Whole lesson for Eyjafjallajökull eruption case study- Iceland. Differentiated tasks, sentence starters, key words and learning objectives.

AQA A Level Geography- Urban Air Quality- Contemporary Urban Environments- whole lesson. LO: To understand the causes of poor air quality in urban areas. To be able to assess the extent to which solutions can improve urban air quality. Content- what is air pollution + photochemical smog- definition, causes and impacts. - Links to London Smog event. Solutions- congestion charge, pedestrianisation, pubic transport, car sharing, legislation etc. Students must gather knowledge on the solutions using an attached worksheet- aims, successes and limitations to then apply it to an exam question. Exam question is differentiated with sentence starters for lower ability students. Please ask if you have any questions.

LOs: To know destructive, constructive and conservative plate margins. To understand characteristic processes: seismicity and vulcanicity. To describe formations of associated landforms: young fold mountains, rift valleys, ocean ridges, deep sea trenches and island arcs, volcanoes. Students end up going through slides and producing a page split in 4 for the following plate boundaries: conservative, constructive, destructive, and magma plumes. Assesses all types of plate boundaries- continental and oceanic. AFL independent questions and challenges incorporated.

First lesson for year 7 topic. Asks questions such as : What is geography? What is human and physical geography? + In depth thinking about why we study it and why it is useful in the wider world. Starts learning with the location of countries and capital cities in the British Isles and the UK. Clear SOL embedded within + homework options. Please ask if you have any questions.

Geography Lesson- India and Tourism- Opportunities and challenges- KS3 Learning objectives: To know the opportunities (pull factors) available in India. To understand how opportunities can be used for economic gain. Excellent if we are able to explain the opportunities available in India using named examples. Introduces KS3 students to the idea of opportunities in LICs. Looks briefly at employment in India and then narrows in to tourism. Key words and discussion tasks, embedded videos and interactive tasks. Ends with an exam question- GCSE style command word to build up students vocab. Differentiated task for high and low ability. Any questions- please ask!

A Level Geography- World Cities- AQA- Contemporary Urban Environments lesson Lesson objectives: To understand the definition of a world city. To be able to describe the characteristics of world cities and assess reasons for their global distribution. Lesson: Defines world cities, maps the location of them and addresses how the numbers have changed, looks at characteristics of world cities, gives students their own opportunity to research a world city, addresses some challenges and the realities of world cities, finalised with a differentiated progress check plenary. Lesson has challenge tasks embedded throughout and images to support mental stimulation of ideas. Any questions, just ask!

A Level Geography- Changing Places- Deindustrialisation in the UK- UK cities- Bristol- AQA Spec. Includes history of deindustrialisation in the UK- causes and effects. Embedded videos and differentiated tasks for knowledge. Research task clearly structured for Bristol case study. Exam question to assess knowledge. Mathematical skills- graphs of UK employment sectors and change.

Whole lesson- GCSE Geography AQA Paper 2- Resource Management- Energy Energy insecurity- key terms and solutions. Drilling for oil and gas in the Arctic- case study- economic, social and environmental impacts of exploiting resources. Embedded videos and differentiated tasks.

Whole lesson- resource management- AQA geography paper 2 Factors effecting energy supply: costs, physical factors, political, climate and technology. Nigeria example embedded with video and interactive tasks. Exam style questions differentiated. Homework research task at the end of the lesson. Please ask any questions.

A Level Geography- AQA- Contemporary Urban Environments- Urban Climate LO- To be able to define urban climate. To understand the urban heat island effect. To be able to explain the effect of urban structures on average wind speed and climate. Discusses reasons for differences in urban temperature, rainfall and wind speed. High emphasis on the Urban Heat Island effect (UHI) and the impact this has on urban climate. Gets students thinking out how urban structures alter the climate of a city in comparison to a rural area. Data and exam questions implemented to check for understanding. Uses London examples throughout that can be easily altered. Please ask if you have any questions.

Geography Lesson- Climate of the Savanna ecosystem and Climate Graph skills. Exam question utilised for learning. Sentence starters, success criteria and stretch and challenge for all abilities.

Whole Geography lesson around human uses of the Savanna. Suitable for KS3 and KS4 in line with AQA spec. Differentiated tasks for mixed abilities- challenges for higher ability and sentence starters/images for less able. Any questions please ask.

Entire lesson complete with key words, challenge tasks and learning objectives to study the L’Aquila earthquake case study- 2009.

LOs: To know the common characteristics of hazards. To understand the terms ‘risk’ and ‘vulnerability’. To be able to identify and understand factors influencing the perception of natural hazards. Address peoples perception of hazard risk and vulnerability. Uses Iceland as an example of tourism and economic benefits when addressing why people continue to live in these areas despite the risk.

LOs: To know the structure of the Earth. To understand plate tectonic theory of crustal evolution: tectonic plates; plate movement; gravitational sliding; ridge push, slab pull; convection currents and seafloor spreading. To understand magma plumes and their relationship to plate movement. Utilises maps to show plates and boundaries. Teaches 3 theories: Convection Currents. Slab Pull. Ridge Push. Students produce a fact sheet for the theories. Addresses Iceland and its changing landscape with tectonics.

A LEVEL Geography- Sustainable Urban Development + Mumbai case study- Contemporary Urban Environments. Detailed lesson- will take 2-3 lessons (including 45 minute video and 20 mark exam question). LOs: To know how cities impact the environment on a global scale. To describe challenges to urban sustainability. To be able to assess to which extent cities can be made sustainable. First tasks: establishing what is an ecological footprint and how individuals and cities can be more sustainable + the challenges that surround this. Engaging tasks with challenge tasks added for higher ability. Second half of the lesson focuses on the case study for Mumbai: social and economic inequalities, vulnerability to natural hazards, current conditions making it unsustainable and strategies in place to make it more sustainable. Interactive discussion tasks, written tasks and videos embedded. Final exam question: “For every problem caused by urbanisation there is an effective solution.”To what extent to you agree with this view? [20 marks] exam question structured out with hints for lower ability and a suggested structure which can be adapted.

Learning Objectives: To know what a physical feature is. To understand the importance of physical features in the UK. To be excellent at mapping physical features and articulating their importance In depth understanding of the term 'physical feature.' Looks at major rivers in the UK and the importance of them- analytical skills and differentiated tasks. Looks at global climate and skills of a climate graph- local study and maths skills. Clearly embedded in SOL in the PP. Any questions, please ask.

Lesson teaching the continents + a focus on European countries within. Key map skills embedded. Briefly looks at current events and importance of knowing about the continents- links to new Ofsted framework. Clear differentiated tasks and plenary. Homework and SOL clearly embedded. Please ask if you have questions.

How has globalisation affected the volume and pattern of international trade and investment? This lesson includes a worked Spearmans Rank example. You will be able to use this to: Describe the pattern of international trade. Explain how different factors have influenced trade. Outline which countries have received the most Foreign Direct investment (FDI), comment on the trends. This is part of a sequence of lessons for the AQA topic- Global Systems and Governance. Slides included also present an entire scheme of learning for the global systems and governance topic. Includes copied information from the CGP Alevel AQA Geography revision guide to support learning. Also includes figures from Hodder textbook fifth edition (Whittaker).

Whole lesson- GCSE Geography- AQA Paper 2- resource management- energy- global energy distribution. Entire lesson with learning objectives, key words and differentiated tasks. Nigeria case study- TNCs and energy distribution- looks at global energy consumption and supply. Map skills, analysis and key words.