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Hello, I'm Natasha and I provide high-quality geography resources for KS3 and KS4.
https://linktr.ee/planetgeography
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GCSE Geography Key Processes & Case Studies - Paper 1 (AQA)
A fully resourced PowerPoint for Paper 1- Living in the Physical Environment for AQA GCSE Geography. This PowerPoint contains 34 slides with all the key physical processes broken down into 5 easy steps along with examples of what good and bad answers look like. In the final half of the PowerPoint we cover case studies that students will need when completing paper 1.
Key Physical Processes include:
Rivers
-Waterfalls & Gorges
Meanders & Oxbow Lakes
Levee formation
Coasts
Rotational Cliff Slumping
Headlands and Bays
Formation of a Sea Stack
Wave-cut Platforms
Spits & Bars
Weather Hazards
-Formation of a Hurricane
Case studies include:
Ecosystems - UK Pond
Tropical Rainforest - Malaysia
Hot Desert - Thar Desert
Rivers - River Tees
Coasts - Holderness Coast
Tectonic Hazards - Christchurch vs Haiti
Weather Hazards - Typhoon Haiyan
UK Weather Hazards - Beast from the East
Resource Management - Water Supply, Insecurity, and Sustainability - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how to increase water supplies through; dams/ reservoirs, desalination plants and diverting supplies. The South-North Transfer Scheme in China an example of a large scale water transfer scheme to show how its development has both advantages and disadvantages. Then the lesson focuses on moving towards a sustainable future with water conservation, groundwater management, recycling, ‘grey’ water
an example of a local scheme in an LIC or NEE to increase sustainable supplies of water. The case study for this is WaterAid in Mali.
Task 1: Starter - Knowledge retention of previous learning
Task 2: Class discussion on how to increase water supplies.
Task 3: Class to watch two videos about the South- North Water Transfer Scheme in China
Task 4: Class Discussion on how to create a sustainable supply.
Task 5: Watch the clip from water aid and identify three things WaterAid does in Mali to support people.
Task 6: Main Task -Exam question practice “Assess the sustainability of the Water Aid Project in Mali. (6 marks)"
Task 7: Plenary - Time to revise.
In line with the AQA exam board
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Resource Management - Global Distribution of Water - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on where water is distributed globally. This covers areas of deficit and surplus. In this lesson discusses the importance of water security on development, global water consumption and the human/ physical factors that affect water availability.
Task 1: Starter - Knowledge retention of previous learning
Task 2: Quick quiz on why water is important.
Task 3: Describe the distribution of water globally (4 marks)
Task 4: Describe the change in water demand from 1900 to 2025 (3 marks)
Task 5: Watch the video and answer the questions about conflict and water security.
Task 6: Use the information below to complete the table on impacts of water insecurity.
Task 7: Main Task -Exam question practice “Explain how both physical and human factors can influence the availability of water. (6 marks)” OR “Explain how human actions can contribute to water insecurity. (6 marks)”
Task 8: Plenary - What questions would you ask to find out more about how this building increases water supply/
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Introduction to Natural Hazards - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
In this lesson students will identify what a natural hazard is, types of natural hazards and how hazards and their risks change depending on several factors.
Task 1: Identify natural hazards based on pictures
Task 2: Write down the different types of natural hazards
Task 3: Complete structure of the Earth sheet.
Task 4: Exam style 4 mark question
Task 5: Plenary: GCSE pod
Lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet.
Rivers of the UK - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe the journey of a river from source to mouth. This is an introduction to rivers and should be used at the start of Year 7 to consolidate any information they have about them and then teaching from this point. Students will learn to use terms such as highland, lowland, low,middle and upper course as well as river bank and river bed. Finally students will consolidate their knowledge to describe the location of River Severn’s location.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous lessons
Task 1: Recap on the different countries that make up the UK
Task 2: Describe the distribution of highland and lowlands in the UK
Task 3: Annotate the diagram of the river with key words
Task 4: Main Task: Describe the location of River Severn using the key terms learnt today.
Task 5: Plenary: Home Learning reminder along with SPAG cleanup.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Cities of the UK - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will recap on what human geography is and its features along with investigating what a human settlement is and what scales they come in. Then students will investigate where certain cities in the UK are located. Students will be introduced to the terms dense and sparse and asked to identify areas in the UK that are densely and sparsely populated. Finally students will be introduced to key aspects of human geography such as social, economic and environmental and then asked to identify those features on images of the Leeds city.
Starter: Knowledge retention of previous learning
Task 1: Describe what is human geography and its features.
Task 2: What is a settlement and put the settlements in order of scale.
Task 3: Fill in the cities of the UK on a blank map using an atlas
Task 4: Describe the density and distribution of each football match, then areas in the UK.
