The Three Gorges is a narrow, steep sided part of the Yangtze River, at five thousand kilometres one of the world’s longest rivers. The valley is home to over four hundred million people and provides over sixty per cent of Chinas rice crop. In 1992 the Chinese government agreed to building the Three Gorges Dam. At an estimated cost of between £17 - £21 Billion and more than two kilometres long and one hundred and fifty meters high it will be the biggest dam in the world at completion in 2009. These worksheets look at the positive and negatives of building the dam, the consiquences and leads to the opposrtunity of a class debate as to whether the Chinese government were right to build the dam.

Everyone knows what a beach is but can you descibe on ein geographical terms? Beaches are made up of sand, pebbles, shingle and boulders formed by the processes of waves. The combination of these are in no way constant and contain a verity of types, shapes and sizes. This worksheet helps students to define a beach using geographical terms and explain how the materials size and shape change as they near the sea, and how this could have occurred

This coastal assessment is made up of two parts: Part One - Produce an educational leaflet for the Dorset Tourist Board to give to secondary school teachers who bring school groups to the Swanage Bay area. Part Two - Decision Making Exercise - The Swanage Borough Council is considering a proposal to build a marina across a part of Swanage Bay.

A 24 clued crossword to help students with learning their vocabulary for coastal topics and assessments.

Being able to identify coastal features on a map is an important skill to have as it can often come up in exams. These worksheets help students to use the knowledge they have gathered to identify the features on the map pieces from the additional sheet, sketch the feature and describe how it is recognised.

These worksheets look at the large companies and their locations around the work, then focus primarily on a Nike case study in China and the positives and negatives it brings to LEDCs

The culture of a group of people is their way of life. It includes their customs, hobbies, foods, fashions, beliefs and traditions; these are dependent of the country they live in, family background, sex and age. Many parts of the world are multicultural which means many different groups of people live alongside one another as a result of moving to new areas to live ad bringing their cultures with them. This is a chance for your students to get out of your seats and, sensibly, move around the classroom gathering evidence with their classmates to learn about China's culture.

Salt marshes are complex, fragile and one of the most threatened environments on our planet. This is due to their close proximity to industrial, commercial and recreational uses of coastlines. Environmental changes also threaten them by way of climate change and rising sea levels. These worksheets look at what effects salt marshes both human and physically, where they are located and the students can also debate whether salt marshes are a thing of beauty or not.

The sea, action of waves and their processes are what shape our coastlines, with their power being the most significant force of coastal change. These worksheets look at the swell, the fetch and how tides are formed.

Sand dunes are created by the wind usually along a beach or in a desert. When the wind blows sand into an area behind an obstacle, such as a rock, bush or skeleton, where it is sheltered, dunes begin to grow as grains of sand accumulate. This worksheets helps students to understand how sand sunes are formed, their make up and the eight different types of dunes and where they are found around the world.

Believed to have been living in the Kalahari Desert for over 80,000 years, the San People are thought to be the world’s most ancient race. This independent research-based lesson helps the students to develop their understanding of life and surviving in a harsh environment. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

Tourism within deserts is an increasing economic activity with many positive and negative impacts on those tribes people who call these areas home. These worksheets have the students disgussing these impacts and go on to develop a logo and slogan for a company which advertises that it takes these impacts into consideration while promoting tourism activities within deserts.

This worksheet uses David Attenborough's 'On The World's Deserts’ to help students to understand how and why deserts are formed where they are.

The sea sources it materials from various places: cliff erosion, constructive waves, carried down rivers to the mouth and transported by longshore drift. Some beaches have beautiful golden sands whereas others have less attractive shingle, but there is a reason why beaches look as they do. The reason is longshore drift. These worksheets help students to understand the process of longshore drift and the ways sediment is transported by waves and tides.

Spits are extended stretches of beach material, such as sand and shingle which project out to sea, joined to the mainland at one end. A spit is formed due to the coastline changing direction – Longshore drift is the main source of material build up as it brings materials up from further down the coastline. These worksheets look at how spits are formed and the processess, inputs and outputs of spits.

The beautiful Iguazu Falls are also known as the Iguassu Falls and the Iguaçu Falls. The magnificent display of these 275 individual drops has awed tourists and locals alike for centuries. They originate from the Iguazu River and are situated on the border of Brazil and Argentina. The falls are what divide the river of the same name into its upper and lower portions and have given rise to several myths and legends as to their origin. This river forms the boundary between Brazil and Argentina, making it an important part of the political and geographical structure of the continent of South America. This worksheets helps your students to develop their field sketching skills by going through the important dos and don’ts and using the Iguazu Falls as an example

Victoria Falls or Mosi-oa-Tunya, which translates to ‘Smoke that Thunders’ is found on the Zambia River between Zambia and Zimbabwe. They are thought to be the largest in the world in terms of the volume of water that passes through it. It is neither the highest nor widest fall in the world but it is the largest sheet of falling water. This worksheet helps your students to understand the dos and don’ts of field sketching. Victoria Falls is used as an example to help practice this important skill

This 32 page booklet gives students the opportunity to explore the FIFA World Cup, Russia and their connections to geography using different Geographical themes and skills. Chapters include: Why Is Football So Popular? How Is Football Linked To Geography? Who Are FIFA? Who’s Taking Part In 2018? Friendly Rivals We Are Number One! Football As An Economic Activity Flag Crossword Getting The Vote What Do You Know About Russia? Where In Russia? Population And Nationality Country Climate Seeing The Sites What Have We Borrowed? Build A Brand Knowing The Neighbours Football Acrostic How Is This Omar Linked To Football?

As one of the first medical missionaries to arrive in southern Africa, the first in central Africa, Dr Livingstone was frequently the first European the tribe’s people met. Their trust was won as he was a healer and medicine man and his reputation spread so far he had to restrict himself to treatment of those with only serious illnesses. These worksheets look at Dr Livingstone travels to Africa, the students discuss what they would have packed to take with them, how they would have traveled there and the discoveries made there and how they would have helped the British Empire.

For more than four thousand miles The Great Wall of China winds across the Chinese countryside. The Wall is listed as one of the Seven Wonders of the World and is the longest structure made by man. It stretches across the mountains of north China, traveling north and northwest Beijing. Constructed of masonry, rock and packed earth the thickness of the Wall ranges from four and a half meters to nine meters and is up to seven and a half meters tall. Today it’s a famous tourist attraction and important symbol of China. These worksheets help your students develop their field sketching skills by explaining the dos and don’ts and using the Great Wall of China as an example