Cheddar Gorge is the biggest in Britain, with its dramatic cliffs rising up to 45 0 feet and caverns deep below, it is a world famous beauty spot located in a National Nature Reserve which is also famous for its prehistoric discoveries. These worksheets help students to explore this beautiful area and develop a way to attract tourist to it.

These worksheets help your students to determine between the countries which make up the United Kingdom and the British Isles through a range of activities, including graphs, wordfills, venn diagrams and maps.

The Colossus of Rhodes is familiar to almost everyone. Its history begins with the siege of Demetrios Poliorketes, successor of Alexander the Great, in 305 BC. When Demetrios was defeated, he abandoned all his siege machinery on Rhodes. The Rhodians decided to express their pride by building a triumphal statue of their favourite god, Helios. The task was assigned to the sculptor Chares of Lindos, a pupil of Lysippos himself, and twelve years (from 304 to 292 BC) were needed to complete it. It has been proposed that a new statue should be erected to replace the lost Colossus, your students task is to discuss the pros and cons of this and what, if any, social, economic or environmental impacts this may have on the area, both in the long and short term. Your students shall then conclude whether they personally think a new statue is a good idea or not.

The Hanging Baskets of Babylon conjure up romantic images of lavish, luxurious and colourful flowers cascading down over light brick walls. The awe-inspiring sight must have been why Herodotus included it in his list of Seven Wonders. However, they are not standing today and there is a distinct lack of their documentation in Babylonian history, so have evoked debates as to whether they existed at all. These worksheets aid your students in carrying out research into the Hanging Gardens as well as being able to examine and analyse a sources reliability. The difference between fact and opinion is explored to help the students answer whether they thought the Gardens actually existed. The worksheets conclude with a discussion about our beliefs, how we develop them and whether having different beliefs effects our world

The Lighthouse of Alexandria was built on the small island of Pharos as a beacon for sailors having to navigate the tricky harbour. At the time the lighthouses were built this was considered one of the centers of civilisation. Unfortunately the lighthouse no longer stands, it is thought it stood for 1,500 years and survived a tsunami in 365 AD but succumbed to an earthquake in 1303 AD and now lies at the bottom on the Mediterranean where piece are still being found today. Imagine you are a news reporter and you have had the opportunity to do one of the following: ◊ You have been invited to be one of the first people to climb the lighthouse to the observation level ◊ You have been invited along to a dive to recover some of the statues which lay under the Mediterranean – Report what you see under the water and what it’s like to be recovering a piece of history – Report what you see and how you feel

The Mausoleum of Halicarnassus was built for Mausolus, the second ruler of Caria from the Hecatomnid dynasty who died in 353 BC. As the man who refounded Halicarnassus, Mausolus was entitled to receive cultic honours and a tomb on the central square of his city, in accordance with Greek custom. The person in charge of this project was Mausolus’ grieving widow, Artemisia II, who, incidentally, was also his sister. These worksheets asks the students to use a discription to draw their own interpretation of how the Mausoleum once looked as well as discuss whether treasures found by a British Museum team should be returned to Turkey or remain in London.

The Temple of Artemis was thought to be three to four times as large as the Parthenon in Athens, it was once described as the largest temple and building of antiquity and served as a place of worship to the Greek Goddess Artemis. Home to both Greeks and Romans, the grand temple was destroyed and rebuilt many times over the course of its long history. The Antipater of Sidon, who compiled and visited all the seven wonders, said the temple was more marvellous than any of the other six wonders. The site of the temple was rediscovered in 1869 by an expedition sponsored by the British Museum led by John Turtle Wood, and while several artefacts and sculptures from the reconstructed temple can be seen there today, as for the original site, only a single column remains from the final reconstruction of the temple itself. These worksheets help your students understand what can be gained from a single photograph as well as develop from their own research a TripAdvisor review for this famous landmark.

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was completed in 435 BC and stood as an inspiration and destination for thousands for many years. The temple and statue survived earthquakes and other natural disasters, however many visitors and conquerors tried to destroy it but failed. The Roman Emperor Caligula was so jealous of its power over his new defeated subjects he ordered the statue be moved to Rome. The scaffolding used to do this collapsed, it’s said accompanied by a loud laughing noise… Your students task is to imagine they are guides at the site of the ruin of the Statue of Zeus. One of their jobs is to help the tourists choose an appropriate ‘talking tour’. Their boss has decided it’s time to update the recordings on these ‘talking tours’ and it has fallen to them to do this! After writing their tour your students need to let the tourists know of the update and design a poster to attract people to the ruin site. This will then be peer marked using a provided scoring table.

Using an article from The Guardian newspaper website, the students extract information on the positive and negative implications of mining uranium within the Grand Canyon. They then form their own opinion and write a persuasive speech from the point of view of the environmental campaigners or the multinational company. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

These worksheets introduce students to what is meant by the conservation scale and the meaning of ‘endangered’. We look at the human and physical aspects which threaten our wildlife, specifically Komodo Island and its Komodo Dragon, and the attempts to overcome these threats. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

These worksheets look at the food web of the Amazon Rainforest, identifying producers, herbivores, and carnivores. The students will study positive and negative human intervention statements, identifying them as social, political, or economical. The lesson concludes with writing a report on the best strategies to protect the rainforest and a discussion on which would be the most successful. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

Halong Bay, Vietnam, is a beautiful limestone landscape in a tranquil sea. Amongst the islands are examples of cracks, arches, caves, and stumps. The student’s first task is to mould and build their own structures of these using Play-Doh, with their own explanation of their formation. Second is to produce an informative brochure about the limestone formations and its surrounding area for tourists. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

To help improve your coursework grade try investigating some of the underused icons found on Google Earth, including, place markers, recording a tour, historical imagery and sunlight on landscape, to name a few. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

These worksheets help students develop their descriptive, sensory and research skills as well as look into the problems caused by the increasing number of tourists visiting Antarctica. Ways to reduce these impacts are discussed in addition to whether the students think Antarctica should be protected or not. A range of activities are incorporated within this worksheet including: gathering research, annotating thoughts and ideas, and using senses to describe their findings. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation or Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

Hindus believe we are reincarnated after death in accordance with how we have lived our lives. They believe the cycle of birth, death and rebirth can be broken many ways, for example karma and practising meditation and yoga. Using these worksheets, the students will discuss what they believe happens to us after we die - which can lead to an interesting conversation as students air their different views – and look at karma and three different types of yoga practised by Hindus. Please like and follow us on Facebook @WillsonEducation, Instagram @willsoneducation and Pinterest @willsoned for more exciting resources, activities, and upcoming events to incorporate into your lessons.

National Parks are under increasing pressure to attract visitors to them however these visitors bring both negative and positive impacts to the countryside and residents. These worksheets look at some of the negative impacts visitors can have on National Parks and whether they are social, economical or environmental.

With a number of National Parks across the country it is not surprising to discover that their landscapes are varied. This worksheet looks at these landscapes and why visitors maybe attracted to these as well as what they can offer the visitors .

These worksheets look at the key elements of a settlement site for early man and tribes today. By working through these elements the perfect location is highlighted on the map and the students need to explain why this is the ideal place to build a settlement

These worksheets highlight to students how many indigenous tribes can be found around the world and where. The pattern of their location and choice of environment are discussed also

The Chagga people have lived on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro for hundreds of years, they believe the mountain is holy and treat it with respect. However, since the area was given National Park status in 1970 there has been a sharp increase in hikers. These worksheets have the students imagining they run a local primary school, however the families struggle to afford the uniforms, shoes, books and lunches which result in many children not attending. Their task is to decide how best to use aid money to help try double attendance to the school.