This lesson allows pupils to develop their understanding of headland and bays formation. It incorporates photos, geology maps and writing frames. There is a mark scheme for students to peer / self assess their answers. the plenary is a Swanage OS map quiz with answers.

This lesson enables students to develop an understanding of how island arcs form from ocean trenches. It incorporates a wide range of photos and diagrams. It also includes note taking sheets with key terminology that the pupils need to include when explaining.

The lesson includes information on all elements of prediction, prevention and responses. The main focus is on Haiti and Sendai earthquakes but there is additional information about other earthquake areas. There is a note taking sheet and information sheets, which the pupils can use to take notes. The next activity is a recall activity. Pupils are asked to recall what Haiti and Sendai do to modify losses and vulnerability. Finally there is an essay question and plan which the students can edit and improve on in order to plan their answers.

This resource is deigned to revise plate margins and the land forms associated with them. Included in resource are the following topics: Plate margin card sort Plate tectonics theory Type of plate margin Tectonic land form carousel Exam questions Plate margin characteristics In addition the following skills are used: Classifying information Recall and speaking Recalling information and diagrams Recall and discussion Planning answers, recall and PEE paragraphs Recall and classification At the end of the resources are student booklets. The first page of the booklet acts as a plenary for students to evaluate their progress in the lesson and to identify what and how to revise next. The resource is easily editable for your own case studies.

Many students get to the point of revising, sit down and don’t know what to do next. These worksheets include a range of tasks which cover a wide variety of topics. The idea behind them is that when the students sit down to revise they don’t have to think of tasks, just select one from the list. They should focus on testing themselves e.g. look, cover, write, check. I encourage my students to start with an easy task so they feel that they are making progress, followed by a difficult task.

The lesson is an opportunity for students to work in small groups to write persuasive speeches and give presentations. The lesson starts by students working in pairs to recall key terminology. Next students are given maps of the UK and the world showing gains and losses from global warming (taken from Wider World). They have to highlight these images picking out the 3 most important gains and losses on each image. Next the class is split into groups with a specific remit e.g. UK gains from global warming. They are given a persuasive writing fame and asked to write a speech convincing the class of their viewpoint. The most able students in the class should be given the ‘losses vs gains’ speech as this is the most challenging. Prior to the speeches go through the dos and don’ts to help improve the quality of the speeches. Finally finish with an opinion line, selecting a few students to justify their opinions.

This lesson teaches students about the climates since the Pleistocene, from Allerod to Boreal to sub Atlantic etc. It builds up to allowing the students to create their own climate timeline. There are also opportunities for graphical interpretation. The lesson ends with a quiz to test the students knowledge, with answers.

This lesson introduces key terminology and examples needed to write an essay on migration. The students will then use a writing frame to write their essay. It includes a mark scheme that can easily be adjusted.

This lesson is designed to create a sense of place of a city case study and is part of a series of lessons. In the lesson pupils will see photos of the city, learn about its impact locally, regionally, nationally and internationally. they will also study population growth and ethnic mix of the city.

This lesson is based on a mystery ‘What is the impact of UBS moving to Leeds on the city?’. the starter reminds pupils about types of employment and how to read / plot pie charts. Pupils are introduced to the 5 main characters in the mystery. The pupils then have to read mystery cards (which include a wide range of factual information) and classify them before linking them together to explain the impact of UBS bank setting up offices in Leeds. A PEE writing frame at the end of the PowerPoint, encourages students to develop their explanatory writing skills.

This is a carousel activity consisting of 7 activities that can be put together in a booklet and answer sheets for each activity. At each of the 7 stations place a question sheet and the answer sheet for the previous station. Pupils should spend 5 minutes at each station then go on to the next station and mark and grade their work. Repeat for next 6 stations. this tasks gets pupils to identify precisely gaps in their knowledge and puts the onus on the students during revision, rather than the teacher.

In this lesson the pupils will be introduced to the main issues facing Leeds (housing provision, transport provision and waste management). they are then split into groups of 3 and are given one of the contemporary challenge information sheets at the end of the PowerPoint. the pupils create a resources to teach others about the issues. They then explain using an ideas sheet to support them 6 contemporary challenges. This leads into a case study 8 mark exam question planning activity and mark schemes. All resources are included within the PowerPoint.

This lesson is based on a local case study. The pupils define counter-urbanisation before being introduced the push and pull factors that cause it to occur using a video clip. They also think about who does counter-urbanisation. Next pupils are introduced to a case study of Cartmel. Photos are used to create a sense of place. The pupils are then required to classify the effects of counter-urbanisation and to explain these effects fully as part of a group work activity. This builds up to an examination question and mark scheme, which requires students to evaluate the effects if counter-urbanisation. All pupil resources are within or at the end of the PowerPoint.

This is a series of approximately 3 lessons. The pupils are required to take on a variety of roles to debate and discuss the issue of suburbanisation between London and Slough. There is a variety of data included for students to use in their speeches and a writing frame to help them structure their argument. The other resources are for the debate. There is a record sheets where they can record what the different groups perspectives are and a question sheet to encourage them to reflect on other group's speeches and to write their own questions to further debate and discussion. Students can also prepare compromises they are willing to make in order to reach and agreement and can discuss these. There is an opinion line for pupils to record and justify their own opinion about development on the edge of the M25. I have also added a peer observation sheet for students to use to observe what students in other groups are doing throughout the role play. they can then given feedback on this at the end of the lesson, which will hopefully help them to reflect on their engagement. All resources are included in the PowerPoint or as separate documents.

This is a partially completed revision booklet for the legacy AQA spec course. It covers the Tectonics and Ecosystems topics. I usually get the students to complete these as they go along so they have a set of revision notes at the end of the course.

Revision booklet to accompany all aspects of the water and carbon cycle unit. The booklet is partially completed with spaces for students to summarise their notes. This is useful to provide for students who have had absences. The booklet is designed to accompany the A level lessons available in my shop.