This lesson is the first lesson in the series that covers the rocks and geology lessons for the introduction to the scheme of work published on TES for 'Rocks, resources and tectonics'. Students explore the timescale and the formation of rocks in addition to using several geographical skills. Students can use the self assessment grid to track their progress for this lesson and subsequent lessons in the series.

This lesson considers how Climate change is impacting small island developing nations (SIDS) as a detailed case study. Students follow the lesson to understand the key terms and then apply their knowledge to a case study on a summary sheet with additional notes to assist them in their answer. The case study sheet is structured to encourage students to complete a variety of exam skill such as explain and justify as well as basic AO1/4 skills. There is also an examination question which can be used as a shared planning exercise or as a homework activity.

This lesson follows on in the sequence of Theme 2 regarding population and urban change. Student consider what a sustainable community is with a mini revision picture task and then look at eco-towns using BedZed as an example with a video link. Keywords are referenced and embedded into the power point before Egan's wheel is introduced in the form of a jigsaw task. Students then have to evaluate their local area using Egan's wheel and make comparisons about the sustainability of the local catchments areas. Homework sheet with wheel attached also.

These two lessons are an excellent starter to plate tectonics and give students the opportunity to learn about all of the key elements including convection currents, plate tectonics and the structure of the earth. There are printable activities on the power point and the jigsaw is attached as a pdf. This lesson can be differentiated up or down for KS3 or the introduction to a topic at KS4 with more interactive learning.

This lesson covers the different air masses that affect the UK as well as key terms students have to decipher between weather and climate so that they understand the differences. Students have to use the information cards to locate the air mass and its features and then apply this information to summary reports that can be peer mark. This is the first part in the lesson of what impacts weather and climate in the UK. All resource are contained in addition to worksheets that can be adapted and all lesson and teaching materials.

This lesson contains the full planned lesson (covers two lessons) to explain the cause of droughts in California with a series of resources and activities for students to complete. There is also a clip to show and a variety of map and data handling exercises including the homework activity. There is also a case study task sheet that works best with the information resources and printed as A3. All resources are included.

These tasks sheets that have also been popular for the education module (see my shop) are an excellent tool to consolidate learning in lessons or as revision as the sheets are self contained and embed essay structure. There are sociologists as reference points largely for AQA and OCR courses in addition to opportunities to critique and evaluate. Sheets work best if printed on A3.

This lesson covers two lesson regarding introducing extreme tourism and the case study of Antarctica. Students have to complete a variety of tasks regarding management and reasons for visitor numbers in addition to what extreme tourism is and why people go there. There are three task sheets that are differentiated according to ability (Pink A*/A/B), Blue (C/S borderline) and Yellow E and below. All resources are attached and need to be printed and the task sheets work best printed as A3. There are exam questions and opportunities for peer assessment and formative assessment throughout.

This lesson considers the issues associated with malaria ad HIV/AIDS in Malawi sub-Saharan Africa, both case studies are delivered separately and there are materials for both. Students examine the reasons for the patterns in the health, the issues with the spread of the diseases and management at local and global scales. Students then complete an examination question for homework and link in other information that they completed about Malawi as part of their response. See shop for previous lessons in this sequence or to purchase as a bundle.

This lesson is to do with the hot semi-arid ecosystems largely focused on African countries, vegetation and climate. The full lesson is planned with examples, all worksheets and a homework research activity with an AO3 justification question to complete the research activity. The lesson also covers examples and activities to complete food chains, nutrient cycles and biodiversity.

This is an excellent resource as a baseline or an end of unit assessment for generic Geography skills such as decision-making, describing, explaining and photograph interpretation. There is a writing frame and a mark scheme provided for the students to self assess and staff to mark with.

This lesson introduces what a vulnerable coastline is and the types of management that maybe used at coast lines such as hard and soft engineering examples with key word prompts. Lesson 1 There is some interactive board work to develop map skills including use of scale and annotation and then there is a case study task sheet to complete using a selection of resources from the revision guide (see TES shop) and an article. There is a consolidation homework activity too with an exam question. All resources are attached and this is a the first in a sequence of lessons for this topic.

This is the second lesson in contrast to the Medmerry Hard Engineering lesson that follows a similar format for the students to compare. Students have a starter match up activity followed by looking at the case study in detail and applying information from their resource packs to complete a variety of AO1-3 questions. Homework is an exam question to check their understanding. All resources attached and lesson. The case study sheets always work best on A3 so there is more space for students to complete extended writing.

This pack spans over two lessons, there are several different resources to be printed and all contained in the pack in addition there is a homework task that has structure of an examination style question writing frame. There are a variety of activities and skills needed that follow the specification and cover the last part in the sequence of lessons (see other lessons or bundle) for Population and Urban change.

This is a two part lesson that follows on from the Introduction lesson and the second lesson inn the scheme of work. Students have the opportunity to understand more about the population of China and population pyramids. In addition students learn skills of completing a chloropleth map and make comparisons between China's population and the UK over time. This lesson is the preparation for the 'One Child Policy'.

Students complete this issue evaluation exercise using a variety of resources regarding seismic activity in California. Students have to collate information and assess the validity of the resources that they are using to make their decisions. This can be used as a precursor to an extended case study decision making activity as the grid is preparation for the structure of the written work. Self assessment grid has also been included in line with the planning and scheme of work available on TES.

This lesson explores the issues of the Bhopal disaster alongside other issues associated with rapid urbanisation. There are exam questions and tasks embedded that are self contained in the powerpoint and would just need to be printed.

Students have the opportunity to identify links between rural areas and deprivation in Wales. Students have to use the sources to make links and annotate the maps. Following on there is a flow chart to organise in order to understand what causes rural deprivation and link this onto the issues of health care provision and education. Students then have a writing frame to complete an analysis style question using the opinions and sources. All resources are attached to be printed. This can be completed as 1 or 2 lessons.

Students complete the case studies with probing questions for the topic of Urban environments. The pack includes sustainable transport in London and sustainable living in Curitiba, squatter settlements in Kibera, Kenya and managing CBD's including UDC's (Newcastle upon Tyne), City Challenge (Manchester) ,Sustainable communities (New Islington) and Managing a city sustainability (Newcastle upon Tyne). Students complete the sheets for revision alongside the booklets, the questions are challenging and related to the exam specification/question demands. There are also case study notes to assist with completion. This can be a lesson revision activity or a stand alone weekly set of home work tasks. Excellent for half term revision see shop for other topic sheets or bundles.

This is a suitable introduction to China looking at location and the human and physical features, it is the first lesson in the scheme of work and assessment rubric for China that is available on TES.