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Hello, I'm Natasha and I provide high-quality geography resources for KS3 and KS4.
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Resources in the Middle East - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students recap the physical features of the Middle East from the previous topic and lesson. Students will then recap what resources are and be told about energy as a resource. Students are then asked to categorise energy into renewable and non-renewable. Using a map of the middle east students are then to describe the resource present in each country and then also describe the distribution of each oil producer. Then students demonstrate their learning through describing the distribution of oil in the Middle East and its effects on the Middle East
Task 1: Knowledge retention of previous learning
Task 2: Recap renewable and non-renewable energy
Task 3: Using the table and map, describe where the world’s oil reserves are
Task 4: Describe the distribution of non-renewable resources in the Middle East.
Task 5: Using the pie chart describe the distribution of the world’s biggest oil producers. (4 marks)
Task 6: Describe the distribution of oil in the Middle East and its effects on the Middle East
This download contains a fully completed powerpopint and worksheet.
Grid Referencing in Brazil - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students to start by recapping their learning of core knowledge of the physical features of South America with 5 quick questions.
Students are then introduced what OS maps are and why we need them, they will then begin to identify symbols that are commonly used in OS maps. The students get shown how to do 4 figure grid references using different places in Brazil, with increasing difficulty. Then students are shown how to do this in 6 figure grid reference.
Task 1: Knowledge Retention
Task 2: Identify OS map symbols
Task 3: Identify four figure grid references
Task 4: Identify six figure grid references
Task 5: Independent Practice with a mix of four and 6 figure grid references to test learning.
This lesson contains a fully resourced powerpoint and worksheet with high resolution maps for printing.
The Climate of Africa
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.
Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
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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Case Study of Nigeria (NEE) - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
An AQA specification topic for KS4 in geography “The Changing Economic World”. This topic will briefly cover where is Nigeria, why is it important, both nationally and globally. Then students will investigate the benefits and drawbacks of TNCs in Nigeria (specifically Shell) then the types of aid Nigeria receives. Students will identify if this aid is beneficial or what problems may arise with aid. Finally students will explore the impacts of economic development on the environment of Nigeria, with a specific look at the Bodo Oil Spill and its effects on the local people.
Lesson 1: Importance of Nigeria
Lesson 2: TNCs in Nigeria (Shell)
Lesson 3: International Aid in Nigeria
Lesson 4: Environmental Impacts of Economic Development in Nigeria.
Students will improve skills such as graph reading, data interpretation, and case study analysis.
This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
BONUS- Will include homework research sheets that will span over the four lessons (one sheet every two lessons )
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Weather Hazards - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
An AQA specification topic for KS4 in geography about Weather Hazards and their formation along with effects.
Throughout the series of lessons students will be able to accurately describe the distribution of the climate globally using the GAC. Then describe the location and formation of tropical storms along with their effects through the case study of Typhoon Haiyan. Next students will look at the weather of the UK and finally describe an extreme UK weather event. In the last few lessons students will look at our changing climate and how this occurs both naturally and also anthropogenically, they will identify the effects and how we can adapt and mitigate them.
Lesson 1: Global Atmospheric Circulation Model (GAC)
Lesson 2: Tropical Storms
Lesson 3: Future of Tropical Storms
Lesson 4: Effects and Responses to Typhoon Haiyan
Lesson 5: UK Weather Hazards
Lesson 6: Beast from the East
Lesson 7: Climate Change: Natural Causes
Lesson 8: Climate Change: Human Causes
Lesson 9: Climate Change: Effects
Lesson 10: Mitigating Climate Change
Lesson 11: Adapting to Climate Change
Students will improve skills such as graph reading, data interpretation, and case study analysis.
This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
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Introduction to Geography and Map Skills - (KS3 - Key Stage 3)
An introductory topic for KS3 in geography introducing students to geography, its different types, and map skills. This bundle contains 9 lessons that are fully resourced.
Throughout the series of lessons, students will be able to identify the continents, countries and oceans of Earth, discuss the different types of geography and begin to read and interpret graphs.
Lesson 1 - Continents and Countries
Lesson 2 - Continents and Oceans
Lesson 3- Different Types of Geography
Lesson 4 - Cartography
Lesson 5- Reading Maps
Lesson 6 - Compass Points
Lesson 7- Scale on a Map
Lesson 8 - Height on a Map
Lesson 9 -Measuring Distance
Students will gain a variety of skills such as map reading, interpreting data, and applying the information to maps.
This bundle contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets
Location, Climate and Importance of Brazil - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
Students will identify the location of Brazil globally, continentally and the physical features of Brazil such as the Andes, Atacama desert and the Amazon. Students will then create a climate graph to show the temperature of Brazil and the climate. Finally, they will identify why Brazil is an important country internationally.
Task 1: Located and describe Brazil
Task 2: Using the worksheet students will draw on where the physical features of South America and Brazil are.
Task 3: Climate graph of Brazil (Amazon Rainforest)
Task 4: Main Task: Describe the location of Brazil and explain Rio de Janeiro’s importance.
Task 5: Plenary: Class question- why do people what to move to Rio?
Lesson 1 out of 8
Health Inequalities in the UK - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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. **
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
Aid Positives and Negatives - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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.
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Mitigating Climate Change - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on what climate change mitigation is, the positives and negatives of using fossil fuels. Then mitigation is broken into four sections: Reduction of GHG, artificially alter global temperatures, GHG capture and storage and finally international agreements.
Task 1: Starter - 3 exam questions OR describe the impact of each picture, then if it is a social, or economic impact.
Task 2: Students to come up with a definition of mitigation then copy out the real definition.
Task 3: Overview of the formation of coal, oil and gas. Then students identify the advantages and disadvantages of using fossil fuels.
Task 4: Using the PowerPoint attached (can be printed for a handout) students fill in each type of renewable energy on their sheets.
Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- Complete two exam questions “Describe how GHG emissions from energy production could be reduced?" “explain how alternative energy production and planting trees may help to reduce the rate of climate change”
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Ice Age and the Effects on Earth - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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)
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)
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
UK Weather Hazards - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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. **
Biomes of Russia - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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.
Introduction to Sex & Relationship Education - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
First in a series of lessons about Sex Education, aimed primarily at students in year 9/10. Covers physical and emotional changes to our bodies that occur during puberty and identifying ways to manage the changes.
Contains powerpoint and worksheet.
Works best if all powerpoints are used with worksheets and the worksheets provide good evidence of progress in a PHSE topic.
Resource Management - Provision of energy in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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?
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Resource Management - Water Management in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how water in the UK is managed. This includes areas of surplus and deficit along with the case study of Kielder Dam, Northumberland. This lesson also discusses the impacts of water pollution in the UK and ways that is it managed.
Task 1: Starter - Knowledge retention of previous learning
Task 2: Key word match up for water deficit, water surplus, water stress.
Task 3: Three choropleth maps of the UK and students must suggest if there is a relationship between rainfall, population density and water stress.
Task 4: Describe the location of Kielder dam and the location of the water transfer scheme (4 marks)
Task 5: Colour code the positives and negatives of Kielder Dam.
Task 5: Main Task -Exam question practice “Assess the extent to which water transfer systems bring opportunities to local areas (6 marks)"
Task 6: Plenary - What questions would you ask to find out more about global water scarcity?
**Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **