Students will be able to describe the location of the continent of Africa using longitude and latitude, then describe the physical features of Africa that are present. Finally students will log into laptops and use the worksheet provided to produce a GIS map of the different physical features of Africa along with annotations of their maps and what they see. Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning Task 1: Description of Africa using longitude and latitude. Task 2: Describing the physical features using compass points in Africa. Task 3: Main Task: Using GIS online students will create a map with different physical features present in Africa. Task 4: Plenary: Home Learning on the physical features of Africa (On last slide of powerpoint) Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.

Students will be able to recap the difference between weather and climate then identify the different climates of Africa. Students then learn the three components that affect biome distribution. Then using four different climate graphs of different countries in Africa students cement their knowledge through 4 different questions. Finally students will investigate the animals and plants that are adapted to two places of contrasting climate, e.g. Egypt and DRC. Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning Task 1: Describe the area that receives the most direct sunlight Task 2: Describe the different climate areas in Africa using latitude Task 3: Analyse four different climate graphs of contrasting areas in Africa Task 4: Main Task: Compare the adaptation of the plants and animals of two different climates in two countries in Africa Task 5: Plenary: Recap of home learning expectation. Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.

A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on the features of the River Aire. Students will learn about the source and mouth of the river along with the erosional and depositional features found along the river. Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, Using the information they learnt in the previous lesson. Hook- Students to explain what they think the image means, or what it has to do with the lesson. Task 2: Geography Skills: Using an OS map identify the 6 figure grid reference of Janet’s Foss and other features of the upper course. Task 3: In 5 steps explain how Janet’s Foss has formed and what features will be left behind. Task 4: Students to use an OS map to identify any meanders on the OS map and watch videos to explain how meanders form and where floodplains along the River Aire is located. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Suggests how this feature along the River Aire at Woodlesford has formed (6 marks).” High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words. Task 5: Plenary - Link Up Learning- Link the information in today’s lesson to other lessons on previous topics. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **

Students will be able to accurately locate Chernobyl and be able to discuss the time-line of events that led to the Chernobyl disaster. Students will begin to look at the magnitude of the event and the effects of the disaster. Task 1: Starter- True or False- Knowledge recap of previous learning Task 2: Located Ukraine/ Chernobyl on maps Task 3: Watch various clips about Chernobyl Task 4: Sort the effects of Chernobyl into social, economic and environmental effects Task 5: Choose which of the effects are most significant and why. Task 6: Main Task:Outline what happened in Chernobyl, identify which effect is most significant and describe its size, severity and length of time. Task 7: Plenary: Write a sentence about how they, thought, liked, hated, wanted to learn more. Lesson contains powerpoint and worksheet.

A fully resourced and up to date lesson on aid, introduction to different types of aid, when do we use it and how the UK gives aid to Pakistan Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Define aid then writing the definition on their worksheet Task 3: Read through the different facts about aid in Pakistan and students are to outline if the facts are positives of negatives to Pakistan Task 4: Main Task - Long form writing- students to define what aid is, how it can benefit and be a negative to Pakistan. Then they are to state overall if aid is a good or bad thing and justify if the UK should keep giving aid. Task 5: Plenary - On whiteboards, students to give ideas on how Pakistan can improve development in their country. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **

Students will state where the Middle East is along with recognising the countries in that area along with the physical geography of the Middle East. The final task is where students describe the physical features of the Middle East to show comprehension. Lesson 4 of 9 about conflict.

A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the continents and countries of the world, an introduction into scale, at both local, national and global. Task 1: Starter - Name as many countries using the alphabet as possible. Task 2: Student to put the locations in order of size Task 3: Students to name each continent on Earth Task 4: Students use an Atlas to fill in as many countries as possible in the Europe map. Task 5: Label the 4 countries that make up Great Britain. Task 6: Main Task - Describe where we live in the world using scale. Task 7: Plenary **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **

A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the different cartographic skills for students at GCSE. This lesson includes: Atlas Skills including reading longitude and latitude and identification of physical and human atlas maps. Ordnance Survey Maps including using a key, scale, four and six figure references and reading contours and spot height. Maps in association with photographs including direction of photograph, identification of features, use of satellite imagery and sketch/ field maps. Task 1: Identify the longitude and latitude of 12 points on an atlas. Task 2: Measuring the distance between features on an OS map Task 3: Identifying four and six figures on a simple OS map Task 4: Identify the maximum and minimum height of the OS map Task 5: Identify the direction the photograph was taken Task 6: Explain the social, economic and environmental impacts of a earthquake from satellite imagery. If you get time you could take your students outside and get them to do a sketch map of the school ground and a birds eye view of the school. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **

A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how the UK’s demand for energy has changed, why it has changed along with how the mix of energy the UK has used has changed. This lesson covers fracking, wind and nuclear energy as case studies for the impacts of energy exploitation. Task 1: Starter - Knowledge retention of previous learning Task 2: Graph analysis: Describe how consumption in the UK has changed over time. Task 3: Pie chart analysis: Energy mix of the UK through time. Task 4: Compound line graph analysis: Energy mix of the UK through time. Task 5: Colour code the positives and negatives of wind and nuclear power. Task 5: Main Task -Exam question practice “Explain why the UK’s energy mix will include both renewable and non-renewable sources in the future. (6 marks)" Task 6: Plenary - What are some of the main uses for water in the UK? **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **

