Welcome to my shop. My aim is to provide high quality teaching, learning and assessment resources. In the case of GCSE and A Level resources I am adding examination questions to my resources as more become available. Please come in and browse. Feel free to contact me about any of the resources that you buy or if you are looking for something in particular.
Welcome to my shop. My aim is to provide high quality teaching, learning and assessment resources. In the case of GCSE and A Level resources I am adding examination questions to my resources as more become available. Please come in and browse. Feel free to contact me about any of the resources that you buy or if you are looking for something in particular.
Firstly, the students are shown a pie chart of employment structure in Ethiopia. They are asked to classify Ethiopia as either and LIDC or EDC. Next they are shown a diagram of Rostow’s development model and asked to identify which stage Ethiopia is in. This sets the scene for Ethiopia becoming a suitable host country for TNCs. Next the students are given a globalisation glossary most of these terms will be familiar and this activity will act as revision. The students are introduced to what a TNC is and asked to guess what the 10 biggest TNCs are. After that they are given info on some TNCs in Ethiopia and reasons why TNCs locate there and are asked to match the reasons to the company. More than one reason may apply. Next they are asked to classify the advantages and disadvantages of TNCs to Ethiopia. To finish are a selection of 4 mark examination questions about international investment. All resources are included at the end of the PowerPoint.
This lesson is designed to get students thinking about the solutions to the trade deficit that occurs in Ethiopia. Essentially you are trying to get them to think about how to turn primary goods into manufactured goods in order to improve the balance of trade but the students need to discover this for themselves. Start by explaining how rich countries have a trade surplus and poor countries have a trade deficit. Then explain the impact of supply and demand of product prices. Next the students are asked to consider primary goods that could be produced in Africa and to classify them into either limited supply or plentiful supply e.g. diamonds = limited, coffee = plentiful. Next show the students a map showing major mineral exports from a variety of African counties and outline the problems of relying on trading these products.
Next get the students in groups of 3-4 to find a map of Ethiopia in their atlases and give them a data sheet with Ethiopian data and UK data for comparison. Also give out a spider diagram sheet with key questions. Students need to consider the changes they would make to improve the balance of trade in Ethiopia and record them on the key question sheet e.g. improving infrastructure, overcoming problems of being land locked, war with Eritrea, drought. The teacher will need to circulate and prompt students and answer questions. At the end select some students to feedback their plans. Finally outline other problems that will also impact on improving the balance of trade. All resources are included at the end of the PowerPoint.
The lesson introduces the students to the type of examination questions that they can expect and the range of landforms that they are required to know. They are also reminded of what makes a good landforms answer. Firstly, students are given a factual recall test for the different landforms they are required to learn. Answers are provided. Students are the asked to complete flash revision cards for the different landforms. At the end of the lesson is a 40 minute processes and landforms test for the students to undertake as homework or in a subsequent lesson. All resources are include within the PowerPoint.
In this lesson students will start with a glossary of key terms relating to arable farming. They will then be introduced to the location and characteristics of the Norfolk Broads via photos and a clip from Alan Partridge. The pupils will then be asked to solve the mystery - Who shot Lady Rose? By working out which characters had motive and opportunity. My students love solving the mystery and become really engaged with the characters. The mystery cards also contain details about the environmental impacts of arable farming on the Broads these include soil compaction, use of fertilisers, clearance of hedgerows and lack of fallow period. Once they have solved the mystery there is are a range of examination questions and mark scheme to draw together the student’s understanding of the issue.
In this lesson the students are introduced to hydrograph features and types of hydrograph. They will discuss and explain these. Students will then be introduced to the impact of geology, relief and temperature on the water cycle and are required to explain these in relation to maps and diagrams. Students will be asked to identify the impact of an individual tree on the water cycle in the rainforest. There is an opportunity to plan a 10 mark exam question as well as a model answer being provided. Finally, there is another examination question and mark scheme for the pupils to plan an answer to or answer fully. This lesson is part of a series of lesson and can be purchased as a bundle.
