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Hello, I'm Natasha and I provide high-quality geography resources for KS3 and KS4.
https://linktr.ee/planetgeography
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Solutions to Slums - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will recap the issues present in Kibera the slum that was previously investigated. Then they will choose which area they want to improve in their slums and why. Next they will categorise the solutions to slums into social, economic and environmental. Then students will evaluate which of the solutions have been the most successful rating them 1-8. Finally students have a silent debate where they write down which of the improvements has been the most successful and why, then pass the book around to debate the next point.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Recap the issues of living in slums.
Task 2: Explain which part of Kibera should be improved and why on whiteboards.
Task 3: Categorise the solutions to slums into social, economic and environmental.
Task 4: Evaluate which of the solutions have been the most successful rating them 1-8
Task 5: silent debate where they write down which of the improvements has been the most successful and why, then pass the book around to debate the next point…
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Positives and Negative of the EU - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe the main reasons why countries decide to join the EU initially, this includes free movement and the single market. Then students will identify the benefits and costs of membership. Then Brexit will be introduced to students, explaining what it is, the voting % and main figures along with a quick video about the positives and negative of the EU. Finally students identify the positives and negatives of the EU and then work on formulating a debate either for or against staying in the EU.
Starter: Knowledge retention of previous learning
Task 1: Recap of the terms free movement and single market, along with the benefits and drawbacks of EU membership
Task 2: Introduction to what Brexit is and when it happened.
Task 3: Identification of advantages and disadvantages of EU membership
Task 4: Main Task: Choose a side for the debate, for or against the EU then be prepared to write an argument for it.
Task 5: Plenary: Recap on learning and answer 6 quick questions.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Location of Europe - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe where the continent of Europe if located using hemisphere, lines of latitude and longitude. Then using an atlas students will located each country in Europe and its seas on the handout
Starter: Knowledge retention about previous learning
Task 1: Describe the location of Europe globally
Task 2: Describe the location of Europe using latitude and longitude
Task 3: Main Task: Identify the countries of Europe on the sheet as well as the seas, and Alps, and climate areas if possible.
Task 4: Plenary: Recap of information.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Introduction to the EU - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe what the European Union is, when it formed and its purpose. INtroduction to the concepts of Freedom of Movement and Single Market. They will also be able to explain why it formed and its main countries that made up the EU.
Starter: Knowledge retention from previous learning
Task 1: Assessment for learning - Students to write down everything they know about the EU.
Task 2: Explain the history of the EU and its formation through time.
Task 3: Difference between the EU and Europe (geography misconception)
Task 4: Main Task: Create a newspaper article for Newsround about what the EU is and what it does.
Task 5: Plenary: Fill in the spider diagram from the start of the lesson with new learning about the EU.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Migration in Europe - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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.
The Niger Delta - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to locate the Niger Delta using compass directions and also lines of latitude and longitude. Student will then be reminded of the key geographical terms such as confluence, tributaries and watershed. Then students will be asked to recap the water cycle and its key features. Finally students will identify what a delta is along with it key features and how it forms, including using transportation and deposition to explain how.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Describe the location of the Niger Delta using compass direction and lines of latitude and longitude
Task 2: Describe the key terms associated with rivers.
Task 3: Recap on the key terms of the water cycle.
Task 4: Label the correct definition of erosion and transportation on the sheet.
Task 5: Explain the formation of the Niger Delta.
Task 6: Plenary: Introduction of new home learning
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
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Human Features of Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
For KS3 geography, this bundle is great for Year 9 in their second term back at school, and is designed to flow with the “Physical Features of Africa Bundle”. This bundle allows students to investigate the human side of Africa with specific looks at countries as case studies with links to key geographical concepts such as development, population and slums.
This bundle contains 6 lessons that are fully resourced, with powerpoints and worksheets.
