Introduction lesson looking at Geography and Disease. The lesson asks pupils to focus on new geographical words related to disease (literacy) and a world map of diseases. Pupils can look at patterns and suggest reasons.
Pupils also compare top 10 diseases from developed, emerging and developing countries. Diamond 9 activity for reasons related to diseases included too.
This lesson requires research for pupils to do. Begins with a fact-file about Ghana and looks at exports in Ghana. There is a quiz for pupils to assess their knowledge.
A double lesson looking at:1) The history of Africa and colonialism as well as 2) Misconceptions surrounding Africa.
The history of Africa - looking at a map and activities that can be done online. The main part looks at countries that were taken over by the British, French etc. Pupils could plot on a map? Info sheets included.
The second part (another lesson) looks at misconceptions surrounding Africa e.g. people speak African - or Africans are poor. There are views expressed by a range of players (people) by which pupils can categorise and rank and write their own!
An online lesson that can easily be adapted to in class - looking at the Big 5 animals in Africa. Students can make fact-files on each animal and then present/swap before judging each animal.
A lesson looking at marine biomes - with the example of the Great barrier Reef. Pupils can look at marine animals and their adaptations - mainly for Year 7 but can work for any KS3 classes. Pupils look at facts about the Great Barrier Reef and the main threats from tourism and the environment.
A lesson looking at what a biome is, the location of biomes around the world and information regarding each biome. Pupils can do a range of activities: posters, fact-files or presentations. Lots of activities which involve: guess the biome, picture round and a word search!
KS3 lesson looking at the causes, impacts and awareness of a tornado. Videos included. Pictures included and a range of different viewpoints explored e.g. climate scientist, resident etc.
KS3 resource looking at the causes of flooding, impacts and an example of flooding in a developed country (UK) and developing country (Bangladesh). Spelling test and wordsearch included.
A lesson that looks at what global warming is. The impacts are also shown through use of pictures and a documentary looking at the influence of humans.
A lesson involving links to the UK climate (temperature and precipitation) while also looking at the causes of Thunder and Lightning. Lots of videos and ideas for pupils to think about lightning safety.
This lesson can be used for in class and online. The lesson focuses on the climate of the UK (temperature and precipitation). Map skills are enhanced. The lesson looks at 3 cloud types with opportunities to be creative. The lesson also looks at the 3 different types of rainfall (frontal, convectional and relief). Lots of opportunities for self assessment!
A lesson looking at how different countries celebrate the festive season of Halloween in different countries. Pupils can plot on a map the country, a brief description, draw the flag and rank the traditions. Loads of room for pupils to choose what to do - poster, fact-file etc. Good for tutorial time too!
A lesson looking at Halloween. The lesson has a crossword activity, quiz, spellings, catchphrase and bingo! There is a cross-curricular link towards the History of Halloween and an activity for pupils to guess Trick (false) or Treat (true) statements about traditions in other countries.
Pupils can then be creative for safety poster designs, pumpkin ideas and stories! Pupils can plot the traditions on a world map e.g. Mexico - day of the dead.
A resource looking at flags - which all kids love in geography! There is an activity re-capping urban and rural followed by a flag Powerpoint quiz. There is an activity to get kids engaged and designing their own flag. The importance of flags is also considered.
A lesson allowing students to work independently and to look at urban vs rural areas. A game of splat is included as well as re-cap opportunities for students. Guess the country flag powerpoint too!
Lesson based on the different types of geography (physical;human and environmental) - perfect for Year 7. Activities involve sorting, picture quiz, looking at skills, spelling test and geography in the news task!
A lesson looking at the countries taking part in Euro 2021 with a sweepstake, guess the country, word search and bingo activitiy. Lots of fun for tutorial and geography!
A lesson looking at examples of volcanic eruptions in developed vs developing countries. Earthquake case study (Nepal 2015) is includes with slides on tsunami formation also included.
A lesson that re-caps volcano types (shield and composite) with a look at volcanic hazards such as ash, lava and pyroclastic flow. Mainly suited for year 8 pupils (lower ability) but can be adapted
A lesson looking at a re-cap of layers, the 3 main plate boundaries (convergent, divergent and conservative) as well as the difference between a shield and composite volcano.