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.
Help your students get to grips with the tropical rainforest environment of the Congo using this sheet to explore episode 1 of Wilderness with Simon Reeves - The Congo (BBC documentary).
Students gain a greater understanding of the environment and the people who live within the Congo, watching while completing this ready to use question and answer sheet.
Details on the programme
Simon Reeve travels through the Congo, the second-greatest rainforest on earth. In one of the toughest journeys he’s ever undertaken, Simon travels five hundred miles across dense tropical jungle, heading for the region of Salonga, where he searches for one of the rarest and most iconic creatures on the continent - the bonobo
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The worksheet has 19 questions that cover the full 60 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet with timings for teachers.
Questions on the worksheet explore the following environments and topics:
• Tropical rainforest
• Congo, East Africa
• Ecosystems - plants, animals, climate
• Animal adaptation
• Deforestation
This sheet comes ready to use and in both PDF and Word formats.
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 a world of ten billion may simply be too many people for the earth to sustain, 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. .
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It 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:
Population increase
Birth rates
Resource management
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A 20 question worksheet and follow on activity sheet to support A Perfect Planet - The Ocean (BBC Documentary). The programme looks at the key forces around oceans of currents, winds and waves. Without the constant mixing of currents, tides and waves, our oceans would stop supporting life - and a healthy ocean is vital to a healthy planet.
The worksheet has 20 questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary. To support staff a comphrehensive 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:
Oceans
Currents and wind
Wave formations
Marine ecosystems
Coastal zones and mangrove forests
Animal adaptation
Climate change
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24 question worksheet with short follow on task to accompany BBC documentary series Climate Change - The Facts. Designed for use with a year 9 group studying climate change. A teacher answer sheet is provided and there is an optional extension exam task. Can also be used as a stand alone sheet or homework task.
Key themes:
global warming
Climate change
Fossil fuels
Impacts (economic, social, environmental)
Ways forward (international cooperation, renewables)
A 18 question worksheet and fact collection to support H20: The Molecule That Made Us (BBC Documentary), episode 1. This episode investigates the inseparable bond between water and life. It looks at water in the sky, animal migrations and how the impacts of drought.
The worksheet has a range of question types that cover the full 50 minute documentary. To support staff, an answer sheet, with timings, is included for teachers.
Questions on the worksheet cover the following topics, among others:
Hadean Era
Water Cycle
Animal adaptation
Atmospheric circulation
Drought
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Topics: Water, Rivers, Danube River
22 question and answer sheet to accompany the BBC documentary Earth’s Greatest Rivers 2, episode 2, Danube River. The documentary follows the river’s course from source to mouth and looks at how animal and human life depends on the River Danube.
The worksheet has 22 questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet for teachers. There is a follow on worksheet with exam questions and mapping exercise for students to complete to think further around this topic. Designed for study alongside rivers unit, but equally could be used for students as part of a place based study in Europe.
Topics include:
Fact file on the the Danube
Upper, middle and lower course characteristics
Human activity along the river
Flooding
Conservation and management
Downloaded bundle includes all sheets in both Word and PDF formats.
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7 Worlds, 1 Planet: Asia
BBC documentary, currently playing on iPlayer.
A question and answer worksheet based around the 59 minute documentary seven worlds, one planet, episode 2. This documentary is all about Asia and the diverse conditions it presents to wildlife.
It could be used to support learning around polar ecosystems, animal habitats and adaptations or place specific study of Asia. A good amount of discussion on climate change. A range of environments are covered: deserts, mountains and jungles. Can cover a lesson or used as a stand-alone homework.
Topics include:
animal habitat
animal adaptation
climate change
Note, the worksheet does not include the 10 minute section at the end on how the programme was filmed.
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Help your students get the most from the stunning BBC documentary exploring frozen worlds from pole to pole, using a 23 question and answer worksheet.
David Attenborough narrates explores frozen landscapes from pole to pole, revealing the surprising frozen worlds that exist across the planet and the remarkable animals that make them their home.
How to use this sheet
The worksheet has 23 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:
• Antarctica
• Himalayas
• Animal adaptation
• Boreal Forests
• Arctic Circle
• Extreme weather events
• Climate change
Documentary exploring coastal environments.
This is a question and answer sheet to accompany the documentary Planet Earth 3: Coasts on BBC.
Sir David Attenborough explores the dangerous frontiers created by the world’s coasts, where animals fight for survival amidst constant change.
This worksheet focuses on changing coastal environments and includes the following topics:
• Coastal ecosystems
• Seasonal change – Arctic
• Coastal predators – Namibia
• Coastal sanctuaries – Canada
• Protection - Mangrove Forests
• Exposed coasts – Mexico
• Climate Change
This worksheet covers the full 50 minutes of the documentary. There are a variety of question types used to keep kids engaged and comes with a handy teacher answer sheet with guide times to support lesson planning.
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Documentary sharing highlights from the Planet Earth series, from hidden forests and turbulent coasts to vast, unexplored deserts. .
This is a question and answer sheet to accompany the documentary Planet Earth 3: Wonders of Nature on the BBC.
This worksheet focuses on change, challenge and adaptation across a variety of environments:
• Deserts – Nahmib
• Coastal sanctuaries – survival techniques
• Rainforest - communication and animal symbiosis
• Grassland - new hunting techniques and seasonal change
• Interactions with human populations
• Climate Change
This worksheet covers the full hour of the documentary. There are a variety of question types used to keep students engaged and comes with a handy teacher answer sheet with guide times to support lesson planning.
If you choose to purchase this sheet and leave a review, I would be happy to send you a free resource from my shop as a thank you (docgeog@gmail.com).
For worksheets to support other science and nature documentaries please see my shop.
