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Hello, I'm Natasha and I provide high-quality geography resources for KS3 and KS4.
https://linktr.ee/planetgeography
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People in Brazil - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will start with 5 quick questions from their previous lessons on the location and features of South America and Brazil, they will then learn about how humans moved from the continent of Africa to the continent of South America. Then students will identify where the most mega cities are located and then identify using atlases where the important Brazilian cities are located. Then learning about the push and pull factors that move people from rural to urban areas.
Task 1: Knowledge Recap
Task 2: Identification of megacities and describe distribution of megacities globally
Task 3: Identify the location of several important Brazilian cities
Task 4: Identify which factors are push or pull factors.
Task 5: Describe and explain Brazil’s population density (4 marks)
This lesson contains a fully completed lesson and worksheet.
Hurricane Katrina - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will begin by recapping what they have previously learnt in the other lessons on physical features of North America.
Students will then be introduced to how we measure hurricanes using the Saffir Simpon Scale and the given background information about Hurricane Katrina. Then students will be asked to describe the path the hurricane took to reach landfall. Then will watch the video on the hurricane, writing down any notes as they go.
Finally students will identify primary and secondary effects and identify if they are social, economic or environmental, this will result in them writing a newspaper article about Hurricane Katrina and its effects and responses
Task 1: Knowledge Retention
Task 2: Identify the path the hurricane took to reach landfall
Task 3: Identify the impacts of the hurricane from the video.
Task 4: Categorise impacts into social, economic, environmental and primary and secondary
Task 5: Show learning in a newspaper article describing Hurricane Katrina.
This lesson has a completed powerpoint and worksheet
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Physical Features of Asia - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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.
Asia's Plate Tectonics - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will firstly stick in learning journey and knowledge organiser in their books. Then students to recap previous learning of the population of Asia. Then students to recap what the structure of the earth is and then assessed for their understanding.
Students then learn about how earth has changed through time and how plate tectonic theory happens, then students are to describe the location of the Pacific Ring of Fire and its location to Asia. Students then to look at information sheet and describe the difference in the three plate margins. Students then practice this in a fake exam question.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1:Recap structure of the earth
Task 2: What plate tectonics are and the evidence for them through plate tectonic theory.
Task 3: Read through the 3 different plate tectonic boundaries and describe how they move and the features they create.
Task 4: Main Task: Attempt the fake exam questions to test knowledge and comprehension.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
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Human Features of South America - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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.
Impacts of Kobe Earthquake 1995 - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will begin by testing their knowledge acquired from the previous 2 lessons of the physical features of Asia and then will identify the difference between Primary and Secondary impacts, students will then read through the effects of the Kobe 1995 Earthquake and identify if the the effect is primary or secondary and then if it is social, economic or environmental. Finally students will create a newspaper article about the effects of the earthquake and how it affected people.
Task 1: Formative assessment of previous learning
Task 2: Introduction of primary and secondary learning
Task 3: Identify the primary and secondary factors of the Kobe Earthquake
Task 4: Identify if they are social, economic or environmental
Task 5: Create a newspaper article about how the earthquake happened, the primary and secondary effects of the earthquake and a pretend interview with a survivor.
This lesson includes a fully resourced powerpoint, worksheet, test sheet and newspaper article template.
Kobe Earthquake 1995 - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will start by recapping the previous content they have learnt about with human features of Asia in their last topic. Then they will recap what plate margins are and how they cause earthquakes. Students will then identify the features of an earthquake and then learn about the richter scale. This culminates in a quick test on whiteboards. Then using the information on their sheets students will identify the social, economic and environmental impacts of the Kobe 1995 earthquakes.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Recapping on plate boundaries and how they cause earthquakes
Task 2: Identify the features of an earthquake
Task 3: Learning about the Richter Scale
Task 4: Active assessment on eathquakes
Task 5: Identify the social, economic and environmental impacts of the Kobe 1995 Earthquake
Task 6: Independent Practice: Describe the effects of the earthquake and explain how it happened.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
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Human Features of Asia - A Case Study (Full SOW) (KS3 - Key Stage 3)
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.
Mapping Countries in Asia - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will start by gluing in learning journeys and knowledge organiser to show what they will be learning this term. Then students will be asked to show their knowledge of previous learning from their rivers topic. Students will then be asked to describe the location of Asia, then to do this using latitude and longitude showing increasing depth and skill. Then using the template attached students are to use atlases to draw on the countries and physical features of Asia on their sheets.
Starter: Knowledge Retention 5 quick starter questions
Task 1: Describe the location of Asia globally
Task 2: Describe the location of Asia using latitude and longitude
Task 3: Main Task: Using an atlas write down the location and physical features of Asia.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet and learning journey and knowledge organiser.
Challenges in Cold Environments - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will firstly complete 5 quick questions about their previous learning over previous lessons. Then they will identify what challenges are and explain what challenges they might think are present in cold environments. With each section students will be given a challenge and students will have to link that to why it is hard for them to develop. Finally they will be asked to complete a 6 mark question “Explain the challenges of cold environments and their impact on development (6 marks)”
Task 1: Knowledge Retention
Task 2: Identify challenges in the cold environment
Task 3: Explain how these limit development
Task 4: Explain the challenges of cold environments and their impact on development (6 marks)
This download contains and up to date powerpoint and worksheet.
Population Pyramids - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will start by conducting a formative assessment on their previous learning of Asia and key geographical concepts. Students will be introduced to the core concept and key features of the population pyramid, this will set the ground work for the rest of the lesson. Then they are to watch a quick video (link in powerpoint) over what population pyramids are and their 3 phases.
Students are then to identify the features of two separate population pyramids in Asia and then to compare and contrast them to show understanding and comprehension.
Starter: Formative Assessment
Task 1:Introduction into what the core features of population pyramids are and why we need them.
Task 2: Watch the TedEd video describing population pyramids and make notes about them.
Task 3: Describe the population pyramid for Afghanistan and then describe the population pyramid for Japan
Task 4: Main Task: Compare and contrast the population pyramids of two countries in Asia
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet and the formative assessment quiz.
Responses to Kobe Earthquake 1995 - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will start with 6 quick questions from their previous lessons on the Kobe Earthquake to establish if they have gained the core knowledge. Students will then be introduced to what immediate and long-term responses are and examples of these. Students are then to read through their information sheet and identify the short term and long-term responses to the earthquake and explain if they are social, economic or environmental effects.
Task 1: Knowledge Retention
Task 2: Identification of short term and long term responses
Task 3: Image inferences of effects and responses
Task 4: Students to debate if the long term responses or long term responses were more impactful.
This lesson contains a fully completed powerpoint and worksheet
Mapping Countries in North America - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will start by gluing in learning journeys and knowledge organiser to show what they will be learning this term. Then students will be asked to show their knowledge of anything they know about North America. Students will then be asked to describe the location of North America, then to do this using latitude and longitude showing increasing depth and skill. Then using the template attached students are to use atlases to draw on the countries and physical features of North America on their sheets.
Starter: Knowledge Retention 5 quick starter questions
Task 1: Describe the location of North America globally
Task 2: Describe the location of North America using latitude and longitude
Task 3: Main Task: Using an atlas write down the location and physical features of North America
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet and learning journey and knowledge organiser.
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Physical Features of North America - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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.