A specialist documentary resource shop featuring worksheets and challenge activities to support learning and thinking around educational documentaries. Resources are created by an experienced geography teacher and subject leader.
A specialist documentary resource shop featuring worksheets and challenge activities to support learning and thinking around educational documentaries. Resources are created by an experienced geography teacher and subject leader.
Help your students get to grips with the tropical rainforest environment of the Congo using this sheet to explore episode 1 of Wilderness with Simon Reeves - The Congo (BBC documentary).
Students gain a greater understanding of the environment and the people who live within the Congo, watching while completing this ready to use question and answer sheet.
Details on the programme
Simon Reeve travels through the Congo, the second-greatest rainforest on earth. In one of the toughest journeys he’s ever undertaken, Simon travels five hundred miles across dense tropical jungle, heading for the region of Salonga, where he searches for one of the rarest and most iconic creatures on the continent - the bonobo
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The worksheet has 19 questions that cover the full 60 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet with timings for teachers.
Questions on the worksheet explore the following environments and topics:
• Tropical rainforest
• Congo, East Africa
• Ecosystems - plants, animals, climate
• Animal adaptation
• Deforestation
This sheet comes ready to use and in both PDF and Word formats.
BBC documentary: Horizon 2020: 1. Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting.
BBC documentary, currently on iPlayer.
A question and answer worksheet based around the 58 minute horizon documentary on population and earth resources. This documentary is about Chris’s view that a world of ten billion may simply be too many people for the earth to sustain, given the impact 7.7 billion humans are already having. Travelling around the globe in search of answers to difficult and sometimes controversial questions, Chris investigates why our population is growing so rapidly, what impact it is having on the natural world, and whether there is anything that can be done. .
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It could be used to support learning around population increase, urban living and resource management. Can cover a lesson or used as a stand-alone homework.
I have included a short exam question to complete at the end of the lesson or for a follow up at another point.
Topics include:
Population increase
Birth rates
Resource management
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A comprehensive 36 question worksheet for Our Changing Planet, Episode 1 (BBC Documentary).
Documentary details
This documentary includes a visit to the Maldives to investigate coral reef biodiversity and coral bleaching. Chris Packham travels to Iceland to look at glacial retreat and ice melt. Ella Al-Shamahi visits Cambodia to see how economic development has impacted river environments and animal trafficking.
In all locations, presenters look at research or charity efforts charting the fight to save the planets most endangered ecosystems.
The bundle includes
The worksheet includes 36 different styled questions that cover the full hour long documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet, with timings for teachers.
If you like this resource, please leave a review. Worksheets have been made for other episodes of this series and many other science and nature documentaries for BBC and Netflix, please view them here.
Documentary exploring the changing coral reefs.
Question and answer sheet to accompany the documentary: Chasing Coral on Netflix. This film introduces students to the importance of coral reef ecosystems, the threats they are facing, climate change and how what one group of people are doing to let people know what is happening to coral reefs.
The documentary sheet has a variety of question types and a teacher answer sheer with guide times for many questions to allow for lesson planning. Three short extension activities to fit around the documentary.
Worksheet includes the following topics:
Marine ecosystems
Polyp structure
Symbiosis
Coral bleaching
Global warming
Climate Change
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A 30 question worksheet and follow on sheet to support Breaking Boundaries: The Science of our Planet (Netflix Documentary). David Attenborough and scientist Johan Rockström examine Earth’s biodiversity collapse and how this crisis can still be averted. The programme explores the impacts on earth’s life support systems: our weather, our oceans and the living world.
The worksheet has 30 questions that cover the full 1hr 15 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet for teachers. There is a differentiated follow on worksheet for students to complete to think further around this topic.
Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics:
Holocene
Biosphere
Freshwater
Ocean acidification
Energy use
Extreme weather events - droughts
Climate change
Deforestation
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7 Worlds, 1 Planet: Asia
BBC documentary, currently playing on iPlayer.
A question and answer worksheet based around the 59 minute documentary seven worlds, one planet, episode 2. This documentary is all about Asia and the diverse conditions it presents to wildlife.
It could be used to support learning around polar ecosystems, animal habitats and adaptations or place specific study of Asia. A good amount of discussion on climate change. A range of environments are covered: deserts, mountains and jungles. Can cover a lesson or used as a stand-alone homework.
Topics include:
animal habitat
animal adaptation
climate change
Note, the worksheet does not include the 10 minute section at the end on how the programme was filmed.
