Our aim is simple, to save you time with quality, well planned resources that are ready to teach. We offer Geography schemes of work for KS2-5 including full resources for the new GCSE specifications (AQA, OCR, Edexcel, CIE IGCSE, Edexcel IGCSE and Eduqas). We also offer a range of individually packaged lessons to help you in specific areas of the curriculum.
Our aim is simple, to save you time with quality, well planned resources that are ready to teach. We offer Geography schemes of work for KS2-5 including full resources for the new GCSE specifications (AQA, OCR, Edexcel, CIE IGCSE, Edexcel IGCSE and Eduqas). We also offer a range of individually packaged lessons to help you in specific areas of the curriculum.
3 x lessons designed for 50 minutes to 1 hour of teaching. Originally made for the new GCSE AQA A Geography module Physical Landscapes in the UK. Covers economy, conflict and tourism in glacial areas.
Lesson sequence:
1 - Economic opportunities in glacial areas
2 - Conflict in glacial areas
3 - Tourism in the Lake District
For more resources visit This is Geography. Full SoW for all new GCSE specifications - AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CIE IGCSE, Edexcel IGCSE and Eduqas. As well as over 200 lessons for KS3 and KS2. Want something bespoke designing? Email us for further details info@thisisgeography.co.uk
3 part lessons series originally designed for the KS3 module Fragile Environments.
Lesson sequence:
1 - Endangered species
2 - Group projects
3 - Presentations
For more resources visit This is Geography. Full SoW for all new GCSE specifications - AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CIE IGCSE, Edexcel IGCSE and Eduqas. As well as over 200 lessons for KS3 and KS2. Want something bespoke designing? Email us for further details info@thisisgeography.co.uk
10 part lesson series originally designed for the GCSE module The Challenge of Resource Management. This is the compulsory managing resources section alongside the optional energy management section. Specifically designed for the new AQA A Geography GCSE but also suitable for Edexcel and OCR. All lesson are for 50 minutes to 1 hour of teaching time. Includes supporting worksheets for lessons - no additional resources are required.
All lessons have a starter, lesson aim, tasks and extensions. All PowerPoints in the same signature style.
Lesson sequence:
1 - The global distribution of resources
2 - Provision of food in the UK
3 - Provision of water in the UK
4 - Provision of energy in the UK
5 - Global energy supply and demand
6 - Impact of energy insecurity
7 - Strategies to increase energy supply
8 - Gas - a non renewable energy resource
9 - Sustainable energy use
10 - Micro hydro ICT research
For more resources visit This is Geography. Full SoW for all new GCSE specifications - AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CIE IGCSE, Edexcel IGCSE and Eduqas. As well as over 200 lessons for KS3 and KS2. Want something bespoke designing? Email us for further details info@thisisgeography.co.uk
8 part lesson series for the whole of the GCSE module People and the Biosphere. This is first unit in the module to be taught alongside Forests Under Threat and Consuming Energy Resources. Specifically designed for the new Edexcel Geography GCSE but also suitable for AQA and OCR. All lesson are for 50 minutes to 1 hour of teaching time. Includes supporting worksheets for lessons - no additional resources are required.
All lessons have a starter and lesson aim. Extension tasks and homework also included. All PowerPoints in the same signature style.
Lesson sequence:
1 - Biomes
2 - Local factors and biomes
3 - How does change affect ecosystems?
4 - Desert biomes (hot and cold)
5 - Challenges in a biomes
6 - Development in a biome
7 - Sustainable management of the world
8 - Population vs resource theories
For more resources visit This is Geography. Full SoW for all new GCSE specifications - AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CIE IGCSE, Edexcel IGCSE and Eduqas. As well as over 200 lessons for KS3 and KS2. Want something bespoke designing? Email us for further details info@thisisgeography.co.uk
13 lessons for the OCR GCSE module Sustaining Ecosystems. This is complete module. Specifically designed for the new OCR Geography GCSE but also suitable for AQA and Edexcel. All lesson are for 50 minutes to 1 hour of teaching time. Includes supporting worksheets for lessons - no additional resources are required.
All lessons have a starter and lesson aim. Extension tasks and homework also included. All PowerPoints in the same signature style.
