Welcome to my shop. My aim is to provide high quality teaching, learning and assessment resources. In the case of GCSE and A Level resources I am adding examination questions to my resources as more become available. Please come in and browse. Feel free to contact me about any of the resources that you buy or if you are looking for something in particular.
Welcome to my shop. My aim is to provide high quality teaching, learning and assessment resources. In the case of GCSE and A Level resources I am adding examination questions to my resources as more become available. Please come in and browse. Feel free to contact me about any of the resources that you buy or if you are looking for something in particular.
Revision booklet to accompany all aspects of the water and carbon cycle unit. The booklet is partially completed with spaces for students to summarise their notes. This is useful to provide for students who have had absences. The booklet is designed to accompany the A level lessons available in my shop.
This is a carousel activity consisting of 7 activities that can be put together in a booklet and answer sheets for each activity. At each of the 7 stations place a question sheet and the answer sheet for the previous station. Pupils should spend 5 minutes at each station then go on to the next station and mark and grade their work. Repeat for next 6 stations. this tasks gets pupils to identify precisely gaps in their knowledge and puts the onus on the students during revision, rather than the teacher.
In this lesson the pupils will be introduced to the main issues facing Leeds (housing provision, transport provision and waste management). they are then split into groups of 3 and are given one of the contemporary challenge information sheets at the end of the PowerPoint. the pupils create a resources to teach others about the issues. They then explain using an ideas sheet to support them 6 contemporary challenges. This leads into a case study 8 mark exam question planning activity and mark schemes. All resources are included within the PowerPoint.
There are enough resources here to lat 2 lesson, alternatively you can pick and choose the activities that you find most useful. In this lesson students will be introduced to the demographic transition model. They will be shown a video clip that outlines the characteristics of each stage and the reasons for birth rates and death rates. Pupils will then undertake a living graph activity with temporal statements relating to the UK. Students will write paragraphs explaining where they located the statements. There are sentence starters to help students to structure their answers and a mark scheme which can be adapted. There is also a spatial living graph set of statements, which relate to different countries around the world now. A DTM quiz is also included and an examination question.
The pupils firstly plot the daily weather regime of the rainforest onto a time line, by listening to a diary entry. After that they are introduced to the water cycle in the rainforest and the convectional rainfall that occurs. Diagrams and a word bank are included. Next, there are a variety of nutrient cycle diagrams provided, which students can use to create their own nutrient cycle diagram. Finally there is a plenary quiz. All resources are included within the PowerPoint.
This lesson is a thinking skills DME activity. It involves pupils identifying the characteristics of an ageing population and the speed at which the population is changing in the UK. They then have to implement a plan to tackle the problems in a local area. It is designed to get the students to learn more and think more deeply about the solutions available and to categorise and prioritise these solutions. at the start these is a quiz on population pyramids. All resources are included in the PowerPoint.
This lesson uses diagrams and photos to allow students to develop their knowledge of spit formation. There is a writing frame and word bank to support students in explaining how spits are formed and a mark scheme for teach / peer / self-assessment. There is an OS map of Blakeney Point Spit for students to use to incorporate map skills in their answer. The lesson also uses photos, GIS and maps (at a range of scales) to explain bar and tombolo formation.
This lesson introduces the students to the environment that they will be studying. Firstly the students are asked to summarise what they already know about the Arctic Tundra. Next they are split into 3 groups, each group has a pack of resources. The packs include information about location, climate and vegetation. A note taking sheet is provided. Students have 8 minutes with each pack in order to take notes. To test their understanding each group is given one topic to give a presentation on. All resources are included at the end of the PowerPoint.
This resource is deigned to revise plate margins and the land forms associated with them. Included in resource are the following topics:
Plate margin card sort
Plate tectonics theory
Type of plate margin
Tectonic land form carousel
Exam questions
Plate margin characteristics
In addition the following skills are used:
Classifying information
Recall and speaking
Recalling information and diagrams
Recall and discussion
Planning answers, recall and PEE paragraphs
Recall and classification
At the end of the resources are student booklets. The first page of the booklet acts as a plenary for students to evaluate their progress in the lesson and to identify what and how to revise next. The resource is easily editable for your own case studies.
Many students get to the point of revising, sit down and don’t know what to do next. These worksheets include a range of tasks which cover a wide variety of topics. The idea behind them is that when the students sit down to revise they don’t have to think of tasks, just select one from the list. They should focus on testing themselves e.g. look, cover, write, check. I encourage my students to start with an easy task so they feel that they are making progress, followed by a difficult task.
This bundle contains two lessons including resources for the students to develop their statistical skills. The skills included are mean, mode, median, interquartile range and dispersion diagrams. There are worksheets for the students to use as well as answers with calculations. Perfect for skills practice in the lead up to the examinations or for the initial teaching of these skills.
