Students to define what sustainability is and how social, economic and environmental factors must be taken into account to make something sustainable. Then students will read through the worksheet and choose which option is the best for sustainability. Finally, students will put everything they have learnt together in a final secondary assessment.
Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning
Task 2: On whiteboards, come up with a definition of sustainability
Task 3: Identify which management strategy is the most sustainable and why.
Task 4: Main Task - Secondary Assessment - Evaluate the protection of the Amazon Rainforest.
Task 5: Plenary: 3,2,1 - Class Discussion - Why do people cut down the rainforest?
Lesson 8 out of 8
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on aid, introduction to different types of aid, when do we use it and how the UK gives aid to Pakistan
Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning
Task 2: Define aid then writing the definition on their worksheet
Task 3: Read through the different facts about aid in Pakistan and students are to outline if the facts are positives of negatives to Pakistan
Task 4: Main Task - Long form writing- students to define what aid is, how it can benefit and be a negative to Pakistan. Then they are to state overall if aid is a good or bad thing and justify if the UK should keep giving aid.
Task 5: Plenary - On whiteboards, students to give ideas on how Pakistan can improve development in their country.
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In this lesson students will be introduced to what fieldwork skills are, how to do them and why we do them. This is to get them farmiliar with the types of sampling and data collection ahead of a fieldtrip and why they choose that.
In this lesson students cover:
Primary vs Secondary Data
Qualitative vs Quantative Data
Types of sampling: Cluster, Stratified, Systematic and Random, along with the benefits and drawbacks of each type of sampling.
Finally students cover why we do risk assessments and why it is important.
Students finish off with an exam question practice that will be completed in their booklets.
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on conflict, an introduction into what conflict is, types of conflict and how they affect us on a local, national and global scale and how patterns of conflict have shaped the world today.
Task 1: Starter - Define what conflict and war is.
Task 2: Decide which conflicts are local, national and international
Task 3: Interpret the map on which things are good about the map and which are bad.
Task 4: Using an Atlas and the patterns of conflict to design their own map illustrating the patterns of conflict today
Task 5: Main Task - Long form writing- students to use the map they have created to describe the patterns of conflict in the world today.
Task 6: Plenary - Class discussion- which conflict was the worst and why?
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Students will identify different biomes throughout Russia and understand how climate affects the locations of biomes. Students will also be able to describe the vegetation and animals that are located through the biomes of Russia.
Task 1: Starter: Key words match up
Task 2: Describe location of the biomes in Russia
Task 3: Fill in sheet with characteristics of different biomes
Task 4: Main Task: Students to describe what vegetation/ animals they would see throughout their journey.
Task 5: Plenary: Quiz at the end of the lesson to summarise learning.
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how to measure distance on a map, both through straight lines and also through curved lines.
Task 1: Starter - 15 questions recall previous lesson learning.
Task 2: Students to work together on how you can find two whole cities in an inch of space
Task 3: On the worksheets, students have a go at using the scale on the sheet to measure the distance between each image.
Task 4: On the worksheet students use a curved line and measure the distance.
Task 5: Main Task - Tertiary Assessment - “Explain the importance of cartography” with success criteria and sentence starter
Task 7: Plenary: Odd One Out
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Students will be able to describe what a migrant is, along with examples of who would be classed as a migrant. Then students will identify the difference between, migrant, immigrant, refugee and emigrant. Finally students will learn the causes of migration and the use of the terms push and pull factors. Along with the impacts of migration on the host and country of origin.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Key term match up with migrant, emigrant, refugee with definitions.
Task 2: Identification of push and pull factors in terms of migration
Task 3: Impacts of migration for host and country of origin.
Task 4: Main Task: Evaluate the impact of migration of the country of origin and the host country.
Task 5: Plenary: Purposeful retrieval of information from the lesson.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Students will be able to locate Nigeria using the locational information from previous lessons as well as the map on the board. Students will then read through the information sheet and highlight why Nigeria is important socially, economically and environmentally. Students will then identify the scale on Nigeria’s importance between nationally or globally and then create a tourist brochure about why people should visit Nigeria.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Describe the location of Nigeria
Task 2: Identify on the information sheet the social, economic and environmental importance of Nigeria.
Task 3: Explain the global and national importance of Nigeria.
Task 4: Create a travel brochure on Nigeria and why tourists should visit there.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on inequality in the UK and the north south divide, an introduction on the differences between regions in the UK
Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning
Task 2: Using the infographic students are to write down three differences between the north and south of England.
Task 3: Students to watch a video about the north south divide in the UK and make notes.
Task 4: Read through the information on worksheets and evaluate which of them is the most effective and why.
Task 5: Main Task - Long form writing- describe the north south divide and its effects on England.
Task 6: Plenary - Students to look at GCSE grade results in the UK and explain what the knock on effects for students are in the north of England
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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how the UK’s demand for energy has changed, why it has changed along with how the mix of energy the UK has used has changed. This lesson covers fracking, wind and nuclear energy as case studies for the impacts of energy exploitation.
Task 1: Starter - Knowledge retention of previous learning
Task 2: Graph analysis: Describe how consumption in the UK has changed over time.
Task 3: Pie chart analysis: Energy mix of the UK through time.
Task 4: Compound line graph analysis: Energy mix of the UK through time.
Task 5: Colour code the positives and negatives of wind and nuclear power.
