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A CASE FOR THE COUNTRYSIDE
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Geography
The geographical units focus on four different locations and cover a range of countryside issues, prompting consideration of both environmental matters and the provision of goods and services to rural areas.The first three units are set in the Highlands with each having a different focus - map interpretation, environmental concerns and land management respectively. The fourth unit is in a very different area - the lowlands of Kent - and looks at the provision of local services
1. Highland Hike
Everyone knows what a map is, but do you ever consider just how much information it contains? Students may attempt to describe a walk they have never even been on using only the information contained in the map. Why does the area look the way it does, and how can you know where a photograph was taken just by looking at it and the map?
2. Cry Wolf
Wolves are a native species, but none have existed in the wild for hundreds of years. As a natural link in our eco system, should they be re-introduced or are they just too dangerous? Students debate the merits of species re-introduction and its consequences.
3. Key to the Loch
Understanding the problems associated with an area is a key part of successful management. Loch Ruthven is a highland loch which has many pressures placed upon it, both human and environmental. In this exercise students have to identify the problems associated with the area and suggest strategies for appropriate management.
4. Kent at your Service
Villages can only provide services for which there is sufficient demand. In larger towns and cities, demand exists for more specialised services. Therefore, in smaller villages, residents have a choice to either travel in order to receive a service, do without, or possibly let the service come to them. In this activity students examine the distribution of villages in Kent and their service provision.
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