PowerPoint aimed at National 5 and Higher Physical Environments unit for the Scottish Curriculum for Excellence. The presentation summarises the conflicts and potential solutions for forestry, farming, renewable energy and tourism in the Cairngorms National Park. Links are provided throughout to allow for extended research.

15 minute cities! This is a red hot topic and is a MUST for any urban unit at Level 3, GCSE, National 4/5, Higher Geography levels and beyond. Resources are sparse on this extremely topical subject - so this bundle is a must! It includes a 12 page PDF file full of colourful information and engaging activities including making your own 15 minute city neighourhood, being a protestor and putting together a front page spread on the issues. Oxford and Paris are used as case studies but there are many opportunities to look into local examples. The PDF also includes access to a free Sway which guides students through the issues with pointers to relevant information and film clips. Relevant vocational links are also highlighted to help with positive destinations.

Self-contained unit of work covering the performance criteria for Outcome 1 for SCQF Level 6 (Higher) Sustainable Practices in Travel and Tourism. May also be useful for BTEC Level 3 Travel and Tourism or as a stand alone unit as part of a National Progression Award (NPA) for Climate Change and Sustainability. Topics covered include:- Definitions and the principles of sustainable tourism development. Interdependence of tourism with the natural environment. Interdependence of tourism with the human environment The role of organisations involved in sustainable tourism both locally and globally. Resource consists of a colourful 13 page PDF document full of activities to meet the performance criteria in an engaging way. The resource also includes access to two free Sways which detail case studies of the North Coast 5oo and the Republic of Maldives. Guided activities, templates and relevant links mean that this unit can be self taught. A must for any busy classroom teacher!

Nice activity to make your students think about the advantages and disadvantages of greenfield versus brownfield developments. Consists of a task where students imagine they are a town planner. They are considering an application to find a site for a major supermarket. Two sites are available. One is greenfield and the other is brownfield. They must weigh up the pros and cons of both sites and then evaluate them to make a reasoned decision. Nice link added to assist with students seeing the relevance of this activity to the world of work and assist with positive destination evidence.

Are you teaching the Biosphere to Higher or A Level? Want an interesting way to introduce soils? This PowerPoint might be your answer. It might be a bit difficult to engage students about learning soils but this PowerPoint helps to point out their relevance and how the study of soils can even lead to a career in forensics.

Employability activities booklet for Travel and Tourism to meet the requirements of both National 4 and 5 and other courses beyond these. The resource is bright, colourful, engaging and contains lots of hands on, fun, useful tasks which will also prepare your learners for the world of work and help them to embrace how to make themselves much more employable. There is the chance to set up mock interviews, work simulations, self-evaluate employability and investigate careers and skills required in a targeted way. Although aimed at Travel and Tourism, many of the tasks could be adapted for other skills for work courses. Ultimately, the aim of this unit is to make students much more employable and prepared for positive destinations. Required outcomes are clearly set out and the resource comes as a PDF, document. It is also suitable for use as a digital resource to upload for remote learning via OneNote or Teams.

If you are delivering a Travel and Tourism course, it is often difficult to enrich delivery with work related practical simulations. This 10 page work booklet and associated Sway attempts to address this! Included is a detailed presentation of what is included in a pre-flight safety briefing to be delivered by cabin crew, engaging activities and everything you need to set up a simulation in your classroom. Help with how to assess this activity is provided also. Spice up your Travel and Tourism course and have fun with this. It will also help you greatly with how to deliver the outcomes required for the SQA Employability unit in Scotland without having to organise complicated work experience.

Entire UK and Worldwide Unit for National Travel and Tourism in a PDF file. Elements of it are also suitable for BTEC Travel and Tourism with long haul destinations such as the Maldives and travel to the Arctic included. Related issues and solutions are explored with excellent examples and links. This unit is engaging, colourful with fun activities to meet the outcomes with lots of exemplars and guidance. Activities include carrying out a travel survey, designing an all-inclusive resort, planning an interrail trip and investigating ecotourism in the Arctic. The resource also includes access to a free Sway presentation to allow the completion of positives and negatives of tourism in the Maldives as a case study, including links to relevant websites and film clips. All outcomes are comprehensively covered. This booklet is flexible. Material can be used in format presented or activities can be extracted or uploaded onto Teams/OneNote for digital use. Required outcomes are clearly set out and the relevance of activities to the world of work are highlighted with links to possible careers. This unit is bright, fun and a complete resource for students and teachers to all enjoy working through. Large parts of this unit are also very relevant to geography. Check out this film to see more. https://youtu.be/KDVGVgHrjDg?si=fJPYnG78ILMcgDy8

Exciting news! Entire revised updated Scotland Unit now available for National Travel and Tourism in a 28 page PDF file that you can pick activities from with additional attached Sways. The unit is engaging and colourful with fun activities to meet the outcomes with lots of exemplars and guidance. “Outlander” and “Dark Tourism” are used as trends that students immediately find interesting, as well as activities on pushing products on social media. Students are also encouraged to set up their own agency and promote it using social media. In addition, they are encouraged to think about interior design in holiday rentals and the use of AI in that design. Indeed, they can start to think about their own wellbeing with simple changes they can make to be more “coorie”. The resource also includes access to two free Sway presentations. One provides exemplars for helping with mapping, the use of AI in designing, and understanding marketing and hospitality. The other allows the completion of positives and negatives of tourism in Scotland using the North Coast 500 as a case study, including links to relevant websites and film clips. This booklet is flexible. Material can be used in format presented or uploaded onto Teams/OneNote for digital use. Why give yourself extra work and stress when you can download this complete resource! Find out more here -https://youtu.be/CUZxCxEBD8c?si=08s4I1Tal4INGhjo

Best selling work booklet containing tasks and activities covering all the outcomes for Travel and Tourism Customer Service Unit at National 5 level (can also be used for National 4). May also have relevance for Customer Needs BTEC Level 1/2. Engaging activities and role plays including dealing with difficult customers, being a travel agent, setting up and marketing your own Air B and B and travel agency - all covered in an engaging, colourful 28 page booklet. Files are provided in PDF format which could easily be uploaded onto OneNote etc for remote learning should it be required for poor attenders or absentees. The resource includes a free Sway directing learners to the pros and cons of different methods of promotion. Why give yourself extra work and stress when you can just download this resource! :) Tried and tested in the classroom and very successful. Some of the activities could have relevance for geography lessons, vocational studies and other Edexcel Travel and Tourism courses. Find out more with this film clip - https://youtu.be/xOV9A9KaKa0?si=Dl5_FpvSfddB0Rzi