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Effects of Climate Change in the Maldives - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Effects of Climate Change in the Maldives - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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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
Resource Management - Water Supply, Insecurity, and Sustainability - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Resource Management - Water Supply, Insecurity, and Sustainability - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how to increase water supplies through; dams/ reservoirs, desalination plants and diverting supplies. The South-North Transfer Scheme in China an example of a large scale water transfer scheme to show how its development has both advantages and disadvantages. Then the lesson focuses on moving towards a sustainable future with water conservation, groundwater management, recycling, ‘grey’ water an example of a local scheme in an LIC or NEE to increase sustainable supplies of water. The case study for this is WaterAid in Mali. Task 1: Starter - Knowledge retention of previous learning Task 2: Class discussion on how to increase water supplies. Task 3: Class to watch two videos about the South- North Water Transfer Scheme in China Task 4: Class Discussion on how to create a sustainable supply. Task 5: Watch the clip from water aid and identify three things WaterAid does in Mali to support people. Task 6: Main Task -Exam question practice “Assess the sustainability of the Water Aid Project in Mali. (6 marks)" Task 7: Plenary - Time to revise. In line with the AQA exam board **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Human Features of Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Human Features of Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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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.
Mapping South America  using GIS - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Mapping South America using GIS - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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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.
Salisbury Poisoning - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Salisbury Poisoning - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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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
Russia - A Case Study (Full SOW) (KS3 - Key Stage 3)
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Russia - A Case Study (Full SOW) (KS3 - Key Stage 3)

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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.
Resources in the Middle East - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Resources in the Middle East - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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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.
Population of Asia - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Population of Asia - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will start by recapping what they have learnt in their previous lesson about the location and countries of Asia along with river features of previous topic. Then students are to describe what population density and distribution are by describing them using 4 examples. Students to identify using a choropleth map which countries in Asia are the most densely populated. Then students to recap what rural and urban areas are along with why people move from rural to urban areas. Starter: Knowledge retention of 5 quick starter questions Task 1:Introduction to population density and distribution, describe the distribution and density of 4 football matches. Task 2: Describe which countries in Asia are densely and sparsely populated on the choropleth map. Task 3: Identify the difference between urban and rural areas. Task 4: Write down what the push and pull factors are for rural and urban areas. Task 5: Main Task: Describe why people move from the rural areas of India to urban cities. Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
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. **
Understanding Flood Hydrographs - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Understanding Flood Hydrographs - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on what hydrographs are, how to read them and how to describe and compare them. Students will compare and contrast flashy versus flat hydrographs and explain reasons for why they might be that way, either from human or physical features. 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: What causes physical factors cause flooding Task 3: Calculating discharge and why it is important in flooding Task 4: Students to add annotations to the hydrograph on their worksheet to explain what each part is. Task 5: Identify why the river is more likely to flood and why? Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Describe the difference between the two hydrographs (4 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 - Match up the labels to each point on the graph. **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. **
International Aid in Nigeria - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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International Aid in Nigeria - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on types of aid in Nigeria. Students will be able to describe why Nigeria needs aid, why international aid is useful for the country and why it is not always used effectively. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Exam question on how an ox-bow lake is formed Task 2: Geography Skills: Describe the trend in aid received by Nigeria (3 marks) Task 3: Students to priorities which they think is the main reason for aid and why. Task 4: Geography Skill: Graph Analysis: Identify how much aid Nigeria gave and how much the EU gave. Task 5: Main Task - Describe the living conditions in the figure, explain how aid should be spent in the area and then justify why small scale projects are more likely to be successful in Nigeria. Task 5: Plenary - Revision for next geographical process, levee and floodplain formation. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Effects of Chernobyl - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Effects of Chernobyl - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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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
Heathrow Expansion - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Heathrow Expansion - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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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. **
UK's Connection to the Wider World - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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UK's Connection to the Wider World - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on how the UK is connected to the wider world through several different ways. In this lesson students will learn about how we are connected through trade, culture, transport and electronic communications. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Read, Write, Mark, all about the formation of headlands and bays. Task 2: Geographic Skills: Description of graphs - Describe what the diagrams show about UK’s changing trade links. Task 3: Geographic Skills: Description of graphs - What is the graph showing, what is the type of graph, what is the difference, etc. Task 4: Colour code the categories to the information. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “How does the UK benefit by having close links with the rest of the world (6 marks)" High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 6: Plenary - Revise for headlands and bays exam question. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
The UK and the Wider World - EU and Commonwealth - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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The UK and the Wider World - EU and Commonwealth - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on how the UK is connected to the wider world through the Commonwealth and the European Union. This will cover the economic and political advantages of each system. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Exam question “Explain the formation of the physical features of the coastline shown in the images above (6) Task 2: Watch the video about the Commonwealth Task 3: Geographic Skills: Description of graphs - Describe what the graph is and analyze the data. Task 4: Watch the video about the EU. Task 5: Identify the economic, political, social, and environmental advantages of the EU. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Suggest how the UK benefits economically and politically from its membership of either the EU or Commonwealth. (6 marks)” High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 6: Plenary - Revise for the formation of a sea stack. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Changing Economic World - UK Case Study - (Full SOW) (KS4 - Key Stage 4)
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Changing Economic World - UK Case Study - (Full SOW) (KS4 - Key Stage 4)

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An introductory topic for KS4 geography about the changing economic world of the UK. This will include how employment structure has changed through time, how industry affects the environment along with changes to rural areas and transport infastructure. Throughout the series of lessons, students will be able to accurately outline how/ why the UK’s employment has changed. Investigate the change in rural areas due to population increase and decrease. How Heathrow’s expansion can be a benefit and a drawback along with the UK’s connections to countries in the wider world. Lesson 1: Changing Employment Structure in the UK Lesson 2: Impacts of Industry on the Physical Environment Lesson 3: Changing Rural Landscapes in the UK Lesson 4: North-South Divide in England Lesson 5: Changing UK Transport Infrastructure Lesson 6: Heathrow Expansion Lesson 7: UK’s Connection to the Wider World Lesson 8: The UK and the Wider World - EU and Commonwealth Students will gain a variety of skills such as data manipulation and interpretation along with graph analysis. This bundle contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
Case Study of Nigeria (NEE) - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Case Study of Nigeria (NEE) - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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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 )
River Landscapes in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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River Landscapes in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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An AQA specification topic for KS4 in geography about river landscapes in the UK. Covering aspects such as erosion, transportation, deposition and features formed from these Throughout the series of lessons students will be able to accurately describe how and why a river changes from source to mouth, with references to features on each course along with the erosional, depositional and transportations reasons for each formation. Students will then identify what causes flooding to happen, identifying features of a hydrograph and what natural and human factors cause flooding. Finally students will look at a case study about how management strategies are used to minimise the effects of flooding. With a specific case study at a management strategy used. Lesson 1: Introduction to Rivers Lesson 2: Erosion, Transportation and Deposition Lesson 3: Upper Course River Features Lesson 4: Middle Course River Features Lesson 5: Lower Course River Features Lesson 6: Case Study of the River Aire Lesson 7: Factors that Affect Flood Risk Lesson 8: Understanding Hydrographs Lesson 9: Flooding- Hard Engineering Lesson 10: Flooding - Soft Engineering Lesson 11: York Flood Management scheme Students will improve skills such as graph reading, data interpretation, and case study analysis. This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
Weather Hazards - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Weather Hazards - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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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.