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GCSE Geography Issue Evaluation 2023 Cayman Islands - Paper 3 (AQA) (Pre-Release)
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GCSE Geography Issue Evaluation 2023 Cayman Islands - Paper 3 (AQA) (Pre-Release)

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This lesson is the introduction to the Paper 3 Pre-Release section for 2023. It introduces the first 3 pages of the booklet, discussing what tourism is, the benefits of tourism including job opportunities and the positive multiplier effect it creates. Then an evaluation into which countries rely on tourism the most, along with a discussion on the compound line graph and how to read it, then the growth of cruise tourism in the Caribbean. Task 1: Knowledge Retention - Answer questions students have previously learnt. Task 2: Describe how tourism creates jobs and what knock on effects these have. Task 3: Describe the trends that are present in the graph Task 4: Which country receives the most tourism? Description and evaluation of a compound line graph. Task 5: Describe the trends seen in the bar chart of number of cruise passengers. Task 6: Evaluation of infographic on cruise ships in the Caribbean. Task 7: Describe the location of the Cayman Island. Final Task: What are the social, economic, and environmental effects of cruise tourism in the Caribbean. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Comparing the Christchurch and Haiti Earthquakes - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Comparing the Christchurch and Haiti Earthquakes - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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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 **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
York Flood Management Scheme - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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York Flood Management Scheme - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on the flood management scheme in York, Yorkshire. Students will find out, why the scheme is needed, what the scheme entails and the social, economic and environmental impacts of the scheme. 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: Identify the location of York in England. Task 3: Students to read through information about why York floods so often. Task 4: On a map of York students write on it where the scheme is used and what type of management strategy is used. Task 5: Annotate the benefits and costs of the management scheme Task 6: Main Task - Practice exam questions- "Using a UK Flood Management Scheme you have studied, argue to what extent this management scheme has been successful (9+3).” 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 - Opinion Line, students to consider the statement and stand on a continuum line in the room. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Introduction to Rivers - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Introduction to Rivers - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on what rivers are, what their main features are and how they change through the upper, middle and lower course. Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, Using the information they learnt on their coasts topic students are to complete what they know. Hook- Students to explain what they think the image means, or what it has to do with the lesson. Task 2: Label two diagrams with the keywords used during the topic. The HA students will be given an extra map showing relief, and identify more features. Task 3: Using the information given students are to complete a graph showing a long profile of the river Severn. Then they label their diagram with annotations and images. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Explain why the upper course of a river valley has a different cross profile from the lower course (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 - Dingbat theme rivers **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Upper Course River Features - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Upper Course River Features - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on the features of the upper course. Students will learn about the erosional features such as interlocking spurs, waterfalls and gorges. 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 interlocking spurs. Task 3: Watch a video about how waterfalls form and then turn into a gorge. Task 4: Students to draw and label how a waterfall is formed. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Describe how a feature found in the upper 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 - Using only 20 words, try to summarise how gorges form from waterfalls. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
TNCs in Nigeria (Shell) - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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TNCs in Nigeria (Shell) - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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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. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Health Inequalities in the UK - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Health Inequalities in the UK - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on health inequality in the UK, an introduction into what health inequality is, how life expectancy varies between the north and south. Contains a full assessment to test comprehension on the topic. Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Define life expectancy then writing the definition on their worksheet Task 3: Read through the different factors on life expectancy and explain which has the biggest effect on life expectancy and why Task 4: Main Task - Long form writing assessment- students to define what inequality is, briefly explain the north south divide in the UK and outline the effects of inequality in the UK using education and health as examples. Task 5: Plenary - On whiteboards, students to give ideas on how the UK could make life expectancy in the UK more equal. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Positives of urbanisation in Brazil - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Positives of urbanisation in Brazil - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students to recap on urbanisation and identify the ways that it could bring positives to Rio. Students will investigate Rochina and if this has been a benefit to the area. Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning Task 2: Identify the positives and negatives of urbanisation Task 3: Main Task - Primary Assessment - Explain how increasing urbanisation affects the urban people of Brazil. Task 5: Plenary: 3,2,1 - What have we learnt about Rio, summarise? Lesson 5 out of 8
Introduction to Inequality - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Introduction to Inequality - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on inequality, an introduction into what inequality is, types of inequality and an evaluation on how they affect people. Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Define inequality then writing the definition on their worksheet Task 3: Read through the different facts about inequalities and students are to pick which they think is the most important factor and why Task 4: Main Task - Long form writing- students to define what inequality is, outline how inequality effects people and then justify which inequality factor is and why Task 5: Plenary - On whiteboards, students to give ideas on how to reduce inequality. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Evidence of Climate Change - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Evidence of Climate Change - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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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? Lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet
