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What is it like in the Sahara Desert?
Learning objectives:
To identify the countries covered by the Sahara desert.
To describe the opportunities and challenges within this environment.
Includes activity support sheet.
This lesson has been used and accredited as outstanding within many observations and interviews.
This alternative to a carousel task allows student to stay in their seat yet rotate the resources as it introduced them to deserts environments.
It allows teachers to judge prior knowledge, learning and misconceptions students may have. This is combined with excellent starter and plenary resources that consolidate learning objectives and helps teachers plan for the next lesson on this current important theme of geographical study.
The concept and lesson structure been used at KS3, GCSE, IGCE, KS4, MYP and A Level.
Fantastic: Analysis of Global Warming and Climate Change Data (Al Gore)
This introduces students to easy overview of climate change patterns caused by Global Warming.
A great resource that promotes logical, critical thinking and justification.
Can be used as a group task.
MYP IB Curriculum:Tourism in Denmark - Aarhus
A useful ICT resource to encourage students to consider promoting tourism of a destination.
Can be adapted for other locations around the world
Good Geography Landmark quiz
Easy quick quiz for the introduction of spatial awareness and global general knowledge.
Also great for the end of term before the run up to the winter/spring/summer holidays - good fun!
Atlas/map skills: Fantastic introduction to Asia and China
Very useful resource: Includes a crossword challenge and research activity.
Easy, fun: Geography Quiz - end of term challenege
Excellent end of term Quiz aimed at increasing spacial awareness, global knowledge and general Geographical knowledge !
The history of Asia (Outstanding Lesson)
Includes 5 Tasks reviewing the geographical and historical emergence and importance of Asia.
What are the effects of floods? (Outstanding Lesson)
Title: What are the effects of floods?
To identify at least 4 effects
To compare the floods in the UK with Bangladesh
A great double lesson that reviews the impact of flooding.
Ideal for KS3-4.
Differentiated resource available for lower ability students.
Includes 6 activities, starter and plenary and assistance for differentiation.
Also includes level question with level descriptors so that students can generate a target answer response.
Lesson plan overview is on slide 2
Geography and Crime Research Task
Learning objectives:
• To understand that there are different types of crime.
To explain that some crime is more serious than others.
Nice activity task that incorporated ICT to investigate crime.
Introduction to Geology: How are rocks formed and shaped?
Lesson objectives:
To describe the 3 main rock types.
To explain 4 weathering processes
Great lesson that has a range of fun activities and also includes an activity sheet
Excellent - A river’s journey (KS3)
Aim: To describe how the river channel and the drainage basin change as a river flows downstream.
Excellent lesson on how the river profile and channel changes as the river moves from its upper, middle and lowers course.
Includes activity sheets and extension task,
Asia: An introduction - Where is Asia?
Great lesson that introduces the geography of Asia and its different regions.
Includes a starter, comprehension task, research task and extension activity.
The Trading Game
Great lesson to promote the idea of interdependence and teamwork between countries.
This allows students to review the importance of international trade.
Also great for a STEM challenge.
Virtual Fieldtrip Source to mouth - Meet the River Thames
A challenging Virtual Fieldtrip along the course of the River Thames.
Includes a variety of tasks for student to complete.
Ideal for distance learning if uploaded onto** Google Classroom/Microsoft Teams.**
Case study: Flooding in the UK
Lesson objectives:
To identify the features of a drainage basin by creating and labelling a paper 3D model.
To use a Case study to review the range impacts caused by to flooding
Great lesson - ideal for student to complete via Google Classroom/Microsoft Teams
Includes a great Case study and 3D pop-up river basin paper model.
Zombie Apocalypse lesson!
Great problem solving lesson that refines a range of Geographic skills.
Students focus on a series of missions - can they survive the lesson?!!
Excellent map skills: How well do you know Asia?
Great worksheet to increase spatial awareness and atlas skills.
Fantastic lesson - Photochemical smog
Learning Objectives:
To outline the formation of photochemical smog.
To distinguish between primary and secondary air pollutants
Contains:
Fantastic science clips to illustrate how human health is impacted and the chemical reactions that form secondary air pollutants.
Includes news reports for Case studies.
Exam question
Research task.
Live links to air pollution models - in London and across the World.
London fieldtrip booklet - Is London a global city?
Fantastic booklet for students to collect some data to investigate whether London is a global city.
Great for a day trip to collect Geographical data
Select a route - e.g Waterloo to London Bridge - and ask students to complete the activities in their booklet.
Student friendly: Latitude and Longitude activity sheet
An easy and accessible activity sheet to explain and practice locating places with lines of longitude and latitude.
Great for lower ability students.