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Upper Course River Features - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Upper Course River Features - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on the features of the upper course. Students will learn about the erosional features such as interlocking spurs, waterfalls and gorges. Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, Using the information they learnt in the previous lesson. Hook- Students to explain what they think the image means, or what it has to do with the lesson. Task 2: Field sketch and describe the appearance of interlocking spurs. Task 3: Watch a video about how waterfalls form and then turn into a gorge. Task 4: Students to draw and label how a waterfall is formed. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Describe how a feature found in the upper course of a river is formed (4).” High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words. Task 5: Plenary - Using only 20 words, try to summarise how gorges form from waterfalls. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Introduction to intimate and sexual relationships
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Introduction to intimate and sexual relationships

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson introducing students to intimacy and sexual relationships. This should form the basis of discussions about what intimacy is and how to prepare for intimacy in a relationship. Task 1: Starter - Create class ground rules on SRE Task 2: Students to discuss what intimacy is and what it means to them Task 3: In pairs come up with 5 or more characteristics of a positive intimate relationship. Task 4: What are the positives of having healthy intimacy, what are the negatives of intimacy. Task 5: Main Task: Students must give advice to 4 different scenarios.
Impacts of Industry on the Physical Environment - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Impacts of Industry on the Physical Environment - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on how economic industry affects the environment. Use of Torr Quarry for the case study. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Using 5 steps, draw 5 diagrams that show the process of rotational cliff slumping. Task 2: Geography Skills: Image inference “What evidence is there of environmental damage?” Task 3: Watch the video on thepositives and negatives of quarrying in England. Task 4: Geography Skills: Describing location - Describe the location of Torr Quarry. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “To what extent do you think that the quarry is being managed in an environmentally sustainable way? (6 marks)” High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 5: Plenary - Revise for exam question on rotational cliff slumping. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Exploitation of the Amazon Rainforest - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Exploitation of the Amazon Rainforest - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students to define what deforestation is and the economic reasons that deforestation occurs. Then students will interpret a pie chart showing the reasons for deforestation. Then after reading through the information students must choose which is the most impactful reason for the amazon rainforest being deforested and why. Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning Task 2: On whiteboards, come up with as many reasons you think the Amazon Rainforest is important. Task 3: Which of the benefits of the Amazon Rainforest is most important and why? Task 4: Main Task - Explain how development in tropical rainforests creates economic advantages Task 5: Plenary: 3,2,1 - Class Discussion - Why do people cut down the rainforest? Lesson 7 out of 8
Health Inequalities in the UK - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Health Inequalities in the UK - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on health inequality in the UK, an introduction into what health inequality is, how life expectancy varies between the north and south. Contains a full assessment to test comprehension on the topic. Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Define life expectancy then writing the definition on their worksheet Task 3: Read through the different factors on life expectancy and explain which has the biggest effect on life expectancy and why Task 4: Main Task - Long form writing assessment- students to define what inequality is, briefly explain the north south divide in the UK and outline the effects of inequality in the UK using education and health as examples. Task 5: Plenary - On whiteboards, students to give ideas on how the UK could make life expectancy in the UK more equal. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Impacts of Urbanisation in Brazil - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Impacts of Urbanisation in Brazil - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will identify the increase in urbanisation over time and predicted increases. Then will investigate the social, economic and environmental challenges of urbanisation in Rio, and how they will impact the area. Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning Task 2: Describe the trend on the graph on screen (3 marks) Task 3: Using the factors on the worksheet identify which is the most important social, economic and environmental challenges. Task 4: Main Task - Describe how urbanisation has created challenges in Rio de Janeiro. Task 5: Plenary: Class question- What are some of the negatives about living in favelas in Rio. Lesson 3 out of 8
Positives of urbanisation in Brazil - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Positives of urbanisation in Brazil - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students to recap on urbanisation and identify the ways that it could bring positives to Rio. Students will investigate Rochina and if this has been a benefit to the area. Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning Task 2: Identify the positives and negatives of urbanisation Task 3: Main Task - Primary Assessment - Explain how increasing urbanisation affects the urban people of Brazil. Task 5: Plenary: 3,2,1 - What have we learnt about Rio, summarise? Lesson 5 out of 8
Measuring Development - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Measuring Development - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how to measure development, introduction to economic and human development and what the HDI is. Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Define development then write the definition on their worksheet Task 3: Read through the different measures of development and students to pick one, and justify why they have. Then pass the sheet to the next student and they debate the point. Task 4: Main Task - Long form writing- students to define what development is, outline which development indicator they have chosen and why, the state other measures of development and which is the best one to use. Task 5: Plenary - On whiteboards, students to give ideas on how to help countries develop equally. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Mitigating Climate Change - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Mitigating Climate Change - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on what climate change mitigation is, the positives and negatives of using fossil fuels. Then mitigation is broken into four sections: Reduction of GHG, artificially alter global temperatures, GHG capture and storage and finally international agreements. Task 1: Starter - 3 exam questions OR describe the impact of each picture, then if it is a social, or economic impact. Task 2: Students to come up with a definition of mitigation then copy out the real definition. Task 3: Overview of the formation of coal, oil and gas. Then students identify the advantages and disadvantages of using fossil fuels. Task 4: Using the PowerPoint attached (can be printed for a handout) students fill in each type of renewable energy on their sheets. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- Complete two exam questions “Describe how GHG emissions from energy production could be reduced?" “explain how alternative energy production and planting trees may help to reduce the rate of climate change” **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Ice Age and the Effects on Earth - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Ice Age and the Effects on Earth - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to define what a glacial and interglacial period is along with the conditions of each. They will also interpret graphs to show the glacial/interglacial cycle on Earth and describe the extent of ice during the last Ice Age. Students will then investigate the causes of the Ice Age and how humans survived the conditions. Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics Task 2: Students describe the Earth’s climate over the past 450,000 years by interpreting a graph. Task 3: Using the map of Earth students are to describe the extent of ice during the Ice Age. Task 4: Main Task: Students to describe the last Ice Age and its effects on Earth, using success criteria. Task 5: Plenary: Why is our planet not able to enter an Ice Age currently? Would we adapt now to an Ice Age? How would we adapt? The lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet
Climate Change - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Climate Change - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to describe how our climate has changed over time, why it has changed over time and interpret graphs that link CO2 to temperature to sea-level rise. Then students will identify the natural causes of climate change and the human causes of climate change. Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics Task 2: Using the graph and information on worksheets, describe how the climate has changed through Earth’s history. Task 3: Using the graph, describe how CO2 concentrations affect global temperatures and how that affects sea level. Task 4: Interpret two pie charts on the human causes of climate change and greenhouse gases. Task 5: Main Task: Students to describe how our climate is changing using success criteria provided Task 5: Plenary: How do we know our climate is changing, what evidence is there? Lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet
Global Atmospheric Circulation Model - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Global Atmospheric Circulation Model - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the global atmospheric model, its components and its function along with pressure belts and surface winds and how the Coriolis force affects trade winds and westerlies. Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Definition of global atmospheric circulation Task 3: Complete two exam questions about pressure belts and conditions. Task 4: Complete GAC sheet. Task 5: Main Task -Exam question practice “Explain how the global atmospheric system affects the weather and climate at the equator” (4 marks) Task 6: Plenary - On whiteboards, students to give ideas on how to help countries develop equally. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Climate Change: Human Causes - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Climate Change: Human Causes - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the human causes of climate change. An introduction to the human-enhanced greenhouse effect, and how the greenhouse gases humans contribute increase this factor unnaturally. Breaks the GHG content into how the world produces emissions. Task 1: Starter - Five Quick Questions - A quick recap on what students have previously learnt. Task 2: Students to identify the graph they have previously seen but identify the “hockey-stick” curve. Task 3: Students glue the sheet in their books and explain the greenhouse effect in 20 words. then look at the two global heat maps and identify countries that are most at risk of rising temperatures. Task 4: Describe how two human activities can contribute to climate change (4 marks). Task 5: Main Task - Exam question practice, “Evaluate the extent to which human factors are responsible for climate change. With reference to a named example, evaluate the extent to which you agree with this statement. .” (9+3spag) Task 6: Evaluate the extent to which human factors are responsible for climate change. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Expectations in Relationships - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Expectations in Relationships - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on expectations in relationships. Students will be able to define what expectations are, identify situations where people may have expectations of them and how to discuss expectations. Task 1: Starter - Knowledge recall about what are some of the verbal ways people can ask for consent. Task 2: Define what expectations are Task 3: Students to label things that they want from a relationship with someone. Task 4: Main Task - Students to identify if the ten scenarios are a negative or positive in the relationships. Task 5: Plenary - Discussion on how to reaffirm expectations in relationships. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Identifying height on a map - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Identifying height on a map - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how to identify height on a map, why we need to know height on a map and what it can be represented as. Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning from previous lessons Task 2: Students on worksheets to join up the high lines to show the height of the land. Task 3: Then they are to colour in each height to show the height of the land. Task 4: Main Task - Explain why contour lines are important. Task 5: Plenary **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Using a compass - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Using a compass - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how to use a compass, why we use compass directions and then how to apply compass directions to find places. This lesson also comes with an assessment at the end to test student’s knowledge of previous skills lessons. Task 1: Starter -Recap the previous lessons and answer questions about them. Task 2: Identity which students know the four-point compass directions and then the eight-point compass to stretch students. Task 3: Discussion on why we use north orientated maps instead of other orientations. Task 4: Complete a worksheet using compass directions and identifying what characters they end up at. Task 5: Main Task - Secondary Assessment- using an atlas to answer all the questions on the worksheet, this puts all the skills students have previously acquired and puts them to use identifying places in an atlas. Task 6: Plenary **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Climate Change Effects in the UK - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Climate Change Effects in the UK - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to define the enhanced greenhouse effect, then identify the effects of climate change in the UK, rank which is the most impactful and justify why. Then students will evaluate is the government is doing enough to help tackle climate change. Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics Task 2: Identify the effects of climate change on the UK. Task 3: Rank the effects of climate change on the UK from most significant to least significant. Task 4: Read through the statements on the worksheet and evaluate if the UK government is doing enough. Task 4: Main Task: Evaluate the effects of climate change on the UK Task 5: Plenary: What are the challenges with responding to climate change as a low-income country? The lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet
Cartography - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Cartography - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on what cartography is, how maps are created, what features are needed in maps and why they are important. Task 1: Starter - Identify the human or physical features Task 2: Students to mind map what maps are and how many maps they can think of Task 3: Students look through the different types of map about Cramond Island and what they think is the positives and negatives of each. Task 4: Students identify different types of maps and explain what it is used for. Task 5: Main Task - Students to answer 7 questions about which map is the best and why Task 6: Plenary - Sleeping gophers game related to different types of maps. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **