These are the same lessons I use in my classroom, specifically designed for AQA GCSE and Edexcel A Level Geography. Each lesson comes with clear, differentiated, and printable resources to help speed up teaching and increase student engagement. My Geography lessons are suitable for Key Stage 3, 4, and 5
These are the same lessons I use in my classroom, specifically designed for AQA GCSE and Edexcel A Level Geography. Each lesson comes with clear, differentiated, and printable resources to help speed up teaching and increase student engagement. My Geography lessons are suitable for Key Stage 3, 4, and 5
This Contour lines lesson has been downloaded over 960 times
It lessons allows students to experiance building their own “potato” mountain with contour lines.
Contour lines, Height and Relief - map skills lesson - This map skills lesson is about contour lines, spot heights and colour layering and how these show relief on a map
This map skills lesson enables students to work out the height and gradient of slopes by using contour lines as well as how to use colour layering and spot heights. Within the presentation are all the printable material to support this lesson
This lesson includes
Starter and plenary
Embedded videos
Differentiation for different abilities
Worksheet and resources for printing
It is suitable for higher ability key stage 2 students and Key stage 3. The lesson takes 50 mins to 1 hour.
This map symbol lesson has been downloaded over 1400 times
6 figure grid references - map skills lesson - This map skills lesson is about six figure grid references. It is suitable for higher ability key stage 2 students and Key stage 3. The lesson takes 50 mins to 1 hour.
This map skills lesson about grid references includes how to work out a six figure grid reference on an Ordnance Survey map. Within the presentation are all the printable material to support this lesson
This lesson includes
Starter and plenary
Embedded videos
Differentiation for different abilities
Worksheet and resources for printing
This 4 figure grid reference lesson has been downloaded over 330 times
4 figure grid references - map skills lesson - This map skills lesson is about four figure grid references.
This map skills lesson about grid references and compass points includes how to work out a four figure grid reference on an Ordnance Survey map. Within the presentation are all the printable material to support this lesson
This lesson includes
Starter and plenary
Embedded videos
Differentiation for different abilities
Worksheet and resources for printing
It is suitable for higher ability key stage 2 students and Key stage 3. The lesson takes 50 mins to 1 hour.
AQA Geography GCSE Lesson - Living with the physical environment - The Living World - Tropical Rainforests - Animal adaptation in the rainforest
Students will learn:
How animals have specifically adapted to successfully survive in a tropical rainforest
Animal adaptation in a rainforest
How adaptation allows animal to survive
Competition for food
Other survival strategies
This lesson includes
Starter
Embedded videos
Differentiation for different abilities
Worksheet and resources for printing
This lesson is suitable for Key Stage 4 AQA Geography GCSE geography students. The lesson is suitable for a single 50 minutes - 1 hour lesson.
AQA Geography GCSE Lesson - Living with the physical environment - The Living World - Tropical Rainforests - Plant adaptation in the rainforest
Students will learn:
How plants have specifically adapted to successfully survive in a tropical rainforest
Definition of adaptation
Examples of plants have adapted to survive in a tropical rainforest
The different layers of a rainforest
This lesson includes
Starter
Embedded videos
Differentiation for different abilities
Worksheet and resources for printing
This lesson is suitable for Key Stage 4 AQA Geography GCSE geography students. The lesson is suitable for a single 50 minutes - 1 hour lesson.
AQA Geography GCSE Lesson - Living with the physical environment - The Living World - Tropical Rainforests - Impacts of deforestation in the Amazon
Students will learn:
ABout the impacts of deforestation in the Amazon.
Social impacts of deforestation
Environmental impacts of deforestation
Economic impacts of deforestation
Exam question with scaffolding
This lesson includes
Starter
Embedded videos
Differentiation for different abilities
Worksheet and resources for printing
This lesson is suitable for Key Stage 4 AQA Geography GCSE geography students. The lesson is suitable for a single 50 minutes - 1 hour lesson.
