A glossary of terms covering the core vocabulary of GCSE Geography Urbanisation

This resource is an introduction to urbanisation. The resource explores the recent trends, the growth of megacities, and the various push and pull factors that lead to urban growth. The resource develops good numeracy and evaluative and analytical skills.

This resource covers all the content necessary for students studying volcanic eruptions. It explores; the types of eruption, lava type, volcano type, and the internal anatomy of a volcano. The resource can act as a lesson worksheet as well as a revision infographic.

This resource explores one of the fundamental ideas in human geography and demography; population pyramids. The resource challenges students to think more broadly about the characteristics of population, the changes we see through time, and the variations between countries. Later in the resource, students explore the underlying factors that lead to different shaped population pyramids. Ultimately, the worksheet challenges the students to think critically about the challenges of an ageing population.

This resource introduces students to the Human Development Index. It encourages them to consider the different ways of measuring human wellbeing and why a composite approach like HDI can teach us more about the complexity of economic development. The resource develops literacy and numeracy skills. Students are challenged to create scatter graphs and offer interpretations.

This resource explains the processes of tropical storm formation. The resource includes a comprehension exercise, numerical and data skills, and past exam questions (OCR B Geography).

This resource includes a set of comprehensive notes, and a classroom worksheet. The notes detail the physical processes of El Nino. Students will come away with a good understanding of how the atmosphere and ocean over the Pacific Ocean come together to create El Nino. They can test their knowledge with a comprehension and complete a practice exam question. The full resource does require students to research the impacts of El Nino using resources available to them.

This worksheet explores the factors that lead to extreme climates on Earth. Students are introduced to the concepts of solar insolation, continentality, and rain shadows. What makes places extremely hot, cold, wet, and dry. The starter activity asks students to consider if Antarctica really is the most extreme place on Earth. Next, students practice a key geographical skill; climate graphs. Finally, the resource comes full circle and students are guided to complete an evaluative essay question.

This resource explores the rates, flows, and stores of carbon and water in tropical forests/Amazon. The resource develops good geographical skills by asking student to produce and interpret graphs. The resource works as a standalone worksheet that can be easily imported to Microsoft Teams and OneNote.

This is an introduction to the carbon and water cycle. It explores why these cycles are important, the various stores, and the processes. The resource blends notes with activities.

This resource explores the impacts of climate change on the planet. It focuses on changes to sea ice, sea-level, Antarctic mass, and Greenland mass. Students use real data to produce graphs that explore these changes. The resource develops geographic skills and numeracy.

This resource explores the shared impacts of desertification, deforestation, and climate change. It challenges students to understand that environmental management must take a holistic approach. These issues cannot be tackled in isolation as they are interrelated. The resource encourages students to be evaluative and justify their reasoning.

This resources explores the human and natural causes of desertification. It provides case study notes on the Sahel region, as well as the management solutions such as the Great Green Wall. The worksheet develops evaluative skills. Students must articulate which management solution they think would be the most and least effective in tackling desertification in the Sahel.

This resource explores the different drivers of climate change both natural and human induced. It provides a full introduction to the fundamentals of climate science and illustrates to students why current warming is not the result of natural processes. The resource combines comprehensive notes that will be valuable as revision material, short knowledge questions, and longer discussion/evaluative questions.

This resource introduces students to the causes of global deforestation. It challenges their geographical skills by requiring them to read and interpret a series of graphs. The resource works as good revision notes to stay with the students. Students are encouraged to think further about this issue by discussing the impact of a meat-based diet and the legal protections put on forests. The resource works in black and white for teacher ease and SEN students. Teacher notes and answers are supplied.

Since the industrial revolution the demand for energy has continued to increase. With a population predicted to peak at around 11 billion, the demand for energy is only going to continue. The resource examines the factors that are leading to the rise in energy (e.g., population growth, development, technological advancement). The resource builds numerical and geographical skills.

All economic measures fail to capture the fact that 1/3 of the worlds population work in the informal sector. This is an economy that is unregulated and widespread. If it was a country, the informal economy would be the third largest economy in the world. The lesson challenges students to assess the positives and negatives of the informal economy.

What does it mean for a country to be over or under populated? Can a country be said to have an optimum population? If so, how can this be maintained? The lesson challenges students to think about the relationship between resources and population in different countries of varying sizes. The lesson provides reading, questions, and discussion points.

The resources tackles the central theories that discuss the relationship between population and resources. The three central theories discussed are; Thomas Malthus - An essay on the principle of population Ester Boserup - The conditions of agricultural growth Club of Rome - The limits of growth Teacher notes/answers are provided.