Update 2024: KS3, more creative, scaffolding, and materials added. Lots of visuals Poster task Student examples included as ideas. 1hour lesson Wheel of fortune sharing (built into PPT) Lesson 7.1: Year 7, first class of climate change (causes) Lesson plan (1 page bullet pointed each section) Powerpoint (to follow with the powerpoint) - leaflet/ writing task PPT has videos and built in timer to help you keep your time management. Alter as needed.

A 2 truths and 1 lie game. There is a total of 5 rounds. Answers are animated to appear when you click. It comes up with the correct fact, or an interesting fact that is related to the statement. Title with icons. Rules included with images. This makes it understandable for all abilities, including EAL. 2024 statistics. Extremely fun and is perfect.

Updated version: Only English. Used with students for locational knowledge. Timer already set so you don’t need to press anything and check the students/ control behaviour. You can adjust timer settings. 40minutes - 1hr class: alter to suit your needs/ wants to adjust timing. This has PPT, an answer sheet for you, 1 page quiz worksheet (or they can write numbers and answers, depending on the ability of students or your resources), a video (which is already embedded in the PPT but you have this as an in case). Powerpoint is already timed, so you only need to get the class into groups, give them a worksheet and the slides will go through. I monitor the classroom and if they already answered, then I would forward it to next slide to provide more discussion time at end. Guess the country (flags made with their food) Name the colours of the flag Real or Fake flag Short video clip about flags: memory test At the end, you can mark answers by going through with students and having them swap their sheets with another group. You can even expand on each section/ answer by asking about the image which brings into cultural food and famous things of each country, or even some facts that students may know. You can decide how they get full marks. For example, correct spelling only etc. Literacy is important in UK schools and you gain points for correct spelling in exams so you might want to factor your lessons. I used this for English class where they had to translate it from their own language to English so I didn’t mark for spelling but gave them points for trying to spell (usually they would have the word in their langauge). Their geography level are good so I usually did forward the slides. I used this as a reward day which is fun, engaging and has competition between teams. You can give rewards to the winning team if you like, usually candy or in UK it would be commendations.

Powerpoint for a 1hour lesson on waterfall formation. Adjustable depending on students’ ability and lesson time. Each level gets harder for them to remember. Starter for students to think Mind map alone/ do together Label picture and explain/ students guess Match key terms and definition Video on formation What happened in the video (with image): explanation by students Storyboard explanation Fill in the blanks(1) Complete the order (2) Team activity: spot the mistakes/ correct Team activity: summarise formation/ feedback Plenary: checking understanding of key terms by labelling the waterfall Homework: learning the definitions for pop quiz (literacy skills) Includes an optional worksheet as homework to reineforce formation

These are designed for 1hour. 3 slightly different versions depending on your resources/ class behaviour/ student abilities. You can mix them up. There are some Pokemon themed sections which you can remove/ alter. All materials and helpsheets included. Lesson plans are not included due to confidential data. Gapfill also included for students to try answers. In seats, short task together, short independent task building towards main independent task. Pair work. Similar to a treasure hunt but using words, to decode a secret word. Main activity is fun: linking into science, survival in real life using minimal items such as a leaf or a puddle etc. Depending on which resources you want to use and environment, this can be adapted. In this scenario, it’s in the classroom so it uses a bowl. There are other ways of making a compass but this is the minimal as you want magnetic north to address the misconceptions that North is always in front of you like the maps say. If you happen to not have materials/ or it’s being used by the science department/ don’t have any at home or the budget… you can skip the making compass section and show with your compass/ your phone/ provide compasses (depending on resources). The main activity involves a team game where they have to the teacher from A to B using the classroom. For behaviour control, they can estimate the number of steps (assuming they have also not learnt scale/ distance yet), or if you have a behaved class you can allow one student per team to leave their seat to count steps (limits to about 6 students out their seats at a time for classroom management). The purpose of the lesson is compass directions so the other factors are not important in this class. Future classes will have these skills combined. 2 and 3 looks more into real-life survival skills and involves team activities. There are also extras included depending on the class speed/ lesson time. If you have a break in classes, you can use it to prepare materials/ set up teams to save time. My students know how to move the tables, who’s in their teams, who is the team leader for collecting items (classroom management), and complete it within 30 seconds with materials. You must model it well if it is your first time with such activities.

