Ian Dixson

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Ian Dixson

• Head of Humanities
• The High Arcal School

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Applying GIS Year 9 Sustainable Development
How might the negative environmental impacts of
the High Arcal estate best be reduced?
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How does this work in reality?

• ICT rooms booked on a rota basis for all Year 9
  classes
• Geography department website acts as a repository
  for teaching and learning materials
• Pupils work through tasks in a supportive
  environment using GIS, websites and printed
  materials to support learning

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Map work locate and define High Arcal Estate
using GISMO
Citizenship
Change
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Count up the number of properties in different
categories, enter into a spreadsheet and
calculate waste produced in the area
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Fieldwork
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Consider how to reduce negative impacts of an
urban area
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Rank changes to assess BEST way to reduce
negative impacts
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Differentiated worksheets to assist pupils in
writing their conclusions
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• Conclusions
• Addresses a variety of learning styles
• Introduced pupils (and staff!) to GISMO
• Used GISMO to support learning
• Has the wow factor
• Links to real life situations
• Includes Citizenship activities
• but.
• Have lost access to ICT rooms due to introduction
  of half course ICT
• Reverted to mixed ability teaching.this approach
  worked particularly well with top half of Year
  group
• Was a lengthy project (half a term),,,too long
  for some to sustain impetus

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Way forward Re-write as a shorter project linking
to issues such as global warming Try to regain
access to ICT rooms Consider how such projects
can be included in a VTLE such as Kaleidos to
support learning off-site.