2024 Statistics
NASA night lights 2024
Interesting fun facts
Gap fill with word bank
Worksheet available for scaffolding
Definitions of words in detail
Lots of images
Lots of assessment for learning
Visual modelling with students possible
Mind map
Writing task (factors)
Density calculation
Numeracy included
Challenges included
Plenary: challenge both views
Self-assess
Helpsheets available
Both SEN, low ability and high ability covered
Lots of activities
Lots of images to prompt thinking
Graph reading
Gapfill graph reading
Address misconceptions
Challenge included (with answers) - history
Definitions using gapfill and image prompts.
Built in timer
Population increase/ decrease/ steady discussion
Gap fill with word bank to scaffold
Birth rate and death rate factors
Lots of factors to choose from
Challenge included
Ranking/ guessing countries rates using a diamond sort (using their knowledge of factors)
Work together through equation of growth rate (they guess it)
Calculators for low ability
Handouts available
Challenge included
Plenary using factors to create population growth
1-2 hour lesson
A 2 truths and 1 lie game. There is a total of 5 rounds. Answers are animated to appear when you click. It comes up with the correct fact, or an interesting fact that is related to the statement.
Title with icons. Rules included with images. This makes it understandable for all abilities, including EAL.
2024 statistics. Extremely fun and is perfect.
Recap of skills.
An exciting story to follow (promotes literacy).
Adaptable between year 7 to older by changing the story words.
Map is adaptable to change to your town/ school if you wanted.
TEA answer with gapfill to scaffold.
Concept used over a small scale.
Also available as a large scale (assuming it is a practice) to show Ebola as a real life case study.
All adaptable.
Pointless Gameshow starter!!! Fun.
Key terms
Use of key terms
Lots of AFL
Many images
Choropleth map
Atlas
Population
Challenges included
Example/ Model answer
Explain why the Sahara Desert is sparsely populated
Plenary
Photo senses starter
Key terms
Video
Story telling with tasks
Discussions, emotions, scenarios
Real story
Diary Example
Write your own diary
Diary helpsheet
Different emotions helpsheet (SEMH/ low ability)
Hard challenge included
Year 7 lesson, following UK English Curriculum
This is for lower ability class and/ or SEN. 2-3 hour lesson of materials.
5 page workbook (depending on ability of class at least 3 pages do not need to be printed). You can easily reduce pages if you adjust to smaller size font as it is set to size 14 and wider font for students dyslexia/ SEN friendly workbook. PowerPoint is also SEN friendly.
Starter: Multiple choice recall with a challenge
Quick AFL to assess whole class knowledge/ ability to see what needs to be addressed
Images
Definition
Dictionary
Lots of images
Engaging, funny, memorable video. Play about 1 minute.
Mind map: pros and cons
Colour coded or symbol coded
Definitions included
Questioning AFL
Identifying techniques used in writing
Word bank included
I do, we do, you model
Annotating writing
Possible challenge (depending on ability of students)
Questioning AFL
Comprehension question
Quick AFL to assess whole class knowledge/ ability to see what needs to be addressed
Images
IHADAFOREST techniques
Includes definitions and examples
A space next to each with student’s own sentence based on your writing
Easily adjustable to higher levels by changing the number of techniques the students do.
Table format
Persuasive writing template
Colour coded
Challenge included
Good example writing which can guide them (opposites)
1 page of materials for scaffolding (in the workbook)
24 word bank table format to help with spelling, adjectives, words associated, and connectives.
10 sentence starters bullet pointed
Success Criterion included (5 marks) in a clipboard image
After the draft, you may want to add in new/ other techniques to expand on their drafts, before writing a final version in their books, project, display, role play, etc.
Full terminology
Starter: key term with word bank
Map reading skills
Describe locations
Examples I do, we do, you do
Peer assessment
Hinge questions AFL
Biome information to read - optional methods/ tasks/ printouts if wanted
Map included for biome annotations
Journey through Russia Map (A, B, C, D)
Describe the biomes, what you see, etc throughout your journey
Success Criterion
Example (I do)
We do - together example
Answers for peer assessment
Plenary
Challenges included: these may be considered “hard” for KS3 but you can teach it or adapt them.
Key terms
On the spot challenges
Adaptable lesson plan
In seats plan but can change to around the room idea/ or 1 worksheet
Timer use, kept good pace and fun.
Answers
Assessment
Plenary
Print outs available
2024 Life expectancy statistics game (solo, teams, class options)
Involves world statistics, and 8 different countries.
Past and Future of UK, South Korea and Japan population.
In depth discussions about ageing population. Positive, negative, benefits, pro-natal policies, pensions, knock on effects, etc.
Population pyramid readings
Critical thinking/ guessing
Literacy lesson
Reading a newspaper (slide)
Optional: reading the news
Video of elderly explaining their actions
Critical thinking/ guessing with knowledge
Definitions all included
Writing a diary entry using key terms .
Lots of prompts provided with definitions.
Challenge question about resolution
Example provided for low ability
Template included for low ability
Task allows lower ability/ SEN the time the extra time they need for tasks, whilst higher ability work on a higher thinking skill challenge.
Lesson planned for 1-2hours depending how in depth your class can go on discussions/ prompts, critical thinking and their writing ability.
