Students produce a map to show population across Africa and link this to physical landscape and climate.

Students do a map from memory exercise of Africa and then compare Africa with other continents in terms of size.

Students attach statements along a seismograph to show where they think the different types of damage would occur - before, during or after an Earthquake event.

13.2 - AQA GCSE Geog AImportance of tourism as a contribution to GDP. Dubai and Kenya case studies.

Advantages and disadvantages of tourism in the village of Matmata in Tunisia

Jigsaw using water usage/consumption key words

This activity has students match up capital cities with their countries.

Tsunami effect grid

Role based decision making activity to choose housing and zone.

Quick exam questions using sources and needing no prior knowledge of topics to get students to interpret graphs and describe map distributions.

An introductory lesson to a unit on Africa. Addresses negative misconceptions of Africa and encourages students to appreciate that there are contrasts.

I used http://umap.openstreetmap.fr/en/ to create a research map for students showing different natural attractions, with guiding questions for research and web links http://u.osmfr.org/m/45162/Students use this to research and create a travel journal

Bottled water lesson debating the pros and cons, learners produce a magazine article.

Could be used for Hwk, starter, plenary etc. Differentiated for higher/lower students.

Learners explore who has an interest in volcanoes and write a letter persuading neighbours not to move away, giving the positives of living near volcanoes.

4 lesson series whereby students work in groups as a relief aid agency and create a campaign, spend a budget and write an account of their campaign journey. \nBased around Sichuan but could be any really.

Students investigate the attraction of different destinations in groups, answering challenge questions to complete a holiday brochure task.

Life in a hutong information sheet and activity sheet

Activity for learners to decide if water uses are sustainable or non-sustainable

Graphic organizer for students to fill in long term and short term effects of tsunamis.