Powerpoint and worksheet about the extreme temperatures, precipitation and winds around the World. The work involves researching Case Studies from info sheets then annotating a World map with explanations for the extremes. Pupils work together, report back to other pupils then to the whole class. Case Studies are: the Atacama Desert; Ridge A in Antarctica; Mawsynram in India; the McMurdo Dry Valleys in Antarctica; Death Valley; Barrow Island off Australia; and Vostok Station, again in Antarctica. Builds on knowledge from Hazards 1: "GLOBAL CIRCULATION SYSTEM". Enough for two lessons.

Powerpoint and worksheet where pupils find out how various problems on Planet Earth link together and have climate change as a common thread Starter: label a temperature graph of the past 1000 years with major events that added pollution to the atmosphere Students then answer a series of differentiated questions after reading and discussing different aspects of our changing climate: sea level rise + migration + starvation + drought + extreme weather + disease + extinction

Powerpoint and worksheets covering constructive plate boundaries, collision zones and volcanic hot spots. Starter is an odd-one-out game involving keywords and place names linked to tectonics. Constructive margins focuses on the Galapagos Islands (Nazca and Cocos Plates) where pupils draw a cross section of the boundary then use clues to annotate key features. Hot spots and magma plumes are then introduced, linking to the African Rift Valley as a land-based plate boundary above a magma plume. A half-time Plenary looks at the importance of the Rift Valley to human evolution. Then pupils find the answers to questions about the San Andreas Fault through a comprehension exercise and report back to the class. The final piece of work is an A3 worksheet which combines constructive, destructive and collision boundaries. Pairs of pupils try to remember as much as they can by summarising their recent learning. The Plenary returns to the Galapagos and the islands' importance in Darwin's Theory of Evolution. Includes video links and differentiated questions. Enough for two lessons...

Powerpoint slides to copy into your own presentations Covers social, moral, spiritual, cultural, literacy and numeracy components

Powerpoint and worksheet where pupils work together to find links between climate change, human health, animal habitats and water supplies Starter looks at pupils' opinions of greatest threats to humanity, then statements from major organisations as a comparison Students then swap info (from fact sheets) so that each can complete their own set of links Differentiated questions: 1-3: How will climate change affect the World? 4-6: What are the social and economic effects of climate change? 7-9: What are the possible political effects of future climate change? Plenary: discussion of pupils' concerns for the future, then a video of Leonardo DiCaprio's speech at the United Nations

I use this layout to train pupils from KS3 how to put added detail into their answers The first cloud is for the initial idea that starts of their answer The following clouds (because, and so, Therefore) make them explain and then expand on their answer The final cloud (For example) makes them give place specific info (eg data, placename, quote) needed for higher level answers After using the 'clouds' a few times, the pupils become used to the layout/technique and can write their answers as more detailed paragraphs

Wall display to remind pupils of the order for Geography projects

Covers some of the main settlement topics from the OCR B syllabus

Eight page booklet : define geological keywords; compile a fact file about a geological time period; a SPAG exercise about British geology; a page to research how humans use clay, limestone, marble and sandstone; a moral dilemma: spend money on repairing a historic cathedral or to look after the poor and homeless; complete a database about some of the World's holy rocks and stones; and finally a page to research questions about the UK's geology

Powerpoint and worksheets explaining the Milankovitch Cycles, obliquity, precession and eccentricity. Starter covers the Greenhouse effect. Then goes onto volcanic and sunspot activity. Differentiated questions about sunspots: 1-3: How does the Sun’s energy affect the Earth’s climate? 4-6: How do sunspots affect climate change on Earth? 7-9: What is the correlation between sunspot activity and climate change? Also, differentiated questions about the Greenhouse Effect. Links to videos showing computer simulations of glaciation and the Greenhouse Effect. Enough for two lessons

Eight page booklet : define rivers keywords, comparison of the Rivers Severn and Nile; a SPAG exercise about the Humber Estuary; a page to annotate a map of the Colorado to show the importance of the river basin; a moral dilemma based on the water conflict between the USA and Mexico; a look at the holiness of the Ganges; and finally research to find the etymology of British river names

Eight page booklet : define glacier keywords; map skills page to locate and name glacial areas around the World; SPAG exercise about the glaciers on Mars; page to compare advantages and disadvantages of tourism in the glacial landscape of the Lake District; moral dilemma about whether people in the UK should be concerned with the melting of Himalayan glaciers; research page about glaciers in World cultures; and finally a page about Ötzi the Iceman and how his body was analysed by archaeologists

Colourful and illustrated keywords for classroom display

A decision making exercise (set up as a lesson) based around transnational corporations and developing countries. How can Nigeria meet the United Nations set a Millennium Development Goal of ‘Halve the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water’? The Nigerian Government has four options… -Encourage the use of bottled water in partnership with a transnational company like Nestlé -Educate Nigerian school pupils to understand the importance of water hygiene -Form a partnership with a non-government organisation such as Water Aid -Invest government resources into clean water supplies and sewage treatment works Includes resources and questions

A decision making exercise (set up as a lesson) looking at future options for protecting New Orleans from hurricanes/flooding New Orleans lies below sea level with a levee system that was designed for hurricanes of no greater intensity than Category 3. The city’s natural defence of the surrounding marshland has been drained, built on or eroded away. A computer model predicted that up to 250,000 people could die in the next Category 5 storm. The US Government has four options for the 21st Century… Option 1: Regenerate the wetlands of the Mississippi Delta Option 2: Maintain and heighten the existing levées Option 3: Do nothing, let nature take her course Option 4: Evacuate the people of New Orleans in hazardous times

A test of Geographical skills and knowledge to assess your new pupils

Colourful and illustrated keywords for classroom display

Powerpoint and worksheets covering Rostow's Model and the UN's Millennium Development Goals. Starter involves fitting countries onto an A3 version of the model by comparing socio-economic data. Nigeria is used as a Case Study for the MDGs. Pupils assess the success of Nigeria in working towards those Goals and suggest further improvements. Written conclusion: F: Describe how Nigeria is improving her level of development H: Explain how well Nigeria is meeting her Millennium Development Goals G&T: Is Nigeria ready to move up on the Rostow Model? Explain your answer

A thoughtful powerpoint looking at extremism, islamophobia and tolerance

A powerpoint covering the rise of the British Empire, the effects of colonialism on the development of Europe and its legacy in modern-day Africa