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Formative assessment for sense of place: Country in a box assessment
Creative summative assessment for KS3. Very helpful for lower ability students and kinaesthetic learners. Can also be used as a group/team project !
Assessment critera included !
Map/Atlas skills: Fantastic introduction to the Americas
Very useful resource: Includes a crossword challenge and research activity.
ESS 5.1 Worksheet - Introduction to soil
Great activity sheet with a range of tasks
What are the effects of earthquakes?
Learning Objectives:
To describe how people and places are affected by an earthquake.
To examine a case study
Presentation includes a supporting student work booklet with 6 learning Tasks.
Includes a Case Study - Christchurch, New Zealand.
Focus on Primary and Secondary effects.
AQA - Measuring development
Chapter 17: Economic Development & quality of life
Learning objectives:
To describe how social development is measured.
To explain why the human development index is important.
Compliments Textbook - AQA GCSE (9-1) Geography Second Edition
ByJohn Widdowson (Author)
Workbooklet containing:
Starter
Key words
Sample GCSE Question
10 Tasks
Student checklist
Superb Geography ice breaker
Creating a climate for learning in Geography: Set the right collaborative atmosphere in your class room by using this Geography themed ice breaker. Great fun. Ideal for the start of term and new teachers.
Differentiated lesson: Introduction to Global Warming & Climate Change (TES Pick)
This lesson has been used and accredited as outstanding within many observations and interviews.
This alternative to a carrousel task allows student to stay in their seat yet rotate the resources as it introduced them to Climate Change and Global Warming. It allows teachers to judge prior knowledge, learning and misconceptions students may have. This is combined with excellent starter and plenary resources that consolidate learning objectives and helps teachers plan for the next lesson on this current important theme of geographical study.
Has been used at KS3, GCSE, IGCE, KS4, MYP and A Level standards.
Conservation/environmental agencies jigsaws
Cool kinaesthetic starter activity that introduces the logos of 3 major conservation organisations.
True or False? What do you know about China?
Useful and engaging - True or False starter for lessons introducing China as a place of study.
Outstanding - Ancient Egypt starter pack
Highly rated: A fantastic resource that introduces the topic of Ancient Egypt.
Contains images, a historical fun map,hieroglyphics tasks and allows students to design their own cartouche, decipher hieroglyphics, research the unique traditions and cultures of the wonderful Historical topic.
British Culture: icons
A great fun activity involving a treasure hunt style challenge around the school followed by a research activity and group presentation.
Geography Quiz - Guess the country?
A great end of term challenge to consolidate learning of atlas skills, scale and identification using the silhouette outlines if countries across the globe. Fully differentiated at 3 levels.
Helps with general knowledge too! Test yourself teachers!
Outstanding Lesson: Glaciers, Glacial Processes & Glaciated landscapes (TES Pick)
This lesson has been used and accredited as outstanding within many observations and interviews.
This alternative to a carrousel task allows student to stay in their seat yet rotate the resources as it introduced them to Glaciers, Glaciated Landscapes and Processes. It allows teachers to judge prior knowledge, learning and misconceptions students may have. This is combined with excellent starter and plenary resources that consolidate learning objectives and helps teachers plan for the next lesson on this current important theme of geographical study.
Has been used at KS3, GCSE, IGCE, KS4, MYP and A Level standards.
Fantastic differentiated map of the world's biomes, ecosystems
Lesson observation approved: Great for less able/lower ability students.
Match the colours with the correct biomes using a colour key.
Outstanding Lesson - Weather and Climate
Title: Weather and climate
To identify the how weather is described and measured
To suggest a range of weather hazards experienced in the UK
Rated outstanding - A fantastic lesson reviewing the environmental conditions caused by weather and climate factors and their influence on human activity. Involves kinaesthetic collaborative class group task, analysis and evaluation. Includes pit stop plenaries and free plenary placemat.
Great for an introduction to this popular theme and ideal for a lesson observation.
(ESS) Environmental Systems and Societies: 1.2 Systems and models
Title:* How are systems and models useful?**
Learning Objectives:
To draw a systems diagram and outline why we use them in ESS
To explain why a systems approach can help in the study of complex environmental issues
Great lesson that introduces students to the first unit, also incorporates some excellent video clips for discussion and to consolodate learning.
Who is Greta Thunberg? Fantastic -Jigsaw
Differentiated on 3 levels of difficulty! A great jigsaw starter puzzle that introduces Greta Thunberg to stimulate a conversation about her rapid raise to global fame and environmental politics.
Excellent Lesson - What are the opportunities and challenges in the Sahara Desert?
Title - What are the opportunities and challenges in the Sahara Desert?
Learning Objectives:
To identify the countries covered by the Sahara desert
To assess the opportunities and challenges within this biome
How do ecosystems work?
Learning objectives:
To identify the main components and interactions
To discuss how changes can have effects on plants and animals
Contains fun wordsearch starter, key definitions, energy flow diagram task and review of biotic/abiotic factors.
How safe is nuclear energy?
Learning Objectives:
To evaluate the use and growth of nuclear energy
To discuss the social risks linked to this energy choice