This is the fifth (and penultimate) lesson of Enquiry Question 1 of the carbon and energy unit. This lesson takes students through the importance of plants, NPP and differing climates. This is essentially chalk and talk as I found the topic matter somewhat complex and consulted a biology teacher in the school who talked me through a lot of the concepts. The Independent Study Task looks at soil health. The Hodder flag textbook is needed for this lesson. Thank you for looking.

The fifth lesson in Enquiry Question 2 in the water unit for Year 2 of Edexcel A Level Geography - Paper 1. This lesson looks at actions of humans on rivers and includes an evaluative exercise - diamond 9. This lesson is also available as part of Enquiry Question 2 Bundle and a Water Bundle. Thank you for looking.

This is the 3rd lesson of Enquiry Question 3 from the water topic. This lesson uses a little chalk and talk before students use the short case studies to help answer the exam question from the June 2018 paper. Thanks for looking.

The sixth lesson in Enquiry Question 1 in the water unit for Year 2 of Edexcel A Level Geography - Paper 1. This lesson looks at water budget graphs and includes a short exam question. This includes some slides that I have adapted from another powerpoint. This lesson is also available as part of Enquiry Question 1 Bundle and a Water Bundle. Thank you for looking.

This is the 5th lesson of Enquiry Question 3 of the water unit. This looks at a local water conflict within a country. Students use the information to inform a class debate. Thanks for looking.

This is the fourth lesson of Enquiry Question 3 of the water topic. This introduces the idea of the importance of water as a way to develop but uses the Aral Sea to show when this goes wrong. Contains a card sort. Thanks for looking,

The fifth lesson in Enquiry Question 1 in the water unit for Year 2 of Edexcel A Level Geography - Paper 1. This lesson looks at the human and physical on the drainage basin system and includes mini case studies. There is also an exam question included. This lesson is also available as part of Enquiry Question 1 Bundle and a Water Bundle. Thank you for looking.

This is the sixth and seventh lessons of Enquiry Question 3 from the water unit. This lesson explores the Nile with students but then sets them up to present information on the Mekong and Colorado rivers. The Independent Study Task concerns water conflicts in Gaza. Thanks for looking.

This is the 8th (and penultimate) lesson from Enquiry Question 3 of the water unit. This lesson allows students to complete a SWOT analysis of different top-down approaches to water management. It also contains an exam question and markscheme. You may need to refer to the Hodder flag book for the Independent Study Task. Thanks for looking.

This is final (9th) lesson of Enquiry Question 3 of the water unit. In this lesson, various examples are shown to the students with the expecatation that students will research some of their own local, grass-roots examples as part of the Independent Study Task (IST). Thanks for looking.

This is a writing frame/template for a 9-mark Evaluate question for AQA GCSE Geography. I am trialling these with my GCSE students. They are probably not perfect but I’ve tried to break it down as much as possible for students struggling with longer answers and higher-order command words. This should be printed out on A3, folded in half to make an A4 booklet, with each page on one side. The format of how this works: pg1 - Walkthrough - I’ve really tried to take a step-by-step guide (and for your weakest students they should only ever use this perhaps?) pg2 - Template - This is where it’s more of a compartmentalised layout so they can see it’s in 4 sections for Evaluate - I suggest when they have mastered the Walkthrough version, that they go straight to the Template Version. pg3 - Exam Answer - so how they would see it in the exam pg4 - Improved answer - I’ve put on a levels table in student speak and hen you’ve marked it, they have to find evidence of what you mean and fill in last column. Then there is space for them to make improvements to ONE section of their answer. Thanks for looking and hope you found this useful to you and your students. Good luck with your results! I also have templates/writing frames for 9-mark Assess and 6-mark Assess and Explain. These also come as a bundle.

Please find a mock exam paper for Paper 3 (just Section A) to go with this year’s pre-release booklet. I have based the format on last year’s paper. There is also a mark scheme attached to help you with your preparation. The resource is fully there but I’ve had to insert some blank pages in to the document to prevent people from copying and pasting off the preview on here. Obviously delete the blank pages when printing! I hope you and your students will find it useful and thank you for looking.

An 8 page revision booklet linked to the Specification which guides students through the key points of knowledge required for the Weather and Climate Change part of the qualification as part of Paper 1. Can be used for any case study used. Thank you for looking.

This is a writing frame/template for a 6-mark Assess question for AQA GCSE Geography. I am trialling these with my GCSE students. They are probably not perfect but I’ve tried to break it down as much as possible for students struggling with longer answers and higher-order command words. This should be printed out on A3, folded in half to make an A4 booklet, with each page on one side. The format of how this works: pg1 - Walkthrough - I’ve really tried to take a step-by-step guide (and for your weakest students they should only ever use this perhaps?) pg2 - Template - This is where it’s more of a compartmentalised layout so they can see it’s in 3 sections for Assess - I suggest when they have mastered the Walkthrough version, that they go straight to the Template Version. pg3 - Exam Answer - so how they would see it in the exam pg4 - Improved answer - I’ve put on a levels table in student speak and hen you’ve marked it, they have to find evidence of what you mean and fill in last column. Then there is space for them to make improvements to ONE section of their answer. Thanks for looking and hope you found this useful to you and your students. Good luck with your results! Please note: I also have templates for 9-mark Assess and Evaluate and 6-mark Explain. And a bundle of these resources too.

This is a writing frame/template for a 6-mark Explain question for AQA GCSE Geography. I am trialling this with my GCSE students. It is probably not perfect but I’ve tried to break it down as much as possible for students struggling with longer answers and higher-order command words. This should be printed out on A3, folded in half to make an A4 booklet, with each page on one side. The format of how this works: pg1 - Walkthrough - I’ve really tried to take a step-by-step guide by using an example with different answers. It points out what’s good and what to improve on. pg2 - Template - This is where it’s more of a compartmentalised layout. Hopefully they can use this to visually see how their answer will look. pg3 - Exam Answer - so how they would see it in the exam pg4 - Improved answer - I’ve put on a levels table in student speak and hen you’ve marked it, they have to find evidence of what you mean and fill in last column. Then there is space for them to make improvements to ONE section of their answer. Thanks for looking and hope you found this useful to you and your students. Good luck with your results! I also have writing frames/templates for 9-mark Assess and Evaluate and 6-mark Assess. These also come as a bundle.

This is the third lesson from Enquiry Question 1 of the Tectonics Unit. This lesson combs through key terminology whilst looking at the different types of plate boundary. Students review their understanding of keywords at the start and end. You may wish to use GeoActive Online 340 The Bam Earthquake, Iran 2003 factsheet and also Geofile Online Sept 2006 526 Hot Spots in Plate Tectonics - Evolution of a Theory to accompany this lesson. You can often download these for free online. Thanks for looking.

Please find a mock examination which goes with the AQA Pre-release booklet for GCSE Geography on tourism and development (2023). There is also a detailed mark scheme attached. There is a second paper and mark scheme available too - please look through my resources. Thank you for looking.

This document is a ‘translation’ of the Edexcel mark sheet for the NEA in Geography. In the first column is the top tier criteria for each section as it is on the official mark sheet. The middle column contains in student speak what should be included based on Edexcel training/webinars I have attended. In the last column is a checklist for each section and some top tips - again, this is based on training I have been on. I’m sure it’s not perfect but I worked my little socks off to make it.