A specialist documentary resource shop featuring worksheets and challenge activities to support learning and thinking around educational documentaries. Resources are created by an experienced geography teacher and subject leader.
A specialist documentary resource shop featuring worksheets and challenge activities to support learning and thinking around educational documentaries. Resources are created by an experienced geography teacher and subject leader.
A comprehensive 24 question worksheet for Green Planet, Human World (BBC Documentary). Two out of five wild plants are threatened with extinction. Hear more about current threats, how crops and cultivation change our green planet and how people are finding remarkable ways to help plant species thrive.
The worksheet includes 24 different styled questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet, with timings for teachers.
Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics:
Plants in urban environments
Farming
Crops and cultivation
Monocultures
Plant and human interactions
Climate change
Management of vulnerable species
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Documentary exploring the Great Barrier Reef and coral reefs.
Question and answer sheet to accompany the documentary: Wonders of the Great Barrier Reef on BBC iPlayer. This film introduces students to the importance of coral reef ecosystems, the threats they are facing, climate change and what signs of resurrection that can be found along the Great Barrier Reef. Used with a KS3 class to introduce the coral reef ecosystems.
The question sheet has a variety of question types and a teacher answer sheet for lesson planning.
Worksheet includes the following topics:
Marine ecosystems
Polyp
Symbiosis
Coral bleaching
Global warming
Climate Change
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Primates: Secrets of Survival
BBC documentary, currently playing on iPlayer.
A question and answer worksheet based around the 50 minute documentary Primates. This documentary is all about the strategies monkeys, apes and lemurs must use to survive in the most unexpected places.
It could be used to support learning around ecosystems, adaptations or primate survival characteristics. Can cover a lesson or used as a stand-alone homework.
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Netflix documentary: Night on Earth - Jungle Nights
Question worksheet to accompany the Netflix documentary Night on Earth: Jungle Nights, episode 3. Planned for a group with a year 8 group studying adaptations in jungle or equatorial ecosystems, but equally could be used for students as part of a place based study in Africa or South American environments for example. A teacher answer sheet is provided and there are optional extension / homework tasks to round up ideas from this documentary.
Topics include:
Adaptation to different environments
Characteristics of hunters in jungle ecosystems
Plant adaptation in jungle environments
Survival techniques of prey
Hunting techniques
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Netflix documentary: Night on Earth - Moonlit Plains
Regions covered: African plains, savannah, desert and dune environments.
Question worksheet to accompany the Netflix documentary Night on Earth: Moonlit Plains, episode 1. Used with a year 7 group studying adaptations in different ecosystems, but equally could be used for students as part of a place based study in Africa, savannah or desert environments for example. A teacher answer sheet is provided and there are optional extension / homework tasks to round up ideas from this documentary.
Topics include:
Adaptation to different environments
Characteristics of hunters in African Plains
Plant adaptation in Mexican Desert
Survival techniques of prey
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Documentary BBC: Dynasty: Emperor Penguins
Episode: 2
Length: 48 minutes (+10 minutes for ‘how we filmed’ section
Question and answer sheet to go alongside the BBC documentary filmed in the Antarctic. Look at how the seasons in polar regions impact one animals survival and how they adapt to meet the challenges. Teacher answer sheet provided.
India Documentary: India Natures Wonderland Episode 1.
Question and answer sheet linked to the BBC documentary on India. The content covers different animals and habitats across India and how humans interact with nature. Designed for KS3 as a homework sheet but could be used in lesson to introduce or sum up the diverse environments found in India.
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Alaska - Earths Frozen Kingdom
Available on Netflix and BBC
A question and answer sheet on how animals and humans prepare for spring in Alaska. Could be used to support learning around tundra ecosystems, spring food chains, animal adaptations or as a USA place specific study. Can cover a lesson or used as a stand-alone homework. Teacher sheet provided.
A question and answer worksheet based around Netflix documentary our planet, episode 4, Shallow Sea. Could be used to support learning around marine ecosystems, animal habitats and adaptations. Can be used as a full lesson or used as a stand-alone homework. A teacher sheet with answers is included.
A question and answer worksheet based around Netflix documentary Our Planet, Frozen Worlds, episode 2.
Could be used to support learning around polar and tundra ecosystems, animal habitats and adaptations or place specific study of Polar and Arctic regions. Some discussion on climate change impact in Antarctica and the Arctic. Can cover a lesson or used as a stand-alone homework.
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Help your students get the most from episode 3 of the BBC documentary exploring mountain environments, using a comprehensive 21 question and answer worksheet.
David Attenborough explores frozen mountain habitats, found on every continent on Earth, and looks at the unique challenges for its surprising and remarkable life.