This lesson is part of a series of lessons about the rainforest ecosystem and is available as part of a bundle. This lesson starts by recalling some of the threats to the rainforest. It then introduces the idea of shifting cultivation and how it is sustainable. Next there are a series of photos of reasons for deforestation e.g. logging, mining, ranching, faming. Students are asked to consider why this is not sustainable and why it would be difficult to regrow the forest. They are then introduced to 4 schemes designed to manage the rainforest the Surui-Google partnership, REDD+, Ecotourism and sustainable agroforestry. In a group of four the students are given the information about one of the projects to simplify the project into a mind map. The groups can then give a speech presenting their findings to each other. Next they are asked to complete gap fill paragraphs explaining each project. Finally, students should work as a group to consider the relative strengths and weaknesses of the projects and evaluate which is most successful. All resources are included at the end of the PowerPoint.
The lesson starts by asking the students to consider how different parts of the reef ecosystem are interdependent. It then reminds the students of the value of reefs. Next there is a map interpretation activity showing areas of reef that are under threat followed by a you tube clip. Students are then split into groups and given a threat to coral reef in St Lucia information sheet. there are four sheets; fishing, tourism, bleaching and disease. They are asked to create a teaching resource to use to teach their peers. there is also a rate my teacher mark scheme for the students to assess each other and a note taking sheet to encourage the students to use PEE paragraphs. These can be marked using the 8 mark, mark scheme provided. There is also a threats to coral reef homework activity provided. All resources are included at the end of the PowerPoint.
This lesson starts by students interpreting temperature graphs of the quaternary showing different time scales. Next the students create a timeline from 14,000BP to the present day. They label the different climatic periods during this time and ad photos showing the different climatic features. Finally they annotate important characteristics for different climates, using a table of information to help them to do this. An answer sheet is included. To finish there is a quiz to test their knowledge of the changes. All resources are included at the end of the PowerPoint.
In this lesson students are reminded of the location of reefs before being introduced to the conditions that they grow in. They are then given a table to complete about fringing reefs, barrier reefs and atolls. To help them do this there are information cards about each type of reef including photos, diagrams and maps. When they have completed this the answers are on a slide for pupils to check their work. Next they are introduced to a map showing the route of Darwin’s voyage, then the concept of eustatic sea level change and reminded about the conditions needed for coral to grow. Then they are given a diagram of all three reefs and asked to consider how a fringing reef can become a barrier reef and then an atoll (the Darwinian theory of atoll formation). Finally they could also consider that most atolls are formed on volcanic islands and the impact of coral growth on those islands. All resources are included in the PowerPoint.
Students start by drawing the water cycle on a partially completed Arctic Tundra background. Next students add additional annotations of how the water cycle would change in Arctic conditions. Then the students are given specific information about how the water cycle is altered in the Arctic to add to a new diagram. Finally, students are asked to compare the water cycle in the rainforest to the tundra. They are required to include factual information in these annotations.
Firstly, the students are introduced to the key terminology relating to water extraction. Next, students will comprehend a newspaper article to evaluate the impacts of water extraction from the aquifer surrounding Beijing. After that the students will study surface extraction on the Tigris and Euphrates and convert this information into a mind map. T consolidate students are given an examination question and asked to produce presentations on one element of the question, using the case studies. The students can then answer the question for homework or in class. All resources are included at the end of the PowerPoint.
The lesson starts by asking the students to recall and classify the inputs, outputs, processes and stores of the carbon cycle. Next the students are asked to produce a diagram of the carbon cycle and then to adjust it to reflect the carbon cycle in the Arctic Tundra. After that students are given specific information on the changes and asked to annotate these onto a new diagram of the carbon cycle. Finally the students are asked to compare the carbon cycle in the rainforest to the tundra, including specific information.
