I am a secondary school Head of department and I love to teach engaging, vibrant and interesting lessons. I try to inspire students with what greets them when they come into my classroom and try to move away from the chalk and talk teacher at the front lessons and make learning interactive and fun!
I am a secondary school Head of department and I love to teach engaging, vibrant and interesting lessons. I try to inspire students with what greets them when they come into my classroom and try to move away from the chalk and talk teacher at the front lessons and make learning interactive and fun!
This is a 22 page booklet summarising the Eduqas course from September that supports all of the Eduqas lessons (see shop) that I have published. The booklet is self contained as a revision document and there is also the addition of case study summary sheets included.
The Urban-Rural links, distinctive landscapes and extreme weather sections are all covered and the activities are varied throughout.
This is the following lesson in the sequence after Population and migration in the UK - Causes and impacts which is also available.
Students have to attempt another data presentation skill with some extension work of selecting an appropriate scale and justifying the technique as well as completing the technique using the map and data provided (see additional resources attached).
Students then make links between the housing crisis and population growth building on from the previous lessons. Students investigate what a garden city is and if it is the answer to the housing crisis. They have to categorize a series of information about garden cities and have to review what the appropriate categories would be. The lesson is then completed with a consolidation task at the end of the lesson or as a homework extension on an examination question.
This lesson is to do with the hot semi-arid ecosystems largely focused on African countries, vegetation and climate. The full lesson is planned with examples, all worksheets and a homework research activity with an AO3 justification question to complete the research activity.
The lesson also covers examples and activities to complete food chains, nutrient cycles and biodiversity.
This lesson contains the full planned lesson (covers two lessons) to explain the cause of droughts in California with a series of resources and activities for students to complete.
There is also a clip to show and a variety of map and data handling exercises including the homework activity. There is also a case study task sheet that works best with the information resources and printed as A3.
All resources are included.
Scheme of work to cover theme 1 of the Eduqas Geography specification theme 1, including distinctive landscapes, processes and change such as coasts and rivers and the flooding issue. This scheme of work is also available with a full bank of lessons to go with the scheme.
Students spend the first part of this two part lesson looking at the causes of flooding and then make decisions based on their learning as to what is the greatest cause of flooding.
Students then examine storm hydro graphs and construct a hydro graph themselves. They then consolidate learning with an examination question linking causes of flooding and the recordings on storm hydro graphs.
All resources, print outs and homework are attached within the power point.
This is the next double lesson in the sequence for theme 2 'Rural and Urban links'. There are a variety of activities that are attached including an examination question to consolidate learning.
Students look at the reasons for the growth of commuter towns and commuters in general in addition to the impact and management of commuters. The second lesson follows on to look at second homes and the impact of second homes on rural populations.
Students have the opportunity to identify links between rural areas and deprivation in Wales. Students have to use the sources to make links and annotate the maps.
Following on there is a flow chart to organise in order to understand what causes rural deprivation and link this onto the issues of health care provision and education. Students then have a writing frame to complete an analysis style question using the opinions and sources.
All resources are attached to be printed. This can be completed as 1 or 2 lessons.
Previous lessons to this sequence are available as this is the last lesson for this key question (see bundle to buy as a group) whereby students consider what it means to be a sustainable rural community. They need to work on examination skills of developing points to explain and use evidence on the spider diagram.
In addition students then look at a rural area that has attempted to regenerate and become more sustainable and students have to evaluate how successful the area has been in meeting the objectives using the images and clip link that is on the power point.
There is an examination question also to be used for homework with some scaffolding put in place that can be added to further or removed according to ability.
These learning checklists are idea to audit and focus revision planning in lessons and at home. There are comprehensive checklists for Unit 1 (Restless Earth, Living World and Water on the Land) and then Unit 2 (Urban environments, Development Gap and Tourism).
Students and teachers can use these to priortise their revision and also highlight any areas missed. See my shop for revision materials to accompany checklists.
This lesson follows on in the sequence of Theme 2 regarding population and urban change. Student consider what a sustainable community is with a mini revision picture task and then look at eco-towns using BedZed as an example with a video link.
Keywords are referenced and embedded into the power point before Egan's wheel is introduced in the form of a jigsaw task. Students then have to evaluate their local area using Egan's wheel and make comparisons about the sustainability of the local catchments areas. Homework sheet with wheel attached also.
This is good as a baseline or end of unit test for Year 7 or using skills within a topic (Rivers and Water management) in particular on a variety of map skills covering many elements including direction, compass work, 4 and 6 figure grid references, photograph interpretation and sketch maps.
All resources and assessment with mark scheme are stand alone so no additional planning needed.
This lesson is a fantastic lesson to engage the students in what can normally be a dry topic when covering development! Students have to use a variety of skills including numeracy and there is extended reading and decision making skills, this can also be used as an assessment or stand alone lesson.
Print the task sheets on A3 to make sure students have enough space to get all of their written work completed.
Students and parents can test themselves using the question and answer activities to learn and retain the content needed for the examination. The questions are largely focused around the AQA specification but can be applied to both EdExcel and OCR.
My students have RAG these and put them onto flash cards for the questions that they find the most difficult.
Students and parents can test themselves using the question and answer activities to learn and retain the content needed for the examination. The questions are largely focused around the AQA specification but can be applied to both EdExcel and OCR.
My students have RAG these and put them onto flash cards for the questions that they find the most difficult.
Students consider the reasons for urban decline by analysing a variety of sources including text and images about Newcastle upon Tyne as a case study (all materials are contained so will work even if you are unfamiliar with location).
Students then have to write a report and the Newspaper template is icluded as an overview. In addition students look at the process of renewal and include insight about sectoral shifts as heavy industry declined. This includes a research and sorting exercise that provides evidence for an examination question.
There i also a homework sheet included that builds on retention exercise on the lesson and the task is explained on the prepared sheet.
This lesson is part of a sequence of lessons on this unit, please see my shop for further lessons and materials.
This is the first lesson in the Social development unit, it is a double lesson and has the addition of homework and consolidation exercise with an exam question.
The start of the lesson looks at the different ways in ehich social development can be regarded and classified, focusing on education and health and then looking at HDI and comparing the indicators (there are support sheets to go with this).
Students then start to look for patterns in economic and social development data and evaluate which is preferable to give a representation of development.
Students then look at other factors that can directly impact development such as child labour and the refugee crisis (homework). There are clips that have been added and resources for the revision guide that I have included into the lesson (a full copy of the revision guide can be found in my shop. All resources attached, just need to print.
This is a suitable introduction to China looking at location and the human and physical features, it is the first lesson in the scheme of work and assessment rubric for China that is available on TES.
This is the following lesson in the sequence after Urban and Rural links (can be purchased from my shop as individual lessons or bundle for the first key question of theme 2).
Students have a variety of tasks to complete about why the population of the UK is changing and explain the reasons that they have been given. Students start to look at an ageing population more closely with a discussion image. And then followed by a sorting exercise regarding the positives and negatives of an ageing population.
Lastly the learning for this lesson and the previous learning is then consolidated in a series of exam questions with shared planning. The 8 mark question can also be used as a homework task.
A good starter lesson with interactive activities such as map from memory and a sorting exercise in addition to a homework resource are attached.
The book mentions the AQA A GCSE Geography text book right at the end of the ppt. This lesson has been transferred from a IWB file so the slides are images, and all of the tasks are on separate documents and can be differentiated as needed.