KS3 Hurricane locations Hurricane formation video and sequence Hurricane fieldsketch and features Hurricane Katrina video Tweet plenary All activities and resources included within the ppt

A lesson that introduces what geography is and develops an understanding of physical and human geography. Includes plenary quiz and link to my own vimeo video.

Lesson covers features of a drainage basin such as source, mouth, confluence, and the changes you would see along the course of a river (upper, middle and lower courses). Activities include labeling river features, describing the journey, and making a 3D drainage basin model. All worksheets included at the end of the ppt.

An overview of the UK’s relief, geology (including definitions of key rock types), landscapes (e.g. national parks) and cities. Activities include labelling maps, describing maps, and fast knowledge recall. All worksheets included within the ppt. An atlas with a UK map and geology map may be helpful (images included in ppt if not).

A clear and easy-to-understand lesson on all the processes within a river. Processes included are hydraulic action, attrition, abrasion, solution, vertical erosion, lateral erosion, traction, saltation, suspension, solution, deposition. A thorough and detailed worksheet is included so students can have all key words, definitions and pictures on one piece of paper, making it easy to revise.

A detailed 1-hour lesson that covers the physical and human causes of floods, hydrographs, factors that affect the shape of a hydrograph, and exam questions. Activities include a card sort of physical and human factors, labeling a hydrograph, sorting short and long lag times, and exam practice questions (with answers included). All worksheets and activities are included within the ppt.

Lesson covers an introduction to the course and the different types of systems, including key words, postive feedback and negative feedback Activities include brainstorming and card sorts All worksheets and activities included within the ppt

Lesson covers the different water stores and their characteristics with some exam questions around describing the global distribution of water stores. All worksheets and exam questions are included within the ppt.

Lesson covers the processes that occur within the water cycle, e.g. evaporation condensation, sublimation… Activities include questioning on each process and brainstorming to create a mind map of all the key terms, along with a glossary Worksheets included within the ppt.

A powerpoint and a 4-page workbook of short answer questions to help students practice reading water budget graphs and analysing what they show. Questions vary from reading direct totals from graphs, to describing patterns, to explaining differences between graphs in the northern and southern hemisphere.

Lesson covers the glacial balance and concept of accumulation & ablation, and advance & retreat. Focus on the Athabasca Glacier and how it has retreated over the decades. Exam question practice included with full answers. All worksheets and activities are included within the ppt. Reference is made to the DVD ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ which is useful to show if you have a copy available (relevant minutes are noted in the ppt).

A set of six knowledge organisers / topic summaries for GCSE topics. Each topic is summarised on one A3 sheet of paper (apart from The Changing Economic World which is extended). Topics included are: Physical landscapes in the UK Challenge of natural hazards Challenge of resource management Changing economic world Living world Urban issues and challenges An excellent revision resource to help students cope with the high level of content. Will also help support weaker students who may have disorganised notes.

Lesson covers general impacts of climate change and a range of impacts on the Arctic including a loss of albedo, melting, sea level rise, impacts on local communities All resources are included within the ppt

Lesson comprehensively covers strategies to reduce climate change at global, regional, local and individual levels. Strategies included are the Kyoto Protocol, EU 20 20 20 vision, the UK Climate Change Act and Beddington Zero Energy Development. All policies are covered in detail with resources to help students to make notes

Lesson covers the roles of the rainforest, e.g. atmosphere cleaning and carbon trapping. Activities centre around Bruce Parry’s series ‘The Amazon’ which highlights the issues of mining, foresting and road building in the rainforest. All worksheets included within the ppt.

Lesson covers the meaning of ecotourism and an example in the Amazon rainforest. Activities include internet research and exam question practice. All resources included within the ppt

Lesson covers what happens within ecosystems if certain elements are removed or new species are introduced Activities include thinking about scenarios around a UK hedgerow, and a research task about unplanned species introduction All resources and sheets are included at the end of the ppt

Lesson covers a recap of the links between the water and carbon cyles and how climate change might affect this; it then explores the long term, medium term and short term types of climate change and the evidence for each Worksheets included in the ppt

Lesson covers 7 different strategies to save tropical rainforest Activities include questioning, structured note taking and exam question practice All resources and worksheets included within the ppt

Lesson covers the location of cold environments, their climate, and the difference between polar and tundra Activities include describing a map, coding statements, and interpreting a climate graph All resources and worksheets are included within the ppt