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Hello, I'm Natasha and I provide high-quality geography resources for KS3 and KS4.
https://linktr.ee/planetgeography
Geography
Tectonic Hazards Mitigation Adaption - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the reasons why people live in tectonically active regions, why the effects of natural hazards are greater in LICs than HICs and creating a scientific hypothesis to check the statements.
Task 1: Starter: Knowledge recall on previous topic (Coasts)
Task 2: Recap on what the effects on natural hazards are.
Task 3: Create a scientific hypothesis to investigate why the effects on natural hazards are greater in LICs than HICs
Task 4: Watch the news video about the way Naples monitors Vesuvius.
Task 5: Either prove or disprove the scientific hypothesis.
Task 6: Exam question: Describe and explain how planning for a tectonic hazard might help to reduce the effects of an earthquake or volcanic eruption in Naples
(6 marks)
Task 7: Peer Feedback
Task 8: Revision on geographical skills
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
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.
Haiti Earthquake-2010 Case Study - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the 2010 Haiti earthquake, this lesson establishes what an earthquake is. Where Haiti is located globally and background on what happened during the earthquake, and the effects including, social, economic and environmental effects. Then students finish off by looking at the long-term and short-term effects of the quake.
Task 1: Starter: Knowledge recall on previous topic (Coasts)
Task 2: Describe the location of Haiti
Task 3: Identify the primary and secondary effects then place them into social, economic and environmental.
Task 4: Watch the news video about the Haiti quake.
Task 5: Exam question: Exam question: “Earthquakes are another example of tectonic activity.” Using an example, describe the primary and secondary effects of an earthquake. (6 marks)
Task 6: Peer Feedback
Task 7: Using a volcanic eruption or an earthquake you have studied, describe the short-term responses to the disaster. (4 marks)
Task 8: Peer Feedback
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Plate Tectonics and Plate Boundaries - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on plate tectonics, plate boundaries and the different features and hazards found at each boundary
Task 1: Starter: Knowledge recall on previous topic (Coasts)
Task 2: Draw a diagram and label it on destructive plate margins, fill in information and features found here.
Task 3: Draw a diagram and label it on constructive plate margins, fill in information and features found here.
Task 4: Watch the video to recap what they have just learnt.
Task 5: Exam question: “using a diagram, explain what happens at a constructive boundary (4 marks)”
Task 6: Plenary- Revision on how a sea stack is formed.
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Christchurch Earthquake-2011 Case Study - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the 2010 Christchurch earthquake, this lesson establishes what an earthquake is. Where Christchurch is located globally and background on what happened during the earthquake, and the effects including, social, economic and environmental effects. Then students finish off by looking at the long-term and short-term effects of the quake.
Task 1: Starter: Knowledge recall on previous topic (Coasts)
Task 2: Describe the location of New Zealand.
Task 3: Identify the primary and secondary effects then place them into social, economic and environmental.
Task 4: Watch the news video about the New Zealand quake.
Task 5: Exam question: Exam question: “Earthquakes are another example of tectonic activity.” Using an example, describe the primary and secondary effects of an earthquake. (6 marks)
Task 6: Peer Feedback
Task 7: Using a volcanic eruption or an earthquake you have studied, describe the short-term responses to the disaster. (4 marks)
Task 8: Peer Feedback
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Comparing the Christchurch and Haiti Earthquakes - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on comparing the 2010 Haiti earthquake with the 2011 New Zealand quake. This lesson is the last in the series and works really well with the others in the series. Students recap the effects and impacts of the quakes and then identify to what extent they agree with the statement “The effects of tectonic hazards are worse in LICs.”
This 9 mark question has high levels of scaffolding that allow students of all abilities to access to question and work through each section with sentence starters and key words on each.
Task 1: Starter: Recall on each type of graph and revision of coast topic.
Task 2: Recap quiz on plate tectonics to see how confident they are on the lessons.
