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Effects of Climate Change in Bangladesh - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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
Haiti Earthquake-2010 Case Study - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the 2010 Haiti earthquake, this lesson establishes what an earthquake is. Where Haiti is located globally and background on what happened during the earthquake, and the effects including, social, economic and environmental effects. Then students finish off by looking at the long-term and short-term effects of the quake.
Task 1: Starter: Knowledge recall on previous topic (Coasts)
Task 2: Describe the location of Haiti
Task 3: Identify the primary and secondary effects then place them into social, economic and environmental.
Task 4: Watch the news video about the Haiti quake.
Task 5: Exam question: Exam question: “Earthquakes are another example of tectonic activity.” Using an example, describe the primary and secondary effects of an earthquake. (6 marks)
Task 6: Peer Feedback
Task 7: Using a volcanic eruption or an earthquake you have studied, describe the short-term responses to the disaster. (4 marks)
Task 8: Peer Feedback
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
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.
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.
Salisbury Poisoning - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will understand the timeline the led to the Sailsbury incident, they will be able to explain why this incident happened.
Videos are linked in the download.
Students to complete a sheet to show understanding of the topic.
Lesson 8 of 9
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Russia - A Case Study (Full SOW) (KS3 - Key Stage 3)
An introductory topic for KS3 & 4 in geography about Russia and its features. This bundle contains 11 lessons that are fully resourced.
Throughout the series of lessons students will be able to accurately locate Russia and it’s surrounding countries, the distribution of its population due to human and physical factors and how plant and animal life has adapted to its climactic conditions. Along with a case study investigation into Chernobyl and how it affected Russia.
Lesson 1: Where is Russia
Lesson 2: Population Distribution in Russia
Lesson 3: Biomes of Russia
Lesson 4: Plants and Animals in Russia
Lesson 5: Taiga Forest Threats
Lesson 6: Chernobyl, What Happened?
Lesson 7: Russia’s Importance in Europe
Lesson 8: What is happening with the Russia Ukraine conflict 2022
Lesson 9: River Volga’s Waterfalls
Lesson 10: River Volga’s Meanders
Lesson 11: River Volga’s Levees
Students will improve skills such as graph reading, data interpretation, creation of climate graphs and case study analysis.
This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
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Brazil - A Case Study (Full SOW) (KS3 - Key Stage 3)
An introductory topic for KS3 & 4 in geography about Brazil and its features. This bundle contains 8 lessons that are fully resourced.
Throughout the series of lessons, students will be able to accurately locate Brazil and its surrounding countries, the distribution of its population due to human and physical factors and how urbanisation has impacted Rio with favelas and squatter settlements. Finally, students will investigate the Amazon Rainforest
Lesson 1: Location, Climate and Importance of Brazil
Lesson 2: Inequalities in Brazil
Lesson 3: Impacts of Urbanisation in Brazil
Lesson 4: Life in a favela
Lesson 5: Positives of urbanisation in Brazil
Lesson 6: Importance of the Amazon Rainforest
Lesson 7: Exploitation of the Amazon Rainforest
Lesson 8: Protecting the Amazon Rainforest
Students will improve skills such as graph reading, data interpretation, creation of climate graphs and case study analysis.
This bundle contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
Nigeria Case Study - Home Learning - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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.
TNCs in Nigeria (Shell) - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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. **
Tourism in Jamaica - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on how tourism in Jamaica has improved the development of the area. Students will investigate where Jamaica is located, describe how tourism has increased in the last 50 years and how tourism has improved the economy of the area.
Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Recap on how waterfalls are formed (6 marks)
Task 2: Geography Skills: Describe the location of Jamaica (4 marks)
Task 3: Watch the video on how tourism affects Jamaica.
Task 4: Students to complete the multiplier effect circle.
Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Evaluate, the role of tourism in reducing the development gap in an area you have studied (9 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 - Revise for next physical revision - Meanders/ Oxbow Lakes
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
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WW1 - A Case Study (Full SOW) (KS3 - Key Stage 3)
An introductory topic for KS3 & 4 in geography about WW1 and its features. This bundle contains 6 lessons that are fully resourced.
Throughout the series of lessons students will be able to accurately describe who fought during WW1, which countries were affected and investigate the assassination of Franz Ferdinand and look into propaganda and recruitment.
