A scaffolded revision worksheet to consolidate students knowledge and understanding of urbanisation trends and megacities. Designed to be used with the AQA 8035 GCSE Geography course.
A guided reading worksheet on inequalities in Bristol as part of the Urban Issues and Challenges unit. Focuses on the economic and social inequalities between Filwood and Stoke Bishop.
Can be used as a standalone activity or added to a lesson that you already.
Perfect for homework or cover work if needed.
A lesson on the causes and impacts of the Beast from the East (2018).
It explores the causes of the Beast from the East, with the aid of a short video and gives students a written activity based on explaining this.
The second part of the lesson focuses on some of the impacts - with an activity on categorising the impacts into social / economic / environmental and then an extended written piece using a PEEL structure to explain the impacts. The extended written task also includes a model example before students are expected to complete their own independent explanation.
Designed to last 1 hour.
A worksheet designed to be used with the Oxford University Press ‘GCSE Geography AQA’ textbook, pages 204-207, for 8035 specification. A great resource for cover lessons.
A two page handout, which can be printed double sided, for parents of Year 11 or Year 10 students outlining:
structure of GCSE Geography (AQA) course
dates of final exams
resources and revision guides that can provide support
space for entering students mock grades
space for entering targets for students
The handout comes as a powerpoint document so therefore can be edited.
Two revision summary sheets on resource management for section C of Paper 2 (AQA 8035 GCSE Geography).
First revision sheet covers food, water and energy in the UK (question 3) and the second covers water (question 4) and uses examples of CAP (Central Arizonia Project) and sand dams in Makeuni, Kenya, however these examples can be easily adapted on the worksheet to match your own.
Great for revision and can be used as a standalone resource and/or with the blue AQA GCSE Geography textbook. Also useful as a catch up tool for students with poor attendance.
Recommended to enlarge to A3 when printing.
**For which specification? **= AQA Geography (8035)
**Specification Link? **= Paper 2 - Urban Issues and Challenges - UK City - Bristol
This x34 slide powerpoint provides a useful summary of the case study on Bristol and is matched to the 8035 AQA GCSE Geography specification. It contains pit-stop questions and summarised content to help with planning and delivering revision sessions, which is specifically linked to the specification.
Three board games (made on publisher) for Paper 2 of the 8035 GCSE Geog. Sepcification.
One board game for Section A (Urban Issues and Challenges), one board game for Section B (Changing Economic World) and one board game for Section C (Challenge of Resource Management, with a focus on water).
The board games include some questions focused around named examples and case studies, however these can be very easily adapted in publisher by just changing the names to those relevant to your school/department
Case studies and examples included:
Board Game 1:
Bristol as a UK city
Rio de Janeiro as a city in an NEE
Board Game 2:
India as a country in an NEE
Tourism in India
Board Game 3:
South to North Transfer Scheme in China for large scale water
Ice Stupas in Ladakh for sustainable water supplies
Three board games (made on publisher) for Paper 1 of the 8035 GCSE Geog. Sepcification.
One board game for Section A (Natural Hazards), one board game for Section B (Living World) and one board game for Section C (Rivers and Coasts only).
The board games include some questions focused around named examples and case studies, however these can be very easily adapted in publisher by just changing the names to those relevant to your school/department
Case studies and examples included:
Board Game 1:
Chile earthquake (2010)
Nepal earthquake (2015)
Typhoon Haiyan
Somerset Levels Floods (2014)
Board Game 2:
Freshwater pond ecosystem
Malayisa (TRF)
Sahara (Hot Desert)
Board Game 3:
Swanage coastline for coastal landforms
Holderness coastline for management
Boscastle floods
A lesson on the causes and impacts of the Hurricane Irma (2017) with a focus on the impacts on Antigua and Barbuda.
It explores the causes of Hurricane Irma, with the aid of a short video and gives students a written activity based on explaining this.
The second part of the lesson focuses on some of the impacts - with an activity on categorising the impacts into social / economic / environmental and then an extended written piece using a PEEL structure to explain the impacts. The extended written task also includes a model example before students are expected to complete their own independent explanation.
Designed to last 1 hour.
A fully resourced lesson exploring the environmental opportunities in Bristol, focusing on urban greening and integrated transport systems.
It includes a worksheet which requires students to use pages 172-173 in the Oxford University ‘AQA GCSE Geography’ textbook. It also includes an activity focused around how the environmental opportunities can benefit the population’s quality of life.
A fully resourced lesson exploring the costs and benefits of urban sprawl and the growth of commuter settlements.
It includes a pre-made worksheet and challenge tasks which do not require the use of any other resources such as textbooks.
A lesson that explores Nigeria’s quality of life, which includes:
- 5 question quiz starter based on aid in Nigeria to re-cap previous learning
- graph activity to describe changes to Nigeria’s HDI
- development indicator activity for students to explore different ways Nigeria’s quality of life has changed
- consolidation activity which brings together the concept of quality of life improving in the south far more than the north. This builds on the knowledge and understanding from the rest of the unit however is available in two differentiated versions to support students at different ability levels.
A lesson designed for Year 7 which introduces the different types of resources and the concept of sustainability.
Includes the following:
key terms and definitions (inc. non-renewable, renewable)
identify and naming the different types of resources
video link to sustainability (in notes of powerpoint)
gap fill explanation paragraph on linking sustainability and resources
MS Forms quiz to assess progress (in notes of powerpoint)
Each extended independent task has a challenge.
A fully resourced lesson exploring the environmental challenges in Bristol, focusing on dereliction, brownfield sites, urban sprawl and waste.
It includes pre-made worksheets and challenge tasks which requires the Oxford University Press textbook for ‘GCSE Geography AQA’.
**For which specification? **= AQA Geography (8035)
**Specification Link? **= Paper 1 – Living with the Physical Environment – Natural Hazards
This x10 slide powerpoint provides a simple lesson covering what a natural hazard is, categorising the different types of hazard and exploring how urbanisation, development and climate change can affect hazard risk. It also contains a skills based activity which requires students to make a graph showing the fatalities of three natural hazards. It is matched to the 8035 AQA GCSE Geography specification and does not require any other resources.
A double sided revision sheet on fieldwork for the Paper 3 exam as part of the 8035 AQA GCSE Geography course. The revision sheet has a section on each strand of the enquiry process, which includes opportunities to consolidate students own fieldwork investigations.
Unseen fieldwork questions is a double sided A3 worksheet which gives students the opportunity to practice the unseen style fieldwork questions.