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Topics: Water, Rivers, Danube River
22 question and answer sheet to accompany the BBC documentary Earth’s Greatest Rivers 2, episode 2, Danube River. The documentary follows the river’s course from source to mouth and looks at how animal and human life depends on the River Danube.
The worksheet has 22 questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet for teachers. There is a follow on worksheet with exam questions and mapping exercise for students to complete to think further around this topic. Designed for study alongside rivers unit, but equally could be used for students as part of a place based study in Europe.
Topics include:
Fact file on the the Danube
Upper, middle and lower course characteristics
Human activity along the river
Flooding
Conservation and management
Downloaded bundle includes all sheets in both Word and PDF formats.
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BBC documentary: Asia - The Frozen North
BBC documentary, currently on iPlayer.
Content: Every year the northern half of Asia is transformed by snow and ice. This documentary explores how some remarkable creatures defy and thrive in some of the harshest conditions on Earth.
How to use this resource:
Ready to use worksheet, no prep required
20 questions to cover the full 48 minutes
Helpful teacher sheet with answers and timings
Short extension mapping task for independent work (with atlas provision)
PDF and Word format files included.
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Documentary to support Weather and Climate lessons.
A question and answer worksheet (and follow on sheet) to support A Perfect Planet - Weather (BBC Documentary). The programme explores how weather controls the distribution of freshwater around our planet. In turn, this shapes the lives of animals across the globe, leading to incredible diversity of species and habitats.
The worksheet has 20 questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary. To support staff a teacher answer sheet is included for staff unfamiliar with the topic. There is an additional differentiated worksheet to allow students to reflect further on their learning.
Documentary and worksheet cover the following topics:
Weather and climate
monsoons
drought
Ecosystems (including Amazon Rainforest and Gobi Desert)
Animal adaptation
Climate change
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**Documentary exploring forest ecosystems.
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This is a question and answer sheet to accompany the documentary Planet Earth 3: Extremes on the BBC.
David Attenborough reveals the extraordinary ways in which animals battle to survive the elements in a world of extremes - places where life exists on a knife edge. From mountain summits to scorching deserts, polar tundra to deep underground caves, these remote places are rarely visited, yet the animals that survive there are some of the most resilient and specially adapted on Earth.
Animal and plant adaptations across a range of different environments:
Polar
Mountain
Desert
Cave
This worksheet covers the full 45 minutes of the documentary. There are a variety of question types used to keep kids engaged and comes with a handy teacher answer sheet with guide times to support lesson planning.
If you choose to purchase this sheet and leave a review, I would be happy to send you a free resource from my shop as a thank you (docgeog@gmail.com).
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Documentary exploring forest ecosystems.
This is a question and answer sheet to accompany the documentary Planet Earth 3: Forests on BBC.
This worksheet explore the unexpected connections and communications across forest environments and includes the following topics:
*Ecosystems ecosystems
Symbiotic relationships
Animal adaptations
Deforestation
Plantations
Key plants e.g. kapok tress
Animal and human interactions*
This worksheet covers the full 45 minutes of the documentary. There are a variety of question types used to keep kids engaged and comes with a handy teacher answer sheet with guide times to support lesson planning.
For worksheets to support other science and nature documentaries please see my shop.
A 20 question worksheet and follow on activity sheet to support A Perfect Planet - The Ocean (BBC Documentary). The programme looks at the key forces around oceans of currents, winds and waves. Without the constant mixing of currents, tides and waves, our oceans would stop supporting life - and a healthy ocean is vital to a healthy planet.
The worksheet has 20 questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary. To support staff a comphrehensive answer sheet is included for teachers. There is an additional differentiated follow on worksheet for students to complete to think further around this topic.
Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics:
Oceans
Currents and wind
Wave formations
Marine ecosystems
Coastal zones and mangrove forests
Animal adaptation
Climate change
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Our Planet: Jungles / Rainforest Environments
A question and answer worksheet based around Netflix documentary our planet, Jungles. Could be used to support learning around rainforest ecosystems, animal habitats and human activity in forests. Can be used as a full lesson or used as a stand-alone homework. A teacher sheet with answers is included.
Questions focus on:
Different rainforest environments
Animal adaptations in the ecosystem
Human activity and resource management
Deforestation
Food chains in the rainforest ecosystem
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BBC Documentary: Snow Animals
A question and answer worksheet based around the 59 minute documentary Snow Animals. This documentary is all about how animals cope with the hostile conditions it presents to wildlife and the strategies they use.