AQA Geography GCSE Lesson - Living with the physical environment - The Living World - Tropical Rainforests - Managing the Amazon rainforest
Students will learn:
About the rates of deforestation and why rainforests need to be protected
Rate of deforestation in the Amazon
Biodiversity in the Amazon
Soil erosion
Challenges and benefits of deforestation
This lesson includes
Starter
Embedded videos
Differentiation for different abilities
Worksheet and resources for printing
This lesson is suitable for Key Stage 4 AQA Geography GCSE geography students. The lesson is suitable for a single 50 minutes - 1 hour lesson.
AQA Geography GCSE Lesson - Living with the physical environment - Challenges of Natural Hazards - Tectonic Hazards - Reducing the risk of tectonic activity
Students will learn about how the risks from tectonic hazards and Earthquakes can be reduced.
Monitoring tectonic hazards
Planning for tectonic hazards
Predicting tectonic hazards
Protection from tectonic hazards
This lesson includes
Starter
Embedded videos
Differentiation for different abilities
Worksheet and resources for printing
This lesson is suitable for Key Stage 4 AQA GCSE geography students. The lesson is suitable for a single 50 minutes - 1 hour lesson.
AQA Geography GCSE Lesson - Challenges in the human environment - Resource Management - Provision of Food in the UK
Students will learn about:
The opportunities and challenges faced by the UK in the provision of food.
Why consumers demand imported food into the UK
How much of the price of food makes its way back to farmers in developing countries
What is the impact of importing food
Food miles and carbon footprint
UK farms adapting to consumer demand
This lesson includes
Starter
Embedded videos
Differentiation for different abilities
Worksheet and resources for printing
This lesson is suitable for Key Stage 4 AQA Geography GCSE geography students. The lesson is suitable for a single 50 minutes - 1 hour lesson.
AQA GCSE Geography Lesson - Challenges in the human environment - The challenges of Resource Management - Resource Management - The Global Distribution of Resources
Students will learn about:
The global uneven distribution of Food, water and energy
Global distribution of food
Global distribution of water
Global distribution of energy
Food security
Water security
Energy security
This lesson includes
Starter
Embedded videos
Differentiation for different abilities
Worksheet and resources for printing
This lesson is suitable for Key Stage 4 AQA Geography GCSE geography students. The lesson is suitable for a single 50 minutes - 1 hour lesson.
AQA Geography GCSE Lesson - Challenges in the Human Environment -Changing Economic World - Development Gap - Reducing the Gap - Fair trade
Students will learn about:
How fair trade can reduce the development gap
What is fair trade
Fair trade of coffee
Advantages of Fair trade
Disadvantages of Fair trade
Exam style question with scaffolding
This lesson includes
Starter
Embedded videos
Differentiation for different abilities
Worksheet and resources for printing
This lesson is suitable for Key Stage 4 AQA Geography GCSE geography students. The lesson is suitable for a single 50 minutes - 1 hour lesson.
AQA Geography GCSE Lesson - Challenges in the Human Environment Changing Economic World - Development Gap - Migration
Students will learn about:
How uneven development leads to international migration
What are the different types of migration
Push and pull factors
Immigrant
Emigrant
Economic Migrant
Refugee
Internally displaced
Migration from Syria and Poland
This lesson includes
Starter
Embedded videos
Differentiation for different abilities
Worksheet and resources for printing
This lesson is suitable for Key Stage 4 AQA Geography GCSE geography students. The lesson is suitable for a single 50 minutes - 1 hour lesson.
AQA Geography GCSE Lesson - Challenges in the Human Environment -Changing Economic World - Development Gap - Reducing the Gap - Aid and Intermediate Technology
Students will learn about:
How investment, Industrial development and tourism can reduced the development gap.
Which strategies can reduce the development gap
How different forms of aid can aid development and reduce the development gap
How industrial development can help reduce the development gap.
How tourism can help reduce the development gap
How intermediate / appropriate technology can aid development
How NGO’s can aid development through providing goats to families
This lesson includes
Starter
Embedded videos
Differentiation for different abilities
Worksheet and resources for printing
This lesson is suitable for Key Stage 4 AQA Geography GCSE geography students. The lesson is suitable for a single 50 minutes - 1 hour lesson.
AQA Geography GCSE Lesson - Challenges in the Human Environment -Changing Economic World - Development Gap - Reducing the Gap - Debt relief and Microfinance
Students will learn about:
How debt relief and microfinance loans can help reduce the development gap
How have poor countries built up debt
Debt Relief
Examples of debt relief and how this aids development
What is mircofinance
Examples of how microfinance can aid development
This lesson includes
Starter
Embedded videos
Differentiation for different abilities
Worksheet and resources for printing
This lesson is suitable for Key Stage 4 AQA Geography GCSE geography students. The lesson is suitable for a single 50 minutes - 1 hour lesson.
AQA Geography GCSE Lesson - Challenges in the Human Environment - Changing Economic World - Development Gap - Causes of Uneven Development
Students will learn about:
The physical, economic and historical causes of uneven development
Physical causes of uneven development
Economic causes of uneven development
Historical causes of uneven development
Non treatable diseases
Landlocked countries
Conflict
Colonialism
Raw material prices
This lesson includes
Starter
Embedded videos
Differentiation for different abilities
Worksheet and resources for printing
This lesson is suitable for Key Stage 4 AQA Geography GCSE geography students. The lesson is suitable for a single 50 minutes - 1 hour lesson.
AQA Geography GCSE Lesson - Challenges in the Human Environment - Changing Economic World - Development Gap - Measuring Development
Students will learn about:
How to measure development using a range of development indicators using “top Trump” style cards.
A range of development indicators
Gross National Income
Birth rate
Death rate
Life expectancy
Human development index
Happiness index
This lesson includes
Starter
Embedded videos
Differentiation for different abilities
Worksheet and resources for printing
This lesson is suitable for Key Stage 4 AQA Geography GCSE geography students. The lesson is suitable for a single 50 minutes - 1 hour lesson.
AQA Geography GCSE Lesson - Living with the physical environment - Physical landscapes int the UK - River landscapes - Long river profile
Students will learn:
How rivers and their valleys change down stream.
Maps skills
Long profile of a river
Upper course of a river
Middle course of a river
Lower course of a river
This lesson includes
Starter
Embedded videos
Differentiation for different abilities
Worksheet and resources for printing
This lesson is suitable for Key Stage 4 AQA Geography GCSE geography students. The lesson is suitable for a single 50 minutes - 1 hour lesson.
AQA Geography GCSE Lesson - Living with the physical environment - Physical landscapes in the UK - Coastal Landscapes -Coastal deposition, spits and tombolo
Students will learn about:
The charactoristics and formation of coastal deposistion landforms such as Spits and tombolo.
Coastal deposition
Traction
Solution
Saltation
Suspension
Formation of a spit, bar and tombolo
This lesson includes
Starter
Embedded videos
Differentiation for different abilities
Worksheet and resources for printing
This lesson is suitable for Key Stage 4 AQA Geography GCSE geography students. The lesson is suitable for a single 50 minutes - 1 hour lesson.
AQA Geography GCSE Lesson - Living with the physical environment - Physical landscapes in the UK - Coastal Landscapes - Managing Coasts - Managed retreat
Students will learn about:
How managed retreat can protect coastline from the effects of erosion and other physical processes.
Managed retreat
Case study - Medmerry near Chichester, West Sussex
Coastal Monitoring and adaptation
This lesson includes
Starter
Embedded videos
Differentiation for different abilities
Worksheet and resources for printing
This lesson is suitable for Key Stage 4 AQA Geography GCSE geography students. The lesson is suitable for a single 50 minutes - 1 hour lesson.
AQA Geography GCSE Lesson - Living with the physical environment - The Living World - Ecosystems - How does change affect ecosystems
Students will learn:
How changes to the ecosystem affect the other components within that ecosystem
WHat causes change in an ecosystem
Human and natural factors that affect ecosystems
Example of how changes can affect a food chain
Example of how the reintroduction of a species can affect a whole ecosystem
This lesson includes
Starter
Embedded videos
Differentiation for different abilities
Worksheet and resources for printing
This lesson is suitable for Key Stage 4 AQA Geography GCSE geography students. The lesson is suitable for a single 50 minutes - 1 hour lesson.