Lesson 10 focuses on hard and soft management strategies for rivers.
Key ideas:
Geographical skills: selecting information
Exam skills: assessment type question ‘assess’, time management, knowledge recall, information selection from unknown source, reading comprehension
Knowledge: key terms definitions, different hard and soft river management strategies
Lesson 6 focuses on meander and oxbow lake formation.
Key ideas: identifying different features using a photo, notes taking, diagram drawing (geographical skills), assessment type questions ‘explain’ and ‘name’ (exam skills), key terms definitions, sequence of a meander and ox-bow lake formation, features of a meander and knowledge recall (knowledge).
Lesson 8 concentrates on causes of flooding using the River Ouse and York as examples.
Key ideas:
Geographical skills: selecting information, applying knowledge using diagrams
Exam skills: assessment type question ‘suggest using a figure’, time management, knowledge recall, information selection from unknown source, reading comprehension
Knowledge: key terms definitions, human and physical causes of flooding
Lesson 9 concentrates on impacts and responses of 2015 flood in York.
Key ideas:
Geographical skills: selecting information, differentiating information into impacts and responses
Exam skills: assessment type question ‘justify’, time management, knowledge recall, information selection from unknown source, reading comprehension
Knowledge: key terms definitions, facts and figures about the December 2015 flood in York
Lesson 11 focuses on the Five Year Flood plan for York following the 2015 flood.
Key ideas:
Geographical skills: selecting information, decision making
Exam skills: assessment type question ‘justify’, time management, knowledge recall, information selection from unknown source, reading comprehension, decision making
Knowledge: key terms definitions, the five-year flood plan for York
The lesson contains:
knowledge rich quiz as a starter
references to specification
definitions of primary and secondary effects with examples
task where students distinguish between primary and secondary effects
definitions of immediate and long term responses with examples
task where student distinguish between immediate and long term responses
photos analysis
GCSE type question ‘explain using a picture’
All resources and answers to tasks are in the PPT.
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A set of 12 lessons (PPTs and worksheets within PPTs) and scheme of work on Glaciation aimed at KS3 students. All worksheets/ photos/ graph outlines are included within PPTs.
lesson 1: What are glaciers?
lesson 2: Ice age and the UK
lesson 3: How does glacier move?
lesson 4: What do glaciers do? erosion, transportation and deposition
lesson 5: Corrie: characteristics and formation
lesson 6: Arete and pyramidal peak: characteristics and formation
lesson 7: U-shaped valley: characteristics and formation; ribbon lake, hanging valley, truncated spur and misfit river are also mentioned
lesson 8: Depositional landforms: terminal, medial and lateral moraines, kames, eskers, drumlins and erratics
lesson 9: importance and results: why glaciers are important and what the potential results may be/are as they retreat
lesson 10: Lake District: economic opportunities and social, economic and environmental challenges
lesson 11: Lake District management: how the Lake District is managed to keep up with the ever growing tourists number
lesson 12: Svalbard: opportunities and challenges
Feel free to message me if you have any questions about these resources.
The lesson contains:
knowledge rich starter
picture description of cave, arch, stack and stump
creation of pop up headland
explanation of the sequence of headland erosion
putting diagrams in order to consolidate the understanding of the sequence
assessment type question: explain (with answer outline)
end of lesson quiz
All resources needed are attached or included in the PPT.
the lesson contains the following:
knowledge rich quiz as a starter
re-call of terminology
characteristics of sandy and pebble beaches supported with photos
characteristics of a spit (x3) using a satellite image and Google map
explanation of the formation of a spit using diagrams
assessment type question ‘explain’
5 plenary questions
The lesson includes the following:
knowledge rich quiz as a starter
recall of key terminology
definitions of floodplain, levees and estuary
characteristics: two characteristics for each landform
explanation of each landform
mini plenaries
geographical skills: drawing a cross profile showing a floodplain
map skills
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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
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The lesson includes:
knowledge rich quiz
definitions
photos
OS map extracts
sequence of formation
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The lesson includes:
knowledge rich starter quiz
task based on a graph to point out the differences in the growth of London’s population in the last 50 years (exam skills: graph reading, annotate, suggest)
definitions of national and international migration
three causes of national migration (exam skills: knowledge application)
three causes of international migration (exam skills: knowledge application)
exam question: explain
end of lesson quiz
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The lesson contains:
knowledge rich starter
meaning of social, economic and environmental opportunities
information sheets for: cultural mix, urban greening, integrated transport system, employment, recreation and entertainment
fill in gaps worksheet to cover all five opportunities
exam type question with success criteria: explain
knowledge application end of lesson quiz
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The lesson contains:
knowledge rich starter
key terminology
guided reading task to cover water and energy
fill in task to cover waste recycling and transport
‘explain’ exam question with success criteria
end of lesson knowledge application quiz
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The lesson contains:
knowledge rich starter
guided reading x 3
geographical skills: graph drawing
exam type question ‘describe differences’
discussion about interlinks between different aspects of deprivation
knowledge application end of lesson quiz
All resources within the PPT.
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This lesson is a shorter version of one of my previous lesson. The lesson contains:
knowledge rich quiz as a starter
reading and fill in activity
‘to what extent’ exam question with success criteria
end of lesson quiz
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This lesson was designed for Y7 to explain the weather behind the ‘Protestant wind’ of 1588.
Wind, low and high pressure including storms are explained.
All resources are in the PPT.
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Lesson designed for Y7 to tackle the most common misconceptions in relation to the atmosphere:
what is ‘up there’
ozone layer
greenhouse gases layer
shooting stars
All resources are in the PPT
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The lesson covers key idea 5.6 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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