I'm a Geography teacher with experience educating at various levels, ranging from mainstream schools, SEN and extra-curricular tuition. I also have experience in teaching humanities, English and PSHE topics. My resources are designed primarily as schemes of works for mainly Geographical topics with all levels considered
I'm a Geography teacher with experience educating at various levels, ranging from mainstream schools, SEN and extra-curricular tuition. I also have experience in teaching humanities, English and PSHE topics. My resources are designed primarily as schemes of works for mainly Geographical topics with all levels considered
Eco-tourism refers to responsible travel to natural areas which conserves the environment and sustains the livelihood of the local people and their economy.
These worksheets look specifically at the Galapagos Islands and the Gorilla Safari Trekking Tours available there.
The students use a range of mediums including gathering their own research and research from video and print to produce a podcast about eco-tourism and create their own rules for eco-tourism.
Whether eco-tourism is always beneficial is discussed alongside whether the students would consider this when booking their next holiday.
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It's that time of year again where a bit of fun in the classroom wont do any harm but to keep it topical here are some country dingbats to try on the students...
This 17 page booklet allows students to investigate our National Parks. It covers a number of Geographical topics including map work, impacts of tourism and solutions to these and discussion on whether National Parks are still considered important.
Some of the titles included in this booklet are:
What Is A National Park?,
What Makes The New Forest National Park A Honey Pot Site?,
What Impacts Can Visitors Have On Our National Parks?,
Should The South Downs Have Been Included In Britain’s National Parks?
Do We Still Need National Parks?
When looking at maps we can find it difficult to imagine what the landscape looks like if we were actually there. This worksheet explains how to draw a cross-section of Jeju Island, South Korea, by using the contours on a map and following a simple flow diagram.
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These worksheets look at the large companies and their locations around the work, then focus primarily on a Nike case study in China and the positives and negatives it brings to LEDCs
Being able to identify coastal features on a map is an important skill to have as it can often come up in exams. These worksheets help students to use the knowledge they have gathered to identify the features on the map pieces from the additional sheet, sketch the feature and describe how it is recognised.
The Three Gorges is a narrow, steep sided part of the Yangtze River, at five thousand kilometres one of the world’s longest rivers. The valley is home to over four hundred million people and provides over sixty per cent of Chinas rice crop.
In 1992 the Chinese government agreed to building the Three Gorges Dam. At an estimated cost of between £17 - £21 Billion and more than two kilometres long and one hundred and fifty meters high it will be the biggest dam in the world at completion in 2009.
These worksheets look at the positive and negatives of building the dam, the consiquences and leads to the opposrtunity of a class debate as to whether the Chinese government were right to build the dam.
This revision sheets allows students to revise coasts under different topics such as erosion types, weathering, mass movement, waves, landforms and transportation
This six page worksheet helps students to understand how plants and animals adapt to living in mountainous areas. The activities include research, designing their own plants and animals as well as peer assessment
This 50 page booklet allows students to explore China through a variety of activities both students and teacher lead. Chapters include, amongst others:
Where Are We Talking About?
What Do You Know About China?
Why Travel to China?
What Is The Climate Like in China?
What Is our Population Like?
What’s Happening To China’s Population?
What’s Happening To The Age Of China?
China’s Culture
A Taste Of China
Gung Hey Fat Choy!
Playing With Paper
Britain’s Best Beverage
China’s Threatened Wildlife
The Great Wall
The Terracotta Army
The Forbidden City
Tiananmen Square
Three Gorge Dam
Transnational Companies In China
Living within the freezing Arctic Circle isn’t everyone’s idea of home, however about 4 million people do, with 400,000 of these having indigenous origins. These worksheets look specifically at the Inuit People’s homes, involving building a sugar cube igloo, their clothing, beliefs, and how to encourage future generations keep their traditions alive.
A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within these worksheets, including, gathering research from video, drawing a story board, annotating their thoughts, and ideas.
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The Kayapo are the indigenous people of Brazil. They live in the plains of the Mato Grosso and Para south of the Amazon Basin and along the Rio Xingu and its tributaries. They call themselves ‘Mebengokre’, which translates to ‘people of the wellspring’.
These worksheets have the students explore the Kayapo’s beliefs, examine the differences and simalarities between us and them, as well as giving them an opportunity to research the tribe by answering their peers questions about them
Nine quick multiple choice questions covering the history of Halloween and why it’s celebrated. Perfect for a lesson or assembly introduction, or for tutor time.
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This booklet introduces and teaches the students how to read longitude and latitude, as well as help students develop their descriptive, sensory and research skills. The students investigate the two teams who raced to the poles in in 1911 and study the problems caused by the increasing number of tourists visiting Antarctica. Ways to reduce these impacts are discussed in addition to whether the students think Antarctica should be protected or not. The booklet is concluded with the students designing a leaflet to help promote funding to preserve the huts used by Robert Scott’s Antarctic Exhibition team.
A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within this booklet, including, gathering research from print and video, annotating thoughts, and ideas, and using senses to describe their findings.
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Hindus believe life is divided into four stages called ‘ashramas’: student, householder, wise person and old person. Each stage is different and has its own set of duties. After death it is believed we are reincarnated in accordance with how we have lived our lives.
These worksheets discuss the four stages and their importance, giving the students the opportunity to create their own modern versions. In addition, they discuss what they believe happens to us after we die which can lead to an interesting conversation as students air their different views.
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This unit of work introduces students to the significance of water from its source through to it being bottled and being a course of conflict. The features of rivers are explored along with the hydrological cycle and how rivers are used. The students carry out and write up an investigation studying how different surfaces react to water which leads into the human and physical causes of flooding, looking specifically at the Queensland Floods and the social, economic, and environmental impacts. Hard and soft engineering techniques are discussed within a ‘decision making exercise.’
Water as a right and conflict is debated. Drawing upon The Ilisu Dam, Turkey, the students debate from various countries points of view its construction. This leads to the debate around bottled water and how fact and opinion can sway viewpoints. The human and physical impacts of shortage of water are reviewed in addition to short and long-term aid.
A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within this booklet, including, gathering research from print and video, annotating maps, students thoughts and ideas, drawing graphs, participating in group investigations and discussions, and writing up their findings appropriately.
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This booklet helps students with important information, hints and tips to avoid plagiarising sources they use in their coursework or controlled assessments. After describing what plagiarism is, we look at tips to consider when examining various sources such as the internet, search engines, databases, books, and journals. What to consider when evaluating whether a source is trustworthy is then examined.
The booklet discusses Using Harvard Standard Referencing. The difference between references and a bibliography are explained and how to correctly use them in work. We learn how to citate the internet, books including specific chapters, single/multiple authors, journals, film, and music sources.
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This 13 page booklet helps students to develop their fieldwork skills but looking at a specific location, Box Hill in Surrey. Titles include:
Where Is Box Hill?
Background To Box Hill
A Hill For All Seasons
Sketching Box Hill
Environmental Survey At Box Hill
Measuring Litter At Box Hill
Box Hill Flowers
These worksheets help students to explore the fruits, vegetables, medicines, and other everyday objects found in the rainforest. Students are presented with a list of items commonly found at home to highlight how resourceful the rainforest is, and they can try five of these themselves (fruits and nuts). The worksheets conclude with descriptions of the properties of medicine plants with the students having to link these to the recommended symptoms.
A range of individual and group activities are incorporated within this worksheet including food tasting, and annotating their thoughts and ideas.
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