Task 3: Identify the relevant differences in the quake between the two locations.
Task 4: The effects of tectonic hazards are worse in LICs. To what extent do you agree? (9 marks +3 Spag)
Task 6: Peer Feedback
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
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Tectonic Hazards - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
An AQA specification topic for KS4 in geography about Tectonic Hazards around the world and the effects they have on both LICs and HICs.
Throughout the series of lessons students will be able to accurately describe what natural hazards are, different types of natural hazards, and describe the structure of the earth. Then students will investigate the structure of the Earth along with learning about plate tectonic theory and continental drift, this will then be used to describe the plate boundaries along with their characteristics and physical features. Finally students will learn about the Christchurch 2011 (HIC) case study and the Haiti 2010 (LIC) as two areas of contrasting wealth along with the effects and long term/short term responses.
Lesson 1: Introduction to Natural Hazards
Lesson 2: Structure of the Earth
Lesson 3: Plate Tectonics and Plate Boundaries
Lesson 4: Christchurch Earthquake
Lesson 5: Haiti Earthquake
Lesson 6: Tectonic Hazards Mitigation and Adaptation.
Lesson 7: Comparing Christchurch and Haiti Earthquakes
Students will improve skills such as graph reading, data interpretation, and case study analysis.
This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
Structure of the Earth- (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the structure of the Earth along with plate tectonic theory. A great introductory lesson into natural hazards and tectonic hazards.
Task 1: Theorize why the Earth is like an egg.
Task 2: Describe the characteristics of the structure of the Earth.
Task 3: Quick video to recap the structure of the Earth.
Task 4: Watch the video about slab pull and convectional currents
Task 5: Describe the global distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes (4 marks)
Task 6: Peer mark
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Geography Flash Cards - Living World
This download includes flashcards for the Paper 1 topic - Living World.
This includes 25 flashcards covering: Ecosystems, Tropical Rainforests and Hot Deserts.
Can be used in two ways.
1.) Fold the sheet in half and glue the two sides together to make a flashcard.
2.) Cut the questions and answers out and create a card sort to test your memory.
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Features of the UK and Fieldwork - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
An introductory topic for KS3 geography this bundle is great for Year 7 in their first term at school. This gets students familiar with geographical concepts of fieldwork, data, human and physical geography. This bundle contains 7 lessons that are fully resourced, with powerpoints and worksheets.
Throughout the series of lessons, students will firstly conduct fieldwork investigation into the environment of their school to get them engaged in geography and explain why it is important along with data collection and presentation. Then students will investigate the location of the UK, this is done to provide a strong basis for all students regardless of primary school. This includes continents, countries, seas and the use of longitude and latitude. Students will then learn about the climate and weather of the UK, the case study of the River Severn along with its basic features of a river and the Holderness Coast along with headlands and bays and a quick introduction of geology. Then students will investigate human geography and its features of human settlements and scales along with identifying major UK cities and the density/sparseness. Finally students end on the case study of Leeds and its importance as a UK city.
Lesson 1: Introduction to Fieldwork
Lesson 2: Data and Fieldwork
Lesson 3: Climate of the UK
Lesson 4: Rivers of the UK
Lesson 5: Coasts of the UK
Lesson 6: Cities of the UK
Lesson 7: Importance of Leeds
Students will gain a variety of skills such as fieldwork, data collection and manipulation along with manipulation. Along with OS map reading and bar chart analysis
This bundle contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
Introduction to Fieldwork - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe the importance of fieldwork along with why do fieldwork in geography. This lesson contains the basis for a fieldwork investigation around your school that includes a liter count and bi-polar environmental quality survey.
Task 1: Describe which is more accurate data sample set
Task 2: Writing a hypothesis
Task 3: Conducting research at 3 different locations along with the research sheet.
Task 4: Main Task: Write up _ Describe what the research found about the school site.
Task 5: Plenary: Homework for litter pick for further data
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one 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.
