Topic 3: Rocks & Weathering - AS Geography Unit Pack (CIE)

Full Unit pack for CIE AS Physical Geography Unit 3: Rocks & Weathering

!!! UPDATED FOR 2024-2025 SCHOOL YEAR !!!

Teaching using these materials gives you a solid foundation to improve your practice and focus more on aiding students with exam skills and essay writing required for high level CIE AS Exams. Supplement with your own materials and I hope it helps.

Features of this full Unit plan

• 14 Powerpoints covering all key content all made using official Cambridge documents and guidance
• All Powerpoints contain a Warm up, Main content with pictures/ graphs and plenary’s
• Integrated in Powerpoints are exam question breakdowns and discussion topics
• Major Case study information sheets for Plat tectonic landforms, Slope management in Hong Kong and New Zealand

Taught comfortably with time for essay writing and assessment in approximately 21 class periods. I will be teaching this using these materials in the 2024-25 school year again, any reviews, messages or notes for what you would like will be appreciated, I plan on updating this by the end of the 205-26 year and adding even more material, so check back after purchase.

Full Contents

3.1 - Plate Tectonics

3.11 - Evidence for plate tectonics and plate boundaries
3.12 - Tectonic Processes
3.33 - Tectonic Landforms Fold Mountains & Divergent boundaries
3.34 - Tectonic Landforms at Convergent Boundaries

Worksheets

Tectonic Landforms worksheet
Type of Plate boundary, type of landform question

3.2 - Weathering and Rocks

3.21 - Physical Weathering
3.22 - Chemical weathering
3.23 - Factors affecting type and rate of weathering

Worksheets

Chemical Weathering

3.3 - Slope processes

3.31 - Slope processes and classification
3.32 - Causes of mass movements
3.33 - Types of mass movement
3.34 - New Zealand case study

Worksheets

Rocks and weathering Unit 3 Homework poster
Types of mass movement sheet

3.4 - The human impact

3.41 - Slope stability
3.42 - Hong Kong Case Study
3.43 - Natural and Human Causes of Landslides in Hong Kong

Worksheets

Hong Kong Case Study Review sheet
Mass Movements Case study guided worksheet
Mass Movements Case study guided worksheet
Slope Stability Natural Vs Human Case study review sheet