Does your child panic before a Geography exam? Here’s how to help him prepare  

Does geography frighten your kid? Does it seem to be a jumble of data that they need to memorise and answer questions or draw in the exams? And is the day before the exam a nightmare for you too? Geography, like all subjects, stands on logic. We have some tips to stop the panic and set the thought process in motion to understand the logic behind geography. Check it out below.  

Point out the basic questions that make up geography 
The study of physical geography revolves around the questions ‘How?’, ‘When?’ and ‘Where?’ How did fold mountains form? And when did it happen, so that we call some ranges ‘young’ fold mountains? Finally, the answers to these two questions automatically lead us to where it all happened. Regional or political geography is based on ‘What?’ and ‘From where?’ What are the resources we need? And why do we need them? If we need wood, it means we need to get it from forests. But why are some regions more prone to growing certain types of trees? Once that is figured out, how can we get the wood to where we need it – are there towns and rail routes nearby? Once kids start asking these questions and looking for the answers around them, they will rediscover geography.  

Help kids to organise information in groups  
Organisation is key to remembering. Once a student is clear on the physical geography of a country, he or she will start organising the countries resources according to region, and filling in regional information will lead to the overall picture of political geography. For example, we know water flows downhill. Once kids know where the Deccan Plateau is, they won’t have trouble memorising which rivers flow out of the plateau and head into which side. Peninsular India will come to life for them with this organised info, and they will remember data because they comprehend it.    

Lead kids to visualise and revise geography chapters  
The steps we described above are geared for creating an active, visual, logic-driven imagination in geography students. Encourage your kids to draw maps and physical geography features. Once all the steps are over, ask them to revise. Keep a weekly revision schedule. That way, they will neither have to cram or feel scared before the not-so-awful geography exam.