This lesson has been created for the new AQA GCSE SPEC
This lesson teaches the effects climate change will have on the earth.
It includes a card mystery and then 8 different ideas (this can be reduced for lower ability students) as to the impacts of climate change
This lesson has been created to teach the new AQA GCSE SPEC
This lesson looks at humans being the cause of climate change on earth.
It uses the following three ideas as the main discussion point:
use of fossil Fuels
agriculture
deforestation
This lesson has been created to teach the new AQA 2016 SPEC
This lesson teaches the idea of climate change being caused via natural factors.
These being:
orbital Change
Volcanic Activity
Solar Output.
This is the first lesson made for the new AQA SPEC on climate change.
The lesson introduces the students to the idea of climate change and how the climate has changed over time since the Quaternary Period.
This is a lesson that looks at different Hard and Soft Engineering Coastal Defences.
The information provided can be delivered in a pass the card format or as a poster activity.
The attached worksheet can be easily differentiated by adding or taking away the scaffolding
This is a revision sheet designed for the AQA A Syllabus.
It goes through every detail required to learn for the Changing Urban Environments spec and works best when printed double sided onto A5 paper.
The page numbers refer to the AQA A Text Book
This is a revision sheet designed for the AQA A Syllabus.
It goes through every detail required to learn for the Population spec and works best when printed double sided onto A5 paper.
The page numbers refer to the AQA A Text Book
This is a revision sheet designed for the AQA A Syllabus.
It goes through every detail required to learn for the Tourism spec and works best when printed double sided onto A5 paper.
The page numbers refer to the AQA A Text Book
This is a topical lesson focusing on the current situation in the Ukraine.
Students carry out a Carousel activity that looks at a time line of the events leading up the current situation. They then further investigate the the reasons for Russia's involvement before being asked to form their own opinions on the situation.
This is a lesson looks at Chamonix as a case study for tourism in the alps.
Students carry out a carousel to build up information on the fact file before doing a card sort of the social, economic and environmental factors.
The tourism management pdf can be used to give students more detailed information about how the area is managed.
This is a lesson that uses the Rhone Glacier for AQA Geography A syllabus.
Students use the BBC news article to fill build up information on the Rhone Glacier.
This lesson teaches students about the formation of Bars and Spits.
Students learn how Bars and Spits are formed via a worksheet, video and teacher talk.
This is a lesson that introduces the idea of the MINT countries (Mexico, Indonesia, Nigeria and Turkey). The lesson focuses on why we are studying these countries and the amount the economies are growing.
This is a lesson that gets students investigating coastal defences.
This lesson requires the use of a 'mini beach&'. Students were given a plastic box that contained water, sand and rocks. They were also given playdough and other materials that they had to fashion into sea defences found on the worksheet.
The lesson can be a bit messy but the students had great fun!
This is a lesson that looks at the four main types of coastal erosion.
Students complete a worksheet to show their understanding of the four different types of erosion.
This is a lesson that looks at the creation and formation of Stump.
The lesson uses photos to show students the process of the formation of a stump and then gets the students using play dough to recreate their own models.
By the end of the lesson students should have produced a slideshow/movie that shows the process.
This lesson teaches the students how the Earth’s climate has changed throughout history. Students start by creating a graph that shows how the climate has increased during the last few hundred years. They then investigate 4 different factors that have shaped the Earth’s climate through time (learnt through the card sort and card sort hand-out).
The homework gets students to investigate the key words that they will come across during this topic.
This is a lesson that teachers students about ways to combat climate change. It focuses around 5 central ways to reduce climate. Students start by looking at the 5 options and asks them to rank and explain what they think are the best ways of combating climate change. They then investigate each of the themes further by using the information (carousel activity) to fill in the differentiated work sheet. This is then followed up by group work looking at negatives of 1 option which the can lead into a debate. Students then use all this information to form their own opinions.
This is the final lesson on fracking. This lesson gets students to express their opinion on the issue of fracking via the creation of a newspaper front page.
Resources:
News Paper Earthquake - Easy/Normal: A news article report looking at earthquakes caused by fracking. This has been differentiated for people with low literacy.
News Paper Water - Easy/Normal: A news article report looking at water contamination caused by fracking. This has been differentiated for people with low literacy.
Newspaper Guide: This is a template for students to set out their newspaper front page.
This is the second lesson on fracking. Students look at the good and bad points of fracking which is then followed up be having a student lead debate on the issue.
Resources:
Progression: To show progress from the start to the end of the lesson.
Word sort: Students rank the pros and cons of fracking
Debate Role: Gives students characters to play during the debate.
Debate Handout: Gives students structure in how to form their side of the argument.