Powerpoint looking at the Upper Stage of the River Tay
Starter: Pupils use maps to discuss the links between the location of Britain’s rivers, patterns of landscape and patterns of precipitation
Main activities: video link introducing the Upper Stage of the Tay
Carousel of activities about erosion types (memorisation), forestry (exam-style questions), features of upland valleys (SPAG), hill sheep (exam-style question), waterfalls (use mystery clues to annotate sequence of diagrams) and HEP (exam-style questions)
Second lesson used for class discussions to recap learning using slides and videos
Class debate on the sustainability of forestry, sheep farming and HEP in the Tay Valley
Differentiated questions about the features found in the Upper Stage
Plenary: simple living graph of the deforestation of Britain over the past 1,000 years
Enough for two lessons
Powerpoint looking at the skill of constructing cross-sections from contour lines
Starter: recap of the formation of v-shaped valleys (including video link)
Main activities: step-by-step slides taking pupils through how to construct a labelled cross-section of the Upper Stage of the River Tay
Analysis of a photo of the Middle Stage of the River Tay to compare human and physical features and then to compare those with a photo of the Upper Stage
Pupils then construct their own cross-section of the Middle Stage
Differentiated questions comparing the cross-sections of the three river stages (the Upper Stage is already completed for them)
Plenary: pupils have to look for clues in photos of a completely different river (the Wisla in Poland) to decide in which stages they were taken
Powerpoint looking at the effect of weathering on the UK's landscapes
Starter: Pupils discuss what might have damaged various materials shown in photos
Main activities: video links, discussion and annotation of diagrams to show sequence of freeze-thaw (frost shatter) and exfoliation (onion skin) weathering
Slides about chemical and biological weathering (for note taking)
Differentiated questions to explain how weathering has affected the chalk landscape of The Seven Sisters (East Sussex, Southern England)
Plenary: video links recapping the four types of weathering covered in the lesson
Powerpoint looking at the formation of meanders and oxbow lakes in the Middle Stage of the River Tay
Starter: sketch and match definitions of four types of transportation
Main activities: step-by-step slides taking pupils through the formation of meanders and oxbow lakes. Each pupil is given a fact about the processes involved. Sketches are made of meanders in different stages then pupils use their clues to teach the rest of the class about what is happening so they can label their diagrams. Also includes some photo analysis of river valleys in the real world
Second part gets pupils to draw and label a cross-section of an asymmetrical meander using width, depth and velocity data
Differentiated question: 1-3: Describe how a river channel changes from one side of a meander to the other; 4-6: Explain how a meander can become an oxbow lake over time; 7-9: Explain how meanders and oxbow lakes can be both useful and cause problems for humans
Plenary: pupils recap learning by describing and explaining features seen in a series of satellite photos showing a meander turning into an oxbow over time
Powerpoint and worksheets introducing the concept of distinctive landscapes
Two main activities: assessment of five landscape photos using description (looking for evidence of physical, human and transitory features) followed by bilpolar evaluations of two further landscapes
Differentiated question:
1-3: Describe the main features of the landscape where you live
4-6: Explain the differences between urban and rural landscapes in the UK
7-9: Explain how human and physical features interact to form a named UK landscape
Plenary gets pupils to discuss the most beautiful landscapes they have seen locally, nationally and internationally
Includes video link ('Beautiful Britain')
England’s relations with foreign powers
Factions at court and the succession
Position of the church by 1547
Assessment of Henry VIII’s reign
Colour coded: green statistics; yellow definitions; blue dates
Powerpoint inspired by the RGS scheme of work "Who wants to be a billionaire?". Whole lesson, includes starter, mapping activity, differentiated questions and plenary.
Case Study: The 2015 Nepal Earthquake
One Powerpoint but with enough detail for two or three lessons
Starter looks at possible advantages and disadvantages of Nepal's geography when it comes to dealing with earthquakes
Main body of the work is divided into:
LOCATION: map skills exercise
CAUSES: plate tectonics, India/Eurasia collision zone; graphing of historic data to look for tectonic patterns; shallow depth earthquakes below the Himalayas
EFFECTS: mapping proportional circles to show aftershocks; choropleth mapping exercise to show deaths by district; discussion of social, economic and environmental effects which are then analysed using an A3 worksheet to link and pairs of effects
SOLUTIONS: analysis of the usefulness of accepting foreign aid; grid worksheet to assess the sustainability of alternative earthquake proofing (car tyres, plastic bottles, straw and bamboo!)
PLENARY: how was Mount Everest affected by the 2015 earthquake?
Includes several resources, differentiated questions and links to internet media
Powerpoint and worksheet covering the Global Circulation System and the effects of latitude on climate. Starter looks at photos and how extreme weather might affect human life in those places. Lesson then goes through why the equator is hot/wet, the formation of deserts at 30 degrees and the reasons for cold deserts at the Poles. The worksheet is filled in through the lesson to explain the links between latitude, atmospheric cells and biomes. Differentiated GCSE style questions at the end of each section.
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
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).
A 'footsteps' project about China in the 21st Century. Pupils research data and illustrations to complete the booklet. Footsteps follow sections called: Hypothese; Expected Outcomes; Background; Methodology; Data Presentation; Analysis; Conclusion; Evaluation.
Questions for research include:
'China’s growth affects the natural environment because ...'
'In the past, the British Empire affected India because...'
'Most of China’s industries are located in........... because...'
'I think that the winners in Changing China’ are.............. because...'
Structure of Russia's government, 1917
Russia at war, 1917
The February Revolution, 1917
The Dual Authority and continued dissent
The October Revolution, 1917
colour coded: green statistics; yellow definitions; blue dates
Revision notes about Henry VII's life and role in the establishment of the Tudor Dynasty
England in 1485
Henry VII and the consolidation of power
Removing threats to Henry's power
Relations with other countries, 1485 to 1509
colour coded: green statistics; yellow definitions; blue dates
Latitude
Winds
Distance from the sea
Pressure
Altitude
Depressions
Anticyclones
2003 UK heatwave (impacts, management in the future)
Causes of climate change
Arguments for and against climate change
Economic, social, environmental and political impacts of climate change
National and local responses to climate change
Tropical storms
Hurricane Katrina case study
Cyclone Nargis case study
Ecosystems
Tropical rainforests (climate, plant adaptations)
Hot deserts (climate, plant adaptations)
Temperate deciduous forests (climate, plant adaptations)
Temperate deciduous forest case study
Causes of deforestation
Impacts of deforestation
The Amazon case study
Badia Desert, Jordan case study
Sonoran Desert, Arizona case study
Mechanical and chemical weathering
Mass movement (slumps and slides)
Erosion from waves (hydraulic power, abrasion, attrition, solution)
Wave-cut platforms
Headlands and bays
Caves, arches and stacks
Transportation (longshore drift, traction, suspension, saltation, solution)
Deposition
Sand and shingle beaches
Spit formation
Bar formation
Global warming and resulting coastal flooding impacts
The Maldives coastal flooding case study
Holderness coastal erosion and management case study
Hard and soft engineering
Studland Bay, Dorset coastal habitat case study