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Understanding Flood Hydrographs - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Understanding Flood Hydrographs - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on what hydrographs are, how to read them and how to describe and compare them. Students will compare and contrast flashy versus flat hydrographs and explain reasons for why they might be that way, either from human or physical features. Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, Using the information they learnt in the previous lesson. Hook- Students to explain what they think the image means, or what it has to do with the lesson. Task 2: What causes physical factors cause flooding Task 3: Calculating discharge and why it is important in flooding Task 4: Students to add annotations to the hydrograph on their worksheet to explain what each part is. Task 5: Identify why the river is more likely to flood and why? Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Describe the difference between the two hydrographs (4 marks).” High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words. Task 5: Plenary - Match up the labels to each point on the graph. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Factors Affecting Flood Risk - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Factors Affecting Flood Risk - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on the human and physical causes of flood risk. Students will learn about how different features contribute to flooding events and evaluate if HICs or LICs are more significantly affected. Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, Using the information they learnt in the previous lesson. Hook- Students to explain what they think the image means, or what it has to do with the lesson. Task 2: Which of the drainage basins are more likely to flood and why? Task 3: Key Term Match Up Task 4: Students to read through the different causes of flooding and put them into human or physical factors Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Explain why the town of Boscastle in Cornwall is likely to suffer from flooding (6 marks).” High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words. Task 5: Plenary - Home Learning - Explain why the effects of flooding are worse in LICs. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Flooding - Soft Engineering - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Flooding - Soft Engineering - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on what soft engineering along a river is, and the four management strategies involved. Students will then identify the cost and benefits of each strategy and then will evaluate which is the most effective and why. Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, Using the information they learnt in the previous lesson. Hook- Students to explain what they think the image means, or what it has to do with the lesson. Task 2: A quick recap on what soft engineering strategies are and why they are used. Task 3: Students to read through information and analyses what each strategy is and identify their costs and benefits. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- "Use examples of two soft engineering river flood management strategies to show how it has a limited effect on the environment (6).” High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words. Task 5: Plenary - Fill your hard hat, describe and identify hard engineering strategies. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Lower Course River Features - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Lower Course River Features - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on the features of the lower course. Students will learn about depositional features such as levees, floodplains and estuaries. Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, Using the information they learnt in the previous lesson. Hook- Students to explain what they think the image means, or what it has to do with the lesson. Task 2: Field sketch and describe the appearance of a floodplain. Task 3: Create labels on how levees form Task 4: Students to draw and label how a meander forms. Task 5: Describe how the tide causes an estuary to occur. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Describe how a features found in the lower course of a river is formed (4).” High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words. Task 5: Plenary - Key Term Trade **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Introduction to Rivers - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Introduction to Rivers - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on what rivers are, what their main features are and how they change through the upper, middle and lower course. Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, Using the information they learnt on their coasts topic students are to complete what they know. Hook- Students to explain what they think the image means, or what it has to do with the lesson. Task 2: Label two diagrams with the keywords used during the topic. The HA students will be given an extra map showing relief, and identify more features. Task 3: Using the information given students are to complete a graph showing a long profile of the river Severn. Then they label their diagram with annotations and images. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Explain why the upper course of a river valley has a different cross profile from the lower course (4).” High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words. Task 5: Plenary - Dingbat theme rivers **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Upper Course River Features - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Upper Course River Features - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on the features of the upper course. Students will learn about the erosional features such as interlocking spurs, waterfalls and gorges. Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, Using the information they learnt in the previous lesson. Hook- Students to explain what they think the image means, or what it has to do with the lesson. Task 2: Field sketch and describe the appearance of interlocking spurs. Task 3: Watch a video about how waterfalls form and then turn into a gorge. Task 4: Students to draw and label how a waterfall is formed. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Describe how a feature found in the upper course of a river is formed (4).” High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words. Task 5: Plenary - Using only 20 words, try to summarise how gorges form from waterfalls. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
