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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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Map Skills Revision - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
The first PowerPoint in a series to help students to recap their knowledge of OS maps and other Cartographic skills. The first few slides recap the importance of using maps and some historical knowledge on why we use OS maps.
This lesson contains:
Task 1: Students are asked in groups to match up a key map term along with a definition and example of the feature.
Recap on compass directions
Task 2: Stick the compass direction on the sheet and then differentiated further task to encourage looking into orientation.
Four figure grid reference recap
Task 3: Find harry potter characters on the sheet and write the grid coordinates for them.
Plenary: Confidence check on how students are feeling about the coordinates.
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
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The Challenge of Natural Hazards - (Full SOW) (KS4 - Key Stage 4)
An AQA specification topic for KS4 in GCSE geography about Natural, Tectonic and Weather Hazards around the world and the effects they have on both LICs and HICs. This bundle also covers the climate change topic as well.
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 the Christchurch and Haiti Earthquakes
Lesson 8: Global Atmospheric Circulation Model (GAC)
Lesson 9: Tropical Storms
Lesson 10: Future of Tropical Storms
Lesson 11: Effects and Responses to Typhoon Haiyan
Lesson 12: UK Weather Hazards
Lesson 13: Beast from the East
Lesson 14: Climate Change: Natural Causes
Lesson 15: Climate Change: Human Causes
Lesson 16: Climate Change: Effects
Lesson 17: Mitigating Climate Change
Lesson 18: Adapting to Climate Change
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.
In weather hazards students will be able to accurately describe the distribution of the climate globally using the GAC. Then describe the location and formation of tropical storms along with their effects through the case study of Typhoon Haiyan. Next students will look at the weather of the UK and finally describe an extreme UK weather event. In the last few lessons students will look at our changing climate and how this occurs both naturally and also anthropogenically, they will identify the effects and how we can adapt and mitigate them.
Resource Management - Provision of Food in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how the UK’s demand for food has changed through time and how food miles, organic food and seasonal food have changed in the UK.
Task 1: Starter - Three choropleth maps on food resources, recap of previous lesson and improve graph reading skills/ data analysis.
Task 2: Match up the key terms to their correct description.
Task 3: Describe how the demand for food in the UK has changed.
Task 4: Describe how importing food for Kenya has positives and negatives for the people of Kenya.
Task 5: Using an Atlas, map where the food comes from and how many miles, creating a flow line map.
Task 6: Exam Question: Using the table and your own knowledge, discuss the advantages of buying local food products (6 marks)
Task 7: Plenary - Which would be the best for UK carbon emissions?
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Resource Management - Water Management in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how water in the UK is managed. This includes areas of surplus and deficit along with the case study of Kielder Dam, Northumberland. This lesson also discusses the impacts of water pollution in the UK and ways that is it managed.
Task 1: Starter - Knowledge retention of previous learning
Task 2: Key word match up for water deficit, water surplus, water stress.
Task 3: Three choropleth maps of the UK and students must suggest if there is a relationship between rainfall, population density and water stress.
Task 4: Describe the location of Kielder dam and the location of the water transfer scheme (4 marks)
Task 5: Colour code the positives and negatives of Kielder Dam.
Task 5: Main Task -Exam question practice “Assess the extent to which water transfer systems bring opportunities to local areas (6 marks)"
Task 6: Plenary - What questions would you ask to find out more about global water scarcity?
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
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/
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
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Resource Management - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
An AQA specification topic for KS4 in Geography about Resource Management, with a specification on water.
Throughout the series of lessons students will be able to accurately describe what resources are, why it is important to management them sustainability. First students start of with an overview of energy in the UK, then the provision of food in the UK along with how to reduce food miles and an introduction to agribusiness. Finally students will focus on the resource of water at the UK scale with Kielder Dam, in Northumberland as a water transfer scheme. Then focus on the larger scale of global distribution of water. With the focus on the south-north water transfer scheme in China. Then how to sustainability increase water supply with the Mali Water Aid case study.
Lesson 1:Introduction to Resource Management.
Lesson 2: Provision of Energy in the UK
Lesson 3: Provision of Food in the UK
Lesson 4: Reducing Food Miles and Agribusiness
Lesson 5: Water Management in the UK
Lesson 6: Global Distribution of Water
Lesson 7: Water supply, insecurity and sustainability.
Students will improve skills such as graph reading, data interpretation, and case study analysis.
This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Water in the Amazon - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe the route the Amazon river takes using longitude, latitude and countries, then students will be asked to identify confluences, tributaries and other physical features associated with rivers. Next students will be asked to knowledge dump everything they can remember about the water cycle in their books and then match up the labels with the correct definition. Finally students will learn about convectional rainfall and asked to describe the water cycle in the amazon through everything they have learned.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Describe the path of the Amazon river from source to mouth.
Task 2: Knowledge dump everything you know about the water cycle.
Task 3: match the correct word to the definition.
Task 4: Main Task: Describe the water cycle that occurs in the Amazon, then explain how this causes convectional rainfall in the Amazon rainforest.
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.
The Amazon River - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to recap the key terms of rivers and the types of erosion that occurs and the coast. Then students learn about Angel Falls in Venezuela as a case study for waterfalls. Students then lean how waterfalls formed and are tasked with describing them on their whiteboards and are then tasked with describing how a meanders and oxbow lakes occur.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1:Recap the location of the Amazon River, and the key terms associated with them
Task 2: Describe how waterfalls form.
Task 3: Key terms with meanders and oxbow lakes
Task 4: Main Task: Create a comic strip about how a meander and oxbow lake forms using key geographical terms.
Task 5: Plenary: Recap of home learning expectation.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Coast of Brazil - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will use some GIS to work along the coastline of Brazil to see the different features present at each location, then students will recap hydraulic action and abrasion. Next students will identify features of the coast on an OS map using 4-6 figure reference. Finally students will investigate how a sea stack forms using weathering and erosion to describe how.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Describe the Brazilian coastline using GIS to identify features
Task 2: Using the OS map, identify headlands and bays using 4-6 figure coordinates
Task 3: Using the photograph, identify the feature present on the coast.
Task 4: Main Task: Explain the formation of a sea stack.
Task 5: Plenary: Recap of home learning expectation.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
River Volga's Levees - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to recap the key learning from previous lessons on rivers and their features, they will also be able to describe 4-6 figure grid references on their whiteboards as a starter.
Then students will be given guided reading home learning (included) to cement their knowledge. Students then will recap previous terms of rivers, and the courses of the river.
Then students will go through the step-by step process of how levees are formed, with a strong investigation into deposition and how it works. Pupils will then be tested on the key knowledge of levee formation before being asked to annotate the sketch of a levee formation to show how it forms.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1:Recap the key geographical terms for rivers
Task 2: Describe what deposition is and how it occurs
Task 3: Recap the core content of the lesson on whiteboards to show how well they understand
Task 4: Using the image on the screen, stick image in and annotate how the levee forms.
Task 5: Main Task: Annotate the sketch of a levee formation to show how it forms.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet and home learning guided reading.