This is the 14th annual geographygeek Christmas quiz. It’s designed to bridge the gap between an end of term ‘fun lesson’ and learning. It is used all over the world. The quiz contains 12 rounds and a bonus round. Each round gives clues from a news story about a specific country. Students have to guess which country the story is from. Once they get the answer correct, they earn a ‘hat’ worth: 5 points if correct after the first clue 4 points if correct after the second clue 3 points if correct after the third clue 2 point if correct after the fourth clue 1 point if correct after the fifth clue They must then cut out the hats and use them to make a Christmas scene, which they can gain extra points for at the end. All resources, such as instructions, the PowerPoint, the handouts and the ‘hats’ are provided.

Two lessons about frozen oceans. The lessons cover: Terminology about frozen oceans - a matching exercise. Reasons why the ocean freezes - an annotated diagram. The frozen ocean food chain - a ‘create a mobile’ activity (scissors, glue and string needed). There are also some interesting starters (one using Ice Road Truckers) and a couple of clips from Frozen Planet interspersed, with thinking questions (iPlayer log in needed).

Complete lesson on mangroves. The lesson looks at: What are mangroves? What is the global distribution of mangroves? Why have mangroves been destroyed? Why are mangroves important? It then finishes with a decision-making exercise, where students are given information about mangrove restoration in Indonesia, and they must plan a strategy for restoring areas of mangrove. There is a true/false plenary quiz at the very end. The lesson will easily last for 1 hour, and could be made to last longer.

KS3 Ocean Life Adaptation - Complete lesson and handout. This lesson looks at how different species have adapted to life in the ocean. It contains a starter, 2 mains tasks (one to match up adaptations with species and photos, and another to design an ‘ultimate ocean species’, and a plenary, which uses a clip from Blue Planet II. All answers are in the PowerPoint footnotes. Lesson will easily last for an hour, but can be extended much longer due to the nature of the second task.

Complete lesson with worksheet. Planned June 2024 so up to date facts - all facts referenced in slide notes.

2 x hour long lessons based on Race Across the World. The lessons develop geographical skills in a fun way. All of the resources you need are included: 2 x PowerPoints to guide through the lessons, with answers in the notes section 2 x sets of job adverts with answers in the notes section 2 x student printable worksheets All instructions are on the slides, so it should be super-easy to manage.

A workshop to introduce the UCAS personal statement and give advice to students about how to write them. Includes links to short video clips and a worksheet.

Two lessons around the theme of Channel 4’s Hunted series. Can be used as end of term or skills based activities. All resources are given, including three worksheets, all answers to activities and several embedded video clips. The two lesson PowerPoints are provided as links to files on a cloud as they contain several clips so are too large for TES file size restrictions.

Blank glossary sheets for students to fill in. Two levels: 2 - 5 and 5 - 9.

Blank glossary sheet for students to fill in.

Blank glossary sheet for students to fill in.

Blank glossary sheets for students to fill in. Two categories: coasts and rivers.

Blank glossary sheet for students to fill in.

Blank glossary sheets for students to fill in. Two levels: 2 - 5 and 5 - 9.

PowerPoint to support students with ‘to what extent’ questions.

PowerPoint to help students to understand the difference between describe and explain questions.

PowerPoint to help explain describe the distribution questions.