Lesson sequence:
1 - Ecosystems
2 - Global ecosystems
3 - Tropical Rainforests
4 - The value of rainforests
5 - The human impact of rainforests
6 - Managing tropical rainforests
7 - Sustainable management of tropical rainforests
8 - Ecotourism
9 - Polar regions
10 - Opportunities in Svalbard
11 - Challenges in Svalbard
12 - Cold environments under threat
13 - Managing cold environments
For more resources visit This is Geography. Full SoW for all new GCSE specifications - AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CIE IGCSE, Edexcel IGCSE and Eduqas. As well as over 200 lessons for KS3 and KS2. Want something bespoke designing? Email us for further details info@thisisgeography.co.uk
Lesson 9 for AQA A Level Geography. This is the ninth lesson in section A, a core physical geography module to be taught alongside optional modules from section B and C. This lesson covers the characteristics of the basin, human impacts and Storm Desmond.
All lessons are designed in the same signature style and come with worksheets and exam questions to match the specification. No other resources are needed.
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This bundle contains 322 lessons and is suitable for teaching the whole of KS3 Geography and the AQA 1-9 GCSE.
Recommended sequence:
Year 7
Map Skills
Rainforests
Settlement
UK, Weather and Climate
Year 8
Coasts
Extreme Environments
Tourism
Natural Hazards
Fragile Environments
Year 9
Kenya: Learning Through Enquiry
Development Gap
Energy
Population
The Challenge of Natural Hazards
Year 10
The Living World
Urban Issues and Challenges
Physical Landscapes in the UK
Year 11
The Challenge of Resource Management
The Changing Economic World
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This lesson explores rivers of the world via ArcGIS. The lesson is designed to allow students to explore a famous global river of their choice. Students follow the river from its source to the mouth.
The end product for the students is a presentation on the river of their choice which will include images and explanations of upper, middle and lower course features.
Lesson plan included as well as an extension task, student presentation template, example presentation, student task sheet, world rivers sheet and homework project.
Designed for KS3 but could be used for KS4 as part of a physical geography series.
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8 part lesson series for the GCSE module The Living World. This is a prescribed part of the syllabus to be taught alongside either hot or cold environments. Specifically designed for the new AQA A Geography GCSE. All lesson are for 50 minutes to 1 hour of teaching time. Includes supporting worksheets for lessons - no additional resources are required.
All lessons have a starter and lesson aim. Extension tasks and homework also included. All PowerPoints in the same signature style.
Lesson sequence:
1 - Introducing the living world - small scale ecosystems
2 - How change affects ecosystems
3 - Global ecosystems
4 - Rainforests introduction
5 - Causes of deforestation in Malaysia
6 - The impact of deforestation in Malaysia
7 - Managing tropical rainforests (ICT lesson)
8 - Sustainable management in tropical rainforests
Hot deserts also on the This is Geography shop to be taught alongside this module.
For more resources visit This is Geography. Full SoW for all new GCSE specifications - AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CIE IGCSE, Edexcel IGCSE and Eduqas. As well as over 200 lessons for KS3 and KS2. Want something bespoke designing? Email us for further details info@thisisgeography.co.uk
Full KS3 unit of work for Development Gap. This unit explores the world development gap, from MEDCs and LEDCs to aid and trade. All lesson are suitable for 50 minutes to 1 hour of teaching time. Includes supporting worksheets for lessons - no additional resources are required.
All lessons have a starter and learning objectives. All PowerPoints in the same signature style.
Lesson sequence:
1 - What is development?
2 - Which areas are most developed?
3 - Uneven development
4 - Poverty in the UK
5 - Reducing the impact
6 - The trade game
7 - Top down vs bottom up aid
8 - Poland vs the UK
9 - The growing gap
10 - Do we need money to be happy?
11 - Should the super rich help?
12 - International efforts to reduce global inequalities
13 - Conservation swaps or debt for nature swaps
14 - Fairtrade
15 - Assessment
Also includes Geography Literacy mat and Geography Numeracy/Map Skills mat.
For more resources visit This is Geography. Full SoW for all new GCSE specifications - AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CIE IGCSE, Edexcel IGCSE and Eduqas. As well as over 200 lessons for KS3 and KS2. Want something bespoke designing? Email us for further details info@thisisgeography.co.uk
8 part lesson series for the final part of of the GCSE module The Changing Economic World. This is the causes of economic change in the UK section that goes alongside a NEE case study and the development gap. Specifically designed for the new AQA A Geography GCSE. All lesson are for 50 minutes to 1 hour of teaching time. Includes supporting worksheets for lessons - no additional resources are required.