How to use this sheet
The worksheet has 21 questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet with timings for teachers.
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Questions on the worksheet explore the following environments and topics:
• Mountain environments
• Animal adaptation
• Avalanches
• Extreme weather
• Climate change
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Unit: National Parks, Kenya, Tsavo National Park
Help your students engage meaningfully with this National Parks documentary set in Kenya.
Our Great National Parks - Episode 2, Tsavo National Park.
What is included?
There are 28 different questions, spanning the** full 50 minutes** of this documentary, keeping your students interested throughout. A teacher answer sheet, with helpful timings is included, to minimize your planning.
You will find a two page follow on activity included, which can be used within the lesson or as homework to help your children think further around the topic. The follow on task is differentiated so it can be used with a mixed ability class.
All worksheets downloaded in this bundle are both in Word and PDF format.
Our Great National Parks –Tsavo, Kenya
In Kenya’s Tsavo National Park, thousands of elephants roam the breath-taking, vast landscape, along with hippos, rhinos, hornbills and more.
Topics covered in this documentary:
Environment in different parts of the park
Climate and dry seasons
Threats to wild spaces
Animal adaptations to their environments
Extreme environments
Human and animal interactions
Sustainable management
What are you waiting for? Download these worksheets to help your classes get 90+ minutes of well-planned and captivating activities around this inspiring National Parks documentary.
Help your students get to grips with the changing environment caused by climate change using this sheet to explore episode 1 of Our Living World - Nature’s Networks (Netflix documentary).
Students gain a greater understanding of how different animals and plants interact within a wider network across a wide range of environments, while completing this ready to use question and answer sheet.
How to use this sheet
This ready to use worksheet has 22 questions that cover the full 55 minute documentary. It comes with a detailed answer sheet with timings for teachers.
Extended learning worksheet
The documentary worksheet comes along with an extended learning worksheet to delve deeper into this subject. Questions focus on key terms and then offer an differentiated questions which can be used in class or as a follow on home learning task.
The worksheets explore the following topics:
• Ecosystems - plants, animals, climate
• Animal adaptation
• Extreme events: wildfire, drought
• Changing food webs
• Interconnected networks
This sheet comes ready to use and in both PDF and Word formats.
Curriculum focus: Coral Reefs, Marine Ecosystems, Conservation.
A detailed 25 question worksheet for Our Changing Planet, Restoring Our Reefs (BBC Documentary).
Documentary details
This documentary focuses on innovative techniques to reduce the impact of coral destruction and bleaching. Visiting the Maldives, the UK and Florida, scientists employ cutting edge technology to reduce the damage to coral and cold water reefs.
The bundle includes
The worksheet includes 25 different styled questions that cover the full hour long documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet, with timings for teachers. Copies of this sheet come in PDF and Word formats.
If you like this resource, please leave a review. Worksheets have been made for other episodes of this series and many other science and nature documentaries for BBC and Netflix, please view them in my shop.
Curriculum focus: Coral Reefs, Marine Ecosystems, Conservation and Management.
A detailled 25 question worksheet for Our Changing Planet, Restoring Our Reefs (BBC Documentary).
Documentary details
This documentary focuses on innovative techniques to reduce and manage the impact of coral destruction and bleaching. Visiting the Maldives, the UK and Florida, scientists employ cutting edge technology to reduce the damage to coral and cold water reefs.
The bundle includes
This no prep worksheet includes 25 different styled questions that cover the full hour long documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet, with timings for teachers.
If you like this resource, please leave a review. Worksheets have been made for other episodes of this series and many other science and nature documentaries for BBC and Netflix, please view them in my shop.
Help your students get to grips with the desert environment of the Kalahari using this sheet to explore episode 4 of Wilderness with Simon Reeves - The Kalahari (BBC documentary).
Students gain a greater understanding of the environment and the people who live within the Kalahari, completing this ready to use question and answer sheet while watching the documentary.
Details on the programme
Simon Reeve travels across the Kalahari in southern Africa. Simon tracks wildebeest with a group of one of the region’s indigenous inhabitants, the San, who are renowned for their hunting and tracking techniques. He visits the Okavango Delta, which is transformed each year by seasonal rains from a desert to an oasis of greenery.
**How to use this sheet
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The worksheet has 18 questions that cover the full 60 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet with timings for teachers.
Questions on the worksheet explore the following environments and topics:
• Desert ecosystems
• Southern Africa
• Ecosystems - plants, animals, climate
• Animal adaptation
• Human settlements - tourism and traditional communities
This sheet comes ready to use and in both PDF and Word formats.