KS3 lesson looking at the causes, impacts and awareness of a tornado. Videos included. Pictures included and a range of different viewpoints explored e.g. climate scientist, resident etc.

A lesson looking at sugar-related diseases and the impact of diabetes

A lesson that re-caps volcano types (shield and composite) with a look at volcanic hazards such as ash, lava and pyroclastic flow. Mainly suited for year 8 pupils (lower ability) but can be adapted

A lesson looking at examples of volcanic eruptions in developed vs developing countries. Earthquake case study (Nepal 2015) is includes with slides on tsunami formation also included.

A lesson on the ocean (marine biome) with features of the Great Barrier Reef and animals found e.g. shark, dolphin, jellyfish!

A lesson that summarises what is happening within two biomes: Desert and Savanna. Slides include animals, video links and a word search! Mainly for a lower-ability set of students but can be adapted. Homework ideas included

A lesson looking at the countries taking part in Euro 2021 with a sweepstake, guess the country, word search and bingo activitiy. Lots of fun for tutorial and geography!

A KS3 lesson looking at the DTM (Demographic Transition Model) through the 5 stages. Pupils check what they can tell already before looking at each stage in detail. Quiz included.

A KS3 lesson looking at population in China. The lesson looks at the one-child, two-child and promotion of the three-child policy in 2021.

A lesson that introduces globalisation. Pupils watch a video - definition, examples and questions. Information on the next slide is used to green pen work so pupils can add more ideas and have a discussion. Guess the logo game followed by some examples! Pupils main task is to look at a world map and plot how global they are. What countries are they connected to and how? Logo game can be used as a plenary with more info in the notes section.

A lesson looking at how global the Olympics are. Wordsearch included (plenary) and activity to get pupils thinking of the links between geography and the olympics.

A fun and engaging lesson looking at the globalisation of chocolate. Wordsearch included as a starter. The first task looks at the 4 economic sectors (primary, secondary etc). Kinder is used as an example for pupils to look at the different sectors and how the wrapper/toy/chocolate is grown around the world. Pupils plot on a map and have tasks to work out how it can be under £1. Is this fair?

A double lesson looking at:1) The history of Africa and colonialism as well as 2) Misconceptions surrounding Africa. The history of Africa - looking at a map and activities that can be done online. The main part looks at countries that were taken over by the British, French etc. Pupils could plot on a map? Info sheets included. The second part (another lesson) looks at misconceptions surrounding Africa e.g. people speak African - or Africans are poor. There are views expressed by a range of players (people) by which pupils can categorise and rank and write their own!

A lesson that looks at what global warming is. The impacts are also shown through use of pictures and a documentary looking at the influence of humans.

KS3 resource looking at the causes of flooding, impacts and an example of flooding in a developed country (UK) and developing country (Bangladesh). Spelling test and wordsearch included.

A KS3 lesson looking at rivers - the long profile of a river and the water cycle. The lesson starts by getting pupils to define a river, look at keywords (literacy) such as source and mouth before some pictures. Pupils then describe the long profile of a river adn how depth and other characteristics change. The second part of the lesson goes through the water cycle and the process (pupils can draw and explain this) before thinking about how human and physical factors can alter the water cycle e.g. deforestation.

The lesson looks at the 3 courses of a river - upper, middle and lower. There are a range of different resources for each. Pupils can look at landforms and write a story to describe the change from upper to lower. Waterfalls, meanders and deltas are all considered.

This lesson can be used for in class and online. The lesson focuses on the climate of the UK (temperature and precipitation). Map skills are enhanced. The lesson looks at 3 cloud types with opportunities to be creative. The lesson also looks at the 3 different types of rainfall (frontal, convectional and relief). Lots of opportunities for self assessment!

THe 4th lesson (7.2b) looking at how the biosphere regulates the water, atmosphere and soil health. The lesson looks at each one in detail (split in to 3) to understand the importance of the biosphere.

An introduction lesson for Topic 7 (People and the Biosphere) for GCSE Edexcel B. The lesson looks at the definition of a biome, examples, location and reasons globally for the location of these biomes. There are exam relevant facts for each biome located too.