A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the 2010 Haiti earthquake, this lesson establishes what an earthquake is. Where Haiti is located globally and background on what happened during the earthquake, and the effects including, social, economic and environmental effects. Then students finish off by looking at the long-term and short-term effects of the quake. Task 1: Starter: Knowledge recall on previous topic (Coasts) Task 2: Describe the location of Haiti Task 3: Identify the primary and secondary effects then place them into social, economic and environmental. Task 4: Watch the news video about the Haiti quake. Task 5: Exam question: Exam question: “Earthquakes are another example of tectonic activity.” Using an example, describe the primary and secondary effects of an earthquake. (6 marks) Task 6: Peer Feedback Task 7: Using a volcanic eruption or an earthquake you have studied, describe the short-term responses to the disaster. (4 marks) Task 8: Peer Feedback **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **

Students will recap the issues present in Kibera the slum that was previously investigated. Then they will choose which area they want to improve in their slums and why. Next they will categorise the solutions to slums into social, economic and environmental. Then students will evaluate which of the solutions have been the most successful rating them 1-8. Finally students have a silent debate where they write down which of the improvements has been the most successful and why, then pass the book around to debate the next point. Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning Task 1: Recap the issues of living in slums. Task 2: Explain which part of Kibera should be improved and why on whiteboards. Task 3: Categorise the solutions to slums into social, economic and environmental. Task 4: Evaluate which of the solutions have been the most successful rating them 1-8 Task 5: silent debate where they write down which of the improvements has been the most successful and why, then pass the book around to debate the next point… Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.

Students will be able to describe the land and sea routes that migrants take to get into Europe using geographical terms. They will be able to describe the location of Calais and the issues that boat crossings cause including migrant deaths and the dangers of crossing with identification of graphs. Finally students will condense the text of a news article about the migrant crisis and identify the stakeholders points of view. Students will be asked to demonstrate their learning by creating a profile for each of the stakeholder groups. Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning. Task 1: Describe the routes that migrants take to get into Europe Task 2: Using the bar graph describe the dangers of boats crossing into Europe. Task 3: Condense the newspaper article about the dangers of migrant crossings. Task 4: Main Task: Create a stakeholder profile about each of the stakeholders and why they might feel that way. Task 5: Plenary: Using the red and green planner sheets students are to show true or false answers. Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.

A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on the features of the upper course. Students will learn about the erosional features such as interlocking spurs, waterfalls and gorges. Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, Using the information they learnt in the previous lesson. Hook- Students to explain what they think the image means, or what it has to do with the lesson. Task 2: Field sketch and describe the appearance of interlocking spurs. Task 3: Watch a video about how waterfalls form and then turn into a gorge. Task 4: Students to draw and label how a waterfall is formed. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Describe how a feature found in the upper course of a river is formed (4).” High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words. Task 5: Plenary - Using only 20 words, try to summarise how gorges form from waterfalls. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **

A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on an what Transnational corporations (TNC’s) are and why they have chosen Nigeria to develop in. Students will be able to explain the positives and negatives of Nigeria and then answer the question on if TNCs are a positive force in Nigeria. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Recap on how ox-bow lakes are formed Task 2: Outline the positives and negatives of TNCs on the worksheet. Task 3: Geography Skills: Describe the distribution of oil fields in Nigeria (3 marks) Task 4: Students to watch a video explaining the positives and negatives of Shell in Nigeria. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “To what extent are TNCs a positive force for the host country?" (6 marks) High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words. Task 5: Plenary - Revision on exam question about ox-bow lakes. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **

A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on how economic industry affects the environment. Use of Torr Quarry for the case study. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Using 5 steps, draw 5 diagrams that show the process of rotational cliff slumping. Task 2: Geography Skills: Image inference “What evidence is there of environmental damage?” Task 3: Watch the video on thepositives and negatives of quarrying in England. Task 4: Geography Skills: Describing location - Describe the location of Torr Quarry. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “To what extent do you think that the quarry is being managed in an environmentally sustainable way? (6 marks)” High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 5: Plenary - Revise for exam question on rotational cliff slumping. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **

A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how to measure development, introduction to economic and human development and what the HDI is. Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Define development then write the definition on their worksheet Task 3: Read through the different measures of development and students to pick one, and justify why they have. Then pass the sheet to the next student and they debate the point. Task 4: Main Task - Long form writing- students to define what development is, outline which development indicator they have chosen and why, the state other measures of development and which is the best one to use. Task 5: Plenary - On whiteboards, students to give ideas on how to help countries develop equally. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **

A fully resourced and up to date lesson on what climate change mitigation is, the positives and negatives of using fossil fuels. Then mitigation is broken into four sections: Reduction of GHG, artificially alter global temperatures, GHG capture and storage and finally international agreements. Task 1: Starter - 3 exam questions OR describe the impact of each picture, then if it is a social, or economic impact. Task 2: Students to come up with a definition of mitigation then copy out the real definition. Task 3: Overview of the formation of coal, oil and gas. Then students identify the advantages and disadvantages of using fossil fuels. Task 4: Using the PowerPoint attached (can be printed for a handout) students fill in each type of renewable energy on their sheets. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- Complete two exam questions “Describe how GHG emissions from energy production could be reduced?" “explain how alternative energy production and planting trees may help to reduce the rate of climate change” **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **

Students will be able to define what a glacial and interglacial period is along with the conditions of each. They will also interpret graphs to show the glacial/interglacial cycle on Earth and describe the extent of ice during the last Ice Age. Students will then investigate the causes of the Ice Age and how humans survived the conditions. Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics Task 2: Students describe the Earth’s climate over the past 450,000 years by interpreting a graph. Task 3: Using the map of Earth students are to describe the extent of ice during the Ice Age. Task 4: Main Task: Students to describe the last Ice Age and its effects on Earth, using success criteria. Task 5: Plenary: Why is our planet not able to enter an Ice Age currently? Would we adapt now to an Ice Age? How would we adapt? The lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet