A3 Christmas theme worksheet for KS3 Geography. All content is related to both Christmas and Geography to make a fun activity for the winter term! Activities such as 4-figure grid referencing, quiz questions, using diagrams and explaining seasons are included. This worksheet is to be used as question/refernce sheet answers should be written in exercise books or on paper. Answers sheet is also provided!

KS3 Rivers: Gap fill on the formation of a meander to an oxbow lake, use the words in the word bank below to fill out the explanation of how an oxbow lake forms. Suitable as a mid-lesson activity or a starter for years 7-9.

KS3 4-figure grid reference activity: Find the letters at each grid reference to spell out 5 UK cities. Good starter or extension activity for a Geography lesson on 4-figure grid references + encourages place knowledge

KS3 Geogrpahy introductory activity to weathering. The definition of weathering itslef, and a read, write and match up task for 3 different types of weathering (Chemical, Physical/mechanical, biological) and a visual slide for show and discussion of the three types. Works well as a starter activity for rocks/geology modules or as a revisit task.

KS3 Geography: Glaciers - full lesson presentation & worksheets on identifying erosional landforms (Aretes, Corries and U-shaped valley) introduction to glaciation and the erosion process that happens here. Interactive activities and a cold-call idea included in the powerpoint - can add students names under the question boxes - Comes with a worksheet activity and a confidence checker for the end of the lesson!

KS3 Activity sheet on the adaptations of animals in a hot desert and cold environment ecosystem. Multiple tasks which get pupils to think about the physical conditions and characterisitcs of these areas and how certain animals are best adapted to that area.

Powerpoint lesson on recognising map symbols, OS maps, how to see height on a map, 4 and 6 figure grid references. Includes video and visual aids, questions and instructions throughout the powerpoint. EDITABLE: the map on the last slide shows the edge of Plymouth, but this could be exchanged for any OS map extract and questions.

KS4 Geography. Set of lessons about the urban regeneration of Bristol: Including social inequality, clean environment, environmental challenges, Temple Quarter regeneration. Comes with full lessons and a homework (or extended lesson) activity. Video clips and tasks in all lessons.

KS4 Geography.Set of lessons about the development in Rio de Janeiro including environmental, social, economic challenges and opportunities. Includes some complete lessons and worksheets/activities, some lesson bases with opportunity for easily creating own lessons from. Teaching ideas included.

KS3 Activity exploring what ecosystems are, startng to name as many different biomes as pupils can they can then use this activity to look at a food web and start to link food webs and chains with different ecosystems to help understanding of how living organisms form an ecosystem.

AQA GEOGRAPHY GCSE Lesson on the social Inequality - Bristol case study. Includes visual aids, questions, tasks and paired discussion. Stoke Bishop vs Filwood, lesson to be used alongside the AQA GCSE textbook.

KS3 Geography activity choosing items to go in an earthquake survival kit. 2 tasks, one is a drawing and labelling task and the second is an explaining/justification task to show understanding of what problems people might face during an earthquake. Suitable for KS3 Geography natural hazards module.

KS3/4 2 lesson case study on the 2021 eruption of La Soufriere in St. Vincent. REQUIRES AN ATLAS Suitable for the natural hazards module (volcanoes) to be used as a modern case study or alongside an older case study for comparison. Contains 2 lessons worth of presentation with videos linked, 1 worksheet and 1 visual handout, needs an atlas for task 1 with the world statistics page, or a lesson with laptops available.

KS3/4 activity: A template of a tweet about Wind power/turbines (EDITABLE: Change the textbox to add your schools name/logo before printing) Task is to write a tweet about an opinion of a new wind farm being built in the localtown/next to school grounds - is it good or bad and for what reason? 2 tweets per page print-out and cut out.

KS3 Geography: Layers of the earth worksheet. 3 activites included; 1) Label the diagram with the correct layers 2) Describe each layer (state, temperature, what it is/does) 3) Draw a diagram to show convection in the mantle. Suitable for ages 11-14 natural hazards module. Also suitable for Geology.

KS3 Geography lesson on Extreme Weather - looking at Australia as an example of El Nino/ La Nina by looking at the weather events happening in Australia from 2019-2021. News reports linked in powerpoint, one slide to be printed as a worksheet, tasks and discussion points throughout. Great Video expalining how the ENSO cycle works. Briefly covers the idea of climate change and how it ma affect extreme weather.

KS3/4 christmas vocabulary activity for languages (Spanish) - Match up the words from the word bank at the bottom of the sheet to the correct picture of a well-known christmas item. Start by translating the 2 sentences at the top of the sheet into English, then complete the match up task. The last picture is missing, but the Spanish word is written in for you - see if you can draw the correct item! Suitable for KS3/4 as a fun activity to complete over the festive period!

KS3/4 christmas vocabulary activity for languages (French) - Match up the words from the word bank at the bottom of the sheet to the correct picture of a well-known christmas item. Start by translating the 2 sentences at the top of the sheet into English, then complete the match up task. The last picture is missing, but the French word is written in for you - see if you can draw the correct item! Suitable for KS3/4 as a fun activity to complete over the festive period!

KS3 Types of Volcano task: A grid of features about composite and shield volcanoes which need highlighting in two different colours depending on whether they are features of composite, or features of shield volcanoes. There is a challenge question at the bottom of the sheet.