KS3 Geography: 11 lessons on rivers with all resources and detailed scheme of work. Specialists and non-specialist friendly.
Lesson 1: Importance of rivers
Lesson 2: How does water flow into rivers?
Lesson 3: Erosion, transportation, deposition
Lesson 4: Long and cross profile (River Tees)
Lesson 5: Waterfall formation (the High Force Waterfall)
Lesson 6: Meander and ox-bow lake
Lesson 7: Floodplain and levees
Lesson 8: Causes of flooding (York, River Ouse, 2015 flood)
Lesson 9: Flooding: impacts and responses (York, River Ouse, 2015 flood)
Lesson 10: Management strategies
Lesson 11: DME on Five-year flood plan in York
The scheme of work provides a clear description of what needs to be done by teachers and students for each lesson to be successful. Lesson 4 requires a textbook ‘Progress in Geography KS3’ by Hodder Education and lesson 7 ‘AQA GCSE 9-1 Geography’ by Hodder Education. Each lesson provides students with knowledge and helps them developing their assessment skills. If you requiring any more information please feel free to contact me.
Lesson 4 focuses on long and cross profiles of the River Tees. This lesson requires ‘Progress in Geography KS3’ textbook by Hodder Education. Key ideas: drawing a long profile using data and cross profile using an OS map (geographical skills), key terminology and characteristics of upper, middle and lower course of a river (knowledge), using resources, i.e.: OS maps (application of knowledge), assessment type questions ‘describe’ and ‘compare’ (exam skills), knowledge recall (knowledge).
The lesson contains:
knowledge rich quiz for a starter
causes of erosion in Mappleton
reasons for hard engineering strategies used in Mappleton
Justify question with an answer outline
Oak Academy quiz for a plenary
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The worksheets were designed to cover the following sections of the AQA specification:
changes in the UK economy
post-industrial economy
science and business parks
They are based on the two textbooks:
GCSE 9-1 Geography AQA by Oxford University Press p. 234-237
AQA GCSE (9-1) Geography by Hodder Education p.288-289
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The worksheet focuses on population growth and decline in rural areas and on social and economic implications of those changes.
It goes with GCSE 9-1 Geography AQA by Oxford University Press textbook p.242-243
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The lesson covers key idea 5.9 detailed content a, b and c of the Edexcel A level specification. The PPT is based on two textbooks:
Edexcel A level book 2 by Hodder Education referred to as ‘flags textbook’
Geography for Edexcel A level year 2 by Oxford University Press referred to as ‘dragon textbook’
The whole key idea is covered within one PPT, instructions and resources are withing the PPT, the lesson ends with an exam question taken from Edexcel A Level Geography past papers.
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The lesson covers key idea 5.8 detailed content a, b and c of the Edexcel A level specification. The PPT is based on two textbooks:
Edexcel A level book 2 by Hodder Education referred to as ‘flags textbook’
Geography for Edexcel A level year 2 by Oxford University Press referred to as ‘dragon textbook’
The whole key idea is covered within one PPT, instructions and resources are withing the PPT, the lesson ends with an exam question taken from Edexcel A Level Geography past papers.
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The lesson was designed for Y7 and covers the three most common rainfalls that take place in the UK:
frontal
relief
convectional
All resources are within the PPT.
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The lesson introduces fieldwork to students. Focuses on setting the enquiry question and hypotheses.
All resources are included in the PPT.
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Those two lessons were prepared for Y9 as part of a Superpower Unit to introduce Russia’s location, physical features and dominance on the sources of energy market.
They fulfill the aspect of Russia in the national curriculum.
All resources and complete PPTs are included. The atlas that the instruction refer to is Collins Student Atlas.
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The lesson was made for Y9. It is part of a Superpower unit.
The lesson covers the history of Tibet and explanation of its relation with China.
All resources are in the PPT.
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Lesson designed for KS3. All resources are in the PPT.
The lesson cover the following aspects:
importance of glaciers
results of melting of glaciers
assessment type question ‘explain’
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KS3 lesson. All resources are in the PPT.
The lesson covers the following aspects:
Reasons why areas like the Lake District should be managed
Strategies used to manage the challenges in the Lake District
Evaluation of management strategies
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Lesson designed for KS3, worksheets are in the PPT. The lesson starts with a knowledge rich quiz and then introduces terminology related to glaciation.
Aspects covered within the lesson:
Key terminology: glacial period, glacial time, interglacial period
Temperature fluctuation in the last 400 000 years
Glacial advance and retreat
Key facts about the last ice age
Ice coverage in British Isles and Europe in the last ice age
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This lesson covers:
knowledge rich quiz at the start
key terminology
differences between continental and oceanic crust
conservative, constructive, collision and destructive plate boundaries
processes operating at those plate boundaries
landforms created at each type of plate boundary
hazards presents at each plate boundary
exam type questions: ‘outline differences’ and ‘explain’
All resources are in the PPT.
All paper resources are provided
L1: question and hypotheses
L2: sampling and land use
L3: questionnaire
L4: transect line and litter pollution
L5: students own fieldwork
L6: infiltration fieldwork
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The lesson contains the following:
knowledge rich quiz as a starter
definition of meanders and ox-bow lakes
characteristics of both
sequence of formation
progress check
cross section of a meander
GCSE type question ‘explain’
end of lesson quiz
All resources are in the PPT.
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The bundle contains three knowledge tests, two for rivers (case study of a river valley and river processes) and one for urban challenges related to megacities. Each knowledge test has a feedback PPT for self or peer-assessment to save you time and at the same time check students knowledge.
Those lessons are part of the Superpower Unit made for Y9:
L1: Russia: location and physical features
L2: Russia: energy resources
L3: China: location and physical features
L4: China: population: research lesson
L5: China: Tibet
L6: China: the South China Sea
L7: China and the British Empire
Those lessons have a variety of tasks: map work, research, video, reading comprehension, explain, evaluate, describe questions.
My students loved them.
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Complete lesson for this topic. From a starter to a plenary with all resources provided. Enjoy and please leave feedback so it will help me to design even better lessons.