Colourful and illustrated keywords for classroom display

Eight page booklet : define tectonic keywords, complete a fact file about the Tohoku Tsunami; SPAG exercise about Japan's seismicity; empathise with a parent, a businesswoman and a farmer from Japan after the disaster; a moral dilemma about the continued use of nuclear energy; a question about God's role in natural disasters; draw your own version of The Great Wave by Hokusai

Eight page booklet : define Geographical keywords; complete data file on China's Last Emperor; SPAG exercise about China's pollution; draw and analyse a graph of China's population; Moral decision comparing Communism and Capitalism; Cultural: copying Chinese characters for some Geographical words; drawing/colouring Chinese dragon and lion

A Level revision notes Colour coded: green statistics; yellow definitions; blue dates Systems framework and their application Water on planet Earth, Atmospheric water Factors driving the change in magnitude of water stores Drainage basin systems Water balance The storm (flood) hydrograph Examples of how land use changes can affect the water cycle The carbon cycle Case study of a tropical rainforest setting- water and carbon in the Amazon

A Level revision notes Colour coded: green statistics; yellow definitions; blue dates Nature of ecosystems Food chains, trophic levels and food webs Succession Example of a terrestrial ecosystem in the UK- The chalk downlands of the South Downs Climate change Human exploitation of the global environment Global trends in biodiversity An example of a tropical coral reef system, the Jamaican coral reef Biome 1- Tropical evergreen forest Biome 2- The savannah grassland biome Case study of a specified ecosystem at a local scale- The Sefton Coast sand dunes

Eight page booklet : define Geographical keywords; map countries and name their main exports; SPAG exercise about consumerism; find job titles to fit the four industrial sectors; moral dilemma about buying resources from developing countries; give own opinions about religious quotes regarding the environment; a question about our disposable society and new technology

Eight page booklet : define Geographical keywords, map imported items' origins found around the house; SPAG exercise about globalisation; explain the reasons for child labour being so common; questionnaire about shopping habits and attitudes; empathising with opinions of shop owners, shoppers and child labourers; comparison of multi-cultural preferences vs traditional British life

Powerpoint and worksheets covering destructive plate margins and collision zones Starter looks at the highest and tallest mountains on Earth, then compares them with Mons Olympus on Mars . Destructive margins activity is a mystery, answering the question "Why are there a line of volcanoes down the western coast of South America?" Collision zones activity answers the question "Why are there marine fossils on top of Mount Everest?" Plenary looks at how the African-Eurasian margin has created the hills and valleys of south-east England Includes video links and differentiated questions

A recap of previous learning, covering contrasts in development between places, development indicators and graph analysis. Aimed at GCSE, KS4, Years 10 and 11. Contains a starter, several activities and a plenary.

Fragile environments Human activity and sustainability Causes of climate change- natural vs human Recent + prospective impact of climate change in cold environments Colour coded: green statistics; yellow definitions; blue dates

Population ecology + growth dynamics Population ecology applied to the human population The balance between population + resources Carrying capacity + ecological footprint Positive + negative feedback mechanisms Challenges driven by human population growth Malthus and Boserup Colour coded: green statistics; yellow definitions; blue dates

Environment, health and well-being Economic and social development Environmental variables + their links to disease Malaria Heart disease The role of the World Health Organisation The role of other international organisations Colour coded: green statistics; yellow definitions; blue dates

Population change Models of natural population change- the demographic transition model Britain’s demographic transition Demographic transition model applied to countries with contrasting physical + human settings Population structure Migration European migrant crisis 2015 Colour coded: green statistics; yellow definitions; blue dates

Elements in the physical environment Role of development processes Food production and consumption Polar and tropical monsoon climates Climate change and agriculture Soils Food security Colour coded: green statistics; yellow definitions; blue dates

PLCs modified from the OCR B Enquiring Minds syllabus

Eight page booklet : define geological keywords; compile a fact file about a geological time period; a SPAG exercise about British geology; a page to research how humans use clay, limestone, marble and sandstone; a moral dilemma: spend money on repairing a historic cathedral or to look after the poor and homeless; complete a database about some of the World's holy rocks and stones; and finally a page to research questions about the UK's geology

Colourful and illustrated keywords for classroom display

A decision making exercise (set up as a lesson) based around transnational corporations and developing countries. How can Nigeria meet the United Nations set a Millennium Development Goal of ‘Halve the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water’? The Nigerian Government has four options… -Encourage the use of bottled water in partnership with a transnational company like Nestlé -Educate Nigerian school pupils to understand the importance of water hygiene -Form a partnership with a non-government organisation such as Water Aid -Invest government resources into clean water supplies and sewage treatment works Includes resources and questions

A decision making exercise (set up as a lesson) looking at future options for protecting New Orleans from hurricanes/flooding New Orleans lies below sea level with a levee system that was designed for hurricanes of no greater intensity than Category 3. The city’s natural defence of the surrounding marshland has been drained, built on or eroded away. A computer model predicted that up to 250,000 people could die in the next Category 5 storm. The US Government has four options for the 21st Century… Option 1: Regenerate the wetlands of the Mississippi Delta Option 2: Maintain and heighten the existing levées Option 3: Do nothing, let nature take her course Option 4: Evacuate the people of New Orleans in hazardous times

Powerpoint inspired by the RGS scheme of work "China Today". Whole lesson, includes starter (images of China), mapping activity (China's neighbours), differentiated questions (life in China) and plenary (best and worst about China today).