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The UK and the Wider World - EU and Commonwealth - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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The UK and the Wider World - EU and Commonwealth - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on how the UK is connected to the wider world through the Commonwealth and the European Union. This will cover the economic and political advantages of each system. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Exam question “Explain the formation of the physical features of the coastline shown in the images above (6) Task 2: Watch the video about the Commonwealth Task 3: Geographic Skills: Description of graphs - Describe what the graph is and analyze the data. Task 4: Watch the video about the EU. Task 5: Identify the economic, political, social, and environmental advantages of the EU. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Suggest how the UK benefits economically and politically from its membership of either the EU or Commonwealth. (6 marks)” High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 6: Plenary - Revise for the formation of a sea stack. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Changing Employment Structure in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Changing Employment Structure in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on the employment of the UK through time. An introduction to key terms such as primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary employment and what these jobs are. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Recap on how levees are formed, through read, wipe, write. Task 2: Geography Skills - Describe what type of graph it is, what it shows, and then “Describe how employment has changed in the UK since 1970. (3 marks)” Task 3: Create your own employment linkage, from primary to quaternary employment. Task 4: Geography Skills - Describe what type of graph it is, what it shows, and then "Describe how the UK’s economy has changed from 1800-2006 (4 marks) Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Explain how the UK’s economy has changed from 1800-2006 (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 the wrong words. Task 5: Plenary - Revision for next lessons exam question about levees. **Download contains Powerpoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
North-South Divide of England -(KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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North-South Divide of England -(KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on the historical reasons for the North-South divide and how it affects social, economic and political aspects of the UK. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Read, Write, Mark, students have 4 minutes to recap learning on rotational cliff slumping. Then write down as much as they can remember, then mark accuracy. Task 2: Geography Skills: Describe location - Describe the location of the north-south divide border. Task 3: Watch the video and make notes on the north-south divide. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Suggest how we can resolve regional differences in the UK? (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. **
Impacts of Industry on the Physical Environment - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Impacts of Industry on the Physical Environment - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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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. **
Debt in Developing Countries - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Debt in Developing Countries - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on debt in developing countries, and introduction into what national and global debt is. Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Define debt then writing the definition on their worksheet Task 3: Read through the different facts about debt and students are to pick which they think is positive and negative Task 4: Main Task - Long form writing- Evaluate the benefits of debt on developing countries Task 5: Plenary - On whiteboards, students to give ideas on what projects that developing nations need to improve infrastructure. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Evidence of Climate Change - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Evidence of Climate Change - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to describe how our climate has changed over time, why it has changed over time and interpret graphs that link CO2 to temperature to sea-level rise. Then students will identify the natural causes of climate change and the human causes of climate change. Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics Task 2: On whiteboards come up with theories about how we know the climate has changed in the past. Task 3: Using the worksheet, students evaluate which is the most accurate/ best proxy for climate reconstruction and place them in a diamond 9. Task 4: Main Task: Students to describe how we know our climate is changing through evaluation of proxies. Task 5: Plenary: What do we think our planet was like during the last Ice Age? Lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet
Climate Change - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Climate Change - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to describe how our climate has changed over time, why it has changed over time and interpret graphs that link CO2 to temperature to sea-level rise. Then students will identify the natural causes of climate change and the human causes of climate change. Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics Task 2: Using the graph and information on worksheets, describe how the climate has changed through Earth’s history. Task 3: Using the graph, describe how CO2 concentrations affect global temperatures and how that affects sea level. Task 4: Interpret two pie charts on the human causes of climate change and greenhouse gases. Task 5: Main Task: Students to describe how our climate is changing using success criteria provided Task 5: Plenary: How do we know our climate is changing, what evidence is there? Lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet
Adapting to Climate Change - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Adapting to Climate Change - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how humans are adapting to a changing climate. Students will define adaptation, learn about the three different types of adaptations then evaluate if adaptation is better than mitigation Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, using the pictures on screen students must choose which is a mitigation technique, how it works and how it mitigates climate change. Task 2: Students to write out their definition of adaptation on a whiteboard then the actual definition in their books. Task 3: Students to watch the video in PowerPoint and make notes about adaptation. Then make notes on the following slides about agricultural adaptation, water supply management and reducing risk from sea-level rise. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- Evaluate if we should be mitigating climate change or adapting to it. Task 5: Plenary - As global citizens are we all doing enough to limit climate change? **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
UK Weather Hazards - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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UK Weather Hazards - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the weather of the UK, with background on ocean currents, distance from the equator, altitude and prevailing winds. This will help students to understand the many reasons we have a temperate climate in the UK. Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Students to watch a video on why the UK climate varies, and divide the UK into four sections, describing the summer and winter of each section. Task 3: Explain why convectional rainfall is common in the southeast of England during the summer (4 marks) Task 4: Read through the sheet and justify which weather condition the UK faces is most impactful and why. Task 5: Main Task - Exam question practice, “Which extreme weather condition impacts the UK most significantly. Justify your opinion.” (6 marks) Task 6: Plenary - How can the UK prepare for extreme weather conditions? **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Climate Change: Natural Causes - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Climate Change: Natural Causes - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the natural causes of climate change through Earth’s history. Task 1: Starter - 5 Quick Questions- students to recap on previously learnt information. Task 2: Students to write out how temperature has changed through time and make the link to CO2. Task 3: Students to watch the video in PowerPoint and make notes on the worksheet about the 4 causes of natural climate change. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- Complete two exam questions “Using figure 3 which one of the following statements is true” “Give one nature cause of changes in global temperatures” Task 5: Plenary - Which natural cause of climate change do you think is most impactful and why. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Taiga Forest Threats - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Taiga Forest Threats - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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In this lesson students will be able to state 4 or more threats to the taiga forest and explain why they are occurring. Then they will understand the social, economical and environmental factors that are involved in deforestation. The final task will be a form of formative assessment where students will bring all their knowledge to complete this. Task 1: Starter: True or False Task 2: Identification of different causes of deforestation Task 3: Advantages and disadvantages of deforestation in the taiga Task 4: Main Task- “Describe the characteristics of Russia and assess the threat to Russian biomes” (9 marks) Task 5: Plenary: Tweet about it
Russia's Importance In Europe - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Russia's Importance In Europe - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will understand the location and distribution of Russia’s fuel resources, from this they should explain how Europe receives its energy from Russia. They will be able to investigate the advantages and disadvantages from getting fuel from Russia. Task 1: Starter: Knowledge recall of previous lessons Task 2: Key words match up Task 3: Analyse the pie chart to gain information to complete task Task 4: Main Task: Evaluate the effects of the Chernobyl disaster (6 marks) Task 5: Plenary- Pick 5 words from the lesson and write a question about them Lesson contains powerpoint and worksheet
Plants and Animals In Russia - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Plants and Animals In Russia - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students during this lesson will be able to accurately describe the characteristics of the taiga forest and its vegetaion. Then will be able to create their own climate graphs that show the taiga. Finally students will be able to identify plants and animals found in the taiga forest and how they have adapted to the conditions. Task 1: Starter- Knowledge recall Task 2: Describe the climate of the taiga Task 3: Create your own climate graph of the taiga Task 4: Interpret your climate graph Task 5: Adaptation to climate or lack of sunlight Task 6: Main Task: Explain how vegetation and animals have adapted to the taiga using named examples. Task 7: Plenary: Knowledge Noughts and Crosses Lesson contains powerpoint and worksheet
Continents and Oceans - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Continents and Oceans - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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This is lesson 2 in a series of lessons about location and introduction to geography. Throughout the lesson students will aim to: To explain where the seven continents are located To identify the oceans that are present on Earth. Explain the features of a certain continent.
Identifying height on a map - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Identifying height on a map - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how to identify height on a map, why we need to know height on a map and what it can be represented as. Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning from previous lessons Task 2: Students on worksheets to join up the high lines to show the height of the land. Task 3: Then they are to colour in each height to show the height of the land. Task 4: Main Task - Explain why contour lines are important. Task 5: Plenary **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Map Reading - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Map Reading - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on an introduction to OS maps, how to read map symbols and why we use map symbols on maps Task 1: Starter - Recap over the last 3 lessons Task 2: Students identify the different symbols on the map Task 3: Students to explain why we use symbols on maps Task 4: Students identify all the symbols and what they mean. Task 5: Main Task - Describe why we use symbols on a map and when would we use them Task 6: Plenary - Map symbol bingo **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Cartography - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Cartography - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on what cartography is, how maps are created, what features are needed in maps and why they are important. Task 1: Starter - Identify the human or physical features Task 2: Students to mind map what maps are and how many maps they can think of Task 3: Students look through the different types of map about Cramond Island and what they think is the positives and negatives of each. Task 4: Students identify different types of maps and explain what it is used for. Task 5: Main Task - Students to answer 7 questions about which map is the best and why Task 6: Plenary - Sleeping gophers game related to different types of maps. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Different Types of Geography - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Different Types of Geography - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the different types of geography (physical, human and environmental). Students are to define what geography is and identify the three different types, then they have to attribute pictures to the types of geography. Task 1: Starter - True or False questions about the previous lesson Task 2: Students write down what they think geography is, then write the correct definition of geography. Task 3: Write down details on what human, physical and environmental geography Task 4: Main Task - Primary Assessment, using the information they have learnt from the previous lessons answer the question “Describe where you live in the world” Task 7: Identify the physical features in the picture provided. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Salisbury Poisoning - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Salisbury Poisoning - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will understand the timeline the led to the Sailsbury incident, they will be able to explain why this incident happened. Videos are linked in the download. Students to complete a sheet to show understanding of the topic. Lesson 8 of 9