This lesson introduces the students to the environment that they will be studying. Firstly the students are asked to summarise what they already know about the Arctic Tundra. Next they are split into 3 groups, each group has a pack of resources. The packs include information about location, climate and vegetation. A note taking sheet is provided. Students have 8 minutes with each pack in order to take notes. To test their understanding each group is given one topic to give a presentation on. All resources are included at the end of the PowerPoint.

This resource is deigned to revise plate margins and the land forms associated with them. Included in resource are the following topics: Plate margin card sort Plate tectonics theory Type of plate margin Tectonic land form carousel Exam questions Plate margin characteristics In addition the following skills are used: Classifying information Recall and speaking Recalling information and diagrams Recall and discussion Planning answers, recall and PEE paragraphs Recall and classification At the end of the resources are student booklets. The first page of the booklet acts as a plenary for students to evaluate their progress in the lesson and to identify what and how to revise next. The resource is easily editable for your own case studies.

This booklet is designed to follow up work undertaken on a coasts field trip. It includes a range of skills based questions involving methods, data presentation and analysis. Each section includes a GCSE mark scheme to assess the student’s work. These resources can be adapted to be used with fieldwork activities undertaken at a range of locations.

Many students get to the point of revising, sit down and don’t know what to do next. These worksheets include a range of tasks which cover a wide variety of topics. The idea behind them is that when the students sit down to revise they don’t have to think of tasks, just select one from the list. They should focus on testing themselves e.g. look, cover, write, check. I encourage my students to start with an easy task so they feel that they are making progress, followed by a difficult task.

This lesson contains a worked example followed by a series of exercises where the students can practice and apply their knowledge. Included within the PowerPoint are worksheets for the students to fill in and a full set of answers, including worked calculations. I designed these to be used either as homework tasks or as an introductory lesson / skill practice lesson. They are also designed to encourage the students to memorise the formulae as these will not be included in the exam papers.

This lesson contains a worked example followed by a series of exercises where the students can practice and apply their knowledge. Included within the PowerPoint are worksheets for the students to fill in and a full set of answers, including worked calculations. I have included two dispersion diagrams to be used to calculate the interquartile range. I designed these to be used either as homework tasks or as an introductory lesson / skill practice lesson. They are also designed to encourage the students to memorise the formulae as these will not be included in the exam papers even at GCSE level.

This lesson gradually builds up the characteristics of a climate graph and then leads to the students completing a climate graph for Cumbria on pre-drawn axes. Next, the students need to interpret the climate graph reading the minimum, maximum and range for rainfall and temperature. Next, a writing frame is provided for students to build the information they have interpreted up into a description. After that there is a differentiated living graph activity where students can apply the characteristics of climate to their everyday life. More confident students should choose whether to place the statements at the start or the end of the month and to decided whether to locate them on the temperature or rainfall graph. The pupils are then provided with some data for London’s climate so that they can compare Cumbria’s climate to London’s. Finally, the students are given a climate graph for Khartoum to test if they can apply their understanding to an unfamiliar place.

Each grid is comprised of 6 tasks for the students to complete. They incorporate a range of skills from identifying landforms to case study responses. The students can be given the grid to complete as a homework task. The next lesson they are given an answer sheet and a new grid to complete. This enables them to self assess their responses using the answer sheet and to identify any area of weakness, so they can undertake further revision. It also enables them to recap knowledge from area of the course that they have not studied recently. The assessment effort grade, can be collected in by the teacher to give feedback on how effective the student’s recall is. By giving an answer sheet you know that the students will all have the correct information. They can use these grids to revise further at home. I copied them double sided (answer and new grid) onto card. There are 4 grids to complete (2 river and 2 coasts) and answers sheets are included within the PowerPoint.

This resource is deigned to revise global development over two lessons. Included in resource are the following topics: Case study facts Indicators of development Rostow’s model of growth Aid Aid case study; Charity water Population pyramids Physical factors and development of Ethiopia Trade affecting development of Ethiopia Political development of Ethiopia Population growth and employment structure graphs TNCs in Ethiopia Urban growth – push and pull factors Contemporary challenges in Mumbai Solutions to contemporary challenges in Mumbai At the end of the resources are pupil booklets. These are differentiated for more and less able. The first page of the booklet acts as a plenary for pupils to evaluate their progress in the lesson and to identify what and how to revise next.

This resource is deigned to revise ecosystems over two lessons. Included in resource are the following topics: Ecosystem scales Ecosystem location Types of ecosystem Climate data Causes and effects of deforestation Rainforest management case study Location of coral reefs Coral reef nutrient cycle Threats to coral reefs Management of coral reefs Coral quiz At the end of the resources are pupil booklets. The first page of the booklet acts as a plenary for pupils to evaluate their progress in the lesson and to identify what and how to revise next. The resource is easily editable for your own case studies.

