A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the global atmospheric model, its components and its function along with pressure belts and surface winds and how the Coriolis force affects trade winds and westerlies.
Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning
Task 2: Definition of global atmospheric circulation
Task 3: Complete two exam questions about pressure belts and conditions.
Task 4: Complete GAC sheet.
Task 5: Main Task -Exam question practice “Explain how the global atmospheric system affects the weather and climate at the equator” (4 marks)
Task 6: Plenary - On whiteboards, students to give ideas on how to help countries develop equally.
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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the human causes of climate change. An introduction to the human-enhanced greenhouse effect, and how the greenhouse gases humans contribute increase this factor unnaturally. Breaks the GHG content into how the world produces emissions.
Task 1: Starter - Five Quick Questions - A quick recap on what students have previously learnt.
Task 2: Students to identify the graph they have previously seen but identify the “hockey-stick” curve.
Task 3: Students glue the sheet in their books and explain the greenhouse effect in 20 words. then look at the two global heat maps and identify countries that are most at risk of rising temperatures.
Task 4: Describe how two human activities can contribute to climate change (4 marks).
Task 5: Main Task - Exam question practice, “Evaluate the extent to which human factors are responsible for climate change. With reference to a named example, evaluate the extent to which you agree with this statement.
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Task 6: Evaluate the extent to which human factors are responsible for climate change.
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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the future of tropical storms and what could potentially happen to people living in these areas. Contains lots of graph analysis for students.
Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning
Task 2: On white boards students to make notes on the video about tropical storms
Task 3: Read through the information on the sheet and analyse the graphs about the future of tropical storms.
Task 4: Main Task - Exam question practice, “Suggest how the distributiion of tropical storms could change in the future if the trend in temperature change continues” (4 marks)
Task 5: Plenary - True or false about formation of tropical storms
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Students will be able to define the enhanced greenhouse effect, then identify the effects of climate change in the UK, rank which is the most impactful and justify why. Then students will evaluate is the government is doing enough to help tackle climate change.
Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics
Task 2: Identify the effects of climate change on the UK.
Task 3: Rank the effects of climate change on the UK from most significant to least significant.
Task 4: Read through the statements on the worksheet and evaluate if the UK government is doing enough.
Task 4: Main Task: Evaluate the effects of climate change on the UK
Task 5: Plenary: What are the challenges with responding to climate change as a low-income country?
The lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the continents and countries of the world, an introduction to scale, at both local, national and global.
Task 1: Starter - Recap the last few lessons and information they have learnt.
Task 2: Students to identify which pictures are bigger and smaller depending on the scale.
Task 3: Students to watch a video about the scale and then answer questions about the video and scale.
Task 4: Main Task - Finish the sentences in books about what the scale is used for in books and how you would use scale.
Task 5: Plenary 3,2,1
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A fully resourced PowerPoint for Paper 1- Living in the Physical Environment for AQA GCSE Geography. This PowerPoint contains 34 slides with all the key physical processes broken down into 5 easy steps along with examples of what good and bad answers look like. In the final half of the PowerPoint we cover case studies that students will need when completing paper 1.
Key Physical Processes include:
Rivers
-Waterfalls & Gorges
Meanders & Oxbow Lakes
Levee formation
Coasts
Rotational Cliff Slumping
Headlands and Bays
Formation of a Sea Stack
Wave-cut Platforms
Spits & Bars
Weather Hazards
-Formation of a Hurricane
Case studies include:
Ecosystems - UK Pond
Tropical Rainforest - Malaysia
Hot Desert - Thar Desert
Rivers - River Tees
Coasts - Holderness Coast
Tectonic Hazards - Christchurch vs Haiti
Weather Hazards - Typhoon Haiyan
UK Weather Hazards - Beast from the East
In this lesson students will identify what a natural hazard is, types of natural hazards and how hazards and their risks change depending on several factors.
Task 1: Identify natural hazards based on pictures
Task 2: Write down the different types of natural hazards
Task 3: Complete structure of the Earth sheet.
Task 4: Exam style 4 mark question
Task 5: Plenary: GCSE pod
Lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet.
A fully resourced PowerPoint for Paper 2- Challenges in the human environment for AQA GCSE Geography. This PowerPoint contains 36 slides with full information and case studies for each topic.
Content Includes:
Urban Issues and Challenges
Definition and causes of urbanisation
Emergence of megacities
Case Study of Rio as an NEE along with opportunities and challenges.
Case Study - Urban change in a Major UK City - Leeds
Sustainable Urban Living - Leeds Greenhouse Project
Traffic Management in Leeds
The Changing Economic World
Measuring development
Measuring population and causes of uneven development
Tourism in Jamaica
UK national and global links
Case Study- Nigeria - TNCs causing development
Economic and Industrial Change in the UK
Modern Industrial Developments in the UK - Cambridge Science Park and Torr Quarry.
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These home learning/ homework sheets are a good way to test students knowledge and comprehension of the “changing economic world” topic. Each sheet provides upwards of 7 research questions, with two AQA specified exam questions to ensure that students are applying their knowledge correctly. It is recommended giving 1-2 weeks for students to complete the sheet (depending on student ability)
This home learning sheet is specifically designed for the Changing Economic World lessons that are also on Planet Geography, so if you want some engaging and challenging lessons, head over to the lessons and get them too!!
For KS3 geography, this bundle is great for Year 7 in their second term back at school, and is designed to flow with the “Human Features of Asia Bundle”. This bundle allows students to investigate the physical side of Asia with specific looks at countries as case studies with links to key geographical concepts such as earthquakes, plate tectonics with a specific investigation into the 1995 Kobe Japan earthquake.
Throughout the series of lessons, students will firstly begin by identifying plate tectonics and how plate boundaries create earthquakes, secondly they will investigate how the Kobe earthquake happened and then through the other series of lessons students will identify the impacts and responses to the earthquake.
Lesson 1: Asia’s Plate Tectonics
Lesson 2: Kobe Earthquake 1995
Lesson 3: Impacts of Kobe Earthquake 1995
Lesson 4: Responses to Kobe Earthquake 1995
Students will gain a variety of skills such as data collection and manipulation along with creation of graphs and reading OS maps.
This bundle contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
This is the ultimate classroom-themed bunting bundle.
These 9 different themes are perfect to liven up any classroom, with themes ranging from pastel pencils, continents, florals and much more!
This bunting will allow you to personalise your classroom, and say whatever you want on them. The digital download allows you to print off your own bunting at home or at work and hang it up on the same day.
The font used is Fink Heavy, which is clear, readable and easy to see from a distance.
This is a digital download, no physical product will be sent to you! No refund policy due to the nature of a digital download.
An AQA specification topic for KS4 in geography “The Changing Economic World”. This topic will briefly cover where is Nigeria, why is it important, both nationally and globally. Then students will investigate the benefits and drawbacks of TNCs in Nigeria (specifically Shell) then the types of aid Nigeria receives. Students will identify if this aid is beneficial or what problems may arise with aid. Finally students will explore the impacts of economic development on the environment of Nigeria, with a specific look at the Bodo Oil Spill and its effects on the local people.
Lesson 1: Importance of Nigeria
Lesson 2: TNCs in Nigeria (Shell)
Lesson 3: International Aid in Nigeria
Lesson 4: Environmental Impacts of Economic Development in Nigeria.
Students will improve skills such as graph reading, data interpretation, and case study analysis.
This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
BONUS- Will include homework research sheets that will span over the four lessons (one sheet every two lessons )
An introductory topic for KS3 Year 8 about the Physical features of Middle East, specifically focusing on the climate, plant and animal adaptations to the desert, sand dune formation and coasts along the Middle East, specifically with the formation of spits.
This bundle contains 5 lessons that are fully resourced.
Lesson 1: Mapping the Middle East
Lesson 2: Middle East Desert Climate
Lesson 3: Desert Plant and Animal Adaptations
Lesson 4: Sand Dune Formation in the Middle East
Lesson 5: Coasts of the Middle East
Students will gain a variety of skills such as data manipulation, graph reading, Choropleth map interpretation
This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheet
For KS3 geography, this bundle is great for Year 8 to follow on with the first topic “Physical Features of the Middle East”, and is designed to flow with that. This bundle allows students to investigate the human side of the Middle East with specific looks at development of the Middle East, from ancient civilisations, to the silk road and the Islamic Golden Age, all the way to modern day developments due to resources and geo-politics and modern day conflicts such as the War on Terror. Finally students will investigate the positives and negatives of tourism in the Middle East.
Lesson 1: Development in the Middle East
Lesson 2: Resources in the Middle East
Lesson 3: Geo-politics of the Middle East
Lesson 4: Conflict in the Middle East
Lesson 5:Tourism in the Middle East
Students will gain a variety of skills such as data collection and manipulation along with creation of graphs and reading OS maps.
This bundle contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets, learning journeys and knowledge organisers.