7 Worlds, 1 Planet: Antarctica
BBC documentary, currently playing on iPlayer.
A question and answer worksheet based around the 59 minute documentary seven worlds, one planet, episode 1. This documentary is all about Antarctica and the hostile conditions it presents to wildlife.
It could be used to support learning around polar ecosystems, animal habitats and adaptations or place specific study of Polar and Arctic regions. A good amount of discussion on climate change in Antarctica. Can cover a lesson or used as a stand-alone homework.
Topics include:
animal habitat
climate change
southern ocean
winter / spring seasons
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**Documentary exploring forest ecosystems.
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This is a question and answer sheet to accompany the documentary Planet Earth 3: Extremes on the BBC.
David Attenborough reveals the extraordinary ways in which animals battle to survive the elements in a world of extremes - places where life exists on a knife edge. From mountain summits to scorching deserts, polar tundra to deep underground caves, these remote places are rarely visited, yet the animals that survive there are some of the most resilient and specially adapted on Earth.
Animal and plant adaptations across a range of different environments:
Polar
Mountain
Desert
Cave
This worksheet covers the full 45 minutes of the documentary. There are a variety of question types used to keep kids engaged and comes with a handy teacher answer sheet with guide times to support lesson planning.
If you choose to purchase this sheet and leave a review, I would be happy to send you a free resource from my shop as a thank you (docgeog@gmail.com).
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This documentary focuses on how wildlife must now adapt to a vastly altered landscape humans have created.
This is a question and answer sheet to accompany the documentary Planet Earth 3: Extremes on the BBC.
Animal adaptations across a range of different environments and behaviours include:
stealing macaques
migrating rhinos
foraging city bears
hungry pavement ants
This worksheet covers the full 45 minutes of the documentary. There are a variety of question types used to keep kids engaged and comes with a handy teacher answer sheet with guide times to support lesson planning.
If you choose to purchase this sheet and leave a review, I would be happy to send you a free resource from my shop as a thank you (docgeog@gmail.com).
For worksheets to support other science and nature documentaries please see my shop.
Documentary exploring desert and grassland environments.
This is a question and answer sheet to accompany the documentary Planet Earth 3: Desert and Grassland on BBC.
This worksheet focuses on the unexpected and evolving way that plants and animals have adapted to desert and grassland environments and includes the following topics:
Desert and grassland ecosystems
Symbiotic relationships
Animal adaptations
Climate change
This worksheet covers the full 50 minutes of the documentary. There are a variety of question types used to keep kids engaged and comes with a handy teacher answer sheet with guide times to support lesson planning.
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Documentary exploring forest ecosystems.
This is a question and answer sheet to accompany the documentary Planet Earth 3: Forests on BBC.
This worksheet explore the unexpected connections and communications across forest environments and includes the following topics:
*Ecosystems ecosystems
Symbiotic relationships
Animal adaptations
Deforestation
Plantations
Key plants e.g. kapok tress
Animal and human interactions*
This worksheet covers the full 45 minutes of the documentary. There are a variety of question types used to keep kids engaged and comes with a handy teacher answer sheet with guide times to support lesson planning.
For worksheets to support other science and nature documentaries please see my shop.
This documentary focuses on the heroes on the frontline of conservation who are risking everything in the fight to save wildlife.
This is a question and answer sheet to accompany the documentary Planet Earth 3: Heroes on the BBC.
This worksheet covers the full hour of the documentary. There are a variety of question types used to keep kids engaged and comes with a handy teacher answer sheet with guide times to support lesson planning.
If you choose to purchase this worksheet and leave a review, I would be happy to send you a free resource from my shop as a thank you (docgeog@gmail.com).
For worksheets to support other science and nature documentaries please see my shop.
Documentary exploring Oceans and marine environments.
This is a question and answer sheet to accompany the documentary Planet Earth 3: Oceans on BBC.
Sir David Attenborough explores the shallow tropical seas and deeper ocean environments.
This worksheet focuses on the unexpected and newly explored ocean environments and includes the following topics:
Marine ecosystems
Symbiotic relationships
Shllow seas – Tropics
Kelp Forests
Unexplored deeper oceans*
This worksheet covers the full 50 minutes of the documentary. There are a variety of question types used to keep kids engaged and comes with a handy teacher answer sheet with guide times to support lesson planning.
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**Documentary exploring freshwater environments.
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This is a question and answer sheet to accompany the documentary Planet Earth 3: Freshwater on BBC.
Sir David Attenborough explores how freshwater shapes the land and the creatures that lives in it in surprising ways.
This worksheet focuses on freshwater environments and includes the following topics:
Freshwater ecosystems
Costa Rican rainforest
The dry season in Sri Lanka
Hunting techniques in the Okavango Delta
Symbiotic relationships
Human water use
This worksheet covers the full 50 minutes of the documentary. There are a variety of question types used to keep kids engaged and comes with a handy teacher answer sheet with guide times to support lesson planning.
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A question and answer worksheet based around Netflix documentary our planet, episode 1. Could be used to support learning around ecosystems, animal habitats and adaptations. Can be used as a full lesson or used as a stand-alone homework. A teacher sheet with answers is included.
Easy to use question and answer worksheet to accompany the BBC documentary Earth’s Greatest Rivers, Episode 1, The Amazon River. Questions span the full 50 minute length of the documentary. An answer sheet for teachers is provided. There is an optional challenge sheet (exam questions and mapping task) to round up ideas from this documentary. Used with a year 8 group studying rivers, but equally could be used for students as part of a place based study in Brazil for example.
Topics include:
Factfile on the Amazon River
Upper, middle and lower course characteristics
Indigenous views of the river
Manaus
Human activity along the river
Flooding in the lower course
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