An A4 worksheet which is based around the different types of settlement.
Task 1 - students have to read each description and match it to the correct settlement name.
Task 2 - students have to complete a diagram of the settlement hierarchy.
Challenge - students have to describe the difference between two settlements.
A very simple PDF and word document for Year 7 students to complete remotely based on identifying types of extreme weather in the UK, explaining the impacts of extreme weather in the UK and of the Indian Monsoon.
A joint bundle of handouts for parents. One set includes an option evening handout which is helpful to outline the GCSE AQA Geography course for parents and students. The second set is a handout for use at parents’ evening for GCSE Geography students.
Both can easily be adapted as they come as powerpoint documents.
A two page handout, which can be printed double sided, for parents of Year 11 or Year 10 students outlining:
structure of GCSE Geography (AQA) course
dates of final exams
resources and revision guides that can provide support
space for entering students mock grades
space for entering targets for students
The handout comes as a powerpoint document so therefore can be edited.
**For which specification? **= AQA Geography (8035)
**Specification Link? **= Paper 1 – Living with the Physical Environment – Natural Hazards
This x10 slide powerpoint provides a simple lesson covering what a natural hazard is, categorising the different types of hazard and exploring how urbanisation, development and climate change can affect hazard risk. It also contains a skills based activity which requires students to make a graph showing the fatalities of three natural hazards. It is matched to the 8035 AQA GCSE Geography specification and does not require any other resources.
A fully resourced lesson exploring the costs and benefits of urban sprawl and the growth of commuter settlements.
It includes a pre-made worksheet and challenge tasks which do not require the use of any other resources such as textbooks.
Three sets of self-reflection worksheets for Paper 1, 2 & 3 of the AQA GCSE Geography (8035) exams from May/June 2019.
These are a useful template for students self-reflecting on these exam papers if used as mock exams or general practice papers.
They contain a column for writing their own mark for each exam question as well as a set of self-reflection questions at the end, focusing on their performance in each of the x3 sections of Papers 1 and 2 and in the sections of Paper 3.
A bundle of two fully resourced lessons on environmental opportunities and challenges in Bristol, which are linked directly to the 8035 AQA GCSE Geography specification.
A fully resourced lesson exploring the environmental challenges in Bristol, focusing on dereliction, brownfield sites, urban sprawl and waste.
It includes pre-made worksheets and challenge tasks which requires the Oxford University Press textbook for ‘GCSE Geography AQA’.
A fully resourced lesson exploring the environmental opportunities in Bristol, focusing on urban greening and integrated transport systems.
It includes a worksheet which requires students to use pages 172-173 in the Oxford University ‘AQA GCSE Geography’ textbook. It also includes an activity focused around how the environmental opportunities can benefit the population’s quality of life.
A lesson that explores Nigeria’s quality of life, which includes:
- 5 question quiz starter based on aid in Nigeria to re-cap previous learning
- graph activity to describe changes to Nigeria’s HDI
- development indicator activity for students to explore different ways Nigeria’s quality of life has changed
- consolidation activity which brings together the concept of quality of life improving in the south far more than the north. This builds on the knowledge and understanding from the rest of the unit however is available in two differentiated versions to support students at different ability levels.
A worksheet designed to be used with the Oxford University Press ‘GCSE Geography AQA’ textbook, pages 204-207, for 8035 specification. A great resource for cover lessons.
A summary worksheet on the causes of, and strategies to reduce, the UK’s ‘North-South Divide’. Contains a gap fill activity using key words to explain the causes followed by a colour coding activity based around strategies to reduce it.
A double sided A4 handout used for giving information to parents and students at option evenings. The handout is based around the AQA (8035) GCSE Geography course.
A simple worksheet which is good for cover work or homework setting. Does not require a textbook and can be used as a standalone resource. Two main activities:
Students create an appropriate graph using data on methods of transport to work.
Students colour code the different statements concerning Rio’s environmental challenges and solutions.
A worksheet designed to provide a template for making notes on the location and importance of Bristol. This worksheet is perfect for a cover lesson or for setting as homework. It is designed to be used with pages 166-167 of the Oxford University ‘GCSE Geography AQA’ textbook.
A scaffolded mind-map worksheet which is designed to be used with pages 172-173 of the Oxford University Press textbook ‘GCSE Geography AQA’.
The worksheet is design to give a simple structure to guide students on retrieving key information from the material in the above textbook.
A simple worksheet which outlines the main threats to biodiversity in the tropical rainforest. Students have to colour code each of the threats into in-direct or direct.