This lesson investigates what tropical storms are, how they form, their distribution and conditions they produce.

A lesson on the positives of tourism focusing on Thailand, group activity carousel and applying this knowledge to Myanmar; a country with very few tourists

This lesson investigates how plants are adapted to live in tropical rainforests, looks at the structure and has differentiated worksheets.

This lesson investigates why Hurricane Katrina was so devastating and the effects of it. This can be used as a case study. There is a fact collecting exercise that uses two YouTube videos as sources of information.

A lesson applicable to KS3 & KS4 that involves map skills and place specific tasks regarding countries around the Indian Ocean. Facts are added to the map and then the lesson culminates in several questions that piece together the evidence. The lesson includes YouTube links to video explanations of tsunami formation and footage of the Boxing Day tsunami. This usually takes 2 periods.

Negatives of Tourism lesson looking at several impacts, a card sort activity where negatives are paired with their definitions and then organised in their seriousness related to different tourist locations. Students evaluate the negatives of tourism against the positives and come to their own conclusions. Creating a dos and don’ts of being a good tourism activity to finish.

Looking at the effects of overpopulation and a focus on Bangladesh, using a YouTube video by Hans Rosling with questions to grasp an understanding of the situation too. This works as a case study too.

A look at underpopulation in Australia, works as a case study. The main activity centres around an outline map of Australia students are given and then they use the slides to add relevant information to explain why the country is underpopulated.

A lesosn that investigates the flaws in the Burgess model and compares the Burgess model with the Hoyt model.

This lesson investigates tropical & sub tropical deserts and the reasons for them being hot and dry; ocean currents, latitude, ITCZ and how different factors such as altitude and proximity to a coast affects them. This should take 2 lessons.

This lesson investigates the reasons for the equator being hot and wet it also looks at the ICTZ. There is also a climate table interpretation and climate graph drawing activity. This lesson would usually take 2 lessons,

This lesson investigates what is drought, causes of drought and the global distribution before focusing on the drought in The Sahel in 2011.

An introductory lesson to globalisation; what it is, what it is caused by and brief positives and negatives.

This lesson investigates how farming has modernised. The lesson starts by looking at the 3 sectors; primary, secondary and tertiary and students plot data onto triangular graphs. Students look at the use of fallow land and how and why it should be used. Students then have a range of images on the slides which can be printed off and then they explain how farming has changed over time.

This lesson investigates the problems of living in the CBD and solutions to tackle these.

A lesson about the monsoon focusing on India looking at climate graphs aimed at KS3.

This lesson looks at how the Thai island famous from ‘The Beach’ has been affected by mass tourism and how it has recently tried to restore its coral reefs

This lesson investigates India’s role in the world and how the world needs India. It looks at economic, social and environmental factors and how India has become successful.

This lesson investigates the problems associated with urban sprawl, greenfield and brownfield sites and conflicts on the urban-rural fringe

This contains 2 PowerPoints containing 60 questions (mostly about world events), one multiple choice and one without. 30 questions on big news events of 2018, 10 questions one famous people who passed away in 2018, 10 questions on 2018’s sporting events and 10 questions on pop culture in 2018. An answer sheet is also included. I have used this with Yr7-Yr13, generally the multiple choice one is more accessible for the students. Feel free to chop and change, Year 7 tend to get through 40 questions in a 50min period whereas Year 11+ tend to get through everything. The lowest score for a team of 4 in Year 7 was about 50%.