Risky World

Part of the Risky World section is to consider the nature of the risk that we face.
There are some interesting ideas on the KS3 Resources page of the GTT website that will get you thinking.
Then got hold of some resources produced by UEA PGCE colleagues who used it at a student conference in February 2008.

Finally, just got my copy of Panicology by Simon Briscoe and Hugh Aldersey Williams.
This explores some of the areas where we are apparently beginning to worry. It's a variation on the theme in James Martin's book
Check out the WEBSITE for some tasters and links.
A particularly useful section of the book looks at the number of deaths per 10 000 people in 2005 from various reasons. This follows a very useful SCEPTIC's TOOLKIT, which would be a particularly useful format for GENERAL STUDIES students (as well as Geographers) to adopt when using sources of information.