I am a Geography specialist who has also been teaching GCSE history for the past few years. I have uploaded some lessons for History and Geography. I hope people find them useful.
I am a Geography specialist who has also been teaching GCSE history for the past few years. I have uploaded some lessons for History and Geography. I hope people find them useful.
Another retrieval practice slide that is fully editable so please feel free to download and adapt.
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A worksheet/revision activity on the structure of the rainforest and plant adaptations. Aimed at GCSE but would work for KS3 aswell. Mixture of questions and colouring to be done too.
Hope you find it useful.
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This is a collection of GCSE revision sheets, best printed A3 for the following units.:-
Unit 1:
Tectonic Hazards: Comparing the earthquakes in Chile and Nepal
Hot Deserts: The Thar Desert
Rainforests: Characteristics of Tropical Rainforests
Unit 2:
The Urban World: Lagos revision map
Urban Change in the UK: London revision map
The Changing UK Economy: Revision map
Revision task for geographical/historical issues. The sails are factors that contribute to progress, the anchors are factors that hinder progress in tackling the issue.
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A variation of the popular learning journey idea, but with a river instead. Obviously you start from the top (source) though with this one!
Hope that it proves to be useful.
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A template for revising geographical case studies, with guidance on how to complete the sections.
*Please note that some of the fonts displayed may not work on your version of Power Point. But it is all editable.
Hope it proves useful!
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Another quick retrieval practice slide based on field sketches. This one is High Force Waterfall on the River Tees. Hope it proves useful.
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A template for a worksheet I use with GCSE and A-Level students to highlight the regional impacts of climate change and rate their severity. It is fully editable so can be adapted when new statistics come to light!
Hope this proves useful.
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A tropical storm-themed retrieval practice starter slide. With differing levels of question difficulty according to the storm category. Please feel free to download and adapt.
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Template for the rating sliders worksheet. Can be used for a variety of subjects and tasks. Fully editable.
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Simple retrieval practice starter slide for use in geography lessons. Please feel free to download, use and adapt.
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Sailboat analysis but with potential future problems (rocks) and helpful factors (fair winds).
Hope it proves useful.
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This is a template for analysing geographical issues by examining what we should stop doing, what we should start doing and what we should continue to do.
It works for most geographical issues though of course.
I hope it proves useful.
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A starter activity that makes the pupils think about words in context by firstly working out which word goes where, but then they must use the words verbally in another sentence within the context of the subject.
Hope it proves useful
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An editable template to use when looking at the forces for and against a change from occurring. The driving and restraining forces can be scored to allow pupils to predict what the outcome might be.
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 1A: In this first lesson in the section we look at what the evidence is for climate change.
We start with a picture interpretation around frost fairs on the River Thames and how this might be evidence for climate change.
We then look at the graphs that scientists have composed that show how our climate has fluctuated over the years. The pupils will have a large A3 activity sheet to fill in as the lesson progresses. The second section looks at ice cores and how they have helped the scientists formulate records of past climates. We then look at the impacts of global climate change and how they might also be evidence for climate change too. The pupils will write down their own ideas then elaborate with the help of the slides and some video clips.
We finish with GCSE-style question with some suggested content if they need help.
In a nutshell lesson includes:
Picture interpretation starter
A3 activity sheet on the evidence for climate change
Video clips where appropriate
GCSE-style question with guidance on suggested content.
Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 1C: In this lesson we look at types of hard engineering and where they are best applied.
The starter is a quiz where the pupils need to select the squares that have a depositional landform. There are sound effects too so it’s all very exciting.
We begin by looking at why certain areas of the coast need protecting and what factors go into consideration when planners are deciding whether or not to protect the coastline. The pupils are then given some information cards and a worksheet to fill in on the different types of hard engineering, they also have a visual scale to shade in for each one according to it’s effectiveness and durability, cost and sustainability. This can be done in a number of ways (group work, round the room, carousel etc). We then seek to apply this knowledge though the pupils completing a decision making exercise. This is based on a fictional town (Sandytown). The town has been divided into zones, the pupils read the information on each zone and decide what type fo hard engineering that zone needs and justify this.
We finish with a 6 mark question on hard engineering with some guidance on how they can answer this.
In a nutshell lesson includes:
Interactive starter quiz on depositional landforms.
Video clip.
Hard engineering worksheet with visual scale.
Decision making exercise activity.
6-mark GCSE-style question with guidance should the pupils need it.
Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 2A: In this lesson we look at the increasing number of the global population living in urban areas.
We start with a quick quiz on global populations and a video to put global population increase into context for the pupils. We then look at how urbanisation varies around the world by plotting data on a graph. The pupils then describe the trends they have found.
We then look at a map of the urban populations around the world and the pupils can tackle several different questions depending on ability. We then discuss how these patterns might be explained. We then answer a GCSE-style question looking at the percentage of people living in urban areas on different continents using a bar chart. The pupils have guidance on how to answer the question if needed. We finish with a plenary quiz where the pupils have to find the countries with an urban population of over 50%.
In a nutshell lesson includes:
Quiz starter
Video clip
Graph plotting exercise with questions
Map interpretation task
GCSE-style question using graph with guidance
Plenary quiz.
Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 1A: In this sixth lesson in the section we look at how we can adapt to climate change.
We start with a simple retrieval practice quiz on international agreements from last lesson,
We then look at 3 ways in which we may have to adapt in the future to cope with climate change, in agriculture, water supply and sea-level rise. We look at specific examples for water supply (the artificial glaciers in the Himalayas) and sea-level rise (the Maldives).
We finish the lesson with a GCSE-style question post-it plenary.
In a nutshell lesson includes:
Retrieval prctice starter
Photograph annotation task for agriculture
Video notes task for artificial glaciers in the Himalayas
Hexagon task for sea level rise in the Maldives
Video clips where appropriate
GCSE-style question post-it plenary.
Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification Unit 1C: In this lesson we look at the different types of weathering and mass movement.
We start with a true or false retrieval practice quiz on wave types from the previous lesson.
We then introduce the concept of weathering and proceed to look at mechanical, biological and chemical weathering. The pupils have a variety of annotation, drawing and question tasks to complete on the worksheet.
Moving on to mass movement, the pupils get a second worksheet with 4 different slopes on. The pupils then are given information on each type of mass movement. They sketch the type of mass movement onto their slope and add labels. We finish with a simple GCSE-style question which I get the pupils to answer on a post-it note.
In a nutshell lesson includes:
True or False starter on wave types
Weathering activity sheet with diagrams and questions.
Mass movement ‘change the slope’ activity sheet.
Video clips where appropriate
GCSE-style question plenary
Hope this saves you some valuable planning time.
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