Complete lesson covering the 2023 Turkey-Syria earthquake, with a focus on the causes, impacts and factors affecting vulnerability. Lesson includes:
Do Now - locating Turkey and Syria
Short video clip
Timeline of events and student activity on Mercalli Scale and earthquake depth
Map of the tectonic boundaries and questions
Think, pair, share activity on vulnerability
Printable worksheet on factors affecting vulnerability
Check for learning - correct the mistakes
Printable worksheet on impacts, with sorting activity and challenge questions
News article about vulnerability with questions as a challenge task
Plenary questions
Complete lesson covering the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami in the Indian Ocean. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Video and questions
Printable maps and data to create a choropleth map to help students decide which country was worst hit
Decision making activity with 2 options to prevent future tsunamis (printable sheet)
Plenary
Complete lesson covering all aspects of global atmospheric circulation, including circulation cells, high and low pressure and surface winds. Lesson includes:
Keyword Do Now match-up
Explanation of high and low pressure
High and low pressure activity and AfL to check understanding
Explanation of why the Equator is so hot (including diagrams and written task)
Video to summarise the circulation cells
Modelled diagram of circulation cells
Task with worksheets for circulation cells
Surface winds explained
AfL tasks and plenary to check for understanding
Complete lesson covering water conflict and water scarcity in the Middle East, with a focus on the Jordan River. Lesson includes:
Do Now - locating the Jordan River
Comparison of precipitation between Jordan and the UK
Keyword match-up activity and extension
Link to Water Scarcity Atlas for discussion
Video
Annotate and complete the sentences on the map of the Jordan River - printable handout
Plenary
Bonus video and questions
This resource contains a revision guide for Paper 1 (Physical) and Paper 2 (Human) Edexcel A GCSE Geography. Each revision guide contains knowledge organisers for each topic, along with a section on the key mathematical skills required and possible 8 mark questions students may encounter.
Also, please check out the accompanying student work booklet that they can complete using this revision guide at: https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/geography-edexcel-a-gcse-revision-booklet-12649728
Complete lesson on deltas and estuaries. Designed for KS3 but could be used with KS4 too. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Recap on physical processes and the lower course
Definitions
Delta or estuary AfL
Diagram draw and label task
Extension reading and questions on the Nile Delta
Calculating averages exam question using river discharge
KS3 lesson covering height and contour lines. Includes:
Do Now activity
Explanation of relief and altitude
Explanation of the 3 ways of showing height on maps
Contour line explanation
Main activity worksheet
Quiz and plenary
Complete lesson covering OS map symbols. Lesson includes:
Do Now labelling activity using a printable OS map
Recap on other types of maps
Labelling activity with printable OS map symbols sheet
OS map symbols bingo to check understanding
Plenary - describe a route on an OS map using the symbols
Complete lesson covering the Ukrainian refugee crisis. Lesson could be adapted for all key stages. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Explanation of the difference between asylum seekers & refugees
Mind map the reasons for refugees
Printable news article and questions on the causes of the conflict
Map of refugee movements in Europe and questions
Video
Printable list of impacts on European host countries & activities
Plenary
44 mark end of topic test for the Global Development topic, with all questions in the format of the actual GCSE for Edexcel A. Includes a mixture of short answer questions, skills & mathematical questions and an 8 mark question at the end. A resource sheet that can be printed and mark scheme is also included. Ideal for use at the end of this topic.
Complete lesson covering the key human and physical reasons why the UK is a developed country or HIC. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Key development indicators for the UK
Think, pair, share questions about the UK
Card sort or categorising activity using key info cards
Whole class AfL activity
I do, we do writing tasks
Plenary
Complete lesson covering the ways IGOs (intergovernmental organisations) manage the environment through treaties and conventions. Lesson covers 6 key IGO management schemes including the Montreal Protocol on the ozone layer, CITES, the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, the Helsinki Water Convention, the Antarctic Treaty System and Millennium Ecosystem Assessment. Lesson includes:
Printable table for students to complete through the lesson
Video and article summarising the Montreal Protocol that students use to complete their table
Series of information sheets on the other 5 conventions (with an accompanying news article for each one) that students use to complete the rest of their table
Speed dating sheet for students to question their partners in order to check for understanding
Possible 20 mark exam question and printable planning sheet
These revision booklets contains activities for pupils to complete that cover the whole of Paper 1 (Physical) and Paper 2 (Human). Goes well with the Edexcel Revision Guides that I also sell https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/geography-edexcel-a-gcse-revision-guides-12504527
A list of exam questions for Globalisation (Edexcel Geography A-level Spec) broken down by enquiry question. Includes keywords needed for each enquiry question as well as possible case studies.
List of possible exam questions for the Migration, Identity & Sovereignty topic in the Edexcel Geography A-level. Questions are categorised into 6, 8 and 20 mark questions.
Complete lesson covering how countries develop over time. Lesson is focused on Rostow’s Modernisation Model of development. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Keyword match-up
Explanation of Rostow’s model of development with printable models
AfL to check understanding of each stage
South Korea location
Annotate the model activity using information about South Korea
Challenge activity
Plenary
Complete lesson covering the main air masses that affect the UK. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Description of an air mass
Video
Questions using map
AfL activity
Match up the air mass with the description (printable sheet)
AfL to check understanding
Explanation of the Jet Stream
Student word fill activity to describe how the Jet Stream affects the UK’s weather
Complete lesson covering the River Nile and a decision making activity regarding control of the Nile. Lesson was designed for KS3. Lesson includes:
Do Now
History of the Nile
Video and bingo card activity
Egypt’s population distribution
4 different viewpoints worksheet and table to complete
Complete scheme of work covering conflict in the Middle East over 16 lessons. The first few lessons introduce the Middle East, before students focus on energy as a source of conflict and then water. Finally, students examine how religion and borders may result in conflict. Students complete a hypothesis sheet throughout the scheme of work discussing whether conflict in the Middle East is inevitable. This can be used at the end of the scheme of work in an essay or there is an optional end of topic test instead. See lessons below:
Locating the Middle East
The Geography of the Middle East
Using Google Earth to Research the Middle East
What is Conflict?
Oil Conflict in the Middle East
Oil Wealth and Development
Energy Futures
How does the Middle East’s Geography cause Conflict?
Mid-topic Writing Lesson
Water Conflict and Scarcity
Water Conflict and Climate Change
Who Should Control the River Nile? (Decision Making Activity)
Water Futures
Key Players in the Middle East
Religious Conflict
Middle East Borders
End of Topic Test (30 marks with a range of questions)
A complete list of possible exam questions for the Regenerating Places unit in Edexcel A-level Geography. Exam questions are broken down by the number of marks and enquiry question. All suggest questions include sources at the bottom of the document.