This lesson starts with an opportunity to revise ecosystems. Students are tested on climate data, photographs and ecosystems and food webs associated with different ecosystems. Next the students are introduced to the Polar, Ferrel and Haley cells, their discovery and characteristics. Next students should take notes on the weather associated with high and low pressure. After that the students are given climate graphs from around the globe and by looking at the rainfall data are asked to decided if there is high or low pressure. They then use their atlases to find out the latitude, which they label on a globe (answers provided). Finally, they are introduced to the weather between 30oN and S of the equator around the ITCZ and are asked to describe and then explain the weather that occurs (answers provided). All resources are included at the end of the PowerPoint.

In this lesson students will learn about the causes of the enhance greenhouse effect. Students start the lesson with a gap fill activity explaining the greenhouse effect. Next they are introduced to the composition of the atmosphere and which gases are greenhouse gases before defining the enhanced greenhouse effect. Then the students will complete flow charts about how methane and carbon dioxide is produced, these will be enhanced by selecting factual information from a sheet to apply to the flow charts. After that students will practice their graphical skills deciding whether a data set is discrete or continuous and selecting a graph to draw, before plotting a pie chart accurately using a protractor. Finally, there is a multiple choice examination question to finish the lesson. All resources are provided at the end of the PowerPoint.

This is part of a series of lessons on ecosystems available as a bundle. The lesson starts by defining biomes. The students next task is to take part in a carousel. It sets out expectations for the quality of the notes and provides an easy and a hard note taking sheet. The resources contain a variety information including maps, graphs, diagrams, photos and text. They resources are differentiated with black writing for everyone to take notes from, black and purple for slightly more able and black, purple and green for the most able. When note taking has been completed there is a modelled opportunity for peer/self assessment. Finally, there is an examination question with mark scheme and suggestions for other ways in which the students could be questioned. This provides the opportunity for undertaking examination question next lesson, after the students have learned the information for homework.

This lesson introduces the students to a charity - Riders for Health who have tried to improve health care provision in Kenya. It contains a video clips, story telling activities, with character cards. There are note taking sheets and discussion activities. This is a really good case study of an affective aid project in Kenya.

Starter: river map quiz Main: reading photos and maps to identify the characteristics of the different courses of a river. Note taking and photo/map information sheets included. Plenary: which course quiz - with answers.

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.

I designed this lesson to make teaching a complicated landform more accessible. there are lots of different activities, which gradually build up the students understanding, to the point that able they are able to write their own explanation. The lesson includes a number of images and maps to develop a sense of place. There is also an atlas maps skills homework activity included in the lesson and a separate rift valley homework answer sheet to help give feedback to the students.

These are 3 card sorts, designed to make it easy for students to learn factual information to use in their answers. These can be made into card sorts and solved. Once pupils are familiar with them they can also be given blank grids and asked to fill them in from memory. Card sort 1- coasts case studies (Dubai, Abbotts Hall Farm, Papa Stour and Farewell Spit) Card sort 2 - tectonics and coastal landform facts, to be used in landform explanation questions Card sort 3 - tectonics case studies (Mt Pinatubo, Mt Ontake, Haiti, Japanese tsunami)

This is a partially completed revision booklet for the legacy AQA spec course. It covers the Tectonics and Ecosystems topics. I usually get the students to complete these as they go along so they have a set of revision notes at the end of the course.

This booklet contains 7 varied homework activities to complement a scheme of work related to tectonics. The aims and instructions of each tasks are clearly laid out at the start of the task. At the end there is space for assessment and WWW and EBI comments.

This lesson is deigned to equip the pupils with the skills to be able to attempt any landform explanation successfully. They will gain an appreciation of what is required to produce a detailed landform answer and apply these skills to explaining how waterfalls and gorges are formed. A landform mark scheme is included, which they can apply to some modelled answers, giving feedback. All worksheets required by students are included.

This fieldwork booklet includes sheets to record width, depth, velocity, stone size and stone angularity. It also includes note taking sheets to accompany a tour around flood defences, field sketching, OS map skills. One booklet is based on fieldwork in the Keswick area, the other in the Appleby area but could be adapted for use on any river.

Students are introduced to the threats to the Amazon rainforest before being introduced to a sustainable development scheme- the Central Amazonian Conservation Complex. Students take notes from the worksheet in order to identify what happens in each zone. The plenary is an opinion line evaluating the success of the scheme.

This lesson enables students to develop an understanding of how mid ocean ridges form from rift valleys. It incorporates a range of photos and diagrams. It also enables them to learn about key features of them including black smokers, pillow lava and transform faults. At the end is a note taking sheet for the pupils to record their learning on.

This lesson includes a wide range of diagrams and maps to help pupils identify convergent, divergent, conservative and collision plate margins and their characteristics. It also includes a plate margin card sort for use in lessons to help pupils to consolidate their knowledge of plate margins.

This lesson incorporates a range of resources designed to develop the students knowledge and understanding of waves. the lesson includes parts of a wave, how a wave breaks, constructive and destructive waves, fetch, LSD, ocean currents and tides. There are a range of activities included in the lesson and opportunity to use some of these in subsequent lessons to reinforce the terminology.