Task 5: Main Task -Exam question practice “Explain why the UK’s energy mix will include both renewable and non-renewable sources in the future. (6 marks)"
Task 6: Plenary - What are some of the main uses for water in the UK?
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Students will be able to recap the difference between weather and climate then identify the different climates of Africa. Students then learn the three components that affect biome distribution. Then using four different climate graphs of different countries in Africa students cement their knowledge through 4 different questions. Finally students will investigate the animals and plants that are adapted to two places of contrasting climate, e.g. Egypt and DRC.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Describe the area that receives the most direct sunlight
Task 2: Describe the different climate areas in Africa using latitude
Task 3: Analyse four different climate graphs of contrasting areas in Africa
Task 4: Main Task: Compare the adaptation of the plants and animals of two different climates in two countries in Africa
Task 5: Plenary: Recap of home learning expectation.
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Students to write down the characteristics of pictures of favelas and describe what the conditions look like in these areas. Students will identify why people live there and why they have moved there. Advantages and disadvantages of living in a favela and jobs that are there.
Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning
Task 2: Identify why people live in favelas and identify the characteristics of favelas.
Task 3: Advantages and Disadvantages of living in a favela along with the jobs there.
Task 4: Main Task - Describe the opportunities and challenges of living in a favela
Task 5: Plenary: Class question - How would the government fix this issue?
Lesson 4 out of 8
Students will be able to describe how our climate has changed over time, why it has changed over time and interpret graphs that link CO2 to temperature to sea-level rise. Then students will identify the natural causes of climate change and the human causes of climate change.
Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics
Task 2: On whiteboards come up with theories about how we know the climate has changed in the past.
Task 3: Using the worksheet, students evaluate which is the most accurate/ best proxy for climate reconstruction and place them in a diamond 9.
Task 4: Main Task: Students to describe how we know our climate is changing through evaluation of proxies.
Task 5: Plenary: What do we think our planet was like during the last Ice Age?
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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the distribution of tropical storm, a look into how they form, where they form and the conditions surrounding tropical storms
Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning
Task 2: Write a detailed description explaining where tropical storms form (3 marks)
Task 3: Complete description of formation of tropical storms
Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- "Study the map below which shows the path of a tropical storm. With the help of the map, describe the life cycle of a tropical storm. (4 marks)
Task 5: Plenary - Using the information on graph students must infer what tropical storms will be like in the future.
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Students will state where the Middle East is along with recognising the countries in that area along with the physical geography of the Middle East. The final task is where students describe the physical features of the Middle East to show comprehension.
Lesson 4 of 9 about conflict.
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the continents and countries of the world, an introduction into scale, at both local, national and global.
Task 1: Starter - Name as many countries using the alphabet as possible.
Task 2: Student to put the locations in order of size
Task 3: Students to name each continent on Earth
Task 4: Students use an Atlas to fill in as many countries as possible in the Europe map.
Task 5: Label the 4 countries that make up Great Britain.
Task 6: Main Task - Describe where we live in the world using scale.
Task 7: Plenary
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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on an introduction to OS maps, how to read map symbols and why we use map symbols on maps
Task 1: Starter - Recap over the last 3 lessons
Task 2: Students identify the different symbols on the map
Task 3: Students to explain why we use symbols on maps
Task 4: Students identify all the symbols and what they mean.
Task 5: Main Task - Describe why we use symbols on a map and when would we use them
Task 6: Plenary - Map symbol bingo
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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the different types of geography (physical, human and environmental). Students are to define what geography is and identify the three different types, then they have to attribute pictures to the types of geography.
Task 1: Starter - True or False questions about the previous lesson
Task 2: Students write down what they think geography is, then write the correct definition of geography.
Task 3: Write down details on what human, physical and environmental geography
Task 4: Main Task - Primary Assessment, using the information they have learnt from the previous lessons answer the question “Describe where you live in the world”
Task 7: Identify the physical features in the picture provided.
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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on comparing the 2010 Haiti earthquake with the 2011 New Zealand quake. This lesson is the last in the series and works really well with the others in the series. Students recap the effects and impacts of the quakes and then identify to what extent they agree with the statement “The effects of tectonic hazards are worse in LICs.”
This 9 mark question has high levels of scaffolding that allow students of all abilities to access to question and work through each section with sentence starters and key words on each.
Task 1: Starter: Recall on each type of graph and revision of coast topic.
Task 2: Recap quiz on plate tectonics to see how confident they are on the lessons.
Task 3: Identify the relevant differences in the quake between the two locations.
Task 4: The effects of tectonic hazards are worse in LICs. To what extent do you agree? (9 marks +3 Spag)
Task 6: Peer Feedback
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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on an what Transnational corporations (TNC’s) are and why they have chosen Nigeria to develop in. Students will be able to explain the positives and negatives of Nigeria and then answer the question on if TNCs are a positive force in Nigeria.
Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Recap on how ox-bow lakes are formed
Task 2: Outline the positives and negatives of TNCs on the worksheet.
Task 3: Geography Skills: Describe the distribution of oil fields in Nigeria (3 marks)
Task 4: Students to watch a video explaining the positives and negatives of Shell in Nigeria.
Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “To what extent are TNCs a positive force for the host country?" (6 marks)
High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words.
Task 5: Plenary - Revision on exam question about ox-bow lakes.
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