Taking part in Iām a Geographer gives students the opportunity to develop their skills and knowledge across the curriculum. It’s suitable for students aged 10 to 18.
Students can meet these Learning Outcomes by engaging with the activity through:
Reading geographers’ profiles and preparing questions for them
Taking part in a live Chat
Asking follow up questions
Making an informed voting decision
Participating in the reflection activity facilitates discussion around their experience. Through this assessment tool, students delve deeper into the learning outcomes that they have met.
Studies show that engaging with the activity over multiple interventions is shown to increase students’ aspirations, as well as increase the chance of them meeting multiple outcomes at a deeper level.
By the end of this activity, students will be able to do one or more of these outcomes:
Show research skills in reading geographers’ profiles to construct questions which involve higher order thinking
Recall new subject content relevant to their current school topics
Name at least two geography-related careers
Engage in conversations with geographers in an appropriate manner
Use the internet safely by demonstrating appropriate behaviour
Use critical thinking to make an informed voting decision