A full 1 hour lesson. Lesson plan refers to 50 minutes but it is easily 1 hour or more depending on how much time you want to provide. I included this because you can understand each part. All sensitive information is removed. I have also included a section for a Plan B, in case the class does not go to plan. A brief starter about each season to assess their prior knowledge and the importance of knowing this information. E.g. Would you wear a warm coat in the summer? A merry-go-round activity with stations. This saves lots on resources as you only need 6 sheets. Depending on the level of your class, you can remove more information, and remove the bold font as hints. Depending on your student’s knowledge, you may want to explain some things first or change some information. For example, food chains/ webs.

Recap of skills. An exciting story to follow (promotes literacy). Adaptable between year 7 to older by changing the story words. Map is adaptable to change to your town/ school if you wanted. TEA answer with gapfill to scaffold. Concept used over a small scale. Also available as a large scale (assuming it is a practice) to show Ebola as a real life case study. All adaptable.

Tropical Rainforest Information 4 tasks Team work option (if students are good) Pair work option (if you need more control) Homework available if 4th task is too much. Homework available if all tasks finished.

Reading story Literacy based. Geographical skill based. Field sketch. Differentiated (lots of options) in gap fill and sketch options

Height on maps Gapfill and word banks Spot height Layer colouring Contour lines Explanation through colour coding, animations and different perspectives Example drawing 2 minute video summarising Option to draw contour lines on landscapes Short tasks Worksheet applying map skills onto OS map All answers pop up Includes higher thinking skills for those who need challenges Gapfill plenary Helpsheet available for low ability

Definitions mix and match boxes Class activity Low ability student support High ability challenges Examples for scaffold Lots of imagery to address misconceptions Worksheets available (differentiated) Literacy task Hinge questions for assessing knowledge All answers (fade out) All definitions on board under text Plenary to find definitions of unknown words using dictionary practice Reading/ knowledge/ linking to rainforest class 1-2hour lesson depending on ability. Homework included

View different biomes Guess the word starter (4 pictures 1 word) Definitions General climate Video Word bank Definitions of words on board Address misconceptions All answers fade in Task to find locations TEA describe their locations Challenges included SEN worksheet

Climate graph recap Map recap using TEA (gapfill, images and prompts) Pairwork Literacy task Optional background information Optional adjustable information for lower ability (information as hidden slides) Silent work Students teach each other Comprehension Well controlled activity Support low ability (with more time/ prompts) Gap fill Worksheets Challenge (can adapt to involve GCSE geography answers instead) Fun and supportive class activity Quick plenary to assess all

Updated shorter version: Climate graph creation using template, and compared or interpreted with climate of South Africa. Lots of scaffolding included and animations step by step (otherwise consider visualiser for some parts). Climate graph template allows them enough to do it on their own with prompts, brilliant for a first time use and repetition if done again or removed as they get use to it. Climate graphs of different biomes Read climate graphs Fill in pyramid task based on biomes Address misconceptions (lots of images) Draw climate graphs from blank Lots of different helpsheets depending on students’ ability - line/ bar/ climate graph template Pyramid template Challenges included Plenary on reading climate graphs, easy to assess Can be 1hour to 2 hour lesson

BONUS: PowerPoint Name Wheel! AND built in timer. No need to exit the screen, go onto websites etc. Easily adaptable to your student names and time is adjustable. 2 PowerPoints. 1 for lower ability to have them critically think more and focus on tasks first. Animal adaptations Lots of images throughout as prompts Video included Pair discussion Writing task with sentence starters Leads into fun application task as a geographer… Create your own animal (label with adaptations and why its needed) There are limitations (numeracy included) Students share their work (rewards/ votes) Challenge at end (solo or competition or class)

3 hour lesson Exam question included (9 marks) Structures and example answers to scaffold Level examples (aiming high) Examples of case studies 1 main case study worksheet Class feedback for self-marking and improving Challenges included Easily amendable Answers included

Lots of activities Lots of images to prompt thinking Graph reading Gapfill graph reading Address misconceptions Challenge included (with answers) - history Definitions using gapfill and image prompts. Built in timer Population increase/ decrease/ steady discussion Gap fill with word bank to scaffold Birth rate and death rate factors Lots of factors to choose from Challenge included Ranking/ guessing countries rates using a diamond sort (using their knowledge of factors) Work together through equation of growth rate (they guess it) Calculators for low ability Handouts available Challenge included Plenary using factors to create population growth 1-2 hour lesson

Theory (involves using whiteboard/ interactive board to explain or get answers) Notes provided for off powerpoint actions Label graphs Interpreting graphs Tasks on reading graphs Includes interesting history knowledge Plotting a graph DTM challenge (KS3) DTM included (GCSE) Video included to summarise Handouts available Scale provided for scaffolding (to print) Develops into DTM stages, conversations on ageing population, policies, developing countries, history (that they mentioned from previous lessons) 2-3 hour lesson.