Made for a year 7 Manchester SOW, this promoted numeracy, literacy and independant research skills. Student pick 10 key historical events that shaped Manchester and present them in a timeline format. Help given to ensure students draw accurate and appropiate scales for their work. Can easily be adapted for another named city.

A differentiated main activity to allow students to find important places within the city of Manchester using an OS map. Could easily be adapted to other cities. Good for a range of abilities and incorporates 4 and figure grid references and extention task for independant work of more able using online Bing maps GIS free website.

Ks3 full lesson written for year 7 ‘Manchester’ themes scheme of work, aimed at deepening their understanding of the city and how football supports the local economy. includes literacy skills through report reading, and a fun starter game where students move around the room to test their understanding on local football teams. Differentiated main activity for low ability students.

This lesson is part of the examination assessed unit 1 2013 onwards specification. It covers the role of consumer technologies ; multimedia and online booking systems and their advantages and disadvantages for consumers and businesses. There is so very little out there on this that I hope someone else may benefit from my hours of preparation!

2 lessons on the eruptions of Mt Etna, focusing on the 1992 eruption. Lesson 1 examines the structure of a composite volcano and looks at the impacts of the eruption. Lesson 2 is about diaster planning for volcanic eruptions, specifically for this volcano. This was done as part of my new Italy topic, and includes differentiated material. Specifically created for yr 8, but easily could be done with year 7. Lesson 2 needs Geog.1 books but it is not essential and could be substituded.

Differentiated resource to allow students to show what they know about the causes effects and solutions to climate change (global warming).\n\nThere is a level assesment criteria and a writing frame to help less able students.\n\nSuitable for years 7 and 8

Warm up review on how super volcanoes form (close passage/ gap fill). The rest of the lesson then moves on to look at how earthquakes are measured. Comparison between Richter scale and Mercalli scale with accompanying videos for analysis. Vocabulary list at end.

Review slides recapping on how the following features are made:ask asks students to work in groups to produce a poster presentation to deliver to the class on one of the features

This is a levelled assessment task to review the learning of ks3 students on the topic of Tourism. The existing questions could easily be adapted to suit your scheme of work.

This is a full lesson introducing the water on the land topic.

Full lesson looking at the different properties of tectonic boundaries. Students extend and finish the mind map example based on the information provided in the powerpoint.

This is a lesson looking at trends in extreme tornadoes and where they occur. Activities include a mapping activity, analyzing data and a group facts race exercise, followed by a journalistic report.

Full lesson of activities to guide students through the features of the upper course of the river.

A set of questions for students to answer by visiting an online link to a BBC animation on volcanoes. Suitable for class work or homework setting.

Group research project based on the volcanic eruption at Monserrat in 1997.