This lesson is the first lesson about glacial landscapes and processes.
Includes: what a glacier is, why they move, freeze-thaw, abrasion and plucking.
I have not covered transportation or deposition in this lesson as it will be covered in other lessons.
A list of some key words and their definitions that relate to development.
Can be given to students as a word bank or to non-specialist teachers who are teaching your subject.
This is a revision guide for Unit 1 of the new AQA 1-9 Geography GCSE. Be warned; it’s a beast! 97 slides long!
This revision guide is based on the text book and is a condensed form of it.
Feedback gratefully received.
This scheme of learning was created for Y7 geography.
The SOL includes:
Introduction to Geography
Geography Skills
Development Indicators
Methods of improving the development of LICS
Population density, pyramids and the DTM
Migration
Revision
All lessons include WALTs (LOs), WILFs (success criteria) and formative assessment. Home learning tasks and opportunities for extended writing, peer and self assessment are indicated.
This scheme of learning looks at:
Context of China
China’s changing economy
Industrialisation and why TNCs locate to China
Energy sources
Revision activities
Complete with WALTs, WILFs and checking activities as well as extended writing and home learning.
This lesson looks at:
What sanitation is (comprehension activity)
Choropleth maps
Access to sanitation globally (creating own choropleth map)
Checking and writing opportunities
All data is provided. You will need atlases for this lesson.
This lesson looks at how water scarcity affects LICs and HICs, with focus on Niger and the UK as case studies.
Lesson includes - describing geographical context of case studies, DARTs, peer assessment, checking, extended writing, stellar model.
Please note - I include notes and suggestions in the ‘notes’ section of the PPT. The home learning texts refers to the new AQA 1-9 text book, but you can substitute this with any information about solving water scarcity that you have to hand.
This is a scheme of learning for KS3 Geography on water:
Water Cycle
Water Usage
Water Scarcity
Access to Sanitation - skills lesson on choropleth maps
WaterAid/Solutions to the water problem
Revision
Please note: this is for an overview of lessons so does not include the resources mentioned on them. I do go into great depth with my SOL so you will be able to create your own lessons and resources based on them.
This SOL uses WALTs and WILFs and all activities are explicitly linked to the WALTs. I have also added in checking of learning/AFL as that is a big focus at my school. Home learning and task marking (extended writing) opportunities are highlighted.
This lesson looks at the UK’s links with the wider world:
Trade, culture, transport and communications
Commonwealth
EU
Includes a literacy group task to look at the pros and cons of the EU.
This lesson is for the 1-9 AQA Geography GCSE course, section B.
The lesson looks at what the north-south divide is, why it exists and how the government is trying to reduce the divide.
Textbook reference is the new AQA textbook for the course.
This lesson looks at improvements in: rail, road, port and airport infrastructure in the UK using paired work and an ambassador activity. The students then look at the proposed expansion of Heathrow and debate whether or not it should have a third runway.
Please note: for the activity for the improvements of infrastructure, you can either use the text book (page numbers in notes section) or the slides at the end of the main PPT.
Please note: all resources needed for this lesson are included in the PPT. The lesson uses pages in the new AQA GCSE book, but I have created extra slides with relevant information that can be used instead.
This lesson looks at how the population in two rural areas in the UK have changed, why and the social and economic effects of these.
Questions to help aid revision of section A and B of the new AQA Geography GCSE. This pack does not include exam questions, but questions to help guide independent revision.
UPDATE - 20/10/2017
Questions for Unit 1 Section A, B and C and Unit 2 Section C have been uploaded.
Lesson looks at the causes of economic change in the UK. Includes clips and a carousel activity.
Please note: some of the information I have used is from the AQA GCSE textbook (pages about economic change)
This lesson was created for the AQA GCSE Geography course.
The lesson looks at the UK as a post-industrial economy and the 2 many areas of it: service and finance, research and information technology.
Includes:
Recall activity
Comprehension activity
Flowcharts as a way to develop explanation
Exam question practice
Home learning activity
Please note: all worksheets are included in the PPT presentation itself.
This lesson looks at:
What quality of life is
Assessing quality of life in mock scenarios across countries (China, Denmark, Ghana)
Quality of life in London using data (extended writing)
Lesson that questions who responsibility it is to tackle climate change.
Do Now - Who is the biggest carbon emitter (per capita) - tackling preconceptions
Introduction to a common viewpoint
Carousel activity to gather evidence to support and challenge viewpoint
Extended writing task with WILF