Starter - holiday and prior knowledge/ item analysis (BLACK SAND as GUNPOWDER act)
Counting barrels from image - engaging students and thinking why 36?
Video - task
Follow up questions - why etc. and barrels.
Story telling
Task - comic strip
Challenge - poetry
Recognition and sharing plenary
Rewarding
Video recreation of parliment blowng up in 30 seconds! Exciting.
Students tend to ask - why would he blow himself up? so you need to also explain how gunpowder works.
Students LOVE this lesson so much that we introduced it to several schools in the trust.
I decided to throw in the full lesson plan so you can have the questions to ask (if you don’t know much about the history, plot etc.) so that you can teach it well.
Spelling test starter
Homework showcase
Peer assessment
Recognition
What went well (more)
How to improve (one)
Confidence builder
Peer assessment worksheet
BLIND voting
Rewards
Kahoot
Students love it, and are very excitable throughout the whole hour.
Adaptable to control energy/ behaviour
Spelling test
Introduction (maps)
Adjectives about it
Video
Adjectives now
Discussion about perception - address all the misconceptions
Describe location (gapfill) and challenges
Images and guessing if it’s in the area or not - discussion and address misconceptions again after
Video
Development indicators
Atlas use - engaging and exploring for students (assist if needed e.g. page number after a while)
Fill in the table (challenges included)
Time limit and show answers - address misconceptions
Compare it to UK. Example on board (gapfill). Lower ability can use board example with gapfill. Higher ability can make their own.
Plenary, which statement is a lie. AFL fingers.
Animals in the Savanna - Lion King Remake of animals - Students well engaged and excited
Learning objectives - command words - meanings
Map of Savanna (students to add to their maps from previous lesson - Physical Geography of Africa). If you don’t have this, the maps (6 to a page) are also included if you wish to make this into an activity to shade in the biome and label the latitudes.
Video about the Savanna - Notes about the biome
Animal adaptation - I do (Lion), We do (Elephant), You do (Giraffe and Warthog). Challenges included.
All students are able to complete giraffe, lower ability may struggle with warthog so I had them think more about the giraffe. Remind them of Pumba from Lion King.
Answers on board - Students to add 3 more to their animals. Handouts available for students who can’t read, lower ability/ SEND to assist them. My students did not stick them in, they used it as help.
YOU ARE A GEOGRAPHER (Science advanced and you create your own animal!)
Choose 3 characteristics (timer them). Explain why those three and how they adapt to the Savanna.
Criteria and levels (on the board I have 5 and 6). On paper (handouts or printouts or you can adapt depending on your class/ student) I have level 3-7 success criteria.
Key words on the board, connectives on the board, challenges on the board, examples (sentences and images) on the board.
Sentence builders (shared between students) allows every student able to complete the task. Higher abilities will not use it but have it as a reference.
Students will be working at different paces due to ability. My higher ability asked to do more characteristics but only because they completed it. My lower ability/ SEND I expected at least 3 sentences (this is because this is in their assessment so they need to have this). Students who finished are able to sketch their animal. Higher rewards given as motivation.
Peer assessing. Students peer assess the presenter (visualiser if you have). We used fingers due to time, but if you have longer lessons or extend another class they can use the peer assessment handouts where students assess themselves, and then peer assess. They can then improve upon feedback.
Many students loved the task, wanted to share and spend their 15 minutes break continuing.
Starter: List as many countries in Asia as you can (prior knowledge)
Peer assess, add 5 to list allows them to learn more within cognitive load
Learning intentions (referred to throughout lesson)
Colour coded map and compass. Think/ Pair/ Share
Students act as the teachers and point out the regions.
Gapfill
Handout for SEN
What do you need to pack on holiday travelling in Asia?
Video
Image prompts to allow time (EAL, lower ability, SEND). Challenge included for others.
Similarities and differences between China and India (handouts)
Highlight information
Add own facts
2 paragraphs writing (sentence starters)
Answers on board
Bingo key words plenary but teacher uses definitions so students need to think
Fun dingbats game. Example together first.
Learning objectives
Key terms (challenge included)
Explanation - sparse/dense
AFL thumbs
Lots of images - address misconceptions
Information on Asia (China) - Whats the differences discussion
Mind map - example together on board first. (challenge included)
Choropleth map introduction
Create your own (challenge included) - use Atlas
After a while - have countries on board to assist lower ability/ SEND and get them on pace
Answers on board - self check
Describe the distribution - copy example. Students write their own (help lower ability if needed). Challenge included. Having the example already in books allows them to have something available to refer to.
Plenary.
The history of China to now
Can easily be 2 lessons worth
Students are extremely engaged, lots of discussion points. I answered a few and had to tell them to write it down or address it next lesson.
Several tasks to do
Main task
Video with worksheet
You may need to pause depending on your students, or call out each number as you reach it.
Drawing a Then and Now image of China
Starter images - good and bad things about living there
Learning objectives
Key terms - word bank and challenge
Image explanations to help lower ability
I do, we do, you do short activity and challenge question
Images for AFL checking push pull factors before main activity
Engaging activity - card sort real example
Paragraph writing reasons - sentence starters, challenge included
A few more examples of different scenarios - students think of factors and intervening obstacles
Plenary - push pull factors for themselves