All lessons have a starter, lesson aim, tasks and extensions. Homework is also included. All PowerPoints in the same signature style.
Lesson sequence:
1 - Causes of economic change in the UK
2 - Post industrial economy
3 - Science and business parks
4 - Environmental impacts of industry
5 - Rural economies
6 - UK infrastructure development
7 - North South divide
8 - The UK in the wider world
For more resources visit This is Geography. Full SoW for all new GCSE specifications - AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CIE IGCSE, Edexcel IGCSE and Eduqas. As well as over 200 lessons for KS3 and KS2. Want something bespoke designing? Email us for further details info@thisisgeography.co.uk
1 x lesson for resource theory. Originally designed for OCR but also suitable for other exam boards
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Full unit of work for Population and Settlement. Specifically designed for the new IGCSE. All lesson are for 50 minutes to 1 hour of teaching time. Includes supporting worksheets for lessons - no additional resources are required.
All lessons have a starter and lesson aim. Extension tasks and homework also included. All PowerPoints in the same signature style.
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Lesson sequence:
Population:
1 - Introduction to population
2 - Malthus vs Boserup
3 - Migration
4 - The demographic transition model
5 - Anti-natalist policy, the one-child policy
6 - Over vs underpopulation
7 - Cause of migration
8 - Voluntary vs forced migration - refugees
9 - Ageing population
10 - Population structure
11 - Youthful population
12 - Dense vs sparse population
13 - Jelly baby population
Settlement:
1 - Settlement provision
2 - Settlement structure
3 - Settlement services
4 - Rural settlement service provision
5 - Urban settlement service provision
6 - Burgess model and the CBD
7 - Green and brownfield sites
8 - Problems in urban areas
9 - Manchester
10 - Urban regeneration
11 -Urbanisation
12 - Impacts of urbanisation
13 - Squatter settlements
14 - Squatter settlement case study - Dharavi
Theme 2 also available.
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50 x lessons for KS2 Geography. Most suitable for years 5 and 6. Lessons all designed to match the requirements of the National Curriculum.
Other KS2 modules available:
Map Skills & The UK
Where We Live
How We Live
Planet Earth
The Problem With Resources
Bizarre Biomes
For more resources visit This is Geography. Full SoW for all new GCSE specifications - AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CIE IGCSE, Edexcel IGCSE and Eduqas. As well as over 200 lessons for KS3 and KS2. Want something bespoke designing? Email us for further details info@thisisgeography.co.uk
5 part lesson series for the Cambridge IGCSE module Economic Development. This is the Development section of the module which is taught alongside Food Production, Tourism, Water, Energy, Industry and Environmental Risks of Development. Specifically designed for the new IGCSE. All lesson are for 50 minutes to 1 hour of teaching time. Includes supporting worksheets for lessons - no additional resources are required.
All lessons have a starter and lesson aim. Extension tasks also included. All PowerPoints in the same signature style.
Lesson sequence:
1 - Soil fertility and threats
2 - Deferestification
3 - Climate change and the enhanced greenhouse effect
4 - Managing the environment
5 - Conserving the environment
All other modules in the series available, alongside Themes 1 and 2.
For more resources visit This is Geography. Full SoW for all new GCSE specifications - AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CIE IGCSE, Edexcel IGCSE and Eduqas. As well as over 200 lessons for KS3 and KS2. Want something bespoke designing? Email us for further details info@thisisgeography.co.uk
Full unit of work for The Challenge of Natural Hazards. Specifically designed for the new AQA A Geography GCSE but also suitable for Edexcel and OCR. All lesson are for 50 minutes to 1 hour of teaching time. Includes supporting worksheets for lessons - no additional resources are required.
All lessons have a starter and lesson aim. Extension tasks and homework also included. All PowerPoints in the same signature style.
Lesson sequence:
1 – What are hazards?
