Collins Lower Secondary Geography Student's Book: Book 8

Discover Geography empowers students to think like geographers and understand geography. With compelling enquiry questions, chapters build the knowledge and skills to explore the world. Focusing on curiosity, critical thinking, and real-world relevance, learners make meaningful connections and envision positive, sustainable and equitable futures.

This complete and compelling geography curriculum supports the KS3 Geography National Curriculum for England, Cambridge Lower Secondary Humanities, and IB MYP Individuals and Societies.

Student’s Book 8 explores themes such as volcanic eruptions, tectonic plate movement, economic growth, development and diverse lived experiences. The chapters investigate key concepts such as Earth systems, interconnection of environment and using real-world examples like Mt. Ruapehu and the ‘Silicon Savannah’– laying the foundation for deeper study at IGCSE or GCSE Geography.

• Encourage students to draw on their own experiences and environments while blending local and global perspectives, fostering a broader understanding of the world
• Enable students to build geographical knowledge and skills in a purposeful, connected way through each need-to-know chapter enquiry question
• Make geography accessible and achievable in a wide range of settings through practical fieldwork tasks and the use of geospatial technologies and live data
• Support all learners, including those with English as a second or additional language, with clear explanations, engaging visuals, and key vocabulary features
• Benefit from the expertise of a team of educators and geographers with extensive experience across UK and international contexts
• Access the most up-to-date resources, assessment support, and curriculum thinking and planning via the accompanying Teacher’s Guide, Workbook and digital subscription on Collins Hub

Alan has over 30 years’ Geography teaching experience and is the former Secondary Curriculum Development Leader for the UK Geographical Association. Alan is currently Head of Geography at King's Ely. He has written teacher resources for Collins’ KS3 Geography, student’s materials for Hodder at GCSE and CUP at A-level. Alan is a winner of an Ordnance Survey award for ‘excellence in geography teaching in secondary education’ and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

Rob is freelance writer and educational consultant with twenty five years experience in educational publishing for a wide range of subjects and levels, including international projects for the Caribbean, Sudan, UAE, Pakistan and Kazakhstan.

Rebecca Kitchen was a Head of Geography for 16 years at a secondary school in Buckinghamshire. She has been working at the Geographical Association as their Head of Professional Development for nearly a decade.