TNCs in Nigeria (Shell) - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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TNCs in Nigeria (Shell) - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on an what Transnational corporations (TNC’s) are and why they have chosen Nigeria to develop in. Students will be able to explain the positives and negatives of Nigeria and then answer the question on if TNCs are a positive force in Nigeria. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Recap on how ox-bow lakes are formed Task 2: Outline the positives and negatives of TNCs on the worksheet. Task 3: Geography Skills: Describe the distribution of oil fields in Nigeria (3 marks) Task 4: Students to watch a video explaining the positives and negatives of Shell in Nigeria. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “To what extent are TNCs a positive force for the host country?" (6 marks) High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words. Task 5: Plenary - Revision on exam question about ox-bow lakes. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Changing UK Transport Infrastructure - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Changing UK Transport Infrastructure - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on the transport infrastructure in the UK. This lesson covers, port, road and railways - specifically looking at HS2. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Exam Question on processes of slumping. Task 2: Why is transport important in the UK? Task 3: Watch the video and make notes on HS2. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Describe how the UK is improving its transport network (4 marks) High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 5: Peer Assessment Task 5: Plenary - Revise for headlands and bays as questions will be coming next week. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Heathrow Expansion - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Heathrow Expansion - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on the transport infrastructure in the UK, specifically about the Heathrow Expansion along with the stakeholders, the positives and negatives of the expansion and finally the social, economic, environmental and political factors. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Draw 4 diagrams to show the formation of headlands and bays. Task 2: Geographic Skills: Description of Location - Describe where Heathrow is Task 3: Geographic Skills: Comparison of information - Compare Heathrow airport to its international rivals. Task 4: Watch the video and make notes on the Heathrow expansion. Task 5: Label which opinion is for or again the expansion, then categorise the stakeholders into social, economic, political and environmental. Then rank them into most and least important arguements. Task 6: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “‘Changes to the UK transport infrastructure are predicted to be beneficial’ To what extent do you agree (9 marks)" High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 7: Plenary - Revise for headlands and bays as questions will be coming next week. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
UK's Connection to the Wider World - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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UK's Connection to the Wider World - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on how the UK is connected to the wider world through several different ways. In this lesson students will learn about how we are connected through trade, culture, transport and electronic communications. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Read, Write, Mark, all about the formation of headlands and bays. Task 2: Geographic Skills: Description of graphs - Describe what the diagrams show about UK’s changing trade links. Task 3: Geographic Skills: Description of graphs - What is the graph showing, what is the type of graph, what is the difference, etc. Task 4: Colour code the categories to the information. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “How does the UK benefit by having close links with the rest of the world (6 marks)" High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 6: Plenary - Revise for headlands and bays exam question. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
The UK and the Wider World - EU and Commonwealth - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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The UK and the Wider World - EU and Commonwealth - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on how the UK is connected to the wider world through the Commonwealth and the European Union. This will cover the economic and political advantages of each system. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Exam question “Explain the formation of the physical features of the coastline shown in the images above (6) Task 2: Watch the video about the Commonwealth Task 3: Geographic Skills: Description of graphs - Describe what the graph is and analyze the data. Task 4: Watch the video about the EU. Task 5: Identify the economic, political, social, and environmental advantages of the EU. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Suggest how the UK benefits economically and politically from its membership of either the EU or Commonwealth. (6 marks)” High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 6: Plenary - Revise for the formation of a sea stack. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Changing Employment Structure in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Changing Employment Structure in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on the employment of the UK through time. An introduction to key terms such as primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary employment and what these jobs are. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Recap on how levees are formed, through read, wipe, write. Task 2: Geography Skills - Describe what type of graph it is, what it shows, and then “Describe how employment has changed in the UK since 1970. (3 marks)” Task 3: Create your own employment linkage, from primary to quaternary employment. Task 4: Geography Skills - Describe what type of graph it is, what it shows, and then "Describe how the UK’s economy has changed from 1800-2006 (4 marks) Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Explain how the UK’s economy has changed from 1800-2006 (6 marks) High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out the wrong words. Task 5: Plenary - Revision for next lessons exam question about levees. **Download contains Powerpoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