Throughout the series of lessons, students will firstly begin by identifying population densities and sparsities in different countries in Africa as well as introducing population pyramids to students to link to development. Then students will investigate the importance of Nigeria and why it is globally and nationally important. Next students will find out what development is, and why some countries are less developed than others, which will directly link to colonisation and the reason some countries struggle to develop. Then once students are clear with population and development the concept of slums is introduced and linked to favelas in Brazil and what issues these cause for the people and how to fix them
Lesson 1: The Population of Africa
Lesson 2: Nigeria and its Importance
Lesson 3: Development in Africa
Lesson 4: Colonisation of Africa
Lesson 5: Slums in Africa
Lesson 6: Solutions to Slums
Students will gain a variety of skills such as data collection and manipulation along with creation of graphs and reading OS maps.
This bundle contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
The Population of Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to use key terms such as dense, sparse and distribution then describe the distribution and density for different countries in Africa. Students will then be given key terms with population such as birth rate, death rate, life expectancy and infant mortality rate. Then students will be introduced to population pyramids and asked to compare the three different areas of Africa that have these population pyramids. Finally using factors used in HDI students will compare which is the best country to live in Africa according to statistics and why.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Describe the density and distribution of populations of a football match, then the countries in Africa
Task 2: Join the key word with the definition.
Task 3: Explain the population pyramid for the continent of Africa, then describe the population pyramids between Uganda, Botswana and Tunisia.
Task 4: Using the profile of Africa you have built up over the lesson, describe which of the three countries in Africa would be the best place to live currently and why.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Sand Dunes at Sossusvlei - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to locate Sossusvlei, in Namibia Africa using the techniques used in the previous lesson. Then students will identify the physical features in Namibia and its human features. Next students will be asked to use data to find the mean median and mode of the data then process it into a bar graph. Now students will be asked to describe how a sand dune forms. Finally students will be asked to identify reasons why tourism is present at Sossusvlei.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Describe the location of Sossusvlei, Namibia
Task 2: Identify the mean, median and mode of the data then create a bar graph from the data.
Task 3: Create a flow diagram showing the formation of a sand dune
Task 4: Read through and identify features of tourism in Sossusvlei.
Task 5: Main Task: Describe the formation of a sand dune at Sossusvlei, and explain what tourism they bring to the area.
Task 6: Plenary: Recap of home learning expectation.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
The East African Rift Valley
Students will be able asked to recap the layers of the Earth and their characteristics, then students will recap plate tectonic and locate the African plate, this will then quickly cover the 3 types of plate boundaries of constructive, destructive and conservative. Finally students will be asked to explain the formation of a rift valley and explain the two types of volcanoes that occur on these boundaries.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Recap on structure of the Earth and plate tectonics
Task 2: Recap on the three types of plate boundaries.
Task 3: Describe the location of the Great African Rift Valley.
Task 4: Main Task: Explain the formation of the East African Rift Valley and give one physical feature within.
Task 5: Plenary: Recap of home learning expectation.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Coasts of Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will start by recapping hydraulic action and abrasion then identify features using aerial photography of headlands and bays. Students then recap the types of weathering that is present and then describe the formation of a sea stack. Finally students will learn about the formation of a spit and using terms such as longshore drift, swash and backwash they will attempt at explaining its formation.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Using aerial photography identify the feature on the African coast
Task 2: Describe the types of weathering present along the coast
Task 3: Explain the formation of a sea stack.
Task 4: Describe the location of features of a spit.
Task 5: Describe the formation of a spit.
Task 6: Plenary: Recap of home learning expectation.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Slums in Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will start by identify what a slum mean, and related this to the favelas of Year 8 that they have learned about.Then students will locate Kibera, Kenya globally, nationally and locally. Then students will identify which of the effect of population growth is the worst for people living in slums and why. Finally students will attempt their first high tariff 6 mark question, this will be done in a writing frame with lots of teacher guidance for support.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Identify the features of a slum and how it relates to favelas in Brazil.
Task 2: Describe the location of Kibera, Kenya.
Task 3: Explain the main challenges faced by those living in slums
Task 4: Identify which is the biggest challenge and why.
