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I am a Geography Teacher in London and aim to provide quality Geography resources that teachers can use and adapt for their lessons.
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I am a Geography Teacher in London and aim to provide quality Geography resources that teachers can use and adapt for their lessons.
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Hot Desert Lessons
Two full lessons on hot deserts for KS3/KS4 Geography.
Lesson 1 looks at where in the world hot deserts are located, what the climate is like in hot deserts through a climate graph, and how animals are adapted to the hot desert environment looking at a camel. Students finish the lesson by designing their own desert-adapted creature.
Lesson 2 looks at the challenges and opportunities of living in hot desert environments, and focuses on the Thar (India) and Mojave (USA) desert case studies.
Both lesson include a starter, several activities and plenary. All supporting worksheets provided - no additional resources needed.
Hot Desert Characteristics Lesson - Climate and Animal Adaptations
Lesson on hot desert characteristics for KS3/KS4 GCSE Geography. Lesson looks at where in the world hot deserts are located, what the climate is like in hot deserts through a climate graph, and how animals are adapted to the hot desert environment looking at a camel. Students finish the lesson by designing their own desert-adapted creature.
Lesson includes starter, main activities and plenary where students design their own desert animal. All supporting worksheets provided - no additional resources needed.
Life in Hot Deserts Lesson - Thar and Mojave Deserts
Lesson on life in hot deserts for KS3/KS4 GCSE Geography. Lesson looks at the challenges and opportunities of living in hot desert environments, and focuses on the Thar (India) and Mojave (USA) desert case studies.Lesson includes starter, several activities and plenary. All supporting worksheets provided - no additional resources needed.
Desert Case Study Worksheet - Thar and Mojave Deserts
Complete worksheet designed for KS4/KS3 classes on the challenges and opportunities of desert environments. Worksheet includes case studies of both the Mojave Desert in the USA and the Thar Desert in India with a sorting information exercise for each. Perfect for use in any lesson on deserts and compatible with GCSE Geography.
Human Causes of Climate Change Worksheet
Complete worksheet designed for KS3 classes on the human causes of climate change. Worksheet includes a gap fill, interpretation of a pie chart, and practice analysing the relationship between two graphs. Perfect for use in any lesson on climate change.
Climate Change Full Unit of Lessons
Full unit of lessons on Climate Change. Designed for high KS3/KS4 with every lesson planned to last around an hour of teaching time. Each lesson includes a starter, learning objectives and plenary. All supporting worksheets are provided - no further resources needed.
Unit Overview:
Climate Change in the News
Contemporary Climate Change
Evidence for Past Climate Change
The Greenhouse Effect
Natural Causes of Climate Change
Human Causes of Climate Change
Impacts of Climate Change
Mitigating Climate Change
Adapting to Climate Change
Adapting to Climate Change
Full lesson on adapting climate change, lasting around an hour. Lesson includes a starter, learning objectives and plenary and considers what adaptation is, what options for adapting to climate change in both urban and rural areas there are, and a report writing exercise.
All resources included - no further resources required.
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Aid Lessons
Two lessons lasting around an hour each on Aid. The first lesson looks at what aid is and the different types of aid, while the second lessons looks at two comparative case studies of Aid and an evaluative exercise to analyse their effectiveness. Lessons both include starter, learning objectives and plenary.
All worksheets included - no further resources required.
Aid Case Studies/Examples Lesson
Full lesson on two case studies of aid lasting around an hour. Lesson includes a starter, learning objectives and plenary and recaps what the different types of aid are, one case study of a bottom-up project looking at Goat Aid in Ethiopia, and one case study of a top-down project looking at the Sardar Sarovar Dam in India. Students then evaluate the effectiveness of each project, and analyse how sustainable each example is.
All worksheets included - no further resources required.
What is Aid Lesson
Full lesson on Aid lasting around an hour. Lesson includes a starter, learning objectives and plenary and considers what aid is, what the different types of aid are, and how aid can both help and hinder development
All worksheets included - no further resources required.
Mitigating Climate Change Lesson
Full lesson on the solutions to climate change focusing on mitigation, lasting around an hour. Lesson includes a starter, learning objectives and plenary and considers what mitigation is, what solution to climate change there are, focusing on renewable energy.
All resources included - no further resources required.
Causes of Climate Change Lessons
Two full KS3 lessons on the causes of climate change. Lesson 1 looks at the natural causes of climate change and Lesson 2 looks at human causes of climate change.
Lessons include starter, learning objectives and plenary and will last around one hour of teaching time each. All supporting worksheets included - no further resources required.
Impacts of Climate Change Lesson
Full lesson on the impacts of climate change lasting around an hour. Lesson includes a starter, learning objectives and plenary and considers what the impacts are, what links can be made between different impacts, and how important different impacts will be.
All resources included - no further resources required.
Human Causes of Climate Change Lesson
Full lesson on the human causes of climate change lasting around an hour. Lesson includes a starter, learning objectives and plenary and considers what human activities that influence climate change are, how they work, and how students can understand their own impact on the climate through carbon footprints.
All resources included - no further resources required.
Natural Causes of Climate Change Lesson
Full lesson on the natural causes of climate change lasting around an hour. Lesson includes a starter, learning objectives and plenary and considers what the different factors naturally influencing the climate are, how they work, and includes some graph skills.
All resources included - no further resources required.
Greenhouse Effect Worksheet
Complete worksheet designed for KS3 classes on the greenhouse effect. Worksheet includes a gap fill, matching up sentence starters to ends, annotating a diagram on the greenhouse effect, and some written questions. Perfect for use in any lesson on climate change and the greenhouse effect.
Geography in the News Lesson
Full KS3 lesson lasting around 1 hour looking at Geography in the News. The lesson considers this through the topic of population, and considers how the topic is reported, what students can inference and apply from their own knowledge to the news, and how to effectively draw out key points from the news. Includes starter task, lesson objectives and plenary. All worksheets provided - no further resources needed.
The Greenhouse Effect Lesson
Full lesson on the greenhouse effect lasting around an hour. Lesson includes a starter, learning objectives and plenary and considers what the greenhouse effect is, how it works, and how humans are enhancing it. All resources included - no further resources required.
Evidence for Past Climate Change Lesson
Full lesson on past climate change lasting around an hour. Lesson includes a starter, learning objectives and plenary and considers climate change across the long, medium and short term, and what evidence we can use to reconstruct past climates. All resources included - no further resources required.
Contemporary Climate Change Lesson
Full lesson on contemporary climate change lasting around an hour. Lesson includes a starter, learning objectives and plenary and looks at current trends in the climate, what evidence there is that the climate is changing, and how GIS data can help us understand climate change. All resources included - no further resources required.