Creative and innovative resources that meet the needs of every learner in every lesson.
Why create numerous resources when one can do it all.
Most resources are for geography lessons, but many are for whole-school too and cross over into numerous subjects.
Creative and innovative resources that meet the needs of every learner in every lesson.
Why create numerous resources when one can do it all.
Most resources are for geography lessons, but many are for whole-school too and cross over into numerous subjects.
A great activity that uses the fortnite base map to allow students to firstly describe a pre-plotted journey and then to create their own journey.
The journey is divided up into kilometer sections to make understanding scale more straight forward.
Task includes a success criteria that allows pupils to calculate their success.
A simple activity that creates understanding of the water cycle by the completion of an acrostic poem.
All elements of the sheet are laid out.
Works well with a visualiser to talk kids through each step.
A simple lesson that helps students to understand the meanings of social economic and environmental.
Cover meanings.
Create an emoji for each one.
Create a made up text message between student & parent/carer.
Add the emoji face to each text.
S&C is to link social, economic & environmental understanding to other areas that they have studied.
A collection stem question tests that allow pupils to demonstrate understanding through a series of multiple choice (5 possible answers) tests.
At the bottom of the sheet pupils can instantly demonstrate an understanding of misconceptions.
These are not designed to give a score (although you can score it), but are more about a demonstration of understanding of key understanding.
Each one (with feedback) takes roughly 10 minutes.
All the resources needed for the pupils to create a shopping list of the key ingredients of tropical storms.
Print off information sheet that pupils use to gain an understanding of the key things needed for tropical storms to occur. Works well on A3.
Pupils can make rough notes first.
They then create their ingredients list, putting the information into their own words.
There is then a sort to complete.
S&C can be to sort their work using the keys provided.
Information created for easy access for pupils to gain an understanding of the causes, effects and adaptations to drought.
It is designed to allow pupils to work independently (in small groups) to create their own news broadcast role play.
Show them the news clip from youtube.
Discuss what makes a great roleplay news broadcast.
Show info sheet (I like them printed in A3 & in colour)
Pupils makes notes on the information. A mindmap works well with 3 branches (causes, effects & responses).
Once notes are done, they then create their news broadcast.
Very simple to teach & kids love it.
Information about the impact that McDonalds is having upon the planet.
Links brilliantly to SMSC, geography and Science.
The lesson is designed to give students an understanding of obesity related to fast food, the reasons for its growth in Asia and the environmental impacts (both good & bad).
I provided the pupils with the information sheet (printed in colour & on A3). They read it & made notes.
They then had to present a 2 minute talk to the class without repetition, hesitation or saying ummm or ok or like.
It truly promotes oracy, literacy and presentation skills along with independent and creative learning.
The kids loved it and it is incredibly simple and easy to teach.
A fantastic lesson that the kids loved doing.
It involves pupils creating their own weather forecast linked to the factors that influence the weather in the UK (NAD & air masses).
They simple read the information provided (I normally print it in A3), make notes on it and create a weather forecast that they then present to the class. They work on their presentations for homework too.
Very simple to teach and usually takes 3 lessons to get through.
A school grounds based project looking at if:
Natural factors impact erosion around the school more than human?
Everything needed is contained and outlined in the booklet.
Takes 4-5 lessons to complete.
You will have to change the map from google earth to a map of your own school.
Worked really well and covers a lot of statistical detail and fieldwork skills.
A simple tracker that breaks down the percentages to grades.
Was used in humanities, but can be easily amended to fit all subjects.
Pupils add their assessment scores onto the tracker to keep a record of progress over time.
Simple, but effective.
An information sheet on the effects & responses management of the great barrier reef KS3 or GCSE. Links to all key learning needed for impacts & responses to an ecosystem. It covers all of the key words & links well to SEN students & G & T. It can be used t create a mindmap, storyboard, diary or just to answer questions.
Outlines for geography marking to speed up feedback & make it manageable. These can be used for a variety of tasks. They are much easier for pupils to read and save repeating the same comments on numerous pieces of work.
A selection of activities that pupils can use mid-way through or at the end of a unit or to top up learning at any point during the course. Students watch a video clip/clips or DVD on the subject. They then add detail to the mindmap. The GCSE question in the centre of the page links all of the content back to a GCSE context. Pupils complete this in purple pen to top up learning & demonstrate understanding. Tricky SPaG has been identified & pupils copy it 3 times. The resources cover much of what schools are asking for, in terms of topping up learning.
A selection of activities that pupils can use mid-way through or at the end of a unit or to top up learning at any point during the course. Students watch a video clip/clips or DVD on the subject. They then add detail to the mindmap. The GCSE question in the centre of the page links all of the content back to a GCSE context. Pupils complete this in purple pen to top up learning & demonstrate understanding. Tricky SPaG has been identified & pupils copy it 3 times. The resources cover much of what schools are asking for, in terms of topping up learning.
An information sheet linked to the impacts that humans have upon glacial/ski resort areas. Sheet can be given to pupils and used to create a booklet, mindmap, storyboard or to answer questions. It is great for independent learning.
A sheet that enables pupils of all abilities and ages to create a population pyramid graph. It comprises of 2 bar graphs that are cut & stuck to create a pyramid.
