This is a test on China which is best suited to Key Stage 3 students. It has questions on population distribution, the One Child Policy, air pollution and development. It runs to six pages.

This crossword contains fifteen clues all of which relate to coasts. Ideal for use as a settling activity or to fill in the last few akward minutes at the end of a lesson. Includes a separate sheet with the answers on it.

This crossword puzzle has fifteen clues, all of which relate to population. Ideal to use as an activity to get your lesson started or to fill on those awkward few minutes at the end. Includes a separate sheet with the answers.

This assessment broadly matches up with the unit In the Horn of Africa in the Geog.1 series. It consists of a question paper and a detailed mark scheme. The questions relate to knowledge of places, completing and reading a climate graph, the coffee trade, employment and development issues.

These are the resources for our unit, Superpowers, which is what we teach our Year Eights at that crucial time when they are making their option choices - we are a two-year KS3 school. It contains everything you need to teach a seven lesson unit on some of the big issues in the USA, in China and in Russia including immigration, communism, the Cold War, population control, the fight to control the Arctic Ocean and so on. There is even a lesson on Donald Trumps Immigration Policy. There is an assessment available separately on this site.

This lesson takes a look at issues of globalisation and sustainability by considering the 50,000 mile supply chain of the Slazenger tennis balls used for The Championships in Wimbledon. Students have to , first, identify the raw materials (rubber, glue, felt etc.) before going on to look at where they are found and why Slazenger makes balls for a tournament in London 10,000km in Bataan in the Phillippines. The lesson concludes with a variety of differentiated written tasks.

This puzzle has fifteen clues, all of which relate to rivers. Ideal for use as a settling activity at the start of a lesson or to fill in a few awkward minutes at the end. Includes a separate sheet with the answers on it

This is an assessment for Year Eight students, though any KS3 student could probably attempt it. It consists of a question paper, a mark scheme and a resource sheet. The questions are about terminology, features of the upper course, formation of a waterfall, a meander in cross-section, water pollution and water treatment.

This is a test of map skills, best suited to KS3. It includes questions on map symbols, grid references, measuring distances, giving directions and following routes. To use it you will need a 1:50 000 map of Ipswich.

This is the first scheme of work we cover with our Year Seven students once they’ve done their skills and map work basics. It covers the make-up of the British Isles, the location and function of its main cities, an explanation of our temperate maritime climate, a lesson on relief rainfall, a skills exercise to do with migration that involves flow lines and lessons on population distribution, inequality and the North-South divide. It assumes that you have copies of Geog.1 in your department, but you could always edit those references out and substitute questions and activities from books that you do have.

This lesson considers the impact of Typhoon Haiyan, specifically on the city of Tacloban in the Philippines. It makes the distinction between primary and secondary impacts of the disaster and looks at the response both locally and globally. Criticisms of the response are also explored. Tasks include sketch mapping, empathy and more ‘traditional’ questions and activities. This resource is tailored to the requirements of AQA’s 9-1 GCSE Geography syllabus.

This is presentation Number Two in the unit 'Migration and Identity'. It explores the difference between voluntary and forced migration with unusual examples. It talks about push factors and pull factors and relates them to New Orleans (Hurricane Katrina, 2005) and Australia ('Ten Pound Poms', 1951). Students are encouraged to consider the push and pull factors at play in both these examples. There are several striking images (e.g. Serbian migrants queueing up in a snowstorm for free food) and has a number of activities aimed at students of different abilities.

This assessment was used at the end of the first unit of work we covered with our Year Seven classes. It concerns the differences between human and physical Geography and includes questions about plans, latitude and longitude, major global features and a descriptive task relating to Everest Base Camp.

This resource was used as part of a unit to cross the bridge between KS3 and GCSE. It aims to develop students' geographical skills. This lesson clarifies the difference between war and conflict. Students are then given a number of 'well-known' conflicts to look at in more detail, following which there is an exercise that involves looking at the parts of the world where there is the greatest tension.

This presentation covers all the common glacial landforms of deposition including drumlins and erratics. It contains some interesting pictures of examples of these features and gets students to consider how these features came to be formed. There is a practical activity included in this lesson which involves making a model of a glaciated valley in a shoe box -not for the faint-hearted!

This presentation explores the kinds of activities that are on offer in Snowdonia National Park. It considers the advantages and disadvantages of having many thousands of people on the mountains at once, many of whom are unprepared. It focuses particularly on the issue of second home ownership and there is a map showing the distribution of second homes in the National Park. There are a number of engaging tasks and pictures to focus students of all abilities.

This presentation looks at the management of National Parks on a large and small scale. It considers the aims of National Parks and looks specifically at what the Snowdonia NPA is doing. It also includes a case study of a small eco-friendly guest house in North Wales where sustainability is taken to the limit. Students are asked to consider whether it is necessary to go to such extremes!