Task 5: Exam Question: Explain two issues you have studied in an urban settlement (6 marks)
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Development in Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be start with defining development and what it means to then, then improving their answer. Next students will identify the social, economic and environmental indicators of development. This will lead on to them learning about the importance of the Human Development Index (HDI) and be asked to identify where in Africa is the most developed country and why. Then students will learn about the sustainable development goals and should identify which country should focus on which goal the most and why.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Give the definition of development, then improve the definition.
Task 2: Identify the social, economic and environmental indicators of development
Task 3: Explain why HDI is an important tool to measure development.
Task 4: Describe where in Africa is the most and least developed.
Task 5: Evaluate which sustainable development goal each country should choose and why
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Nigeria and its Importance - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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.
Colonisation of Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to explain what colonisation is, where in Africa was colonised and by which country/ empire. Students will then learn about the scramble for Africa post slave trade and the reasons for the scramble. Students will then identify the social, economic and environmental. issues that colonisation caused for Africa. Then students will evaluate which is the worst effect and why. Finally they will create a newspaper article about the effects of colonisation on Africa.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Describe the countries that were colonised and by which country/ empire.
Task 2: Identify the social, economic and environmental. issues that colonisation
Task 3: Evaluate which of the effects of colonisation was the worst and why.
Task 4: Create a newspaper article explaining what colonisation is, why it happened and its effects on the African people.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Mapping Africa using GIS - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe the location of the continent of Africa using longitude and latitude, then describe the physical features of Africa that are present. Finally students will log into laptops and use the worksheet provided to produce a GIS map of the different physical features of Africa along with annotations of their maps and what they see.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Description of Africa using longitude and latitude.
Task 2: Describing the physical features using compass points in Africa.
Task 3: Main Task: Using GIS online students will create a map with different physical features present in Africa.
Task 4: Plenary: Home Learning on the physical features of Africa (On last slide of powerpoint)
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Amazon Rainforest Characteristics - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe where tropical rainforests are located globally using lines of latitude and other descriptors of location that students have learned. Then students will describe the location of the Amazon Rainforest in South America using the same skills as before. Next students will investigate why rainforests are in that area and how convectional rainfall occurs. After that students will learn about the layers of the rainforest and then describe what they have learnt about the Amazon Rainforest in their books.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Describe where tropical rainforests are located globally
Task 2: Describe where the Amazon Rainforest is located in South America
Task 3: Create a comic about how convectional rainfall creates rainforests
Task 4: Match the layers of the rainforest to its description.
Task 5: Main Task: Describe your learning about tropical rainforests and their characteristics.
Task 5: Plenary: Recap of home learning expectation.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Mapping South America using GIS - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to describe the location of the continent of South America using longitude and latitude, then describe the physical features of South America that are present. Finally students will log into laptops and use the worksheet provided to produce a GIS map of the different physical features of South America along with annotations of their maps and what they see.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Description of South America using longitude and latitude.
Task 2: Describing the physical features using compass points in South America
Task 3: Main Task: Using GIS online students will create a map with different physical features present in South America
Task 4: Plenary: Home Learning on the physical features of South America (On last slide of powerpoint)
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Deforestation in the Amazon - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to recap where tropical rainforests are located globally, then they should work on defining what deforestation is, then students should identify the trends of deforestation shown in the choropleth map. Then students investigate the reason why deforestation occurs due to economic reasons. Finally students weigh up the economic benefits with the environmental costs of deforestation.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Describe the location of tropical rainforests globally.
Task 2: Describe the trends shown in the choropleth map.
Task 3: Describe the trends in the pie chart for reasons of deforestation
Task 4: Main Task: Evaluate if the economic benefits of deforestation are worth the environmental cost
Task 5: Plenary: Recap of home learning expectation.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Physical Features of Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to locate Africa using the previous lessons learning and the map on screen, then students will investigate the misconceptions that they may hold about Africa. Next students learn what relief is and describe the areas of relief in Africa and then the river and climate of Africa, then the culture and religion of people in Africa.
Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning
Task 1: Describe the location of Africa
Task 2: Describe the relief of areas in Africa using compass directions
Task 3: Explain the rivers in Africa and their direction of flow.
Task 4: Explain the vegetation zones in Africa
Task 5: Plenary: Recap of home learning expectation.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.