North-South Divide of England -(KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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North-South Divide of England -(KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on the historical reasons for the North-South divide and how it affects social, economic and political aspects of the UK. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Read, Write, Mark, students have 4 minutes to recap learning on rotational cliff slumping. Then write down as much as they can remember, then mark accuracy. Task 2: Geography Skills: Describe location - Describe the location of the north-south divide border. Task 3: Watch the video and make notes on the north-south divide. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Suggest how we can resolve regional differences in the UK? (6 marks)” High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 5: Plenary - Revise for exam question on rotational cliff slumping. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Impacts of Industry on the Physical Environment - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Impacts of Industry on the Physical Environment - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on how economic industry affects the environment. Use of Torr Quarry for the case study. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Using 5 steps, draw 5 diagrams that show the process of rotational cliff slumping. Task 2: Geography Skills: Image inference “What evidence is there of environmental damage?” Task 3: Watch the video on thepositives and negatives of quarrying in England. Task 4: Geography Skills: Describing location - Describe the location of Torr Quarry. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “To what extent do you think that the quarry is being managed in an environmentally sustainable way? (6 marks)” High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 5: Plenary - Revise for exam question on rotational cliff slumping. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Debt in Developing Countries - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Debt in Developing Countries - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on debt in developing countries, and introduction into what national and global debt is. Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Define debt then writing the definition on their worksheet Task 3: Read through the different facts about debt and students are to pick which they think is positive and negative Task 4: Main Task - Long form writing- Evaluate the benefits of debt on developing countries Task 5: Plenary - On whiteboards, students to give ideas on what projects that developing nations need to improve infrastructure. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Evidence of Climate Change - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Evidence of Climate Change - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to describe how our climate has changed over time, why it has changed over time and interpret graphs that link CO2 to temperature to sea-level rise. Then students will identify the natural causes of climate change and the human causes of climate change. Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics Task 2: On whiteboards come up with theories about how we know the climate has changed in the past. Task 3: Using the worksheet, students evaluate which is the most accurate/ best proxy for climate reconstruction and place them in a diamond 9. Task 4: Main Task: Students to describe how we know our climate is changing through evaluation of proxies. Task 5: Plenary: What do we think our planet was like during the last Ice Age? Lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet
Climate Change - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Climate Change - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to describe how our climate has changed over time, why it has changed over time and interpret graphs that link CO2 to temperature to sea-level rise. Then students will identify the natural causes of climate change and the human causes of climate change. Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics Task 2: Using the graph and information on worksheets, describe how the climate has changed through Earth’s history. Task 3: Using the graph, describe how CO2 concentrations affect global temperatures and how that affects sea level. Task 4: Interpret two pie charts on the human causes of climate change and greenhouse gases. Task 5: Main Task: Students to describe how our climate is changing using success criteria provided Task 5: Plenary: How do we know our climate is changing, what evidence is there? Lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet
Adapting to Climate Change - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Adapting to Climate Change - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how humans are adapting to a changing climate. Students will define adaptation, learn about the three different types of adaptations then evaluate if adaptation is better than mitigation Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, using the pictures on screen students must choose which is a mitigation technique, how it works and how it mitigates climate change. Task 2: Students to write out their definition of adaptation on a whiteboard then the actual definition in their books. Task 3: Students to watch the video in PowerPoint and make notes about adaptation. Then make notes on the following slides about agricultural adaptation, water supply management and reducing risk from sea-level rise. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- Evaluate if we should be mitigating climate change or adapting to it. Task 5: Plenary - As global citizens are we all doing enough to limit climate change? **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
UK Weather Hazards - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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UK Weather Hazards - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the weather of the UK, with background on ocean currents, distance from the equator, altitude and prevailing winds. This will help students to understand the many reasons we have a temperate climate in the UK. Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Students to watch a video on why the UK climate varies, and divide the UK into four sections, describing the summer and winter of each section. Task 3: Explain why convectional rainfall is common in the southeast of England during the summer (4 marks) Task 4: Read through the sheet and justify which weather condition the UK faces is most impactful and why. Task 5: Main Task - Exam question practice, “Which extreme weather condition impacts the UK most significantly. Justify your opinion.” (6 marks) Task 6: Plenary - How can the UK prepare for extreme weather conditions? **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Climate Change: Natural Causes - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Climate Change: Natural Causes - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the natural causes of climate change through Earth’s history. Task 1: Starter - 5 Quick Questions- students to recap on previously learnt information. Task 2: Students to write out how temperature has changed through time and make the link to CO2. Task 3: Students to watch the video in PowerPoint and make notes on the worksheet about the 4 causes of natural climate change. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- Complete two exam questions “Using figure 3 which one of the following statements is true” “Give one nature cause of changes in global temperatures” Task 5: Plenary - Which natural cause of climate change do you think is most impactful and why. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **