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Geographical skills introduction - Cartography with Fortnite/Monopoly summary
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Geographical skills introduction - Cartography with Fortnite/Monopoly summary

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AQA Specification Geographical skills For use with KS3 and KS4 (Yr9 and 10), but could be adapted for younger years Introduction to basic cartographical skills (grid references, OS symbols, contour lines etc) Questions levelled for different abilities. “Star Challenges” for “Stretch and Challenge” OS maps are in reference to Corby but could be adapted to local area for increased engagement Videos embedded but can be located on Youtube LINK TO OS SYMBOLS CARDS : https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/docs/teaching-resources/25k-map-symbol-flashcards.pdf FORTNITE/MONOPOLY summary ; Make a map using all the skills developed in lessons. Tested it out with our Year 9 classes and they LOVED it! (Creators - Mr Jonathon Chew and Miss Jennifer McDougall)
Typhoon Hagibis
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Typhoon Hagibis

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Power Point and “fact posters” AQA GCSE Geography (however, could be adapted for other exam boards). Exam question practice with mark scheme (adapted from AQA). Compare and contrast language focus. Video section with link in comments. Homework included.
Monitoring Volcanic activity
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Monitoring Volcanic activity

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AQA Specification KS4 Living with physical environments, the challenge of natural hazards, Paper 1 Activities included, star marked challenges for “stretch and challenge” with flash card activity and “naughts and crosses” style plenary.
AQA Hot Deserts (Full course)
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AQA Hot Deserts (Full course)

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Based on AQA Geography (9-1), Hot Deserts. Some lessons require use of pages from the text book. 8 lesson topic, including full PowerPoints , resources and assessment/assessment rubrics. Lesson 1: Climate and background Lesson 2: Ecosystem/biodiversity Lesson 3/4: Opportunities Lesson 5/6: Challenges (human and natural) Lesson 7: Desertification Lesson 8: Revision, Exam question practice + peer assessment EDIT: “Example answer snippets” added for lesson 4 Re-upload of Lesson 6 and 7 to correct errors.
AQA Cold Environments (Full course)
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AQA Cold Environments (Full course)

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Based on AQA Geography (9-1), Cold Environments. Some lessons require use of pages from the text book. 8 lesson topic, including full PowerPoints , resources and assessment/assessment rubrics. Lesson 1: Climate and background Lesson 2: Ecosystem/biodiversity Lesson 3/4: Opportunities Lesson 5/6: Challenges (human and natural) Lesson 7: Managing Cold Environments Lesson 8: Revision, Exam question practice + peer assessment EDITED: Corrections made in Lesson 5 and 6.
"Population Pyramids" - lesson with printable materials and taboo cards
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"Population Pyramids" - lesson with printable materials and taboo cards

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Following AQA specification KS3 and KS4 (Use for both Yr9 and 10) Skills lesson looking at how to interpret population pyramids Levelled questions in relation to materials (red to green with “challenge stars” for “stretch and challenge”) Card sort for use with slide 4, activities 1 and 2 (highlighted in red)
AQA Rainforests (Full course)
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AQA Rainforests (Full course)

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Based on AQA Geography (9-1), Rainforests. Some lessons require use of pages from the text book. 8 lesson topic, including full PowerPoints , resources and assessment/assessment rubrics. Lesson 1: Climate and background Lesson 2: Ecosystem/biodiversity Lesson 3: Deforestation (causes) Lesson 4/5: Deforestation (impacts) Lesson 6: The value of the rainforest Lesson 7: Managing rainforest environments Lesson 8: Revision, Exam question practice + peer assessment
Nepal Earthquake - Impacts
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Nepal Earthquake - Impacts

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AQA Specification KS4 Living with physical environments, the challenge of natural hazards, Paper 1 Activities included, star marked challenges for “stretch and challenge” with question matrix Video link in PPT notes
Borneo case study
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Borneo case study

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AQA Geography Paper 1 Living World Case study lesson on Borneo with Rubix cube opportunities and problems activity
Planning for natural hazards - Round Robin activity and resources
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Planning for natural hazards - Round Robin activity and resources

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AQA Specification KS4 Living with physical environments, the challenge of natural hazards, Paper 1 Activities included, star marked challenges for “stretch and challenge” Video embedded Marking grid included with structure strip Materials for round robin included, resourced from other sites (however, I cannot remember where!)
Japanese Earthquake - Natural hazard introduction
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Japanese Earthquake - Natural hazard introduction

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AQA Specification KS4 Living with physical environments, the challenge of natural hazards, Paper 1 Activities included, star marked challenges for “stretch and challenge” Video link in PPT notes Info sheet part adapted from “Coolgeography”