This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Cambridge KS4 curriculum and looks at the main reasons as to why we are losing natural habitat including taking a deeper look at intensive agriculture, drainage of wetlands and deforestation. Students will also explore the impacts of this loss such as a decrease in biodiversity, less ecosystem services and more. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam question and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 50-60 minutes and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Oxford KS3 curriculum and looks at how to describe, interpret and explain various graphs such as line, bar, pie and scatter. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 50-60 minutes and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Oxford KS3 curriculum and looks at the various marine ecosystems such as mangrove forests, coral reefs, salt marshes, deep ocean and open ocean. Students will look at what these different zones look like, the animals and vegetation there and why our ecosystems change as we move into deeper waters. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 50-60 minutes and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Oxford KS3 curriculum and looks at the climate in the tropical rainforest. Students will first watch a video and discuss what the tropical rainforest is like before moving on to interpreting climate graphs and drawing their own for this biome. Data is provided. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

These sheets were designed alongside my lessons. They cover a variety of topics and year groups from year 7 to 9. The case studies and information sheets included are listed below. Haiti Earthquake Democratic Republic of Congo Volcanic Eruption Ocean Plastic Pollution Deforestation in Malaysia Sustainable Agriculture in Ghana UK Wind Energy Paris Climate Agreement You can use these either alongside my lessons or create your own lesson around them. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Cambridge KS4 curriculum and looks at the break down of soil, erosion, weathering, fertilizer and how soil is useful for humans. As part of the specification students will also look at sand and clay soil, their characteristics and advantages and disadvantages as a growing medium. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam question and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Cambridge KS4 curriculum and looks at how we as humans can reduce soil erosion. The methods students will learn within this lesson are afforestation, fuel wood farms, education, water spreading weirs and technology. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam question and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Cambridge KS4 curriculum and looks at the factors needed in order for a tropical cyclone to form (deep water, warm water over 27 degrees etc) and the distribution of them globally. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam question and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Cambridge KS4 curriculum and looks at human and physical causes of flooding such as urbanisation, deforestation, population increase, increased rainfall and more. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam question and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Cambridge KS4 curriculum and looks at prediction, protection and preparation management methods for volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, droughts and tropical storms. Where possible management strategies will be generalised but students will also look at methods applicable to individual hazards. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam question and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 50-60 minutes and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Oxford KS3 curriculum and looks at different developmental indicators such as mortality rate, birth rate, people per doctor and more. Students will also either create development top trump cards if not done from a previous lesson or create their own. Discussions regarding the cards are also provided. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 50-60 minutes and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Oxford KS3 curriculum and looks at indicators such as life expectancy, people per doctor, mortality rates and more. Students were already introduced to these in an earlier lesson so now students will be looking at the limitations of indicators, how they are split between economic and social and also will plot their own data (with data provided) and explain the relationship between the indicators. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Edexcel KS4 curriculum and looks at how a river changes through its upper, middle and lower courses. Students will identify reasons for theses changes and explain them. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam question and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour but will likely last longer and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Edexcel KS4 curriculum and looks at a lot of river terminology such as precipitation, percolation, transpiration, interception etc. Students will be given the keywords and asked to add them to the correct place on a diagram before identifying stores, transfers, inputs and outputs. Students will finish by being introduced to the concept of drainage basins. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam question and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Edexcel KS4 curriculum and looks at both human and physical risk factors to flooding. Students will be given examples of each and explain how they cause floods as well as looking at an example before moving on to an 8 mark question. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam question and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Edexcel KS4 curriculum and looks at waterfalls, gorges, V shaped valleys, meanders, ox bow lakes, flood plains and levees. This lesson is at first entirely student led as you will put them into landform groups and they will have to research the landform they have been given and present this information. After which there is also information on the slides for the teacher to use with the class depending on the level of the presentations. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam question and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Edexcel KS4 curriculum and looks at soft and hard engineering strategies to reduce river flooding and damage. Students will investigate a wide variety of strategies through a carousel activity such as planting trees, zoning, channelisation, flood walls and more. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam question and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Edexcel KS4 curriculum and looks at how humans can minimize deforestation through ecotourism, selective logging, international agreements, debt reduction, education and replanting. Students will then be able to independently research Malaysia and how they are managing their rainforest. Information sheets and case study sheet provided to help guide students. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam question and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. This lesson follows the Edexcel KS4 curriculum and looks at how climate change is impacting our planet. Students will look through some impacts as a class before going on a fact find answering questions provided. Students will have to read through different pieces of information to find their answers. This could easily be turned into a team game. This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam question and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography

Full unit of work for Edexcel Rivers unit. All lessons are fully resourced. Lessons are designed to last for 50-60 minutes. Lessons are resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning. These lessons follow the Edexcel KS4 curriculum and look at; The Water Cycle & Drainage Basin River Profiles River Processes (Erosion, Transportation, Deposition, Mass Movement) River Landforms (Waterfalls, Gorges, V shaped Valleys, Floodplains, Levees, Meanders, Ox bow Lakes) Journey of River Tees Flood Risk Factors Hydrographs Water Demand and Supply River Management Three Gorges Dam Each lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam question and various student led activities. If you liked this resource please check out my other resources at https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/SimpleGeography