KS3 Geography: 11 lessons on rivers with all resources and detailed scheme of work. Specialists and non-specialist friendly.
Lesson 1: Importance of rivers
Lesson 2: How does water flow into rivers?
Lesson 3: Erosion, transportation, deposition
Lesson 4: Long and cross profile (River Tees)
Lesson 5: Waterfall formation (the High Force Waterfall)
Lesson 6: Meander and ox-bow lake
Lesson 7: Floodplain and levees
Lesson 8: Causes of flooding (York, River Ouse, 2015 flood)
Lesson 9: Flooding: impacts and responses (York, River Ouse, 2015 flood)
Lesson 10: Management strategies
Lesson 11: DME on Five-year flood plan in York
The scheme of work provides a clear description of what needs to be done by teachers and students for each lesson to be successful. Lesson 4 requires a textbook ‘Progress in Geography KS3’ by Hodder Education and lesson 7 ‘AQA GCSE 9-1 Geography’ by Hodder Education. Each lesson provides students with knowledge and helps them developing their assessment skills. If you requiring any more information please feel free to contact me.
The lesson contains:
knowledge rich quiz as a starter
sequence of the longshore drift
Figure based activity
assessment style question: explain
All resources are within the PPT.
Lesson 9 concentrates on impacts and responses of 2015 flood in York.
Key ideas:
Geographical skills: selecting information, differentiating information into impacts and responses
Exam skills: assessment type question ‘justify’, time management, knowledge recall, information selection from unknown source, reading comprehension
Knowledge: key terms definitions, facts and figures about the December 2015 flood in York
The lesson contains:
knowledge rich starter
picture description of cave, arch, stack and stump
creation of pop up headland
explanation of the sequence of headland erosion
putting diagrams in order to consolidate the understanding of the sequence
assessment type question: explain (with answer outline)
end of lesson quiz
All resources needed are attached or included in the PPT.
the lesson contains the following:
knowledge rich quiz as a starter
re-call of terminology
characteristics of sandy and pebble beaches supported with photos
characteristics of a spit (x3) using a satellite image and Google map
explanation of the formation of a spit using diagrams
assessment type question ‘explain’
5 plenary questions
The lesson includes the following:
knowledge rich quiz as a starter
recall of key terminology
definitions of floodplain, levees and estuary
characteristics: two characteristics for each landform
explanation of each landform
mini plenaries
geographical skills: drawing a cross profile showing a floodplain
map skills
All resources are in the PPT.
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The lesson contains the following:
knowledge rich quiz as a starter
definition of meanders and ox-bow lakes
characteristics of both
sequence of formation
progress check
cross section of a meander
GCSE type question ‘explain’
end of lesson quiz
All resources are in the PPT.
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The lesson includes:
knowledge rich quiz
definitions
photos
OS map extracts
sequence of formation
All resources are included in the PPT.
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The lesson contains:
knowledge rich starter
guided reading x 3
geographical skills: graph drawing
exam type question ‘describe differences’
discussion about interlinks between different aspects of deprivation
knowledge application end of lesson quiz
All resources within the PPT.
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This lesson was designed for Y7 to explain the weather behind the ‘Protestant wind’ of 1588.
Wind, low and high pressure including storms are explained.
All resources are in the PPT.
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Lesson designed for Y7 to tackle the most common misconceptions in relation to the atmosphere:
what is ‘up there’
ozone layer
greenhouse gases layer
shooting stars
All resources are in the PPT
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The lesson covers key idea 5.5 detailed content a, b and c of the Edexcel A level specification. The PPT is based on two textbooks:
Edexcel A level book 2 by Hodder Education referred to as ‘flags textbook’
Geography for Edexcel A level year 2 by Oxford University Press referred to as ‘dragon textbook’
The whole key idea is covered within one PPT, instructions and resources are withing the PPT, the lesson ends with an exam question taken from Edexcel A Level Geography past papers.
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The lesson covers key idea 5.7 detailed content a, b and c of the Edexcel A level specification. The PPT is based on two textbooks:
Edexcel A level book 2 by Hodder Education referred to as ‘flags textbook’
Geography for Edexcel A level year 2 by Oxford University Press referred to as ‘dragon textbook’
The whole key idea is covered within one PPT, instructions and resources are withing the PPT, the lesson ends with an exam question taken from Edexcel A Level Geography past papers.
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The project covers effects, responses, 3Ps and different levels of development aspect. It is two weeks project based on research. Students' lead. Computer needed for research. It teaches students how to collaborate and manage time effectively to achieve the goals. It uses the case studies of Hudhud, Haiyan and Katrina but you can use different case studies if you wish. At the end students need to evaluate their work and contributions. The final projects are meant to be presented in front of the head teacher to make the students' motivated.
The booklet covers the three first topics from the new AQA specification: General atmospheric circulation model; pressure belts and surface winds; global distribution of tropical storms; causes of tropical storms, the structure of a tropical storm and how climate change might affect the distribution, frequency and intensity of tropical storms. It is prepared for students' independent work. It has many elements that are needed to be practiced by GCSE students, i.e.: reading comprehension, visual stimulus, practical element, exam questions and self motivation. The booklet is self sufficient and everything is explained. Starters, , aims, targets, activities, mini plenaries and plenaries are included.
The bundle includes resources for the Weather Hazards AQA 1-9 GCSE Specification apart from the extreme weather in the UK topics. There are all materials needed including targets, outcomes, activities, plenaries, etc. It includes one booklet, one project and one overtime progress check sheet. The case studies for the project are: Katrina, Hudhud and Haiyan. Enjoy
It is a complete homework project that requires students to collect data from a website (the name in the instructions) and then present and analyse the data and evaluate their own work. All instructions and worksheets needed are included.
Students fill it in twice, at the beginning of the topic and at the end to see the progress they made. You as a teacher have a proof of your students making a lot of progress over time :-) No marking required.
This is a set of four lessons based on case studies. AQA 1-9 GCSE new specification. The case studies are: Japan 1995, China 2008 and Nepal 2015. All materials are included, the four lessons are full, each from a starter to a plenary including mini plenaries.
The bundle contains three knowledge tests, two for rivers (case study of a river valley and river processes) and one for urban challenges related to megacities. Each knowledge test has a feedback PPT for self or peer-assessment to save you time and at the same time check students knowledge.