This lesson contains a worked example followed by a series of exercises where the students can practice and apply their knowledge. Included within the PowerPoint are worksheets for the students to fill in and a full set of answers, including worked calculations. I designed these to be used either as homework tasks or as an introductory lesson / skill practice lesson. They are also designed to encourage the students to memorise the formulae as these will not be included in the exam papers.
This lesson contains a worked example followed by a series of exercises where the students can practice and apply their knowledge. Included within the PowerPoint are worksheets for the students to fill in and a full set of answers, including worked calculations. I have included two dispersion diagrams to be used to calculate the interquartile range. I designed these to be used either as homework tasks or as an introductory lesson / skill practice lesson. They are also designed to encourage the students to memorise the formulae as these will not be included in the exam papers even at GCSE level.
This booklet is designed to follow up work undertaken on a urban field trip. It includes a range of skills based questions involving methods, site suitability, interquartile range, data presentation, analysis and conclusions. Each section includes a GCSE mark scheme to assess the student’s work. These resources are based on Leeds but can be adapted to be used with fieldwork activities undertaken at a range of locations. This is available as part of a fieldwork bundle including a fieldwork data collection booklet.
This lesson gradually builds up the characteristics of a climate graph and then leads to the students completing a climate graph for Cumbria on pre-drawn axes. Next, the students need to interpret the climate graph reading the minimum, maximum and range for rainfall and temperature. Next, a writing frame is provided for students to build the information they have interpreted up into a description. After that there is a differentiated living graph activity where students can apply the characteristics of climate to their everyday life. More confident students should choose whether to place the statements at the start or the end of the month and to decided whether to locate them on the temperature or rainfall graph. The pupils are then provided with some data for London’s climate so that they can compare Cumbria’s climate to London’s. Finally, the students are given a climate graph for Khartoum to test if they can apply their understanding to an unfamiliar place.
This lesson starts by asking students to identify the UKs major imports, exports and trading partners. Next, students are introduced to the terms trade and trade deficit. After that the students are given a cartoon of the changes to farming over time. They are asked to consider how the location of the farmer’s trade has changed, which leads to a definition of globalisation. This is consolidated by asking students to think about items they have bought from other countries recently. Next, the students are asked to produce a map of the UKs top 10 trading partners for imports and exports, using data provided and to describe the data. After that there is a scaffolded explanation task. Students should complete the ideas column in small groups or pairs, hopefully this will spark discussion and sharing of knowledge from ideas box, the teacher can answer further questions as they arise. Next, the students should complete their own explanations using the final 3 columns (one has been scaffolded for the students). The plenary asks the students to consider the impact of Brexit on the UKs trade. All resources are included at the end of the PowerPoint.
Each grid is comprised of 6 tasks for the students to complete. They incorporate a range of skills from identifying landforms to case study responses. The students can be given the grid to complete as a homework task. The next lesson they are given an answer sheet and a new grid to complete. This enables them to self assess their responses using the answer sheet and to identify any area of weakness, so they can undertake further revision. It also enables them to recap knowledge from area of the course that they have not studied recently. The assessment effort grade, can be collected in by the teacher to give feedback on how effective the student’s recall is. By giving an answer sheet you know that the students will all have the correct information. They can use these grids to revise further at home. I copied them double sided (answer and new grid) onto card. There are 4 grids to complete (2 river and 2 coasts) and answers sheets are included within the PowerPoint.
This resource is deigned to revise global development over two lessons. Included in resource are the following topics:
Case study facts
Indicators of development
Rostow’s model of growth
Aid
Aid case study; Charity water
Population pyramids
Physical factors and development of Ethiopia
Trade affecting development of Ethiopia
Political development of Ethiopia
Population growth and employment structure graphs
TNCs in Ethiopia
Urban growth – push and pull factors
Contemporary challenges in Mumbai
Solutions to contemporary challenges in Mumbai
At the end of the resources are pupil booklets. These are differentiated for more and less able. The first page of the booklet acts as a plenary for pupils to evaluate their progress in the lesson and to identify what and how to revise next.
This bundle contains revision lessons which include the following topics:
biomes, rainforests, coral reefs, global development, climate change, atmospheric circulation, tropical storms and the Big Dry. They all include opportunities for students evaluate their performance and identify area for further revision.
This resource is deigned to revise climate change over two lessons. Included in resource are the following topics:
Natural causes of climate change
Evidence of climate change
Global Warming
Causes and effects of climate change
Global atmospheric circulation
Tropical storms causes, characteristics, location and frequency
Causes of EL Nino
Effects of the Big Dry
Adaptation to drought
At the end of the resources are pupil booklets. The first page of the booklet acts as a plenary for pupils to evaluate their progress in the lesson and to identify what and how to revise next. The resource is easily editable for your own case studies.