Great for a Christmas themed Geography
It could be used to support learning around polar or northern ecosystems, animal habitats and adaptations in winter conditions. A good amount of discussion on animal adapatation. Can cover a lesson or used as a stand-alone homework.
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Help your students get to grips with the changing environment caused by climate change using this sheet to explore episode 3 of Our Living World - Breaking Point (Netflix documentary).
Students gain a greater understanding of changing climatic conditions across a wide range of environments, watching while completing this ready to use question and answer sheet.
How to use this sheet
This ready to use worksheet has 24 questions that cover the full 51 minute documentary. It comes with a detailed answer sheet with timings for teachers.
Extended learning worksheet
The documentary worksheet comes along with an extended learning worksheet to delve deeper into this subject. Questions focus on key terms and then offer an differentiated questions which can be used in class or as a follow on home learning task.
The worksheets explore the following topics:
• Ecosystems - plants, animals, climate
• Animal adaptation
• Climate Change
• Extreme weather events: volcanoes and hurricanes
• Changing food webs
This sheet comes ready to use and in both PDF and Word formats.
A 20 question worksheet and follow on activity to support A Perfect Planet - Weather (BBC Documentary). The programme looks at how weather controls the distribution of freshwater around our planet. In turn, how this water shapes the lives of animals across the globe, rising to an incredible diversity of species and habitats.
The worksheet uses a variety of different questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary. A comprehensive answer sheet is included for staff who are unfamiliar with the documentary. There is a differentiated follow on sheet so students can reflect further on their learning.
Worksheet includes the following topics:
seasonal weather patterns
Global weather and climates
Advantages and disadvantages of different weather patterns
Ecosystems including Amazon Rainforest and the Gobi Desert
Benefits and risks of habitat change
Animal adaptation
Climate change
For worksheets to support other science and nature documentaries please see my shop.
Help your students get to grips with the environment and ecosystem of Antarctica in episode 4 of Frozen Planet 2 (BBC documentary), using this 2 page, 25 question and answer worksheet.
David Attenborough explores Antarctica, looking at the ecosystem, animal adaptations and the impacts of climate change.
How to use this sheet
The worksheet has 25 questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet with timings for teachers.
Questions on the worksheet explore the following environments and topics:
• Coastal and interior environments
• Animal adaptation
• Extreme weather
• Climate change
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Eden: Untamed Planet (Episode 4 Galapagos)
A 21 question worksheet to support this documentary about the Galapagos Islands.
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Dcoumentary blurb**
Discovering how the Galapagos became one of the most important areas of biodiversity in the world. Only the hardiest pioneers could reach this otherworldly outpost - tossed here by storms and strong currents, but they found a virgin land of endless possibilities. With no competition, they could rule supreme turning this seemingly inhospitable place into their very own Eden.
How to use
The worksheet has 21 questions that cover the full 49 minute documentary and comes with a detailed and clear answer sheet for teachers.
Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics:
animal adaptation
biodiversity
pioneers
marine and land environments
symbiotic relationships
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Help your students understand how our changing climate is effecting our frozen worlds in this question and answer worksheet.
In this final episode of BBC Frozen Planet we meet the scientists and people dedicating their lives to understanding how climate change is impacting our frozen planet. We will look at what these changes mean, not just for the animals and people who live there, but for the world as a whole.
How to use this sheet
The worksheet has 30 questions that cover the full 57 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet with timings for teachers. There is a differentiated follow on worksheet for students to complete to think further around this topic.
As an additional option to purchasing this sheet, you can purchase a whole lesson which includes a starter, plenary and PowerPoint. This can be found in my [https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/DocGeog].
**Documentary exploring freshwater environments.
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This is a question and answer sheet to accompany the documentary Planet Earth 3: Freshwater on BBC.
Sir David Attenborough explores how freshwater shapes the land and the creatures that lives in it in surprising ways.
This worksheet focuses on freshwater environments and includes the following topics:
Freshwater ecosystems
Costa Rican rainforest
The dry season in Sri Lanka
Hunting techniques in the Okavango Delta
Symbiotic relationships
Human water use
This worksheet covers the full 50 minutes of the documentary. There are a variety of question types used to keep kids engaged and comes with a handy teacher answer sheet with guide times to support lesson planning.
For worksheets to support other science and nature documentaries please see my shop.