This lesson will give the students the opportunity to learn about the location, causes, measurement and effects of tropical storms. This will be initially general before focusing on super typhoon Haiyan. the lesson starts by introducing the students to what tropical storms are, where they occur and what they are called. To add to the information there are two video clips, one the hurricane song and a second a short information clip about tropical storms. Next the students are introduced to the features of tropical storms and how they are measured. After that the lesson focuses on super typhoon Haiyan which hit the Philippines in 2013. Firstly, there is a skills activity where the students plot the track of the typhoon using longitude and latitude. Next the students are introduced tot he damaging effects through a series of photographs. After that they are asked to classify facts about the causes and effects on a mind map. Finally they are asked to interpret a graph about the frequency of tropical storms and to consider whether or not they are becoming more frequent.
The lesson is an opportunity for students to work in small groups to write persuasive speeches and give presentations. The lesson starts by students working in pairs to recall key terminology. Next students are given maps of the UK and the world showing gains and losses from global warming (taken from Wider World). They have to highlight these images picking out the 3 most important gains and losses on each image. Next the class is split into groups with a specific remit e.g. UK gains from global warming. They are given a persuasive writing fame and asked to write a speech convincing the class of their viewpoint. The most able students in the class should be given the ‘losses vs gains’ speech as this is the most challenging. Prior to the speeches go through the dos and don’ts to help improve the quality of the speeches. Finally finish with an opinion line, selecting a few students to justify their opinions.
This lesson starts with an opportunity to revise ecosystems. Students are tested on climate data, photographs and ecosystems and food webs associated with different ecosystems. Next the students are introduced to the Polar, Ferrel and Haley cells, their discovery and characteristics. Next students should take notes on the weather associated with high and low pressure. After that the students are given climate graphs from around the globe and by looking at the rainfall data are asked to decided if there is high or low pressure. They then use their atlases to find out the latitude, which they label on a globe (answers provided). Finally, they are introduced to the weather between 30oN and S of the equator around the ITCZ and are asked to describe and then explain the weather that occurs (answers provided). All resources are included at the end of the PowerPoint.
This lesson is part of a series of lessons available as a bundle. The lesson starts with an examination question about the climate, flora and fauna of different biomes. Answers are provided. Next students are required to annotate and describe a map. this provides an opportunity to see how much the students can recall about rainforest location. Next students are given information about the different layers, which they can annotate onto a diagram of the rainforest. After that there is a mini-plenary testing recall so far. After that there is a climate graph drawing and interpretation activity, with a partially completed climate graph provided. The final part of the lesson involves writing a description of the climate graph. All resources are included at the end of the PowerPoint.
This bundle contains a series of lessons designed for the GCSE 9-1 courses introducing types of ecosystem at different scales, biomes and their climate flora and fauna, rainforest location, structure, climate, water and nutrient cycles. lessons have examination question and mark schemes, peer/self assessment and differentiation incorporated into them. They also include a range of skills including comprehension, graph and map analysis and diagram design.
This is part of a series of lessons on ecosystems available as a bundle. The lesson starts by defining biomes. The students next task is to take part in a carousel. It sets out expectations for the quality of the notes and provides an easy and a hard note taking sheet. The resources contain a variety information including maps, graphs, diagrams, photos and text. They resources are differentiated with black writing for everyone to take notes from, black and purple for slightly more able and black, purple and green for the most able. When note taking has been completed there is a modelled opportunity for peer/self assessment. Finally, there is an examination question with mark scheme and suggestions for other ways in which the students could be questioned. This provides the opportunity for undertaking examination question next lesson, after the students have learned the information for homework.
This bundle includes a range of resources to be used to teach population. It includes; population growth, density, population pyramids, demographic transition model, population policy, illegal migration - Mexico to the USA.
This lesson introduces the students to a charity - Riders for Health who have tried to improve health care provision in Kenya. It contains a video clips, story telling activities, with character cards. There are note taking sheets and discussion activities. This is a really good case study of an affective aid project in Kenya.