The second of seven engaging lessons which bring Scandinavia into the classroom. Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re ready to go. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. This lesson covers these important teaching points: What are biomes? Definition, images and discussion Where are different biomes? Map of world to analysis Which biomes are in Scandinavia? Use a map key to find each biome What is it like in each biome?Fact cards to show on the screen or print for on desks What have we learnt? *Children to show by writing postcards home * How do animals adapt in each biome? Matching challenge activity All resources are included, so just print the differentiated postcard templates, challenge grids and detailed lesson plan and your lesson is ready. All lessons in this unit are designed to link to and extend work in English with challenges linking to English objectives, e.g. persuasive writing features. All reviews welcome. To teach Scandinavia throughout the curriculum, download my English and art units: Scandinavia Art Unit Scandinavia Story Writing Unit You can find many more engaging and high quality resources at my Teachallenjoy Shop

The fifth of seven engaging lessons which bring Scandinavia into the classroom. Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re ready to go. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. This lesson covers these important teaching points: What resources do they have in Scandinavia to create energy? Energy summaries How else do they create energy? Burning waste videos Where do they farm? Why? Maps and facts to discuss What do they export each year? List of statistics for task How do we draw a bar graph?Animated model with 5 helpful tips What have you learnt? Bar chart task Can we improve our energy sources in the UK? Challenge task How else do they transport people and goods? Plenary discussion All resources are included, so just print the fact cards, a detailed lesson plan find some graph paper and your lesson is ready. All lessons in this unit are designed to link to and extend work in English with challenges linking to English objectives, e.g. persuasive writing features. All reviews welcome. To teach Scandinavia throughout the curriculum, download my English and art units: Scandinavia Art Unit Scandinavia Story Writing Unit You can find many more engaging and high quality resources at my Teachallenjoy Shop

The final part of seven engaging lessons which bring Scandinavia into the classroom. Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re ready to go. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. This lesson covers these important teaching points: Who are the Sami people? History of people and discussion Where do the Sami people live? Map study What is changing for the Sami people? Video of lifestyle and information Why has their lifestyle changed? Images and discussion What does the future look like for the Sami people?Video of opinions How could we help? Main activity Which technique have you used? Self assessment challenge task All resources are included, so just open the video links and print the detailed lesson plan and your lesson is ready. All lessons in this unit are designed to link to and extend work in English with challenges linking to English objectives, e.g. persuasive writing features. All reviews welcome. To teach Scandinavia throughout the curriculum, download my English and art units: Scandinavia Art Unit Scandinavia Story Writing Unit You can find many more engaging and high quality resources at my Teachallenjoy Shop

A set of 10 original poems written for children about India, describing its culture, landscape, physical and human features. Perfect for a KS2 geography topic on India. All the poems are written in different styles; to engage, inspire and teach about this fascinating country whilst developing key reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. India Geography Topic Each poem could spark a whole lesson enabling children to learn, discuss and write about the culture of India. They cover these geographical aspects of India: Indian culture Mumbai Western Ghats Thar dessert Taj Mahal Goa Beaches Himalayas Kerala River Ganges Collection of Poems These poems are written to describe India whilst modeling essential writing skills such as: alliteration, rhyming, rhythm, personification and similes. Presented as word documents and all together on one PowerPoint with some higher-order questions to consider. This pack includes 10 poems using these different styles: Kennings Haiku Diamente Repeated starting words Kyrielle Shape Poem All the poems are written by me and all images used are copyright free. All reviews welcome. You can find many more engaging and useful resources at my shop: Teachallenjoy You might also be interested in my Arctic Poem collection

The last of eight engaging lessons which bring Yosemite National Park into the classroom. Includes a 27 slide teaching PowerPoint, starter activity, video link, scaffolded worksheets and extensions. This lesson teaches why people go to the park, what they can see and do there and why this can be a problem. Highlights: Covers KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. No preparation necessary, ready-to-go. Engage, challenge and inspire! Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re all set. All lessons in this unit are designed to support, challenge and extend learning so that every child can access, enjoy and exceed expectations. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. Focused on learning objectives from the new Geography curriculum: Describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water All reviews welcome. Check out my other popular Geography lessons: Journey through Russia Human Impact on Coasts Geography Report Comments

The sixth of eight engaging lessons which bring Yosemite National Park into the classroom. Includes a 24 slide teaching PowerPoint, starter activity, video links, scaffolded worksheets and extensions. This lesson teaches why the dam was built at Yosemite and covers different opinions for and against the dam and reservoir. Highlights: Covers KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. No preparation necessary, ready-to-go. Engage, challenge and inspire! Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re all set. All lessons in this unit are designed to support, challenge and extend learning so that every child can access, enjoy and exceed expectations. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. Focused on learning objectives from the new Geography curriculum: Describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water All reviews welcome. Check out my other popular lessons on water in Geography: Rivers in Europe UK Coastal Erosion

