I've been teaching for just over 10 years now (you wouldn't believe how quickly that time as gone) and am a Head of Department at an outstanding school in the south of London.
I have consistently high examination results and want to share my resources with experienced teachers and those who are new to the profession. Planning lessons and creating resources takes a huge amount of time so why not use the experience of other teachers out there?
I've been teaching for just over 10 years now (you wouldn't believe how quickly that time as gone) and am a Head of Department at an outstanding school in the south of London.
I have consistently high examination results and want to share my resources with experienced teachers and those who are new to the profession. Planning lessons and creating resources takes a huge amount of time so why not use the experience of other teachers out there?
Lesson begin with a reading and comprehension task which encourages a conversation about groups managing the Taiga. It moves on to a conflict matrix activity. I like to give the pupils different character cards an they walk around the room to discuss levels of conflict with other characters. This information is used to complete the conflict grid. Decision making task to decide how much they agree with each character / player using thermometer structure. Practice 4 mark question to finish with mark scheme for some self assessment.
For use with the Edexcel b panther text book.
starts with a do now activity testing basic knowledge of the topic so far. moves on to discussion of the term ‘top down’ before pupils work on a carousel activity, info collect task and completing an A3 sheet. Pupils will then work on a practice question which has sentence starters for support. To finish there is a justification task.
Lesson begins by recapping global conservation techniques in a grid, sort activity. It then recaps the difference between national and global scale before showing a clip of the JUMA rain forest reserve and requiring a case study card to be filled out. discussion around the term ‘sustainable’ and the elements making this work.Shift then moves to Kilum-ljim and works on describing exam skills. pupils end by working on an in depth case study using the Edexcel panther book for support. Practice 4 mark question to finish.
For use with the Edexcel b panther text book.
Lesson begins by showing images of animal smuggling to promote discussion. It then focuses on the difference between national and global scale before setting the task of reading info on REDD and CITES to allow pupils to make flash cards. Information gained is then summarised in a sample answer where pupils will pick out level three content and annotate around the answer. This consolidates the positives and negatives of each global scale conservation method.
Discussion task around source and homework task to consolidate (could be used in lesson or as a starter for the next lesson.
Homework on numerical skills.
For use with the Edexcel b panther text book.
Stop the clock using a variety of activities to to consider why the impacts of the 2023 earthquake have been so severe,
Activities include sources;
Map descriptors.
Literacy and comprehension
Simplified Parks recovery model
An excellent lesson for which I have received very positive feedback from my school.
Designed to last 3 hours
Revision materials for common questions and themes that are found in the G.C.S.E papers which feature questions from all three questions in paper 1.
Hazardous Earth
Development Dynamics
Challenges of an Urban World
All supporting material can be found with the resource to make your revision sessions more hands on for pupils and therefore more engaging.
Please review the resource - it takes a long time to put together
Starts with an activity whereby pupils decide which development indicator is most useful for assessing level of development. Briefly recaps what what GDP is before writing their own definition and criticism with the support of a clip. They then complete annotation around a set of development data on 5 differing countries
Mini plenary using green and red flash cards to determine prior understanding od population pyramids and demographic data.
Sorting definition activity to organise different key terms which influence on development and population pyramids.
All worksheets included with some skills focus.
For use along side the Edexcel B core text book
Lesson introduces the Edexcel B development topic before focusing on the learning objective.
Starts with an activity whereby pupils discuss what development is before writing their own definition with the support of a clip. They then complete sample answers using HDI maps. mark scheme included.
Pupils are encouraged to look back / revise development indicators before learning to categorise into Human development Indicator (HDI), GDP and corruption.
Sorting activity to organise different factors influencing development into social, economical and political as per the specification.
All worksheets included with some skills focus.
For use along side the Edexcel B core text book
A full and comprehensive set of lessons with all resources included. Scheme of work, topic sheets and assessment materials included
Lessons included are as follows;
Where are all the people?
How and why has the UK’s population changed over time?
How has migration affected the UK?
How has the UK managed the migration of people?
What do population pyramids tel us - what factors influence them?
Qatar - is economic migration a good or bad thing?
Should Europe help the Mediterranean migrants?
What are the issues surrounding aging or youthful populations?
How do Malthus and Boserups theories link to population?
Revision clock lesson
A full and comprehensive set of lessons with all resources included. Scheme of work, topic sheets and assessment materials included
Lessons included are as follows;
When was the earth last frozen. how do we know?
Where are the earths frozen parts now?
How does ice shape the landscape?
Corrie, Aretes and pyramidal peaks - whats the difference?
What landforms do glaciers create?
Whats left behind when glaciers melt?
Should we protect the worlds remaining glaciers?
How are glaciers threatened by climate change?
Iceland - a land of ice and fire - how does this fit out current topic?
Revision clock lesson
Stop the clock using a variety of activities to consolidate our topic of Russia, would also be relevant to an introduction to global groupings or superpowers
Activities include sources;
Development data.
Map descriptors.
Reading and comprehension
Ranking and justification task
An excellent lesson for which I have received very positive feedback from my school.
A full and concise ppt. which includes tasks and information on all of the required elements of the 2022 exams.
The following information / tasks are included
specification requirements of geology, flood risk maps and G.I.S
What to expect in the 2022 exams
Question formation and expected mark associations
What is a geology map
British Geological Survey - features of the site
Pros and cons of the site
Planning an investigation using geology maps
What is google earth (G.I.S.)
Google earth - features of the site
What is the Environmental Survey Flood Risk mapping
Environmental Survey Flood Risk - features of the site
Pros and cons of the site
sample questions associated with geology, flood risk maps and G.I.S.
Mark schemes to go with all questions
Please review the ppt. A lot of time went into putting this together - will be making one for coasts and for the human topics over the next few days. Check out bundle rates for discounts.
A full and concise ppt. which includes tasks and information on all of the required elements of the 2022 exams.
The following information / tasks are included
specification requirements of geology maps and G.I.S
What to expect in the 2022 exams
Question formation and expected mark associations
What is a geology map
British Geological Survey - features of the site
Pros and cons of the site
Planning an investigation using geology maps
What is google earth (G.I.S.)
Google earth - features of the site
Pros and cons of the site
sample questions associated with geology maps and G.I.S.
Mark schemes to go with all questions
Please review the ppt. A lot of time went into putting this together - will be making one for coasts and for the human topics over the next few days. Check out bundle rates for discounts.
Cambridge International Assessment Paper 2 traffic light sheets for the 1st 3 topics;
Population
Migration
Settlement dynamics
Also included is a breakdown of command words that are found within the paper with definitions and mark association.
Cambridge International Assessment Paper 1 traffic light sheets for the 1st 3 topics;
Hydrology and fluvial geography
Atmosphere and weather
Rocks and weathering
A range of value questions here which require skills based application; for example photo stimuli, describe, explain and assess questions. There are fieldwork questions which relate to pupil trips as well as some of the unfamiliar content - some past paper and others teacher constructed.
Full mark scheme included.