The Importance of Leeds - KS3
Students will be able to describe the location of Leeds globally, continentally, country and county. Students will recap what social, economic and environmental issues are and then read information about the importance of Leeds and highlight the categories. Students will learn about the Burgess Model of cities and then identify examples of these in Leeds. Finally students will learn about the ethnic background of Leeds and the distributions of ethnic groups.
Starter: Knowledge retention of previous learning.
Task 1: Describe the location of Leeds using as much information as possible.
Task 2: Identify the social, economic and environmental factors that make Leds important.
Task 3: Draw the settlements onto the Burgess Model
Task 4: Main Task: Describe the distribution of each ethnic group in relation to the Burgess Model.
Task 5: Plenary: SPaG clean up.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Data & Fieldwork - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe the difference between Primary and Secondary data as well as give examples for each type. Then students will investigate Quantitative versus Qualitative data and what types of data these represent. Finally students will explain why it is important to display data in different methods, specifically bar chart. This lesson was created to be part of a two lesson plan, so the previous lesson will be included in the download to help with planing.
Starter: Knowledge Retention on previous learning
Task 1: Testing the difference between primary and secondary data
Task 2: Testing the difference between quantitative and qualitative
Task 3: Why do we choose to present data in a certain way?
Task 4: Main Task: Describe the quality of the environment at our school
Lesson contains two powerpoints 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.
Climate of the UK - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe where the UK is located globally using a variety of descriptors such as; longitude and latitude, recapping of the continents and surrounding seas and oceans. Student should also be able to describe the countries that make up the UK, British Isles and GB. Finally students will learn the difference between weather and climate and then asked to describe the climate of the UK in Winter and Summer.
Starter: Knowledge Retention - Recapping on previous learning
Task 1: Describe the importance on why describing a place accurately is important.
Task 2: How to read longitude and latitude, then describe the UK’s longitude and latitude.
Task 3: Recap on the continents and oceans.
Task 4: What is the difference between weather and climate, and what is the UKs climate zone.
Task 5: Main Task: Describe the UK’s temperature in Summer and in Winter.
Task 6: Plenary: Home learning of an A3 poster of several physical features in the UK.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Coasts of the UK - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe what coastlines are, where they are located and a specific focus on the Holderness Coast. This lesson will cover features such as geology and features such as headland and bays. Finally this lesson will work on improving students OS map reading skills.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Recap on what the coast is along with the closest coast to us.
Task 2: Describe the location of the Holderness Coast
Task 3: Describe the type of rock found on the Holderness coast and what features these create.
Task 4: Main Task: Using an OS map, complete the sheet on OS map skills
Task 5: Plenary: Home Learning on A3 research project.
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.
Positives and Negative of the EU - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe the main reasons why countries decide to join the EU initially, this includes free movement and the single market. Then students will identify the benefits and costs of membership. Then Brexit will be introduced to students, explaining what it is, the voting % and main figures along with a quick video about the positives and negative of the EU. Finally students identify the positives and negatives of the EU and then work on formulating a debate either for or against staying in the EU.
Starter: Knowledge retention of previous learning
Task 1: Recap of the terms free movement and single market, along with the benefits and drawbacks of EU membership
Task 2: Introduction to what Brexit is and when it happened.
Task 3: Identification of advantages and disadvantages of EU membership
Task 4: Main Task: Choose a side for the debate, for or against the EU then be prepared to write an argument for it.
Task 5: Plenary: Recap on learning and answer 6 quick questions.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Location of Europe - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe where the continent of Europe if located using hemisphere, lines of latitude and longitude. Then using an atlas students will located each country in Europe and its seas on the handout
Starter: Knowledge retention about previous learning
Task 1: Describe the location of Europe globally
Task 2: Describe the location of Europe using latitude and longitude
Task 3: Main Task: Identify the countries of Europe on the sheet as well as the seas, and Alps, and climate areas if possible.
Task 4: Plenary: Recap of information.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.