The third of eight engaging lessons which bring Yosemite National Park into the classroom. Includes a 27 slide teaching PowerPoint, starter activity, video links, scaffolded worksheets and extensions. This lesson teaches how the physical features of Yosemite were formed, covering volcanoes, glaciers, ice age, dams, rivers and more. Highlights: Covers KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. No preparation necessary, ready-to-go. Engage, challenge and inspire! Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re all set. All lessons in this unit are designed to support, challenge and extend learning so that every child can access, enjoy and exceed expectations. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. Focused on learning objectives from the new Geography curriculum: Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle. All reviews welcome. Check out my other popular Geography units: Scandinavia Unit Europe Unit

A detailed lesson teaching children how to use where and when relative clauses. Set in the context of magical stories it covers Scandinavian folklore elves - cross curricular links to Geography- with information about the history of these magical creatures. Slides explain how to to use relative clauses and model examples of where and when clauses. The children have a chance to have a go and add some into sentences before beginning their work. Engaging starter focusing on the word class: prepositions. Differentiated main activity for two ability levels. Modelled examples of how the children could start the main activity and resources to scaffold them achieving the success criteria. A detailed lesson plan included. All reviews welcome. For a pack of KS2 grammar word searches click here to further engage your class!

The sixth part of seven engaging lessons which bring Scandinavia into the classroom. Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re ready to go. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. This lesson covers these important teaching points: Who are the Scandinavians? Video link explaining Viking history How do Scandinavians celebrate Christmas? Lesson starter craft activity What will my mind map look like? Discussion and mind map examples What makes each country in Scandinavia unique? Fact cards covering food, religion, music, art, festivals, symbols, royalty, language and immigration How are these elements linked?Discussion of ideas Which time zone is Scandinavia in? Challenge task Who is from Scandinavia? Famous person research extra challenge task All resources are included, so just print the fact cards if you’d like and a detailed lesson plan and your lesson is ready. All lessons in this unit are designed to link to and extend work in English with challenges linking to English objectives, e.g. persuasive writing features. All reviews welcome. To teach Scandinavia throughout the curriculum, download my English and art units: Scandinavia Art Unit Scandinavia Story Writing Unit You can find many more engaging and high quality resources at my Teachallenjoy Shop

The seventh of eight engaging lessons which bring Yosemite National Park into the classroom. Includes a 39 slide teaching PowerPoint, starter activity, video links, scaffolded worksheets and extensions. This lesson teaches the 2 biomes that Yosemite is in and the 5 vegetation zones found in the park. Highlights: Covers KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. No preparation necessary, ready-to-go. Engage, challenge and inspire! Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re all set. All lessons in this unit are designed to support, challenge and extend learning so that every child can access, enjoy and exceed expectations. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. Focused on learning objectives from the new Geography curriculum: Describe and understand key aspects of human geography, including: types of settlement and land use, economic activity including trade links, and the distribution of natural resources including energy, food, minerals and water All reviews welcome. Check out my other popular lesson on this topic: Scandinavia Biomes

The fifth of eight engaging lessons which bring Yosemite National Park into the classroom. Includes a 36 slide teaching PowerPoint, starter activity, video links, scaffolded worksheets and extensions. This lesson teaches the water features found in the park, including waterfalls, rivers and streams. How humans use the water in park and the water cycle within Yosemite. Highlights: Covers KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. No preparation necessary, ready-to-go. Engage, challenge and inspire! Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re all set. All lessons in this unit are designed to support, challenge and extend learning so that every child can access, enjoy and exceed expectations. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. Focused on learning objectives from the new Geography curriculum: Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle. All reviews welcome. Check out my other popular Yosemite lessons: Yosemite Biomes Where is Yosemite? Erosion in Yosemite

The fourth of eight engaging lessons which bring Yosemite National Park into the classroom. Includes a 32 slide teaching PowerPoint, starter activity, video links, scaffolded worksheets and extensions. This lesson teaches the type of rock found in the park, erosion, rock falls and changes in the future linked to global warming and pollution. Highlights: Covers KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. No preparation necessary, ready-to-go. Engage, challenge and inspire! Discover interesting information, amazing videos and differentiated activities while covering key KS2 National Curriculum geography and English objectives. Teach an effective lesson with no preparation necessary, just glance through the PowerPoint and you’re all set. All lessons in this unit are designed to support, challenge and extend learning so that every child can access, enjoy and exceed expectations. This is written for KS2, ideally for years 4, 5 and 6 but could be easily adapted for year 3. Focused on learning objectives from the new Geography curriculum: Describe and understand key aspects of physical geography, including: climate zones, biomes and vegetation belts, rivers, mountains, volcanoes and earthquakes, and the water cycle. All reviews welcome. Check out my other popular Geography lessons on this topic: Climate in Europe Coastal erosion Rivers in Europe

A word search pack for 3 abilities on Yosemite National Park. Written for KS2 Geography lessons, can be used alongside my 8 lesson unit pack, link below. Useful for filling in time, could take children between 30-50 minutes to complete. Differentiated for 3 ability levels: LA - 16 words to find, small images to colour to support reading. MA -18 words to find, some complex spellings. Colouring border to complete once finished. HA - 42 words to find, with complex spellings and technical geographical vocabulary. All key vocabulary for KS2 children learning about this beautiful place. All answers provided. Check out my popular geography unit on Yosemite: RESOURCE BUNDLE