A specialist documentary resource shop featuring worksheets and challenge activities to support learning and thinking around educational documentaries. Resources are created by an experienced geography teacher and subject leader.
A specialist documentary resource shop featuring worksheets and challenge activities to support learning and thinking around educational documentaries. Resources are created by an experienced geography teacher and subject leader.
A comprehensive 20 question worksheet for Saving our Wild Isles (BBC Documentary).
David Attenborough narrates a documentary commissioned by the RSPB, WWF and the National Trust and inspired by Wild Isles. This documentary explores real stories of passionate people who are trying to restore biodiversity to the British Isles.
The worksheet includes 20 different styled questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet, with timings for teachers.
Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics:
Habitats
UK marine and land ecosystems
Biodiversity
Plant and animal interactions
Human impacts
Human sustainable projects
This worksheet comes as a Word document and as a PDF.
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A question and answer worksheet based around Netflix documentary Our Planet, Frozen Worlds, episode 2.
Could be used to support learning around polar and tundra ecosystems, animal habitats and adaptations or place specific study of Polar and Arctic regions. Some discussion on climate change impact in Antarctica and the Arctic. Can cover a lesson or used as a stand-alone homework.
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Our Planet: Jungles / Rainforest Environments
A question and answer worksheet based around Netflix documentary our planet, Jungles. Could be used to support learning around rainforest ecosystems, animal habitats and human activity in forests. Can be used as a full lesson or used as a stand-alone homework. A teacher sheet with answers is included.
Questions focus on:
Different rainforest environments
Animal adaptations in the ecosystem
Human activity and resource management
Deforestation
Food chains in the rainforest ecosystem
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A 20 question worksheet and follow on activity to support A Perfect Planet - Weather (BBC Documentary). The programme looks at how weather controls the distribution of freshwater around our planet. In turn, how this water shapes the lives of animals across the globe, rising to an incredible diversity of species and habitats.
The worksheet uses a variety of different questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary. A comprehensive answer sheet is included for staff who are unfamiliar with the documentary. There is a differentiated follow on sheet so students can reflect further on their learning.
Worksheet includes the following topics:
seasonal weather patterns
Global weather and climates
Advantages and disadvantages of different weather patterns
Ecosystems including Amazon Rainforest and the Gobi Desert
Benefits and risks of habitat change
Animal adaptation
Climate change
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Focus: Desert environment, desert ecosystem and adaptations
A comprehensive 24 question worksheet for Green Planet, Desert World (BBC Documentary). David Attenborough explores new filming techniques which allow us to enter the plants’ world and see it from their perspective and on their timescale. This episode focuses on plant adaptations to desert conditions, where temperatures soar and plummet and water is rare.
The worksheet includes 24 different styled questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet, with timings for teachers.
Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics:
Desert vegetation
Plant and animal interactions
Adaptations
Climate change
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Documentary on Ocean / Marine Ecosystems around the UK
A comprehensive 21 question worksheet for Oceans, Wild Isles (BBC Documentary).
David Attenborough explores the vibrant seas that surround the British Isles. The vast watery wilderness around us is over three times the size of our land mass, and yet to many, our oceans remain a mystery. Full of colour and teeming with life, the seas of Britain and Ireland are crucially important to a range of wildlife.
The worksheet includes 21 different styled questions that cover the full 45 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet, with timings for teachers.
Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics:
Habitats
UK marine ecosystems
Biodiversity
Plant and animal interactions
Human impacts
This worksheet comes as a Word document and as a PDF.
If you like this resource, please leave a review. Worksheets have been made for other episodes of this series and many other science and nature documentaries for BBC and Netflix, please view them here.
Exploring Four Volcanoes - documentary worksheet
A worksheet to support Earthstorm, Volcanoes episode 2 (Netflix Documentary).
This worksheet helps students explore four case studies of volcanoes across the world. From Iceland to Italy, experts take an in-depth look and provide an inside look at four imposing volcanoes and how they impact the settlements around them.
The worksheet has 21 questions and case study boxes to capture students attention for the full 43 minutes of the volcano documentary.
This worksheet comes with a detailed answer sheet for teachers, including answers and timings for each section.
Volcanoes:
Fagradalsfjall, Iceland
Campi Flegrei, Naples, Italy
Cumbre Vieja, Canary Islands
Masaya, Nicaragua
Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics:
Distribution of human settlements
Research and mapping around volcanoes
Impacts of eruptions
Aftermath of volcanic eruptions
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Documentary on Fresh Water Ecosystems in the UK
A comprehensive 18 question worksheet for Fresh Water, Wild Isles (BBC Documentary).
David Attenborough takes us on a journey from source to sea, following the course of our fresh water as it journeys through our landscapes. Along the way we meet a host of wildlife that lives in, on and around our rivers, lakes, and lochs.
The worksheet includes 18 different styled questions that cover the full 45 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet, with timings for teachers.
Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics:
Habitats
UK fresh water ecosystems
Biodiversity
Plant and animal interactions
Human impacts
This worksheet comes as a Word document and as a PDF.
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Seasonal Forests, Seasonal Change
A comprehensive 24 question worksheet for Green Planet, Seasonal World (BBC Documentary). David Attenborough explores new filming techniques which allow us to enter the plants’ world and see it from their perspective and on their timescale. Between the tropics and the frozen poles lies a region dominated by relentless change in the form of the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Each one presents plants with huge challenges, from ice and snow to raging fires; from intense competition to surprising enemies. To survive here plants must use strategy, deception and remarkable feats of engineering.
The worksheet includes 24 different styled questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet, with timings for teachers.
Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics:
Spring, summer, autumn and winter
Seasonal plants
Photosynthesis
Plant and animal interactions
Climate change
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A comprehensive 36 question worksheet for Our Changing Planet, Episode 1 (BBC Documentary).
Documentary details
This documentary includes a visit to the Maldives to investigate coral reef biodiversity and coral bleaching. Chris Packham travels to Iceland to look at glacial retreat and ice melt. Ella Al-Shamahi visits Cambodia to see how economic development has impacted river environments and animal trafficking.
In all locations, presenters look at research or charity efforts charting the fight to save the planets most endangered ecosystems.
The bundle includes
The worksheet includes 36 different styled questions that cover the full hour long documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet, with timings for teachers.
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Earth’s Tropical Islands: Madagascar
BBC documentary, currently on iPlayer.
A question and answer worksheet based around the 50 minute documentary Madagascar Earth’s Tropical Islands episode 1. This documentary is about the how the ecosystem developed across a range of different habitats in Madagascar.
It could be used to support learning around ecosystems. animal habitats and adaptations or place specific study of Madagascar. Some discussion on how humans impact the landscape and deforestation. Can cover a lesson or used as a stand-alone homework.
I have included additional exam questions and tasks to complete at the end of the lesson or for a home learning activity.
Topics include:
ecosystems - desert, mountainous & rainforest
Madagascan wildlife
Weather and climate
Deforestation
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Documentary on Woodland Ecosystems
A comprehensive 21 question worksheet for Woodlands, Wild Isles (BBC Documentary).
Sir David Attenborough explores the incredible diversity of Britain’s woodlands, taking us on a seasonal journey through our forests, and revealing a host of spectacular animals and the hidden dramas that rule their lives.
The worksheet includes 21 different styled questions that cover the full 45 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet, with timings for teachers.
Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics:
Habitats
Food chains
Plant and animal interactions
Human impacts
If you like this resource, please leave a review. Worksheets have been made for other episodes of this series and many other science and nature documentaries for BBC and Netflix, please view them here.
Documentary on Grassland Ecosystems in the UK
A comprehensive 19 question worksheet for Grassland, Wild Isles (BBC Documentary).
Sir David Attenborough explores the incredible diversity of Britain’s grasslands, from beautiful flower meadows to the rich open landscapes of our mountains, and reveals some extraordinary and dramatic wildlife stories
The worksheet includes 19 different styled questions that cover the full 45 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet, with timings for teachers.
Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics:
Habitats
UK grassland ecosystems
Biodiversity
Plant and animal interactions
Human impacts
This worksheet comes as a Word document and as a PDF.
If you like this resource, please leave a review. Worksheets have been made for other episodes of this series and many other science and nature documentaries for BBC and Netflix, please view them here.
BBC Documentary: A Day in the Life of Earth.
A documentary looking at how the Earth changes over the period of a day. Links well with any physical and human geography topics including:
Volcanic eruptions
Earth’s heat systems
Earthquakes
Erosion
Deposition
Glaciers
Meteors
Question sheet covering the 1 hour documentary. Teacher answer sheet provided.
Netflix documentary: Night on Earth - Frozen Nights
Great for geography lessons at Christmas!
Question worksheet to accompany the Netflix documentary Night on Earth: Frozen Nights, episode 2. Planned with a KS3 group in mind who are studying polar environments or adaptation in different ecosystems, but equally could be used for students as part of a place based study such as the Arctic. A teacher answer sheet is provided and there are optional extension / homework tasks to round up ideas from this documentary.
Locations include: Arctic, Alaska, northern forests, Japan
Documentary length: 44 minutes
Topics include:
Adaptation to different environments
Characteristics of hunters in Arctic environments
Animal adaptation for darkness and colder climates
Survival techniques of prey / hunting techniques of predators
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Netflix documentary: Night on Earth - Moonlit Plains
Regions covered: African plains, savannah, desert and dune environments.
Question worksheet to accompany the Netflix documentary Night on Earth: Moonlit Plains, episode 1. Used with a year 7 group studying adaptations in different ecosystems, but equally could be used for students as part of a place based study in Africa, savannah or desert environments for example. A teacher answer sheet is provided and there are optional extension / homework tasks to round up ideas from this documentary.
Topics include:
Adaptation to different environments
Characteristics of hunters in African Plains
Plant adaptation in Mexican Desert
Survival techniques of prey
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BBC documentary: Horizon 2020: 1. Chris Packham: 7.7 Billion People and Counting.
BBC documentary, currently on iPlayer.
A question and answer worksheet based around the 58 minute horizon documentary on population and earth resources. This documentary is about Chris’s view that our world is suffering from overpopulation, given the impact 7.7 billion humans are already having. Travelling around the globe in search of answers to difficult and sometimes controversial questions, Chris investigates why our population is growing so rapidly, what impact it is having on the natural world, and whether there is anything that can be done.
This resource could be used to support learning around population increase, urban living and resource management. Can cover a lesson or used as a stand-alone homework.
I have included a short exam question to complete at the end of the lesson or for a follow up at another point.
Topics include:
Overpopulation
Population increase
Birth rates
Resource management
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A 20 question worksheet and follow on activity to support A Perfect Planet - The Sun (BBC Documentary). The programme looks at frozen poles to the searing deserts, and explores how animals have come up with strategies to survive the uneven amounts of sunlight that fall on our planet.
The worksheet has 20 questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary. A comprehensive answer sheet is included for teachers. There is an additional differentiated follow on worksheet for students to complete to think further around this topic.
Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics:
The sun
Earth tilt
seasons and sunlight hours around the globe
Ecosystem (including the Amazon, Sahara and polar regions)
Benefits and risks of habitats
Animal adaptation
Climate change
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A comprehensive 24 question worksheet for Green Planet, Human World (BBC Documentary). Two out of five wild plants are threatened with extinction. Hear more about current threats, how crops and cultivation change our green planet and how people are finding remarkable ways to help plant species thrive.
The worksheet includes 24 different styled questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet, with timings for teachers.
Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics:
Plants in urban environments
Farming
Crops and cultivation
Monocultures
Plant and human interactions
Climate change
Management of vulnerable species
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Help your students get to grips with the environment and ecosystem of Antarctica in episode 4 of Frozen Planet 2 (BBC documentary), using this 2 page, 25 question and answer worksheet.
David Attenborough explores Antarctica, looking at the ecosystem, animal adaptations and the impacts of climate change.
How to use this sheet
The worksheet has 25 questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet with timings for teachers.
Questions on the worksheet explore the following environments and topics:
• Coastal and interior environments
• Animal adaptation
• Extreme weather
• Climate change
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