Title: What is Soft Engineering?
Aim: To evaluate 4 soft engineering flood management strategies.
AQA GCSE > Living with the Physical Environment > Physical Landscapes in the UK > River Landscapes in the UK. (But should cover most new GCSE specs)
First Taught - June 2017
My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but a pdf is also included.
If you like this lesson the whole unit (14 lessons) is available as a bundle for just £6.
Questions: Why does Bath need flood defences?
Aim: To understand how Bath is an example of an effective flood management scheme.
AQA GCSE > Living with the Physical Environment > Physical Landscapes in the UK > River Landscapes in the UK.
I'm a Bath based Geography teacher, whose dissertation had a lot to do with Bath's flood defences... This is a very decent lesson, but in reality GCSE students don't need this much detail.
First Taught - June 2017
My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but a pdf is also included.
If you like this lesson the whole unit (14 lessons) is available as a bundle for just £6.
Question: How does Bath defend itself from flooding?
Aim: To understand Bath's flood defence scheme and discuss the social, economic and environmental issues arising from it.
AQA GCSE > Living with the Physical Environment > Physical Landscapes in the UK > River Landscapes in the UK.
I'm a Bath based Geography teacher, whose dissertation had a lot to do with Bath's flood defences... This is a very decent lesson, (the drone video I'm particularly proud of), but in reality GCSE students don't need this much detail.
First Taught - June 2017
My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but a pdf is also included.
If you like this lesson the whole unit (14 lessons) is available as a bundle for just £6.
This is a bundle of 13 lessons and covers the "River Landscapes in the UK" specification from the new AQA GCSE. Includes Homeworks.
Also included is the UK Physical Landscapes lesson, (upland and lowland areas). This can be taught before rivers or coasts units, but makes more sense to be taught before rivers.
This unit took well over 50 hours to plan, so please save yourself some time... (and buy me a beer).
My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but PDFs or Powerpoints are also included.
The examples used are: The River Severn and Bath's Flood Defence Scheme.
Thanks for looking.
Title - How is hard engineering used to manage river flooding?
Aim - To be able to explain hard engineering techniques and evaluate some of the costs and benefits of these.
AQA GCSE > Living with the Physical Environment > Physical Landscapes in the UK > River Landscapes in the UK. (But should cover most new GCSE specs)
First taught - June 2017
My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but a pdf is also included.
If you like this lesson the whole unit (14 lessons) is available as a bundle for just £6.
Title: TNCs or Nigeria - Who wins?
Aim: To assess the role of TNCs in Nigeria's development.
AQA GCSE>Challenges in the Human Environment>The Changing Economic World>NEE Case Study
This fully resourced lesson builds towards a 6 mark exam question, which is included as a homework.
First planned and taught: September 2017
My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but PDFs are also included for those that don't use SMART.
Title: Nigeria - Haunted by the past of exicted by the future?
Aim: To explain how Nigeria's economic and political relationships with the wider world have changed and outline the characteristics of these relationships.
AQA GCSE>Challenges in the Human Environment>The Changing Economic World>NEE Case Study
This fully resourced lesson outlines Nigeria's history from slavery through to the 2015 elections. There's then a data presentation/mapping exercise to illustrate Nigeria's existing international trade partners and finally a focus on Chinese investment in Africa.
First planned and taught: September 2017
My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but PDFs are also included for those that don't use SMART.
Title: How's Nigeria's Economy Changing?
Aim: To record how Nigeria's employment structure has changed and to establish the importance of oil and manufacturing in Nigeria's economic growth.
AQA GCSE>Challenges in the Human Environment>The Changing Economic World>NEE Case Study
Fully resourced lesson with a focus on numerical (3.4.3) and statistical (3.4.4) skills.
First planned and taught: September 2017
My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but PDFs are also included for those that don't use SMART.
Title: What's the geographical context in Nigeria?
Aim: To better understand the social, cultural, environmental and political context in Nigeria.
AQA GCSE>Challenges in the Human Environment>The Changing Economic World>NEE Case Study
There's a 15-20 minute reading homework also included.
PLEASE NOTE: The main activity in the lesson currently requires both OXFORD and HODDER AQA text books, but could be easily adapted with your own resources.
First planned and taught: September 2017
My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but PDFs are also included for those that don't use SMART.
Title: Flooding -Who's to Blame?
Aim: To identify physical and human causes of flooding and introduce hydrographs.
