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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
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. **
Factors Affecting Flood Risk - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Factors Affecting Flood Risk - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on the human and physical causes of flood risk. Students will learn about how different features contribute to flooding events and evaluate if HICs or LICs are more significantly affected. 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: Which of the drainage basins are more likely to flood and why? Task 3: Key Term Match Up Task 4: Students to read through the different causes of flooding and put them into human or physical factors Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Explain why the town of Boscastle in Cornwall is likely to suffer from flooding (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 - Home Learning - Explain why the effects of flooding are worse in LICs. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Flooding - Soft Engineering - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Flooding - Soft Engineering - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on what soft engineering along a river is, and the four management strategies involved. Students will then identify the cost and benefits of each strategy and then will evaluate which is the most effective and why. 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: A quick recap on what soft engineering strategies are and why they are used. Task 3: Students to read through information and analyses what each strategy is and identify their costs and benefits. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- "Use examples of two soft engineering river flood management strategies to show how it has a limited effect on the environment (6).” 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 - Fill your hard hat, describe and identify hard engineering strategies. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Flooding - Hard Engineering - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Flooding - Hard Engineering - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on what hard engineering along a river is, and the four management strategies involved. Students will then identify the cost and benefits of each strategy and then will evaluate which is the most effective and why 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: A quick recap on what hard engineering strategies are and why they are used. Task 3: Students to read through information and analyses what each strategy is and identify their costs and benefits. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- "To what extent are hard engineering schemes sustainable (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 - Fill your hard hat, describe and identify hard engineering strategies. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Lower Course River Features - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Lower 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 lower course. Students will learn about depositional features such as levees, floodplains and estuaries. 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 a floodplain. Task 3: Create labels on how levees form Task 4: Students to draw and label how a meander forms. Task 5: Describe how the tide causes an estuary to occur. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Describe how a features found in the lower 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 - Key Term Trade **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Middle Course River Features - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Middle 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 middle course. Students will learn about the erosional features and depositional features such as meanders and oxbow lakes. 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 cross-section of a meander. Task 3: Watch a video about how meanders turn into oxbow lakes Task 4: Students to draw and label how a meander forms. Task 5: Students to label the five steps to the formation of an oxbow lake Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Explain how an ox-bow lake could form on the river shown in Figure 1 (6).” 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 - Odd one Out **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Erosion, Transportation and Deposition in Rivers  - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Erosion, Transportation and Deposition in Rivers - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on the different types of erosion and transportation. Then students will link erosion, transportation, are deposition to velocity and particle size. 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: Watch the video and make notes on what transportation is. Task 3: Using the key terms students sort the transportation descriptions to the key term. Task 4: Students then label the key terms on a diagram to cement knowledge. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “How does velocity affect transportation and deposition (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 - Write down four pieces of knowledge they have gained today. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Tourism in Jamaica - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Tourism in Jamaica - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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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. **
Changing Rural Landscapes in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Changing Rural Landscapes in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on two contrasting rural areas with population increase and decrease. This lesson covers South Cambridgeshire (population increase) and Outer Hebrides (population decrease) Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Read, Write, Mark, students have 4 minutes to recap learning on rotational cliff slumping. Then write down as much as they can remember, then mark accuracy. Task 2: Geography Skills: Graph Analysis - Describe the type of graph, describe the change in urban population in the UK. Task 3: Geography Skills: Describe location - Describe the location of the Outer Hebrides, then describe the location of South Cambridgeshire. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Contrast the economic challenges associated with rural areas of population growth and decline (6 marks)” High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 5: Plenary - Revise for exam question on rotational cliff slumping. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Debt in Developing Countries - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Debt in Developing Countries - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on debt in developing countries, and introduction into what national and global debt is. Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Define debt then writing the definition on their worksheet Task 3: Read through the different facts about debt and students are to pick which they think is positive and negative Task 4: Main Task - Long form writing- Evaluate the benefits of debt on developing countries Task 5: Plenary - On whiteboards, students to give ideas on what projects that developing nations need to improve infrastructure. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Education Inequality - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Education Inequality - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on educational inequality, an introduction into what educational inequality is, the difference between state and public school and how this affects the UK. Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Define educational inequality then writing the definition on their worksheet Task 3: Read through the different facts and graphs about educational inequalities and students have to describe the difference between the north and south Task 4: Main Task - Long form writing- students to define what educational inequality is, outline how it changes depending on where they live using facts and figures. Then to give examples of how the government reduce education inequality through the UK. Task 5: Plenary - Explain why the life expectancy of poor people are lower than their rich peers. **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
Global Atmospheric Circulation Model - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Global Atmospheric Circulation Model - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the global atmospheric model, its components and its function along with pressure belts and surface winds and how the Coriolis force affects trade winds and westerlies. Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Definition of global atmospheric circulation Task 3: Complete two exam questions about pressure belts and conditions. Task 4: Complete GAC sheet. Task 5: Main Task -Exam question practice “Explain how the global atmospheric system affects the weather and climate at the equator” (4 marks) Task 6: Plenary - On whiteboards, students to give ideas on how to help countries develop equally. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Climate Change: Natural Causes - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Climate Change: Natural Causes - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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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. **
Causes of WW1 - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Causes of WW1 - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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In this lessons students will learn how to create a good argument then identify the causes of WW1. Then students will discuss all sides of the story then come to a valid conclusion with evidence and explain how they have reached that conclusion
Climate Change Effects in the UK - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Climate Change Effects in the UK - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to define the enhanced greenhouse effect, then identify the effects of climate change in the UK, rank which is the most impactful and justify why. Then students will evaluate is the government is doing enough to help tackle climate change. Task 1: Starter:- Knowledge recall on previous lessons and topics Task 2: Identify the effects of climate change on the UK. Task 3: Rank the effects of climate change on the UK from most significant to least significant. Task 4: Read through the statements on the worksheet and evaluate if the UK government is doing enough. Task 4: Main Task: Evaluate the effects of climate change on the UK Task 5: Plenary: What are the challenges with responding to climate change as a low-income country? The lesson contains PowerPoint and worksheet
Cartography - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Cartography - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on what cartography is, how maps are created, what features are needed in maps and why they are important. Task 1: Starter - Identify the human or physical features Task 2: Students to mind map what maps are and how many maps they can think of Task 3: Students look through the different types of map about Cramond Island and what they think is the positives and negatives of each. Task 4: Students identify different types of maps and explain what it is used for. Task 5: Main Task - Students to answer 7 questions about which map is the best and why Task 6: Plenary - Sleeping gophers game related to different types of maps. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Scale on a map - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Scale on a map - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the continents and countries of the world, an introduction to scale, at both local, national and global. Task 1: Starter - Recap the last few lessons and information they have learnt. Task 2: Students to identify which pictures are bigger and smaller depending on the scale. Task 3: Students to watch a video about the scale and then answer questions about the video and scale. Task 4: Main Task - Finish the sentences in books about what the scale is used for in books and how you would use scale. Task 5: Plenary 3,2,1 **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Map Skills for GCSE - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Map Skills for GCSE - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the different cartographic skills for students at GCSE. This lesson includes: Atlas Skills including reading longitude and latitude and identification of physical and human atlas maps. Ordnance Survey Maps including using a key, scale, four and six figure references and reading contours and spot height. Maps in association with photographs including direction of photograph, identification of features, use of satellite imagery and sketch/ field maps. Task 1: Identify the longitude and latitude of 12 points on an atlas. Task 2: Measuring the distance between features on an OS map Task 3: Identifying four and six figures on a simple OS map Task 4: Identify the maximum and minimum height of the OS map Task 5: Identify the direction the photograph was taken Task 6: Explain the social, economic and environmental impacts of a earthquake from satellite imagery. If you get time you could take your students outside and get them to do a sketch map of the school ground and a birds eye view of the school. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **