Students will begin by recapping what they have previously learnt in the other lessons on physical features of the Middle East. Then they will recap what they know about climate and biomes. Then will be asked to describe the location of deserts globally using latitude and longitude. Then they will identify the features of the hot desert and will be asked to describe the climate of Egypt by identifying features of a climate graph. Higher ability students will be asked to complete their own climate graph in lesson. All students will be able to compare two climate graphs of differing areas. Task 1: Knowledge Retention Task 2: Identify location of hot deserts Task 3: Identify the features of hot deserts Task 4: Describe the climate of Egypt using a climate graph Task 5: Creation of own climate graph Task 6: Compare climate graphs of Egypt and Brazil. This lesson has a completed powerpoint and worksheet

Students will start with 5 quick questions from their previous lessons on North America. Then they will describe the location of San Francisco in the United States of America, they will then recap conservative plate boundaries and how they cause earthquakes. Students will then be tested quickly on their ability to describe the formation of an earthquake. Students then learn how we measure earthquakes with the Richter Scale and the Mercalli Scale. Finally students will read through the information sheet about the quake and will identify the effects of the quake into social, economic and environmental effects. Then finish of their information by writing a newspaper article to summarise their learning. Task 1: Knowledge Retention Task 2: Identify location of San Francisco Task 3: Recap how earthquakes form Task 4: Identify the effects of the quake Task 4: Write a newspaper article about the quake. This lesson contains a full powerpoint, worksheet and newspaper template

Students will begin by recapping with a formative assessment on what they have previously learnt in the other lessons on physical features of North America Students will then be asked how they would respond to the impacts of hurricane Katrina, and then will be asked to evaluate the responses of the government. They will do this through using the Disaster Management Cycle and will identify if these were long term of short term. Finally students will finish with writing a speech explaining how they plan to respond and recover from the effects of Hurricane Katrina. Task 1: Knowledge Retention and formative assessment Task 2: Identify how they would respond to impacts Task 3: Categorise responses to short term, long term and effective/ ineffective Task 4: Write a speech explaining how you plan to respond, recover, from the effects of Hurricane Katrina and prepare for future hurricanes. This lesson has a completed powerpoint and worksheet

Students will identify the inequalities in Brazil, through identifying the urban and rural areas in Brazil and why people migrate to urban areas. This will lead on to urbanisation and its causes. Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning Task 2: Identify the positives and negatives of both rural and urban areas. Task 3: Causes of urbanisation through push and pull factors Task 4: Main Task - Describe how inequality has developed in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Task 5: Plenary: Class question- What are some of the social, economic and environmental issues with rapidly urbanising areas Lesson 2 out of 8

Students will firstly complete 5 quick questions about their previous learning over previous lessons. Then they will identify what challenges are and explain what challenges they might think are present in cold environments. With each section students will be given a challenge and students will have to link that to why it is hard for them to develop. Finally they will be asked to complete a 6 mark question “Explain the challenges of cold environments and their impact on development (6 marks)” Task 1: Knowledge Retention Task 2: Identify challenges in the cold environment Task 3: Explain how these limit development Task 4: Explain the challenges of cold environments and their impact on development (6 marks) This download contains and up to date powerpoint and worksheet.

Students will be able to recap the key learning from previous lessons on Asia and features of population, they will also be able to describe the mode of data on their white boards as a starter. Then students will be asked to describe what overpopulation is and what its effects might be. Then using a choropleth map to describe where globally is densely populated. There is then a video to watch to describe the problems with overpopulation. Students are to match up the causes of over population to the definition and describe why. Students are introduced to Dharavi Slums in India and to describe using the images what problems overpopulation have caused. Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning Task 1: Define/ describe overpopulation Task 2: Describe where globally is densely populated Task 3: Identify the causes of overpopulation and evaluate which is the worst and why Task 4: Main Task: Using the photographs of Dharavi, explain some of the problems with overpopulation Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.

The Ultimate Geography Halloween Quiz for 2024 has landed! With over 30 questions, this quiz will test students ability to name physical geography features such as formation of rivers, climate and coast, but will also test their ability to map read in a fun trick-or treat inspired 4 figure grid reference test. Finally the quiz finishes with general knowledge about Halloween that will get the students scratching their heads. With fun sound effects and music, students will love this quiz for the end of term!

A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on the human and physical causes of flood risk. Students will learn about how different features contribute to flooding events and evaluate if HICs or LICs are more significantly affected. Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, Using the information they learnt in the previous lesson. Hook- Students to explain what they think the image means, or what it has to do with the lesson. Task 2: Which of the drainage basins are more likely to flood and why? Task 3: Key Term Match Up Task 4: Students to read through the different causes of flooding and put them into human or physical factors Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Explain why the town of Boscastle in Cornwall is likely to suffer from flooding (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 - Home Learning - Explain why the effects of flooding are worse in LICs. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **

A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on the features of the lower course. Students will learn about depositional features such as levees, floodplains and estuaries. Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, Using the information they learnt in the previous lesson. Hook- Students to explain what they think the image means, or what it has to do with the lesson. Task 2: Field sketch and describe the appearance of a floodplain. Task 3: Create labels on how levees form Task 4: Students to draw and label how a meander forms. Task 5: Describe how the tide causes an estuary to occur. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Describe how a features found in the lower course of a river is formed (4).” 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 - Key Term Trade **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **

A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on the features of the middle course. Students will learn about the erosional features and depositional features such as meanders and oxbow lakes. Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, Using the information they learnt in the previous lesson. Hook- Students to explain what they think the image means, or what it has to do with the lesson. Task 2: Field sketch and describe the cross-section of a meander. Task 3: Watch a video about how meanders turn into oxbow lakes Task 4: Students to draw and label how a meander forms. Task 5: Students to label the five steps to the formation of an oxbow lake Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Explain how an ox-bow lake could form on the river shown in Figure 1 (6).” 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 - Odd one Out **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **

A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on the different types of erosion and transportation. Then students will link erosion, transportation, are deposition to velocity and particle size. Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, Using the information they learnt in the previous lesson. Hook- Students to explain what they think the image means, or what it has to do with the lesson. Task 2: Watch the video and make notes on what transportation is. Task 3: Using the key terms students sort the transportation descriptions to the key term. Task 4: Students then label the key terms on a diagram to cement knowledge. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “How does velocity affect transportation and deposition (4).” 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 - Write down four pieces of knowledge they have gained today. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **

These home learning/ homework sheets are a good way to test students knowledge and comprehension of the “changing economic world” topic of Nigeria. Each sheet provides upwards of 7 research questions, with two AQA specified exam questions to ensure that students are applying their knowledge correctly. It is recommended giving 1-2 weeks for students to complete the sheet (depending on student ability) This home learning sheet is specifically designed for the Nigeria lessons that are also on Planet Geography, so if you want some engaging and challenging lessons, head over to the lessons and get them too!! There are two homework sheets in this bundle, there is a Word version so you can edit the questions and there is also a PDF file so you can send it to your students digitally.

These home learning/ homework sheets are a good way to test students knowledge and comprehension of the “changing economic world” topic. Each sheet provides upwards of 7 research questions, with two AQA specified exam questions to ensure that students are applying their knowledge correctly. It is recommended giving 1-2 weeks for students to complete the sheet (depending on student ability) This home learning sheet is specifically designed for the Changing Economic World lessons that are also on Planet Geography, so if you want some engaging and challenging lessons, head over to the lessons and get them too!!

A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on an introduction into Nigeria. Students will be able to describe the location of Nigeria, the importance of Nigeria, both globally and regionally along with explaining how the changing demographics have resulted in Nigeria developing into an NEE. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Recap on how ox-bow lakes are formed Task 2: Geography Skills: Describe the location of Nigeria (4 marks) Task 3: Watch the video on facts about Nigeria Task 4: Students to describe the population structure of Nigeria using a population pyramid (4 marks) Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Nigeria is becoming a NEE”. To what extent do you agree? (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 - True or False about Nigeria **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **

Students will be able to outline the main long term and short term effects of Chernobyl and the consequences of these effects. Students will be able to evaluate the severity between the long term and short term consequences of Chernobyl. Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons Task 2: Using an atlas identify countries affected by the radiation leak Task 3: Looking at the information on the worksheet students to rank these effects 1-9 in terms of significance. Task 4: Main Task: Students to answer one of two questions about Chernobyl and its effects Task 5: Plenary: What things would students pack in their bags if they had to evacuate. Lesson contains powerpoint and worksheet

A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on the transport infrastructure in the UK. This lesson covers, port, road and railways - specifically looking at HS2. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Exam Question on processes of slumping. Task 2: Why is transport important in the UK? Task 3: Watch the video and make notes on HS2. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Describe how the UK is improving its transport network (4 marks) High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 5: Peer Assessment Task 5: Plenary - Revise for headlands and bays as questions will be coming next week. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **

A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on the transport infrastructure in the UK, specifically about the Heathrow Expansion along with the stakeholders, the positives and negatives of the expansion and finally the social, economic, environmental and political factors. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Draw 4 diagrams to show the formation of headlands and bays. Task 2: Geographic Skills: Description of Location - Describe where Heathrow is Task 3: Geographic Skills: Comparison of information - Compare Heathrow airport to its international rivals. Task 4: Watch the video and make notes on the Heathrow expansion. Task 5: Label which opinion is for or again the expansion, then categorise the stakeholders into social, economic, political and environmental. Then rank them into most and least important arguements. Task 6: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “‘Changes to the UK transport infrastructure are predicted to be beneficial’ To what extent do you agree (9 marks)" High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 7: Plenary - Revise for headlands and bays as questions will be coming next week. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **

A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on the employment of the UK through time. An introduction to key terms such as primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary employment and what these jobs are. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Recap on how levees are formed, through read, wipe, write. Task 2: Geography Skills - Describe what type of graph it is, what it shows, and then “Describe how employment has changed in the UK since 1970. (3 marks)” Task 3: Create your own employment linkage, from primary to quaternary employment. Task 4: Geography Skills - Describe what type of graph it is, what it shows, and then "Describe how the UK’s economy has changed from 1800-2006 (4 marks) Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Explain how the UK’s economy has changed from 1800-2006 (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 the wrong words. Task 5: Plenary - Revision for next lessons exam question about levees. **Download contains Powerpoint and worksheet for the lesson. **