Powerpoint with resources included and a written lesson plan. This lesson works as an introduction to UK storms and extreme weather. Origninally designed for a high ability year 8 class, it could also be used to introduce extreme weather in the UK to GCSE classes for the AQA spec. This lesson is designed for Storm Doris, but is easily adaptable to a different case study if needed. Pupils will have to classify the effects of the storm and work to try and understand the causes from a card sort.

Pupils will work through a range of activities to help them to recap landscapes of the UK- Rivers and Coasts. They will need to match up landforms with pictures, locate these on a map and use this information to explain how each feature is formed. There is also a question to help them practice 6 figure grid references. All resources needed are in the powerpoint, including a map of the Dorset coastline to print and laminate to help students complete their worksheets. Please check out my other revision lessons and leave feedback if you like the lesson!

Lesson aiming to help students learn the importance of physical geography of the local area (Yorkshire). Students will build an overlay map of hills, rivers and settlements and use this to think critically about the interactions between the land and the human environment.

Lesson on urban design for AQA GCSE 9-1. Covers aspects of sustainability such as waste, transport, energy etc. Looks at the example of a housing development in Leeds called CITU, but could easily be substituted for an example nearer your school. Pupils will have to adapt a city to show how it could be more sustainable as well as complete an index to assess the sustainability of the Climate Innovation District in Leeds.

Lesson 2 for KS3 unit of work on food. Students will discuss the distribution using maps and will learn the key terms ‘famine’ and ‘drought’. There is a video which introduces the problem of famine and drought in the Horn of Africa and pupils have a silent reflection task to complete based on this. The majority of tasks are differentiated and pupils choose which to complete based on ability.

Lesson 4 for KS3 unit of work on food. Students will invesitage how hunger slows the development of a country. Also uses a video from the charity, ‘Mary’s Meals’ to see how charities can tackle the problem of famine and development together. Main activity uses a card sort to determine the causes and effects of hunger around the world.

Set of 4 lessons for GCSE to explore urbanisation and urban issues in Lagos, Nigeria. Includes a workbook for pupils to follow and complete. Includes appropriate video links and all resources needed for lessons. Pupils will be using a range of teaching strategies including think, ink, pair, shares, exam questions, rewording of questions, reflection on specification, annotation of photographs, analysing of data and maps etc.

For AQA GCSE Geography Grades 9-1 Economic Features of the UK. Involves creating, discussing and annotating a timeline of Economic Change in the UK. All resources included

For AQA GCSE Geography Grades 9-1 Economic Features of the UK. Looks at the sectors of industry and the industrial changes in the UK. All resources included.

Mainly aimed at Skills Paper 3 for AQA Geography GCSE 9-1, but could be used with more able KS3, or as a recap for KS4 students too. All resources are included.

For AQA GCSE Geography Grades 9-1 Economic Features of the UK. Discusses a range of links that the UK has with the wider world as well as discussing the changes (Brexit etc.) Main task is a spider diagram of information. All resources included

For AQA GCSE Geography Grades 9-1 Economic Features of the UK. Main task is locating cities and classifying according to wealth, commenting on patterns, using videos to understand the concept of the North South divide and discussions the reasons for it. Looks at Hull City of Culture. Includes homework sheet. All resources included

For AQA GCSE Geography Grades 9-1 Economic Features of the UK. Includes card sort, discussion, venn diagram information sort. All resources included

For AQA GCSE Geography Grades 9-1 Economic Features of the UK. Discussing effects of HS2, toll roads and other infrastructural changes. Group discussion and note taking sheet. All resources included

For AQA GCSE Geography Grades 9-1 Economic Features of the UK. Learning about Development Corridors, Science Parks and City Centre locations for Industry. Includes resources and question for Paper 3 Practice. All resources included

For AQA GCSE Geography Grades 9-1 Economic Features of the UK. Main task is learning about Jaguar Land Rover through videos and handouts. All resources included

This is a revision lesson I’ve created to revise the 3 topics: The Challenge of Natural Hazards, The Living World and Physical Landscapes of the UK. It is tailored towards the sub-topics that we have selected as a school, which are ‘Tropical Rainforests’ and ‘Hot Deserts’ in the Living World topic and ‘Coasts’ and ‘Rivers’ in the Physical Landscapes of the UK topic. The lesson is designed to be delivered in 1 hour, with a starter which recaps a little from each topic, and then 3 packs of tasks which are split up on different tables. Students will have 15 minutes to complete the activities in each pack, before a plenary to discuss how prepared they are for their exam. The packs contain a range of tasks including exam questions, marking exam questions, card sorts with key words and exploring photographs they have been given. All of the resources are hidden slides in the powerpoint. Please note, this lesson follows the same format at the ‘GCSE AQA Paper 2 Revision: Human’ lesson. The tasks are different, but you may be interested in purchasing this lesson if you find ‘GCSE AQA Paper 1 Revision: Physical’ works well.

This is a 33 mark end of unit assessment on the topic of ‘The Challenge of Natural Hazards’. There are questions on Climate Change, UK Extreme Weather, Tropical Storms and Tectonic Hazards. The Paper 1 GCSE exam, ‘Living with the Physical Environment’ will test this topic in 33 marks, hence the length of the test. I have also written a detailed mark scheme using a similar format to AQA, so this can be used in departments or with students to grade and analyse the assessments.