It's that time of year again where a bit of fun in the classroom wont do any harm but to keep it topical here are some country dingbats to try on the students...

This booklet looks at how we categorize hazards, what they have in common and the different effects the have on MEDCs and LEDCs. It looks closely at hurricanes, tornadoes, earthquakes and volcanoes

This booklet allows student to work together to form their own countries. By look at British law, human rights, elections and government as well as research country's names, flags and national anthems

This worksheet an help students to revise glaciers by covering landforms created, ribbon lakes and moraines

This booklet has students study job classification and why global employment patters vary. The booklet also looks at industry as a system, location influences, how industry has changed, science parks and industry in LEDCs

This booklet allows students to independently investigate climate change and how we can help by looking at the greenhouse effect, their carbon footprint and producing an action plan for practical change

This booklet looks at the journey of the river from the source to the sea, the drainage basin and the water cycle. In addition the cause and consequences of floods is studies, particularly in Venezuela, Bangladesh and England

This booklet allows students to investigate settlements, why they are there, their function, their hierarchy and land use

This worksheet explains what the tundra is and allows students to describe its distribution across the world, the climate there, including drawing a climate graph, and the plant life in these areas

This revision sheets allows students to revise coasts under different topics such as erosion types, weathering, mass movement, waves, landforms and transportation

This revision sheet allows students to revise river landforms, where they are found on the course and how they are formed through labelling images, explanation of formations and photos

This booklet helps students to understand where we are located within the UK and what factors influence this. Locations with significant increasing and declining populations are explored with a look into immigration and the medias influence on our views of this

This worksheets looks at what the EU is, when and why it was developed. In addition to its rights and responsibilities and advantages and disadvantage of it formation

This poster or handout gives brief explanation of how different elements of the weather is measured

This test consists of seven multiple chose questions and a ten mark question which involve the students writing a speech about population issues in different parts of the work for examples AIDS or the One Childe Policy

Using the lyrics to ‘Do they know its Christmastime?’ by Band Aid, your students look at whether the descriptions in the song are correct in referring to Africa. They go on to explore the human and physical effects of lack of water, examine some long and short term solutions to desertification and put forward their own ideas and opinions of short term solutions offered by Water Aid.

Just for a bit of fun before the end of term…this quiz has four parts which asks your students to identify ten countries by their outlines, name ten famous landmarks from an image and its location, answer ten geography general knowledge questions and to name ten seasonal songs by a snip-bit taken from them. Merry Christmas Everyone!

This PowerPoint is divided into geographical topics and emphasizes several popular films which could be used within the classroom to demonstrate physical and human features. A number of children’s films include ‘extras’ which are educational as well as entertaining. Here you will find a list of popular films which could be used within your lessons to help understand some of your students initial ideas of various geographictopics and the ‘extras’ you may not be aware of. Please let me know of any others you may know of to add Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

This lesson helps students to learn the names of the continents and landmass scales. As well as which countries are found in each continent

This unit of work introduces students to the significance of water from its source through to it being bottled and being a course of conflict. The features of rivers are explored along with the hydrological cycle and how rivers are used. The students carry out and write up an investigation studying how different surfaces react to water which leads into the human and physical causes of flooding, looking specifically at the Queensland Floods and the social, economic, and environmental impacts. Hard and soft engineering techniques are discussed within a ‘decision making exercise.’ Water as a right and conflict is debated. Drawing upon The Ilisu Dam, Turkey, the students debate from various countries points of view its construction. This leads to the debate around bottled water and how fact and opinion can sway viewpoints. The human and physical impacts of shortage of water are reviewed in addition to short and long-term aid. A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within this booklet, including, gathering research from print and video, annotating maps, students thoughts and ideas, drawing graphs, participating in group investigations and discussions, and writing up their findings appropriately. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.