Good as a first lesson to see what they know or a revision lesson. The lesson is essentially the challenge which runs all lesson. Photocopy the challenge and the points sheet. Do not read through with class, let them crack on with it. Where it says choose appropriate map, have A3 photocopies of American and European world maps to choose from. Follow up with WWW/EBI (or NDT). Homework to annotate proper copies of tectonic maps.

Volcanic hazards. Give students a copy of the diagram and get them to annotate. Hazards on powerpoint diagram are hyperlinked. Use geo factsheet to add further details. Amazing Pompeii animation at end to check understanding by spotting the hazards. Homework is to look at different types of volcanoes.

*Ofsted rated outstanding for impact Feb 2015* Students should glue in the guide to gaining gorgeous geography book at the start of the academic year in the front of their books. When you wish to take in their books to mark, give them a book review form, and they can use the ideas from the boxes in the guide to fill in their sheets with 2xWWW and 2xEBI. This makes them take ownership and reflect and also saves you time when marking. Tried and tested.

Students will need an hour or maybe a little longer to complete this sheet. The website address is on the top of the sheet. You may want to adapt - please let me know if you can improve this! Aimed at yr7s who are doing a 'What is Britain?&' topic.

The 3 posters should be displayed outside your classroom and students in groups should recreate these posters from memory. Aimed at KS3 studying weather. Instructions are on powerpoint. Please see my other resource on rainfall for alternative activity on 3 types of rainfall, including predicting weather by looking at the clouds - 'Can clouds predict weather?&'.

The second lesson in Enquiry Question 1 in the water unit for Year 2 of Edexcel A Level Geography - Paper 1. This lesson looks at the stores and fluxes within the water cycle and includes information on residence times. This lesson is also available as part of Enquiry Question 1 Bundle and a Water Bundle. Thank you for looking.

The fourth lesson in Enquiry Question 1 in the water unit for Year 2 of Edexcel A Level Geography - Paper 1. This lesson looks at infiltration rates and gets the students to conduct their own experiments around the school grounds. There is also a follow-up homework task (IST). This lesson is also available as part of Enquiry Question 1 Bundle and a Water Bundle. Thank you for looking.

Please find step-by-step guides and templates for 4 main command words for Geography A Level: Explain Analyse Evaluate Assess Insert the powerpoint slides into your lessons when you introduce a specific exam question (change the question obviously!) and give out of a copy of the template for students to fill in. Gradually remove this scaffold over time. I made this based on examboard advice and literature.

Third lesson thrown together. A market-place activity recapping layers of the Earth and the 4 reasons behind plate movement.

This should come after having taught rainfall, climate, climate graphs in the British Isles. Could be set as a homework for higher-attaining students. For lower-attaining students, work on it in class and then answer part 5 for homework. Could be read out in next lesson and marked by teacher using the levels table for quick assessment.

Having played the infamous geography-staple The Trade Game in class, students should reflect on what they learnt by completing this homework task.

*This is not examiner endorsed/approved* When going through a recent practice exam with yr10, these are the notes I made on the different types of question that came up. This is so they can approach another exam paper in the same way using the same crib sheet. There are examples of poor and good answers on there and general advice. This is a working document and there are some types of questions which have not been covered such as 'Compare'.

After discussing the reasons, this task (which has higher- and lower-attaining student versions) can be used to help students explain. The task is to help students practice clear explanations in their geography writing. This template could be applied to other topics.

I used a triple lesson to do this on one day. Students split into 4 groups as shown on the plan - 2 hours to prepare their exhibits - suggestions on the sheets. I prepared each group with a pack of information and other useful information sheets to help them with their topic. In the third lesson, staff came round to experience their museum and we turned up heating, sprayed them with water and played sounds. The powerpoint is what they viewed first before touring the 'museum&'.

Involves using school corridors as 'river channels&' in practical element when students work out hydraulic radius. Includes Manning&';s formula and breaks it down into easy speak - hopefully! Also Bradshaw Model and relevant exam questions. Plus, links to Hjulstrom Curve websites.

Covers types of flow, types of energy, erosion, transportation (animations borrowed from someone else), and deposition, with links to relevant past exam questions. First 'dustbins&' link might not work - created on classtools. Second link is &';sticky does rivers' which is obviously not my video!

You need a copy of Interactions (new or old edition works!) to go with this resource. Students read each statement and decide whether it is true or false, based on the information from pg8-11 of the textbook. Must correct 'false&' statements and add further info to &';true' statements. Extension activities at bottom of the sheet. Aimed at yr9. Leaving it as a cover activity - could give cover teacher answers so students can self-assess.

All instructions are on the powerpoint, but essentially 2 groups use Atlases to locate a range of physical features on a blank A3. Then the 2 maps get put outside the room and the groups get given another blank map and have to remember the other group's map. Tried today and yr7 went nuts for it.

Level descriptors and the task are written on the sheet. I am setting this as a practise assessment for year 7 over the half term, but could be used as a real assessment for Ecosystems or Antarctic topic. They have spent two lessons looking at polar animal adaptations by researching on the internet and looking at clips from Blue Planet.

Take students OUTSIDE to predict weather using the clouds guide. The lesson moves onto talking about 3 different types of rainfall and gets the students to guess how and why. I’m using this as an introduction to Flooding. Yr8 have just finished off Rivers and this is a bit of a bridging lesson. The powerpoint is not quite finished off (ie the title slide is not done properly) but the rest is done (although not background).