AQA GCSE > Living with the Physical Environment > Physical Landscapes in the UK > River Landscapes in the UK. (But should cover most new GCSE specs)
This will take you two lessons. It covers the hydrological cycle with key terms, human and physical causes of flooding and finally storm hydrographs, again with key terms.
I appreciate not everyone uses Smart Notebooks so a PDF of the lesson is included, as is a HOMEWORK.
Thanks for looking.
Title: What's so special about the river Severn?
Aim: To identify the major landforms of erosion and deposition on the River Severn.
AQA GCSE > Living with the Physical Environment > Physical Landscapes in the UK > River Landscapes in the UK. (But should cover most new GCSE specs)
Bored of teaching about the Tees and High Force? Me too. As a teacher based in the South West teaching a more local 'example' makes more sense.
I've also included a PDF of the lesson. I know not everyone uses Smart Notebook.
Thanks for looking.
Title: What landforms are found in a rivers lower course?
Aim: To describe the characteristics of floodplains and explain how levees are formed.
AQA GCSE > Living with the Physical Environment > Physical Landscapes in the UK > River Landscapes in the UK. (But should cover most new GCSE specs)
No textbook required. There's a useful mapwork activity included in the lesson.
Please note. My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but I've also included a powerpoint version.
Lesson Title: What is Development?
Aim: To identify global variations in economic development and quality of life.
AQA GCSE 2017
Challenges in the Human Environment > The Changing Economic World > The Development Gap
Textbook: GCSE Geography AQA (Oxford University Press) - Not Essential for the lesson.
Planned: March 2017
Thank you for looking. If these lessons prove popular I'll upload the whole unit.
Lesson Title: How do we measure development?
Aim: To assess the reliability of different development indicators and introduce the Human Development Index (HDI)
AQA GCSE 2017
- Includes exam style homework.
Challenges in the Human Environment > The Changing Economic World > The Development Gap
Textbook: GCSE Geography AQA (Oxford University Press) - Fairly essential for the lesson, but you could work around it.
Planned: March 2017
Thank you for looking. If these lessons prove popular I'll upload the whole unit. Any feedback appreciated.
Title: How important is tourism in Nepal?
Aim: To explore how tourism in Nepal (LIC) is helping to close the development gap.
Challenges in the Human Environment > The Changing Economic World > The Development Gap
There's a wide range of activities here, therefore no textbook required for the lesson.
This took me 2 lessons to teach well.
Planned: April 2017
Any feedback appreciated.
Thank you for looking.
Lesson Title: What do Population Pyramids tells us?
Aim: To understand what population pyramids show and to explain how they link to the Demographic Transition Model.
Challenges in the Human Environment > The Changing Economic World > The Development Gap
Textbook: GCSE Geography AQA (Oxford University Press) - Fairly important for the lesson, but there's a wide range of activities here, so you could easily work around it.
Planned: March 2017
If these lessons prove popular I'll continue to upload the whole unit. Any feedback appreciated.
Thank you for looking.
Lesson Title: Why is there a development gap?
Aim: To identify historical, economic and social causes of uneven development.
Challenges in the Human Environment > The Changing Economic World > The Development Gap
Textbook: GCSE Geography AQA (Oxford University Press) - Not essential, most resources required are included within the lesson.
This takes some classes 2 lessons to complete well.
Planned: March 2017
Any feedback appreciated.
Thank you for looking.
Lesson Title: Closing the Gap - Aid and Intermediate Technology
Aim: To explain how aid and intermediate technology can help to reduce the development gap.
Exam question style homework Included.
Challenges in the Human Environment > The Changing Economic World > The Development Gap
There's a wide range of activities here, therefore textbook not required for the lesson.
Planned: March 2017
Any feedback appreciated.
Thank you for looking.
Lesson Title: What are the impacts of the development gap?
Aim: To ascertain how uneven levels of development have led to disparities in wealth and health.
Challenges in the Human Environment > The Changing Economic World > The Development Gap
Textbook: GCSE Geography AQA (Oxford University Press) - Fairly important for the lesson, but there's a range of activities here, so you could easily work around it.
Planned: March 2017
Any feedback appreciated.
Thank you for looking.
Lesson Title: What's Migration?
Aim: To explain how uneven levels of development lead to migration.
Challenges in the Human Environment > The Changing Economic World > The Development Gap
There's a wide range of activities here, therefore textbook not required for the lesson: GCSE Geography AQA (Oxford University Press)
Planned: March 2017
Any feedback appreciated.
Thank you for looking.