An introduction lesson to earthquakes and volcanoes on the structure of the earth with a mini base line assessment for year 7.

Two assessment lessons on FairTrade. One looks at re-capping what they have learnt about FairTrade and looking at ideas of sustainable development. The other moves on to look at peer assessing each others work, with an example of a pupils work to look at.

Assessment booklet created for the AQA spec so that students can track their progress over the course. Students start their GCSE’s in year 9 and do revision in year 10 which is why the booklet only covers year 9 and 10.

A revision PowerPoint for the UK landscapes unit with the option choices of rivers and coasts.

For the AQA A specification module tourism. This lessons looks at tourism in the Lake District (this needs a DVD) and then the ways in which the area manages tourism. The DVD is by TVChoice and is called Too much tourism 1: The Lake District. A preview clip of this video can be viewedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt3xIAt1nNc

Topic front covers for students for the new AQA Geography specification. So far I have created one for the Physical landscapes in the UK, the Living world and the challenge of resource management (focus on water). Each front cover has a page for the students targets, what they need to know for the section of the course, the homework questions with space to record the grade they achieved and the topic vocabulary.

A year 7 lesson which looks at how settlements can change over time. The lesson uses the case study of the London Dockland on a smaller scale than for GCSE.

A tube map showing students the connections between the topics of the new geography AQA specification. Inspired by @JamieClark85 and @LauraLolder

A lesson focusing on overpopulation and its effects. For AQA A specification.

This lesson looks at the different factors that affect development, using newspaper articles to identify them.

This booklet takes students through the whole processes of carrying out the human and physical fieldwork in Swanage and then considering the conclusions and evaluations.

A lesson focusing on population pyramids and what they look like at each stage of the DTM. For AQA A specification.

Lots of interesting activities relating to map symbols. One of the worksheets is particularly good for higher ability students as they have to use grid references also. Students love the mystery activity in my experience.

A revision PowerPoint to help students revise the unit of economic development. The NEE case study is Nigeria.

An activity which gets students looking at the advantages and disadvantages of hard engineering techniques along the coast. With higher ability students I also get them to think about sustainability. You can stick the fact sheets in the PowerPoint around the class room or get them to pass them from group to group. The table also has a differentiated version too.

A year 7 lesson which looks at different settlement patterns (nucleated, dispersed and linear). There are also activities incorporated for using map skills a new heavy requirement for the new GCSE specifications

A PowerPoint to help students revise the living world topic. The option choice is hot deserts and the case study is the Western Desert USA and the Amazon Rainforest.

Lesson 2 in a series of lessons on volcanoes and earthquakes. The students play information race in teams. There is also a SEN version of the game.

A year 7 lesson that looks at the Burgess model. There is also an DME exercise where students have to decide where the Griffins should live. This allows them to look at real life sections of the model.

A resource created for KS3 students to carry out a DME on where a wind farm should be built. This would last around 3 lessons ending in a debate. However the resources can be used to re organise the lesson in a number of different ways.