This resource is deigned to revise climate change over two lessons. Included in resource are the following topics: Natural causes of climate change Evidence of climate change Global Warming Causes and effects of climate change Global atmospheric circulation Tropical storms causes, characteristics, location and frequency Causes of EL Nino Effects of the Big Dry Adaptation to drought At the end of the resources are pupil booklets. The first page of the booklet acts as a plenary for pupils to evaluate their progress in the lesson and to identify what and how to revise next. The resource is easily editable for your own case studies.

This lesson is designed to revise the landforms on a high energy coastline and the way in which it has changed at different timescale from seconds to millennia. The lesson starts with a factual recall quiz, designed to undertaken again at the end of the lesson to show improvement. Answers are provided. Next there is a carousel of information sheets. Students are provided with a note taking sheet and should collect information from the sheets around the classroom in order to complete it. Next the teacher should go through the information collected and answer any questions. After that there are a series of questions for the students to plan responses to. these could be completed as a homework task. Finally students can redo the quiz to see what they have learned during the lesson and where there are still gaps in their knowledge. All resources are included at the end of the PowerPoint.

The aim of this lesson is to gain an understanding of the location and characteristics of Mumbai including population growth, ethnic mix and its global, national and regional context. This will help the students to build a sense of place. The lesson starts by locating the city using maps at a range of scales, from which the students will write a location description. After that the students shown a range of images of Mumbai to create a sense of place. They are then required to classify a series of statements about Mumbai into global, national and regional links. Next, is a comprehension activity on internal migration within India to Mumbai. After that the students have two maps to annotate to show the international migration routes and the number of people that undertake them. Next, is a graph of population growth for the students to describe. Finally, students are given data to show the ethnic mix of Mumbai. They are asked to select which type of graph to draw and to draw it. All resources are included at the end of the PowerPoint.

This resource will cover two lessons. Firstly, the students are reminded of what is meant by a contemporary challenge to a city. They are then given a note taking sheet with space to write 6 PEE paragraphs. Next they are then given a series of facts about the challenges if housing availability focusing on both rich and poor residents of the city. Students should select two facts and add then to the Point Evidence column. Next show the students the Kevin McCloud Slumming it programme. This will help them to develop a much more sophisticated sense of place, develop empathy with the residents and a greater understanding of the challenges of living in a slum. In the next lesson students are given information about the challenges of waste management and transport provision, accompanied by photos and clips. They should use these to complete the Point Evidence column. They are then given a sheet with text boxes containing explanatory comments. They are asked to classify these into transport provision, housing accessibility and waste management. Answers provided. After that the students should use these to complete the explanation column, using two connectives for each explanation. They are then required to evaluate which challenge has the biggest impact. Finally, there is an opportunity to go over how to plan an answer to an 8 mark question and use a mark scheme to assess their answers. All resources are included in the PowerPoint.

This lesson aims to familiarise students with rapid urban growth in Mumbai and the urban zones that have resulted from this. It also aims to encourage students to develop a sense of place and empathise with residents through a story telling activity. Firstly, students are shown a clip from the opening titles of Slum Dog Millionaire. Whilst watching they are asked to consider what they know, think they know and would like to know about Mumbai. Next students are given an urban land use map of Mumbai and shown photos of the zones to help them to make more sense of the map. After that are a series of discussion questions designed to consolidate this understanding. Next the students will be read an extract and asked to annotate their map with sketches and details. I recommend you read the extract twice. After that the students should get into groups of 4 to share their notes and to add additional detail to their maps. Finally, the students should return to the questions they answered at the start if the lesson and update their responses. It would be interesting to find out if anyone had found out the answers to things that they would like to know. All resources are included at the end of the PowerPoint.

The aim of this lesson is to build up a case study of sustainable transport in Mumbai. The lesson starts by introducing the students to a definition of sustainable transport. Next the students are split into groups. They are given a resource linked to one of three sustainable transport solutions, these include improved rail links, new road building and improvements in bus transport. They are given 10 minutes to read this and then create a teaching resource on flip chart paper. After that each group takes it in turn to teach the class. They should outline the sustainable strategies and explain how they work. Whilst talking, the other students should take notes on their speech in order to complete a PEE paragraph. They will also need to write a paragraph about their own solution. At the end of the speech they should rate their teacher. They can use a different colour for each of the two groups that they will hear on their rate my teacher sheet. Finally, they can practice planning an 8 mark answer and assess their note taking sheet. All resources are included at the end of the PowerPoint.

In this lesson the students will start by being introduced to the problem of water supply in Ethiopia. The students will learn about charity: water - an aid project through a series of clips and photos. Next they will undertake a story telling activity to learn about the aid project through the eyes of 3 characters. They are each given a character and key questions to listen out for the answers to. They are given a note taking sheet. After reading the story once there are comprehension / discussion questions for the students to undertake. Next they are read the story again. After that they get into groups of the same character to ensure they have all the notes from the story. They then get into groups of different characters to share information. After that they take part in an opinion line activity to assess the success of charity:water. This will help them to develop their conclusion writing skills. All resources are included.