In this lesson students will identify densely and sparsely populated areas. They will then attempt to explain why there are different population densities. There are writing and speaking frames to help them to do this. There is also a mark scheme which can be adapted to your school’s Key Stage 3 assessment policy. There are also opportunities for peer / self assessment. there are a choice of plenaries with a population terminology bingo or a prediction about the future and the impact of climate change.

This lesson teaches students about India’s population policy, which aims to reduced the birth rate to below 3 children per women. I prefer to teach this to the one child policy as it is more factually based. It includes note taking sheets, modelled assessed paragraphs, mark schemes which can be adjusted.

This lesson introduces the rainforest location, with a writing frame for locating the forest. It then uses a guided fantasy (story telling) to create a sense of place. There are diagrams and descriptions of the layers of the rainforest. Finally there is a plenary quiz.

The starter is a rainforest plant adaptation card sort. Students are then introduced to animal adaptations. They are then given a wide range of plant images. They have to chose one image and explain how the plant has adapted to living in the rainforest. Pupils then need to pick from a list of adaptations and design a plant, which they can then make. Once complete they need to annotate it with adaptations to living in the rainforest. Finally there is a Venn diagram comparing the rainforest to the UK.

This lesson enables students to develop an understanding of how fold mountains are formed. It starts with asking students to locate on a world maps any fold mountains before teaching them about the fold mountains, how they are formed, and categorised. It incorporates a wide range of photos and diagrams. It also includes details about faulting including nappes, recumbent folds and isoclinal folds.

The lesson starts with a video clip about how wind energy is produced followed by a map description activity. There are the two symbol / image cards one containing advantages and another disadvantages, both incorporating factual information. A PEE paragraph is modelled and then students are asked to produce their own. The next activity is a decision making activity using OS maps to choose where a wind farm should be located. the plenary consists of an examination question, with a mark scheme.

The lesson is designed to be used as a cover lesson. It includes a range of tasks form analysing the site to letter writing, graph drawing and analysis. All tasks are designed to be completed on worksheets, answers to the work sheets are included towards the end. A lesson plan is included.

This lesson starts with coastal terminology bingo. It then combines diagrams and photos to build up descriptions and explanations of the formation of spits, bars and tombolos. OS Maps, photos and satellite images of the different landforms are included. there is a word bank and a sequence chart to support he students in writing their explanations. There are also additional details about other climatic factors that may have formed the bars and tombolos in Dorset and Devon. At the end of the lesson is an exemplar 16 mark examination question and a plan for how to attempt it.

This homework task requires students to assess the risk of flooding to their house, using the Environment Agency GIS flood maps. It then asks them to compare this to a house in Carlisle. In addition there are optional extension tasks.

This lesson is designed to teach the students about the different types of aid and to identify the advantages and disadvantages of different types of aid. To start the students are asked to consider where aid is needed at the moment and what type of aid they have given recently. Next there is a video clip introducing the different types of aid. After that they are given definitions of the main types of aid including multi-lateral aid, bilateral aid and voluntary aid. They are then asked to classify the advantages and disadvantages of this aid. Next, there is a recall quiz to test the students understanding of these terms. After that the class is split into groups of four. Each group is given a disaster card, aid costs sheet and aid package sheet. The students are asked to identify which aid is needed in the immediate, short and long term. They are then asked to refine their ideas to fit a budget of 700 units. You can also dish out chance cards to groups, which may benefit or disadvantage their aid package. Some groups can share their aid package plans with the class. The plenary is a cartoon interpretation activity. All resources are included at the end of the PowerPoint.

Firstly, students are asked to interpret a cartoon of fossil fuel combustion. After that they are introduced to a range of facts about fossil fuel combustion and asked to evaluate which is most concerning. Next there is a clip about carbon, capture and storage, followed by more information about the process. Students need to write their own explanation of the process. Next the students are introduced to the CCS project at Peterhead in Scotland. Students are given information about the project and asked to identity the advantages and disadvantages before evaluating the scheme. Then it is revealed that the project was cancelled due to costs. This will exemplify the short term approach of governments to environmental issues. Finally, exemplar examination questions and mark schemes are included. All resources are included within the PowerPoint.

In this lesson students will learn about political development in Ethiopia from 1935 and its impacts on the economy. to the current Tigran civil War satrted in 2020, which threatens to further development of the country. Firstly, the students are given a time line of political developments. The PowerPoint takes each part of the time line in turn so the teacher can explain the developments and their impacts to the students. There are a series of video clips and audio clips to help students develop a greater understanding and appreciation of the changes. Next there is a work sheet included. Students need to complete the PEE paragraphs to explain the impacts of the developments on the economy. This can be assessed using the mark scheme or students can be asked to learn it for a test in a subsequent lesson. To end there is a factual recall quiz with answers. All resources are included within the PowerPoint

This lesson starts by giving the students to take lecture notes on El Niño and La Niña. Next they are introduced to the normal weather conditions in the Pacific before being given diagrams of the normal conditions and El Niño so they can spot the difference. Students are then introduced tot he characteristics of El Niño. After that they are introduced to the characteristics of La Niña. In order to develop their understanding the students are then required to produced their own annotated diagrams of El Niño and La Niña on a base map they are given. To further secure their understanding they undertake a discussion activity in pairs. To test their understanding students complete a summary table (answers provided). Next there is an examination questions for students to test their understanding (answer provided). Finally there is a whiteboard quiz. All resources are included at the end of the PowerPoint.

This lesson uses maps and photos to teach students about the Haiti earthquake. There is a causes gap fill activity and an effects and responses classification activity. The lesson also includes questions from the sample assessment materials. There is also an opportunity for students to consider how the Haitians can modify loss and modify vulnerability to earthquakes.

This lesson starts by testing the student’s knowledge of the location of major cities in the UK. It then introduces the concept of core and periphery. Pupils then have to apply this to explain the patterns on two UK maps. Next, the students research 4 causes of uneven development (infrastructure, economic change, government policy and geographical location), using information sheets incorporated into the PowerPoint. The lesson also incorporates an examination question and mark scheme. The plenary is an opinion line about the impact of government policy on addressing uneven development through the creation of a Northern Powerhouse.

This lesson will start by asking the students to recall the stores and flows in the carbon cycle. They will then be shown diagrams of the carbon cycle for the rainforest, tundra/taiga and deciduous forests. They will compare these and suggest reasons for the differences, before drawing their own carbon cycle to scale. They will be given information on carbon exchanges in the rainforest before identifying the impact of an individual tree on the carbon cycle, which will require them to apply the knowledge they have gained form the lesson. This lesson forms part of a series of lessons and is available as a bundle.

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.

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.