This presentation was designed to be used with Year 12 students who were beginning to think about Post-18 choices and the possibility of studying at university. It gets students to think about their aspirations and to create ambitious, realistic and ‘insurance’ pathways to motivate them in their studies at Key Stage 5.

This puzzle consists of fifteen clues. Ideal for use as a settling activity at the start of the lesson or for those few awkward minutes at the end before the bell goes. Includes a separate sheet with the answers on it

This resource explores the reasons for conflict, such as political change, climate change, the increasing demand for resources and different ideologies. It includes a poem ('How to die' by Siegfried Sassoon) and gives students to opportunity to analyse political cartoons. This lesson is part of a series on the Geography of Conflict which was used as a bridge between KS3 and GCSE level study.

One of a series of standalone worksheets that can be used to get students thinking about topical issues. This one, on sea level rises, is ideal for use as extension work or homework. It includes a variety of tasks that can be completed independently.

This is a mock examination paper which I wrote to assess a unit on Geographical Skills. We taught the unit as part of the new GCSE AQA 9-1Geography course. The bundle consists of the paper itself, a resource sheet and a detailed mark scheme. It is based on some census data from two wards in the suburbs of Ipswich.

This is a straightforward and easily marked baseline assessment to give to students on entry to Year 7. It tests the knowledge of places, simple maps skills, the ability to observe and describe a landscape and students' capacity for thinking geographically.

This is an assessment to test pupils' knowledge of the Superpowers Unit of Work. It includes questions on what makes a country influential, analysis of graphs, comprehension and the issues surrounding Mexican immigration to the USA.

This assessment matches up with the unit Landscapes of Vietnam which I wrote for KS3 students rather than have them study China or India like everyone else. I had a Vietnamese lodger staying with me at the time whose mother sent many useful maps and bits of information. The questions are about knowledge of places, climate, delta formation, the monsoon and its impacts and development issues on the Mekong Delta. The lesson slides are available separately on this site.

This presentation covers the long profile of a river, using the River Lune in South Cumbria / North Lancashire as its example. There are photographs of the river at different stages along its journey to the sea at Plover Scar. There are also diagrams to illustrate the long profile of the river, its changing cross profile as it nears its mouth and the Bradshaw Model. There are numerous tasks and activities. This presentation is also designed to be used in Pocket Point format. For more information, search for Pocket Point Resources on Facebook.

This resource covers variations in the speed of flow within the river channel and the resulting landforms. It mentions slip-off slopes, river cliffs, helicoidal flow, the erosion of the bluff line and the formation of ox-bow lakes. There is a field sketching exercise that is integral to the lesson and some further activities.

These are the teaching materials I created to teach the Tectonic Hazards section of the AQA 9-1 GCSE course. It includes lessons on the classification of hazards, patterns of tectonic activity and processes and land forms at plate boundaries. The two case studies are Amatrice, Italy 2016 and Balakot, Pakistan 2008. The later lessons teach students to write convincing extended answers contrasting the impact of the two earthquakes; finally there are lessons on living with and predicting and planning for hazards. The slides assume you have copies of Geog.1 in your classroom.

This resource looks at the factors that influence the likelihood of flooding in any given area. It considers precipitation, geology, relief and land use and invites students to try to explain the distribution of areas of the UK that are considered to be at high risk of flooding. There are activities on the slides and a series of questions at the end of the presentation.

This presentation covers the nuts and bolts of fluvial erosion (hydraulic action, abrasion, attrition and solution), transportation (traction, saltation, suspension and solution) and deposition. It includes some tasks and activities. This is the first of what could be many hundreds of presentations in PocketPoint format, that is to say that if you print the slides off in landscape format, you should be able with the help of your friendly reprographics assistant, to create an A5 booklet in landscape which can be used in class and given to students to keep … a bit like those recipe cards that your grandma had in a box in the kitchen. Enjoy.

This is another Pocket Point resource. It covers the formation of V-shaped valleys, waterfalls and gorges in a river’s upper course. Please consider liking my page on Facebook or reviewing a resource on this website. Pocket Point resources are at https://www.facebook.com/pocketpointresources/ .

This presentation gives students the opportunity to think about the threat that Russia's armed forces and nuclear missiles pose to the world. There is some information about the extent of Russia's military might, some information about the Cold War and a task in which students are encouraged to explore the capability of Russia's nuclear weapons, specifically the rather scarily-named SS-16 Satan missile, that can travel 16,000km and obliterate an area the size of several US states. With string to represent the range of the missiles and counters to illustrate the extent of the blast, students construct a map and can get a feel for what it would be like to have access to the Red Button!

This collection of eleven presentations will help to deliver a unit of work on the Horn of Africa, broadly following the outline suggested by Geog.1 (4th Edition) pp.118-137. It includes an introduction to the continent, lessons on physical geography and climate, a study of coffee farming in the Ethiopian highlands and fair trade. There are also lessons on living and working in the hottest place on earth and on modern day piracy in the Indian Ocean.

This is a collection of presentations and worksheets that we use to deliver one of our Year Seven units, The Landscapes of Vietnam. I wrote it with the help of our Vietnamese lodger about two or three years ago and it is an interesting alternative to learning about the other countries in Asia that are covered in all the usual textbooks, i.e. China, India etc. It covers physical geography, the monsoon, life on the Mekong delta, issues relating to mangrove forests along the coasts, rice farming and tropical storms. Along with the presentations are some basic resources such as outline maps of South East Asia and Vietnam.