Ice Age and the Effects on Earth - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Ice Age and the Effects on Earth - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to define what a glacial and interglacial period is along with the conditions of each. They will also interpret graphs to show the glacial/interglacial cycle on Earth and describe the extent of ice during the last Ice Age. Students will then investigate the causes of the Ice Age and how humans survived the conditions. Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics Task 2: Students describe the Earth’s climate over the past 450,000 years by interpreting a graph. Task 3: Using the map of Earth students are to describe the extent of ice during the Ice Age. Task 4: Main Task: Students to describe the last Ice Age and its effects on Earth, using success criteria. Task 5: Plenary: Why is our planet not able to enter an Ice Age currently? Would we adapt now to an Ice Age? How would we adapt? The lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet
Climate Change - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Climate Change - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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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: Using the graph and information on worksheets, describe how the climate has changed through Earth’s history. Task 3: Using the graph, describe how CO2 concentrations affect global temperatures and how that affects sea level. Task 4: Interpret two pie charts on the human causes of climate change and greenhouse gases. Task 5: Main Task: Students to describe how our climate is changing using success criteria provided Task 5: Plenary: How do we know our climate is changing, what evidence is there? Lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet
Animals of the Ice Age - Megafauna KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Animals of the Ice Age - Megafauna KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to describe what megafauna are, what their adaptations were during the Ice Age and how they came to be extinct. Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics Task 2: Using the worksheet students are to describe the features of the animal and explain how its features help to adapt to the conditions of the Ice Age. Task 3: Make notes about the extinction of the Giant Ground Sloth Task 4: Main Task: Primary Assessment, describe how our climate has changed. (Sentence starters, PEEL structure provided and Success Criteria) Task 5: Plenary: Why is our climate temperate when we are on the same latitude as Russia? The lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet
Adapting to Climate Change - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Adapting to Climate Change - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how humans are adapting to a changing climate. Students will define adaptation, learn about the three different types of adaptations then evaluate if adaptation is better than mitigation Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, using the pictures on screen students must choose which is a mitigation technique, how it works and how it mitigates climate change. Task 2: Students to write out their definition of adaptation on a whiteboard then the actual definition in their books. Task 3: Students to watch the video in PowerPoint and make notes about adaptation. Then make notes on the following slides about agricultural adaptation, water supply management and reducing risk from sea-level rise. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- Evaluate if we should be mitigating climate change or adapting to it. Task 5: Plenary - As global citizens are we all doing enough to limit climate change? **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
UK Weather Hazards - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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UK Weather Hazards - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the weather of the UK, with background on ocean currents, distance from the equator, altitude and prevailing winds. This will help students to understand the many reasons we have a temperate climate in the UK. Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Students to watch a video on why the UK climate varies, and divide the UK into four sections, describing the summer and winter of each section. Task 3: Explain why convectional rainfall is common in the southeast of England during the summer (4 marks) Task 4: Read through the sheet and justify which weather condition the UK faces is most impactful and why. Task 5: Main Task - Exam question practice, “Which extreme weather condition impacts the UK most significantly. Justify your opinion.” (6 marks) Task 6: Plenary - How can the UK prepare for extreme weather conditions? **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Russia's Importance In Europe - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Russia's Importance In Europe - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will understand the location and distribution of Russia’s fuel resources, from this they should explain how Europe receives its energy from Russia. They will be able to investigate the advantages and disadvantages from getting fuel from Russia. Task 1: Starter: Knowledge recall of previous lessons Task 2: Key words match up Task 3: Analyse the pie chart to gain information to complete task Task 4: Main Task: Evaluate the effects of the Chernobyl disaster (6 marks) Task 5: Plenary- Pick 5 words from the lesson and write a question about them Lesson contains powerpoint and worksheet
Continents and Oceans - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Continents and Oceans - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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This is lesson 2 in a series of lessons about location and introduction to geography. Throughout the lesson students will aim to: To explain where the seven continents are located To identify the oceans that are present on Earth. Explain the features of a certain continent.
Map Skills Revision - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Map Skills Revision - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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The first PowerPoint in a series to help students to recap their knowledge of OS maps and other Cartographic skills. The first few slides recap the importance of using maps and some historical knowledge on why we use OS maps. This lesson contains: Task 1: Students are asked in groups to match up a key map term along with a definition and example of the feature. Recap on compass directions Task 2: Stick the compass direction on the sheet and then differentiated further task to encourage looking into orientation. Four figure grid reference recap Task 3: Find harry potter characters on the sheet and write the grid coordinates for them. Plenary: Confidence check on how students are feeling about the coordinates.
Identifying height on a map - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Identifying height on a map - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how to identify height on a map, why we need to know height on a map and what it can be represented as. Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning from previous lessons Task 2: Students on worksheets to join up the high lines to show the height of the land. Task 3: Then they are to colour in each height to show the height of the land. Task 4: Main Task - Explain why contour lines are important. Task 5: Plenary **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Effects of Climate Change in Bangladesh - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Effects of Climate Change in Bangladesh - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to locate Bangladesh and identify the two main impacts of climate change. The students will be able to evaluate which effect is more impactful, floods or extreme weather. Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics Task 2: Describe the location of Bangladesh Task 3: Read through the following statement on extreme weather and flooding and evaluate which is worse and why. Task 4: Main Task: Evaluate the effects of climate change on Bangladesh Task 5: Plenary: Using a map, identify what countries would be impacted if the sea level rose by 1 m. The lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet