This worksheet is an extreme weather case study that gets students to investigate an east coast low pressure system that impacted the eastern seaboard of Australia between 4th and 6th June 2016 causing an immense amount of property damage as well as beach erosion and flooding in the hinterland. Students are take to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology's website where they will be able to obtain information about east coast lows and an Australian news' website where they will get information of the impact of this extreme weather event.

This is a worksheet (5 pages including 2 answer pages) that will get your students to investigate Hurricane Matthew (October 2016). The first page is a latitude and longitude exercise where the students will be the meteorologist and map the track of the hurricane from September 29 through to October 8th. On the second page students will answer general questions on hurricanes as background to the third page where they will look at the impact of Hurricane Matthew more closely. An answer sheet is provided for teachers.

A simple worksheet that requires your students to plot the path using latitude and longitude of Hurricane Florence as it made its way from the mid-Atlantic to the US coast in the Carolinas. An answer key is provided. A good way to practice your students in plotting points using latitude and longitude, at the same time getting them to understand the relevance of this simple geographic skill to the real world.

A simple worksheet that requires your students to plot the path using latitude and longitude of Hurricane Beryl as it made its way from the mid-Atlantic to the US coast in Texas in July 2024. A larger map is on the second page which your students may find easier to work with. An answer key is provided. A good way to practice your students in plotting points using latitude and longitude, at the same time getting them to understand the relevance of this simple geographic skill to the real world. GEOGRAPHY IN THE NEWS - making the world of Geography come alive for your students.

This is a worksheet 6 pages including 2 answer pages) that will get your students to investigate Hurricane Ian (late September 2022). The first page is a latitude and longitude exercise where the students are asked to map the track of the hurricane from September 23 through to October 1st. On the second page students will answer general questions on hurricanes as background to the third page where they will investigate the media for the impact of Hurricane Ian more closely. An answer sheet is provided for teachers.

This is a worksheet that asks students to investigate the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck New Zealand's South Island on 13th November 2016 (UTC). There are three pages to the worksheet: Page 1: Background of New Zealand - students will locate important features of NZ's physical landscape on a map and fill out a fact file. Page 2: Features a map of New Zealand (same as this worksheet's cover image) with a number of questions on the size of the earthquake, location of the epicentre and the major tectonic plates involved. Page 3: Mainly questions on the impact of the earthquakes and the NZ government response and that of the international community. This worksheet will help develop your students enquiry and internet skills.

This is a crossword puzzle that focuses on the important terms used in population geography. There are three crossword puzzles to allow differentiation in your classes: one for the better ability students (no clues), one for moderate ability students (first letter clues) and one for weaker students (consonant clues). Crossword puzzles are a great way to reinforce basic concepts of a topic. The clues for this puzzle will help reinforce your students knowledge of the terms used in a study of population geography… A solution is provided with the puzzle.

Photocopiable handout that introduces students to the various landforms that can be identified on a topographic map using the arrangement of contour lines. Also available in a bundle of all topographic mapping skills plus 10 graded exercises (with answers) at this link:https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/topographic-map-skills-11564811

A series of 10 sets of topographic maps and exercises that introduce students to reading of topographic maps. The maps are graded in level of difficulty from the first which practices the students in elementary topographic map skills and progress to more difficult maps and more difficult topographic map skills. The maps are blackline masters and are easily photocopied. Answers are provided for each of the ten sets of exercises. Also available in a bundle that includes these exercises and handouts on all of the basic topographic map skills: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/topographic-map-skills-11564811

This four-page worksheet is designed to get students to think about environments, both natural and built. Questions will ask students to think about the natural and built environments in and around their own city/town, identify and locate a number of natural and built environments on a map of the UK, as well as getting them to identify elements of the natural and built environments in three photographs included in the worksheet. This is a great worksheet that will generate good classroom discussion.

An introduction to Geography - a simple one page worksheet that gets students to think about what Geography is and by using photographs divide the subject into its two major areas, physical and human geography. To best use this worksheet get the students to answer the first question, "What is Geography?" and then discuss their answers as a class. Then let them study the photographs drawing out the various elements and deciding for themselves whether each landscape is more focused on physical or human geography.

A circular word search (aka word maze) requiring students to find the main instruments used to measure weather elements. Also includes a table to identify the element of weather an instrument is used to measure and its unit of measurement. An answer key is provided on the second page for both the word search and the table. A useful worksheet to use a a lesson filler or extension work for students who complete the main task of a lesson more quickly that others.

A worksheet for the Year 10 Australian Curriculum Geography topic: Geography of Human Wellbeing. A 2-page worksheet that looks at development and its impact on human wellbeing. The worksheet takes the students to a number of good websites to answer questions that require them to define developed and developing countries, identify the characteristics of developed and developing countries, and map a number of these countries on a world map. The questions require some thought on the student's part as well as providing the opportunity for good class discussion.

A one page handout that goes through the steps of drawing a climate graph (climograph).

A crossword puzzle that looks at the terms used in the topic of Geography of Human Wellbeing. Useful as a revision exercise for students. Answers included.

A crossword puzzle that tests student overall knowledge of weather. Perhaps useful at the end of a topic or series of lessons to revise work covered.

This worksheet requires students to map the track of Hurricane Maria as it moved though the Caribbean. As well as a mapping skills exercise you may find this useful in engaging your students if you are presently doing a unit of work on natural hazards.

This is a worksheet (5 pages) that will get your students to investigate the 2017 South Asian Monsoon Floods. The first page students are taken to a website where they can answer general questions on the Asian monsoon. Page 2 has a map that shows the average arrival dates of the monsoon across the sub-continent as well as climate statistics for three cities (Mumbai, Dacca and New Delhi) that students are asked to create climate graphs in the grids provided. Page 3 has a climate table for students to fill in from the statistics on page 2, a question where they have to give a written description of Mumbai's climate as well as a creative writing piece about life before and after the arrival of the monsoon. On page 4 students will write notes on the impact of this year's monsoon on the countries of South Asia using information from weblinks provided. Page 5 has a number of questions that your more able students may want to investigate with again some useful weblinks. An answer sheet is provided for teachers as a separate file. You may want to give your students a couple of lessons to complete this worksheet or perhaps give it to them as a homework assignment.

Students are required to find the names of 10 European countries on the grid and then locate them on the map of Europe at the centre of the grid. Also available as part of a bundle of three European country wordsearches. An answer key is provided on the second page.