Lesson 1: Introduction to WW1
Lesson 2: Events That Led to WW1
Lesson 3: Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Lesson 4: Causes of WW1
Lesson 5: Propaganda in WW1
Lesson 6: Recruitment Processes in WW1
Students will develop language skills, map reading, sources analysis, investigation skills and able to write full assessments using key terms accurately.
This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
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Climate Change - (Full SOW) (KS3 - Key Stage 3)
An introductory topic for KS3 geography about Earth’s past climate and today’s climate change and its features. This bundle contains 8 lessons that are fully resourced, with powerpoints and worksheets.
Throughout the series of lessons, students will be able to accurately
outline how the Earth’s climate has changed over time, and accurately define the enhanced greenhouse effect. Students will investigate the Ice Age and its effects on Homo-Sapiens and megafauna. Students will investigate why the UK has a temperate climate, how climate change affects the UK, and look globally at how areas with contrasting wealth (Bangladesh and Maldives) are affected by climate change and how they plan to mitigate/adapt to it.
Lesson 1: Climate Change
Lesson 2: Evidence of Climate Change
Lesson 3: Animals of the Ice Age
Lesson 4: Ice Age and the Effects on Earth
Lesson 5: Climate of the UK
Lesson 6: Climate Change Effect in the UK
Lesson 7: Effects of Climate Change in Bangladesh
Lesson 8: Effects of Climate Change in the Maldives
Students will gain a variety of skills such as data manipulation and interpretation along with map reading and climate graph reading.
This bundle contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
Inequality in the UK: North South Divide - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Impacts of Urbanisation in Brazil - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will identify the increase in urbanisation over time and predicted increases. Then will investigate the social, economic and environmental challenges of urbanisation in Rio, and how they will impact the area.
Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning
Task 2: Describe the trend on the graph on screen (3 marks)
Task 3: Using the factors on the worksheet identify which is the most important social, economic and environmental challenges.
Task 4: Main Task - Describe how urbanisation has created challenges in Rio de Janeiro.
Task 5: Plenary: Class question- What are some of the negatives about living in favelas in Rio.
Lesson 3 out of 8
Climate Change: Natural Causes - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the natural causes of climate change through Earth’s history.
Task 1: Starter - 5 Quick Questions- students to recap on previously learnt information.
Task 2: Students to write out how temperature has changed through time and make the link to CO2.
Task 3: Students to watch the video in PowerPoint and make notes on the worksheet about the 4 causes of natural climate change.
Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- Complete two exam questions “Using figure 3 which one of the following statements is true” “Give one nature cause of changes in global temperatures”
Task 5: Plenary - Which natural cause of climate change do you think is most impactful and why.
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
How Physical Geography Effects Conflict - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how physical geography and its features can effect conflict. A recap on what physical geography is, features of physical geography that can affect conflict.
Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning with 5 questions.
Task 2: Define physical geography
Task 3: Read through the battle of hastings and identify how the physical geography of the area affected the battle.
Task 4: Match up the key terms and how they affect conflict
Task 5: Main Task- Using an Atlas students to look at global maps and topographical maps and decide which country would be easiest and hardest to invade and why.
Task 6: Plenary - What are some of the ways countries avoid being invaded.
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
How Do We Cause Conflict? - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will compile what they have learnt over the past 9 lessons to understand how people in the UK affect conflicts, how conflict affects us and then evaluate the effect of conflict.
Task 1: Starter/ recall of knowledge
Task 2: How do we personally affect conflicts?- Fill in the sheet
Task 3: Evaluate the effects of conflict
Lesson 9 of 9
Dangers of Sexting - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
This is the sixth lesson in a series of PSHE lesson about relationships and sex. In this lesson students should learn about what sexting is and the dangers/ consequences of sexting.
Effects of Climate Change in the Maldives - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will be able to locate the Maldives and evaluate the impacts of climate change in the Maldives, then evaluate if they are adapting well enough to climate change. Then students will complete a secondary assessment about the past 5 lessons they have learnt about.
Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics
Task 2: Describe the location of the Maldives
Task 3: Read through the impacts of climate change in the Maldives and evaluate which is the most significant.
Task 4: Then evaluate which is the best strategy to combat climate change.
Task 5: Main Task: Secondary Assessment - Evaluate the impacts of climate change globally (9 marks)
Task 6: Plenary: How can the school can reduce its contribution to climate change.
The lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet