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I am a secondary school Head of department and I love to teach engaging, vibrant and interesting lessons. I try to inspire students with what greets them when they come into my classroom and try to move away from the chalk and talk teacher at the front lessons and make learning interactive and fun!
Antarctica extreme tourism with differentiated task sheets GCSE (two lessons)
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Antarctica extreme tourism with differentiated task sheets GCSE (two lessons)

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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.
AQA Geography Pre-release workbook Autumn 2020 - Urban slums Paper 3
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AQA Geography Pre-release workbook Autumn 2020 - Urban slums Paper 3

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This is a resource that I have used alongside the pre-release booklet for students that are taking the exam in the Autumn term that did not sit in the Summer as AQA are using the same booklet that they made for the exams that did not go ahead in the Summer. There are some questions I have attempted to forecast at the end based on the format of the usual paper question strands. I hope that you find it helpful.
Climate change - Maldives (SIDS) Eduqas and AQA Vulnerable coasts/ coastal hazards
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Climate change - Maldives (SIDS) Eduqas and AQA Vulnerable coasts/ coastal hazards

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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.
Sustainable communities, BedZED and Egan's wheel (includes homework) - Eduqas WJEC GCSE (Theme 2)
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Sustainable communities, BedZED and Egan's wheel (includes homework) - Eduqas WJEC GCSE (Theme 2)

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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.
Social development - Malaria and HIV, Malawi, sub-Saharan Africa with case studies and exam homework
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Social development - Malaria and HIV, Malawi, sub-Saharan Africa with case studies and exam homework

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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.
Coasts (sand dunes and transects) field work booklet Eduqas and AQA
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Coasts (sand dunes and transects) field work booklet Eduqas and AQA

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This booklet has the hypothesis, method, geographical application of a transect, instructions, equipment list and recording charts for students to complete this task in the field. Students can use this for any suitable location where there are sand dunes and there is also a vegetation analysis chart that has been added for species identification purposes.
Introduction to tectonics including plate tectonics jigsaw!
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Introduction to tectonics including plate tectonics jigsaw!

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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.
Human activity in a Savanna ecosystem (Semi arid grassland) Eduqas and AQA
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Human activity in a Savanna ecosystem (Semi arid grassland) Eduqas and AQA

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This lesson is two lessons worth of teaching if lessons as 1 hour in duration. The lesson covers the issues with human intervention such as farming and water extraction as well as climate change. Students focus on Lake Chad and the Great Green Wall of Africa as named examples as well as grass roots strategies such as managing water gulley's. Students also look at the issues associated with GM crops and the lessons have exam questions throughout. All materials for both lessons and the lesson are provided.
Factors affecting climate in the UK: Air masses (Eduqas and AQA) Part 1
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Factors affecting climate in the UK: Air masses (Eduqas and AQA) Part 1

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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.
Changing patterns of retailing in the UK (2 lessons) - Theme 2 Eduqas (Lesson, resources &homework)
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Changing patterns of retailing in the UK (2 lessons) - Theme 2 Eduqas (Lesson, resources &homework)

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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.
Drought in California  (2 lessons and HW) - Extreme weather high pressure Eduqas and AQA
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Drought in California (2 lessons and HW) - Extreme weather high pressure Eduqas and AQA

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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.
Revision strategies for memory
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Revision strategies for memory

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Students are increasingly finding it difficult in a digital age to retain information. Students rarely know their own mobile numbers as the brain no longer needs to retain this information in a digital era where your memory is in your smartphone. For exams however students cannot rely on their smart phones and need to be using their memories. This is a good session to get students to think about their revision and how they can revise. The session is interactive and there are lots of activities to try. It works best to use your own subject however the information in this one is generic so students can collectively try the techniques. I use it a lot for Geography case studies for key facts and have had good success. Students sometimes want to revise but struggle to know how they can make their revision more accessible.
Q & A booklet of all topics for Component 2 - Geography flashcard revision questions
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Q & A booklet of all topics for Component 2 - Geography flashcard revision questions

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This booklet contains question and answer for all of the topics that are contained in component 2 for Eduqas and also suitable for AQA GCSE Geography. The following topics are covered: Climate change Extreme weather (Hurricanes and Drought) Extreme weather in the UK (anticyclones and depressions) Ecosystems and biomes Managing ecosystems (tropical rainforests and semi-arid grasslands) Development gap Development continuum Aid and management Health and development Regional development - North South divide This booklet was used to distribute to parents in order to assist parents quiz their child to revise, parents that did not attend were sent the packs home (I have included the instructions on the front). These booklets are also used for students to test each other and make their own flash cards. There is a booklet for component 1 also - please see my shop.
KS3 assessment on key geography skills - good as a baseline test!
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KS3 assessment on key geography skills - good as a baseline test!

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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.
Vulnerable coastlines, Hard and Soft engineering with managed retreat case study (AQA and Eduqas)
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Vulnerable coastlines, Hard and Soft engineering with managed retreat case study (AQA and Eduqas)

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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.
Soft engineering Borth Case study with Exam homework
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Soft engineering Borth Case study with Exam homework

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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.
Development gap, continuum, trade (trade blocs, quotas and subsidies) Case study: Malawi vs. Brazil
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Development gap, continuum, trade (trade blocs, quotas and subsidies) Case study: Malawi vs. Brazil

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This is a very big lesson! It is covering a lot of material in one lesson as we near the end of the course, the homework is also larger than a normal task. The students start off comparing how the world is divided up, gni and gdp as well as the modern changes and critique it. Students then look into the development continuum to see how countries can fit into different areas. Brazil and Malawi are used on a task sheet and a hand out to give the concepts of trade, trade blocs, subsidies, tariffs and quotas more depth and application. Homework is comparing exports and imports with the second part being on free trade and fair trade.
China Population and Geography Skills
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China Population and Geography Skills

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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'.