use in contrasting landscapes.

Changes

Change v Environment

Energy Sources

Energy v Environment - Shetland
Hot Link! - http://www.shetland-news.co.uk
Online newspaper which includes feature articles about local issues, at the time of writing there were a number of features about new proposals regarding the oil industry.

Hot Link! - http://www.shetland.gov.uk/
Website of Shetland Islands Council includes a wide variety of information about the islands including plans for the future economic growth of the area. A section on oil includes an aerial photograph of the Sullom Voe oil terminal. The site includes a detailed environmental report about the impact of the 1993 Braer tanker disaster, including photographs of the wreck which can be downloaded.

Shetland Friends of the Earth home page outlines local campaigns and monitoring procedures regarding the impact of oil exploration in the area. http://www.zetnet.co.uk/foe/sfoehome.htm

Electricity v Environment - Chernobyl, Ukraine 1986, 1992
Hot Link! - http://www.usgs.gov/Earthshots
This links to the EArthshots home page. From here select the Chernobyl case study either from the map of the world or the list in the right hand frame.

Hot Link! - http://www.greenpeace.org/cnuk.html
Greenpeace International web site includes this no.nukes Nuclear Campaign web site which has sections on press releases, an outline of nuclear power production, the global effects of nuclear technology, renewable energy, web links to relevant sites.