For KS3 geography, this bundle is great for Year 9 students as the lessons revolve around cold environments and are a great starting point for students who want to study GCSE geography as many themes are similar to the cold environments topic at GCSE and provides great foundational knowledge. Students firstly start identifying the difference between the Arctic and Antarctic, then the features of their climates and the adaptation they cause in plants and animals that survive there. Finally students learn about the opportunities and challenges of living in these areas and link them to development.
Lesson 1: Arctic versus Antarctic
Lesson 2: Features of Cold Environments
Lesson 3: Plant and animal adaptation to cold environments
Lesson 4: Opportunities in Cold Environments
Lesson 5: Challenges in Cold Environments
Students will gain a variety of skills such as data collection and manipulation along with creation of graphs and reading OS maps.
This bundle contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets, knowledge organiser and learning journey.
An introductory topic for KS3 Year 8 about the Physical features of North America, specifically focusing on the United States of America and the earthquakes and hurricanes that it receives. This is shown through case studies in the San Francisco quake and Hurricane Katrina.
This bundle contains 5 lessons that are fully resourced.
Lesson 1: Mapping North America
Lesson 2: San Fransisco Quake
Lesson 3: Formation of a Hurricane
Lesson 4: Hurricane Katrina
Lesson 5: Responses to Hurricane Katrina
Students will gain a variety of skills such as data manipulation, graph reading, Choropleth map interpretation
This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
An introductory topic for KS3 in geography about the continent of Asia and its human features. This bundle contains 5 lessons that are fully resourced.
Throughout the series of lessons students will be able to accurately locate Asia, able to accurately describe the distributions of people throughout Asia. Develop the skill of being able to describe and interpret population pyramids and identify the problems with overpopulation. Finally students finish with investigative China’s One Child Policy and its effects on population and future.
Lesson 1: Mapping Countries in Asia
Lesson 2: Population of Asia
Lesson 3: Population Pyramids
Lesson 4: Problems with overpopulation
Lesson 5: China’s One Child Policy
Students will improve skills such as graph reading, data interpretation, creation of population pyramids.
This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets, learning journey and knowledge organiser.
An introductory topic for KS3 Year 7 about the human features of Europe including the countries in Europe, the European Union, along with its positives and negatives, Brexit and migration and migrant crisis in Europe.
This bundle contains 5 lessons that are fully resourced.
Throughout the series of lessons students will be able to accurately identify where Europe is, along with several counties and seas contained within it. Then students will be taught what the EU is, when it formed and the positives and negatives of the Eu along with why the UK chose to leave. Finally students will learn the different types of migration and explaining the migrant crisis currently happening in Europe.
Lesson 1: Location of Europe
Lesson 2: Introduction to the EU
Lesson 3: Positives and Negatives of the EU
Lesson 4: Migration in Europe
Lesson 5: The Migrant Crisis in Europe
Students will gain a variety of skills such as data manipulation, map skills, and climate graph interpretation.
This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
For KS3 geography, this bundle is great for Year 9 in their second term back at school, and is designed to flow with the “Physical Features of Africa Bundle”. This bundle allows students to investigate the human side of Africa with specific looks at countries as case studies with links to key geographical concepts such as development, population and slums.
This bundle contains 6 lessons that are fully resourced, with powerpoints and worksheets.
Throughout the series of lessons, students will firstly begin by identifying population densities and sparsities in different countries in Africa as well as introducing population pyramids to students to link to development. Then students will investigate the importance of Nigeria and why it is globally and nationally important. Next students will find out what development is, and why some countries are less developed than others, which will directly link to colonisation and the reason some countries struggle to develop. Then once students are clear with population and development the concept of slums is introduced and linked to favelas in Brazil and what issues these cause for the people and how to fix them
Lesson 1: The Population of Africa
Lesson 2: Nigeria and its Importance
Lesson 3: Development in Africa
Lesson 4: Colonisation of Africa
Lesson 5: Slums in Africa
Lesson 6: Solutions to Slums
Students will gain a variety of skills such as data collection and manipulation along with creation of graphs and reading OS maps.
This bundle contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
An introductory topic for KS3 Year 8 about the human features of South America, specifically focusing on Brazil. This series of lessons will focus on the importance of Brazil, People in Brazil, Development, Inequalities, Drug Trafficking and Reducing Inequalities in Slums.
This bundle contains 7 lessons that are fully resourced.
Lesson 1: Importance of Brazil
Lesson 2: Grid Referencing Brazil
Lesson 3: People in Brazil
Lesson 4: Development in Brazil
Lesson 5: Inequality in Brazil
Lesson 6: Drug Trade in South America
Lesson 7: Fixing Inequality in Brazil
Students will gain a variety of skills such as data manipulation, graph reading, Choropleth map interpretation
This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.