2 – Plate Tectonics
3 – Earthquakes
4 – Disaster response, Haiti
5 – Disaster response, New Zealand
6 – Management to reduce risk
7 – Tropical Storms
8 – Hurricane Katrina ICT project
9 – Hurricane Katrina project group work
10 – Atmospheric circulation
11 – Coriolis Effect
12 – UK weather
13 – Somerset flooding ICT project
14 – Causes of climate change
15 – Managing climate change
For more resources visit This is Geography. Full SoW for all new GCSE specifications - AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CIE IGCSE, Edexcel IGCSE and Eduqas. As well as over 200 lessons for KS3 and KS2. Want something bespoke designing? Email us for further details info@thisisgeography.co.uk
Full unit of work for the Coasts aspect of the UK Physical Landscapes module. Specifically designed for the new AQA A Geography GCSE but also suitable for Edexcel and OCR. All lesson are for 50 minutes to 1 hour of teaching time. Includes supporting worksheets for lessons - no additional resources are required.
All lessons have a starter and lesson aim. Extension tasks and homework also included. All PowerPoints in the same signature style.
Lesson sequence:
1 - Introduction to UK physical landscapes
2 - Waves
3 - Coastal processes (weathering and mass movement)
4 - Coastal landforms (erosion and LSD)
5 - Coastal erosional landforms
6 - Coastal deposition
7 - Swanage Bay ICT
8 - Coastal management
9 - Coastal management at Lyme Regis
10 - End of topic test
For more resources visit This is Geography. Full SoW for all new GCSE specifications - AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CIE IGCSE, Edexcel IGCSE and Eduqas. As well as over 200 lessons for KS3 and KS2. Want something bespoke designing? Email us for further details info@thisisgeography.co.uk
Three part lesson series focusing on coral reefs. Suitable for 3 hours of teaching for KS3 or high ability KS2. Originally designed as part of a fragile environments SOW.
Includes:
- Coral reef distribution and conditions
- Threats to coral reef
- Protecting coral reefs
For more resources visit This is Geography. Full SoW for all new GCSE specifications - AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CIE IGCSE, Edexcel IGCSE and Eduqas. As well as over 200 lessons for KS3 and KS2. Want something bespoke designing? Email us for further details info@thisisgeography.co.uk
6 part lesson series for the GCSE module Food management. This is the optional aspect of the Challenge of Resource Management module. Specifically designed for the new AQA A Geography GCSE but also suitable for Edexcel and OCR. All lesson are for 50 minutes to 1 hour of teaching time. Includes supporting worksheets for lessons - no additional resources are required.
All lessons have a starter and lesson aim. Extension tasks and homework also included. All PowerPoints in the same signature style.
Lesson sequence:
1 - Global food supply
2 - Impact of food insecurity
3 - Increasing food supply
4 - The Indus Basin Irrigation System
5 - Sustainable food production
6 - Sustainable food production through management
For more resources visit This is Geography. Full SoW for all new GCSE specifications - AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CIE IGCSE, Edexcel IGCSE and Eduqas. As well as over 200 lessons for KS3 and KS2. Want something bespoke designing? Email us for further details info@thisisgeography.co.uk
17 part lesson series for the whole of the Edexcel GCSE module Hazardous Earth. This is the complete module - Atmosphere, Climate Change, Hurricanes and Plate Tectonics. Specifically designed for the new Edexcel Geography GCSE but also suitable for AQA and OCR. All lesson are for 50 minutes to 1 hour of teaching time. Includes supporting worksheets for lessons - no additional resources are required.
All lessons have a starter and lesson aim. Extension tasks and homework also included. All PowerPoints in the same signature style.
Lesson sequence:
1 - Introduction to Hazardous Earth
2 - Atmospheric circulation and ocean currents
3 - The Coriolis effect and the ITCZ
4 - Causes of climate change
5 - Managing climate change
6 - Past climates and the greenhouse effect
7 - UK weather
8 - Climate change and tropical storms
9 - Tropical storms
10 - Hurricane Katrina ICT project
11 - Hurricane Katrina project review
12 - Management to reduce risk
13 - Inside the earth
14 - Earthquakes
15 - Haiti case study
16 - New Zealand case study
17 - Volcanoes
For more resources visit This is Geography. Full SoW for all new GCSE specifications - AQA, Edexcel, OCR, CIE IGCSE, Edexcel IGCSE and Eduqas. As well as over 200 lessons for KS3 and KS2. Want something bespoke designing? Email us for further details info@thisisgeography.co.uk