I am a Geography and Natural Sciences teacher and I produce a large number of resources every year. In this shop you will find resources for teaching GCSE Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geography, Environmental Science and Astronomy. ~You will also find A level Biology, Physics and Geography resources.
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I am a Geography and Natural Sciences teacher and I produce a large number of resources every year. In this shop you will find resources for teaching GCSE Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geography, Environmental Science and Astronomy. ~You will also find A level Biology, Physics and Geography resources.
I spend a huge amount of time on my resources and only ask for a small contribution. Our items will always be on sale.
This revision worksheet covers beaches (constructive/destructive) and formation of sand dunes, spits and bars from the AQA geography specification Coastal Landscapes - landmarks from deposition.
2 versions are included for higher and lower ability. Alternatively, to improve recall students could be given the easier version to complete first and then a week later/next lesson could attempt the harder version.
Answers included.
AQA Geography GCSE Revision Mat for the Physical Landscapes - COASTAL LANDFORMS
Comes with answers (apart from case study section - feel free to add this for your school’s individual case study).
This is an A3 resource.
AQA Geography GCSE Revision Mat for the Physical Landscapes - COASTAL PROCESSES & MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES
Comes with answers (apart from case study section - feel free to add this for your school’s individual case study).
This is an A3 resource.
Lesson for KS4 on the causes and effectsof drought with focus on the Sahel.
Learning Outcomes:
All – Describe the causes and effects of drought in the Sahel.
Most – Explain the causes and effects of drought in the Sahel.
Some – Analyse the causes and effects of drought in the Sahel.
Lesson includes:
powerpoint slides with all information and task instructions necessary, challenge tasks, youtube link, booklet describing and explaining causes rated by chilies to indicate the challenge
Tips for the lesson - allow students a lengthy amount of time to go through causes in the booklet. Could lead onto a debate about the main causes.
AQA Geography GCSE Revision Mat for Natural Hazards.
Comes with answers (apart from case study section - feel free to add this for your school’s individual case study).
This is an A3 resource.
Introduction to push+pull factors in LICs for KS3. Clear tasks with handout and answers provided. Useful to have mini whiteboards available.
Objectives:
State push/pull factors
Explain why these factors cause people in LICs to move to cities
2 worksheets that allow KS3 students to identify and rank the problems in shanty towns using a diamond 9 worksheet and then pick out what improvements they’d make using a budget and deciding what/where to spend it. They must already know what shanty towns are before doing these activities. Can be done as individual tasks or in groups for differentiation. Can be done in 1 lesson or over 2-3 if you want to include a presentation of what improvements each group has chosen. Great activities if your student like taking ownership of their work.
This bundle includes a range of classroom and revision activities that covers the entire AQA Coastal Landscapes Section.
Coastal processes - weathering, erosion, mass movement, longshore drift
Landmarks from deposition - beaches (wave type, constructive, destructive), sand dunes, spits, bars
Landmarks from erosion - headlands and bays, stack sequence, wave-cut platform
Sea Defences - hard and soft engineering schemes
EXTRA whole unit revision quiz
This revision activity covers the types of sea defences from the AQA geography specification Coastal Landscapes - management strategies. It revises: description of how defence reduces erosion, costs and benefits of each strategy.
Hard:
sea wall
groynes
gabions
rock armour
Soft:
dune regeneration
beach nourishment and reprofiling
2 activities are included (see descriptions below)
1. Defence Summary Steet
This activity is designed to help the students revise the material by continually summarising and condensing the material. In the next lesson practise recall by doing the activity in reverse.
Please note – this activity may require access to students’ exercise book, a text book, or access to the BBC bitesize website.
Alternatively, students can just use the attached pictures as a stimulus to test what they remember and self-assess where their weaknesses are.
2. Defence Questions
8 longer answer questions that students could complete as a homework or as a quick test in class after completing the summary sheet activity.
There is a blank worksheet where students can summarise a case study of a defence strategy used at a specific location and how successful it was.
This bundle includes worksheets on landmarks formed by deposition and erosion. All worksheets are differentiated and include answers that can be used for self or peer assessment.
wave type
This is a memory-based activity inspired by the popular party game ‘Kim’s game’ to revise the differences between constructive and destructive waves. There are some suggestions of how to use this resource in the powerpoint but it is totally up to you how you use this resource.
wave-cut platform
Worksheet includes a diagram which has to be labeled and then statements that have to be put in the correct order to describe its formation. 3 versions are included for higher, middle and lower ability. Alternatively, to improve recall students could be given the easier version to complete first and then a week later/next lesson could attempt a harder version.
stack sequence
3 versions are included for higher, middle and lower ability. Alternatively, to improve recall students could be given the easier version to complete first and then a week later/next lesson could attempt a harder version.