Task 5: Main Task:Identify social, economic and environmental human impacts in each image.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Solutions to Slums - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will recap the issues present in Kibera the slum that was previously investigated. Then they will choose which area they want to improve in their slums and why. Next they will categorise the solutions to slums into social, economic and environmental. Then students will evaluate which of the solutions have been the most successful rating them 1-8. Finally students have a silent debate where they write down which of the improvements has been the most successful and why, then pass the book around to debate the next point.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Recap the issues of living in slums.
Task 2: Explain which part of Kibera should be improved and why on whiteboards.
Task 3: Categorise the solutions to slums into social, economic and environmental.
Task 4: Evaluate which of the solutions have been the most successful rating them 1-8
Task 5: silent debate where they write down which of the improvements has been the most successful and why, then pass the book around to debate the next point…
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Introduction to the EU - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe what the European Union is, when it formed and its purpose. INtroduction to the concepts of Freedom of Movement and Single Market. They will also be able to explain why it formed and its main countries that made up the EU.
Starter: Knowledge retention from previous learning
Task 1: Assessment for learning - Students to write down everything they know about the EU.
Task 2: Explain the history of the EU and its formation through time.
Task 3: Difference between the EU and Europe (geography misconception)
Task 4: Main Task: Create a newspaper article for Newsround about what the EU is and what it does.
Task 5: Plenary: Fill in the spider diagram from the start of the lesson with new learning about the EU.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Physical Features of Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to locate Africa using the previous lessons learning and the map on screen, then students will investigate the misconceptions that they may hold about Africa. Next students learn what relief is and describe the areas of relief in Africa and then the river and climate of Africa, then the culture and religion of people in Africa.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Describe the location of Africa
Task 2: Describe the relief of areas in Africa using compass directions
Task 3: Explain the rivers in Africa and their direction of flow.
Task 4: Explain the vegetation zones in Africa
Task 5: Plenary: Recap of home learning expectation.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Climate of South America - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to recap the difference between weather and climate then identify the different climates of South America. Students then learn the three components that affect biome distribution. Then students will describe the climate region for the Amazon Rainforest and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. Students will then compare the climate graphs of two distinct areas to gain confidence in analysing climate graphs. Then students will create their own climate graphs for the Amazon Rainforest. Finally students will compare two areas of South America to show contrasting climates.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Describe the difference between weather and climate.
Task 2: Describe the climate region for the Amazon Rainforest and Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
Task 3: Analyse two different climate graphs of contrasting areas in South America
Task 4: Main Task: Create climate graph of the amazon rainforest.
Task 5: Compare two climate graphs from two areas in Brazil
Task 6: Plenary: Recap of home learning expectation.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
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Physical Features of Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
For KS3 geography, this bundle is great for Year 9 in their first term back at school. This helps to get students familiar again with physical geographical concepts of rivers, coasts, climate, sand dunes and plate tectonics. This bundle also contains a tutorial on GIS mapping for students to have a go mapping Africa to see its physical features.
This bundle contains 7 lessons that are fully resourced, with powerpoints and worksheets.
Throughout the series of lessons, students will firstly begin by using GIS to map the physical features of Africa and identify its location globally as well as its individual countries. Then students will go through the climate and misconceptions of Africa along with creating a climate graph and manipulating and using data. Next students will recap the water cycle, transportation and erosion to learn about Delta formation, specifically in the context of the Niger Delta. Then switching the plate tectonics students recap the theory and structure of the Earth before investigating shield and composite volcanoes as well as the African Rift Valley. Finally students learn about the formation of sand dunes and how they bring tourist opportunities as well as headlands, bays and spit formation along the African coastline.
Lesson 1: Mapping Africa using GIS
Lesson 2: Physical Features of Africa
Lesson 3: The Climate of Africa
Lesson 4: The Niger Delta
Lesson 5: The East African Rift Valley
Lesson 6: Sand Dunes at Sossusvlei
Lesson 7: Coasts of Africa
Students will gain a variety of skills such as data collection and manipulation along with creation of graphs and reading OS maps.
This bundle contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
Factors Affecting Flood Risk - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on the human and physical causes of flood risk. Students will learn about how different features contribute to flooding events and evaluate if HICs or LICs are more significantly affected.
Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, Using the information they learnt in the previous lesson. Hook- Students to explain what they think the image means, or what it has to do with the lesson.
Task 2: Which of the drainage basins are more likely to flood and why?
Task 3: Key Term Match Up
Task 4: Students to read through the different causes of flooding and put them into human or physical factors
Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Explain why the town of Boscastle in Cornwall is likely to suffer from flooding (6 marks).” High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words.
Task 5: Plenary - Home Learning - Explain why the effects of flooding are worse in LICs.
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Flooding - Hard Engineering - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on what hard engineering along a river is, and the four management strategies involved. Students will then identify the cost and benefits of each strategy and then will evaluate which is the most effective and why
Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, Using the information they learnt in the previous lesson. Hook- Students to explain what they think the image means, or what it has to do with the lesson.
Task 2: A quick recap on what hard engineering strategies are and why they are used.
Task 3: Students to read through information and analyses what each strategy is and identify their costs and benefits.
Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- "To what extent are hard engineering schemes sustainable (6 marks)” High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words.
Task 5: Plenary - Fill your hard hat, describe and identify hard engineering strategies.
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Lower Course River Features - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on the features of the lower course. Students will learn about depositional features such as levees, floodplains and estuaries.
Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, Using the information they learnt in the previous lesson. Hook- Students to explain what they think the image means, or what it has to do with the lesson.
Task 2: Field sketch and describe the appearance of a floodplain.
Task 3: Create labels on how levees form
Task 4: Students to draw and label how a meander forms.
Task 5: Describe how the tide causes an estuary to occur.
Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Describe how a features found in the lower course of a river is formed (4).” High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words.
Task 5: Plenary - Key Term Trade
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Introduction to Rivers - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on what rivers are, what their main features are and how they change through the upper, middle and lower course.
Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, Using the information they learnt on their coasts topic students are to complete what they know. Hook- Students to explain what they think the image means, or what it has to do with the lesson.
Task 2: Label two diagrams with the keywords used during the topic. The HA students will be given an extra map showing relief, and identify more features.
Task 3: Using the information given students are to complete a graph showing a long profile of the river Severn. Then they label their diagram with annotations and images.
Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Explain why the upper course of a river valley has a different cross profile from the lower course (4).” High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words.
Task 5: Plenary - Dingbat theme rivers
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Environmental Impacts Of Economic Development In Nigeria - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on how the economic development of Nigeria has led to environmental problems. Students will be able to explain how the environmental problems affect both the natural and human environments and then outline the Bodo Oil Spill case study.
Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Describe how a Levee is formed
Task 2: Indicate which of the environmental problems affect the natural vs human environment.
Task 3: Watch the video on the Bodo Oil Spill.
Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “The impacts of economic development have been only positive in Nigeria”. Do you agree with this statement? Justify your opinion (6 marks)
High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words.
Task 5: Plenary - Revise for Levee Read, Write, Wipe as starter for next lesson.
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Effects of Chernobyl - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to outline the main long term and short term effects of Chernobyl and the consequences of these effects. Students will be able to evaluate the severity between the long term and short term consequences of Chernobyl.
Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons
Task 2: Using an atlas identify countries affected by the radiation leak
Task 3: Looking at the information on the worksheet students to rank these effects 1-9 in terms of significance.
Task 4: Main Task: Students to answer one of two questions about Chernobyl and its effects
Task 5: Plenary: What things would students pack in their bags if they had to evacuate.
Lesson contains powerpoint and worksheet
Changing UK Transport Infrastructure - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on the transport infrastructure in the UK. This lesson covers, port, road and railways - specifically looking at HS2.
Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Exam Question on processes of slumping.
Task 2: Why is transport important in the UK?
Task 3: Watch the video and make notes on HS2.
Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Describe how the UK is improving its transport network (4 marks)
High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help.
Task 5: Peer Assessment
Task 5: Plenary - Revise for headlands and bays as questions will be coming next week.
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The UK and the Wider World - EU and Commonwealth - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on how the UK is connected to the wider world through the Commonwealth and the European Union. This will cover the economic and political advantages of each system.
Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Exam question “Explain the formation of the physical features of the coastline shown in the images above (6)
Task 2: Watch the video about the Commonwealth
Task 3: Geographic Skills: Description of graphs - Describe what the graph is and analyze the data.
Task 4: Watch the video about the EU.
Task 5: Identify the economic, political, social, and environmental advantages of the EU.
Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Suggest how the UK benefits economically and politically from its membership of either the EU or Commonwealth. (6 marks)”
High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help.
Task 6: Plenary - Revise for the formation of a sea stack.
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North-South Divide of England -(KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on the historical reasons for the North-South divide and how it affects social, economic and political aspects of the UK.
Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Read, Write, Mark, students have 4 minutes to recap learning on rotational cliff slumping. Then write down as much as they can remember, then mark accuracy.
Task 2: Geography Skills: Describe location - Describe the location of the north-south divide border.
Task 3: Watch the video and make notes on the north-south divide.
Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Suggest how we can resolve regional differences in the UK? (6 marks)”
High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help.
Task 5: Plenary - Revise for exam question on rotational cliff slumping.
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **