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.

This worksheet requires students to investigate the basic ideas behind plate tectonics by looking at the website given in the worksheet. They will be required to answer the questions and complete simple diagrams on the worksheet that are available on the website. Finally they are given three questions at the end of the second page to prepare for a discussion in class - questions are not shown in the preview, but they are: 1. If your school was located towards the middle of a tectonic plate would this have implications for you? YES/NO. Explain your answer. 2. If your school was located near the edge of a tectonic plate what natural hazards could you be affected by? 3. How could you prepare for these hazards?

This is part of a series of worksheets that focuses on countries that make the news headlines and gets students to study them from a geographic perspective.. This three page worksheet on Italy asks students to use their atlas and internet skills to locate important natural and cultural features on a map, gather background information on Italy and then encourages them to investigate the earthquake that hit central Italy on the night of 24th August, 2016..

A series of five worksheets with answers that will help you fill in that extra few minutes you might have left at the end of a lesson or for those keen students who simply zoom through their set work and need a little extra to keep them engaged. Worksheets include: 1. Place Geography - a list of nicknames of world cities that students have to identify and place on a world map. 2. Country Silhouettes - outlines of countries that students have to identify. 3. Geography True or False - a list of geographical statements that students have to decide whether true of false. 4.Weather and Climate Odd One Out -rows of four to do with weather and climate, students have to decide which of the four is the odd one out. 5.Easy Geodoku - based on sudoko but using topographic map symbols instead of numbers

A four page worksheet focusing on the Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami on 28th September 2018 that helps develop student’s internet skills. Page 1 - simple mapping question to familiarise students with the geographic setting of Indonesia Page 2 - students to complete a fact file on Indonesia from internet research AND define basic terms associated with earthquakes as well as completing the labelling of an earthquake diagram Page 3 - a map of the earthquake area including tectonic plates - students to answer questions on the earthquake using the map and the other websites. Page 4 - students answer questions on the impact of the earthquake, the Indonesian government’s response and a question from the internet An answer key is provided for teachers.

This is a worksheet (3 pages) that will get your students to investigate Hurricane Michael (October 2018). The first page is a latitude and longitude exercise where the students will be the meteorologist and map the track of the hurricane from its beginning in the waters of the Yucatan Peninsula to its arrival at the Florida Panhandle. 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 Michael more closely. The worksheet is best suited for lower high school but could be used at a higher level. An answer sheet is provided for teachers as a separate file.

Five pages: first page is text on water as a resource with the other four pages learning activities that ask students to investigate the use of water as a resource. Produced for the Australian Curriculum Geography topic “Water in the World”. May also be useful in other jurisdictions where water is part of the geography curriculum.

One page of text explaining the value of water to different cultures followed by three learning activities that require students to answer questions based on the text, use provided websites to investigate the significance of rivers to different cultures, and finally to investigate the value of water to Australian Aboriginal groups.

An enquiry into Hurricane Dorian August/September 2019. Students use latitude and longitude to track the path of Hurricane Dorian, investigate hurricanes in general and the impact of Hurricane Dorian on the Bahamas. An answer key is provided.

This is a 3-page worksheet that requires students to investigate the 2017 World Solar Challenge in outback Australia. Students are taken to the world solar challenge website and asked to answer questions from the given information. Page 2 gives the students climatic data for Darwin, Alice Springs and Adelaide and gets them to construct climate graphs. Page 3 asks them to use the internet to find geographical information on the towns that the Challenge passes through in preparation for a class discussion.

A series of two synoptic charts and three worksheets that introduce students to floods and investigate the floods in Eastern Australia during March 2021. Worksheets are: Worksheet 1 - skills questions based on one of the two provided synoptic charts Worksheet 2 - questions based on a linked video on floods in general across Australia. Worksheet 3 - students gather information on the floods from media in three areas (Gold Coat, New South Wales mid north coast and the Sydney Basin) Mainly suitable for junior high school but could also be used as a simple introduction to flood hazards in upper high school. An answer sheet is provided.

A four page worksheet focusing on the Chiapas earthquake in Mexico on 8th September 2017. Page 1 - simple mapping question to familiarise students with the geographic setting of Mexico Page 2 - students to complete a fact file on Mexico from internet research AND define basic terms associated with earthquakes as well as completing the labelling of an earthquake diagram Page 3 - a map of the earthquake area including tectonic plates - students to answer questions on the earthquake using the map and the USGS website. Page 4 - students answer questions on the impact of the earthquake, the Mexican government's response and a question on past Mexican earthquakes. An answer key is provided for teachers.

This is a seven page package that include two pages of text that explain the basic operation of the water cycle and the processes within it. Five pages of activities are included that reinforce a basic understanding of the water cycle and its processes as well as extending your students’ thinking of the water cycle and how people have used and changed it. The package is designed for the Australian Curriculum (Geography Years 7/8) but could be used in other countries where the water cycle may be studied as part of a Geography or Science program in lower high school.

This is a worksheet (4 pages) that asks your students to investigate Hurricane Helene (September 2024). The first page is a latitude and longitude exercise where the students will be the meteorologist and map the track of the hurricane from its beginning in the waters in the Caribbean Sea to its tracking through the Gulf of Mexico to Florida and states to its north. On the second to fourth pages students will answer general questions on hurricanes and specific set of research questions on Hurricane Helene. An answer key is provided

This is a worksheet (4 pages) that will get your students to investigate Hurricane Helene (September 2024). The first page is a latitude and longitude exercise where the students will be the meteorologist and map the track of the hurricane from its beginning in the waters of the Caribbean Sea to its making landfall in northern Florida. On the second to fourth pages students will answer general questions on hurricanes and specific set of research questions on Hurricane Helene. An answer key is provided.