Answers included.
headlands + bays
Worksheet includes: complete the table to describe headlands and bays; gap fill; complete the diagram.2 versions are included for higher and lower ability. Alternatively, to improve recall students could be given the easier version to complete first and then a week later/next lesson could attempt the harder version.
beaches, sand dunes, spits, bars
2 versions are included for higher and lower ability. Alternatively, to improve recall students could be given the easier version to complete first and then a week later/next lesson could attempt the harder version.
First lesson of a SOW looking at economic development. Introduces all measurements of development (HDI, GDP, life expectancy, birth rate etc.).
Learning questions: What it development? How is it measured?
This resource covers section 1 of the new Edexcel Astronomy specification. It covers all the key points that need to be known, except for the key words North Pole and South pole.
It can also be used a Geography resource.
It could also be used as an A level extension for Physics
Aimed at KS3 but also suitable for low ability KS4. Defines push and pull factors (migration) and then has a written activity where students explain reasons why some people move to cities in LICs. Challenge questions to stretch more able. Mini whiteboards suggested for start and plenary. Opportunity for peer assessment on written work.
LO-to revise the differences between constructive and destructive waves
This is a memory-based activity inspired by the popular party game ‘Kim’s game’.
It is up to you how you use this resource:
First, show the fully labelled diagram (slides 2+4 for higher ability and 3+5 for lower ability) with time to memorise. Then show it with one label missing and students have to write what’s missing on their mini whiteboard (kim’s game slides 11-26).
Show the fully labelled diagram (slide2-5) on the board for them to memorise for a set amount of time before taking it off the board. Give everyone a blank copy of the diagram (slides 6-7). They then have to fill in as much as possible from memory. Could have an option to request a second view of the board but this would lose points. Could offer key words either verbally or written on the class whiteboard but also at a cost.
To practise recall – use as a starter each lesson for a couple of weeks and reduce the time limit to view the fully labelled diagram each time until they can do it completely from memory.
Slides 8-10 show possible AFL activities using mini whiteboards
Suggestion – you can do this for any diagram based revision.
Match key words from AQA Living World module (ecosystems, tropical rainforests, hot deserts, cold environments). 2 differentiated versions for each topic. Aimed at KS4 students but 10-word version could be used with KS3. Answers provided.
Suggestion: print and laminate several copies to re-use in class for revision or summarising topics
Introduces concept of transportation and deposition in rivers using geographical vocab and engaging images. Planned for KS3 or lower ability KS4. Handouts are included if you decide to use them for lower ability students. 2 sugggested plenaries for you to choose from. The lesson is all about learning the vocab so have mini whiteboards at the ready. Repetition is important - you might have time to add an extra activity where the students write their own quiz based on the vocab they’ve learned or do this as a starter in the next lesson.
Objectives:
Define the terms transportation and deposition
Describe the 4 processes of transportation
Explain why deposition occurs
This 13-question quiz tests knowledge and understanding for the whole of AQA Coastal Landscapes Unit. Questions cover the following:
weathering + erosion
sand dunes
bays
longshore drift
spits + bars
wave-cut platforms
constructive + destructive waves
caves, arches, stacks, stumps
hard+soft sea defences
Instructions inside the powerpoint:
You will be given 12 questions (one at a time) on pieces of paper that are shaped very differently.
You cannot receive the next question until your group has correctly answered the one you’ve just been given.
As you start answering more questions, you should be able to build up the jigsaw pieces that fit together in the shape of a A4 piece of paper.
When the jigsaw is complete, flip it over (you may need Sellotape for this bit) and complete the challenge task on the back
BIG PRIZES UP FOR GRABS!!
please note that when printing you will have to select the double-sided option.
Topic that could take 2-3 lessons plus a possible homework or computer room lesson.
First look at what global warming is and the difference between the natural and enhanced greenhouse effects. Then look at causes and effects. Finally students write a letter to Trump to educate him on global warming and why he shouldn’t be ignoring it.
Lesson 1 Objectives:
Define the term global warming
Explain the Greenhouse Effect
Explain the difference between natural and the enhanced greenhouse effect
Lesson 2 Objectives:
Recap the Greenhouse Effect
Determine the causes of global warming
Explain the long-term and short-term effects of global warming
Advise Trump how he should deal with global warming
This is a lesson aimed at KS3 students about the social impacts of blood diamonds taught through the lyrics to a rap song (Shin on em, Nas). Includes a link to the video on youtube and handout with lyrics and questions ready to go. New words are clarified first. Students first analyse the lyrics and then use what they’ve learned to write their own definition of blood diamonds in their book along with an explanation in their own words what the social impacts are (suggested structure and words to include provided).Mini-whiteboards useful.
