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Mount Everest
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Mount Everest

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A year 7 Geography lesson on Mount Everest as part of a Fantastic Places SOW. Could be taught to any KS3 class. Covers the location, characteristics and hazards associated with Mount Everest. The main activities include atlas work, video clips and peer teaching. Differentiated learning objectives and worksheets. Fully resourced.
Year 6 Geography Taster Session
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Year 6 Geography Taster Session

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This is a one hour lesson taught as a 'taster' for Geography during year 6 transition week in Secondary school. It was taught to a large, mixed ability class of year 6 students to inspire an interest in Geography. The lesson focus is on animal adaptations, looking at the reason for adaptation and examples of it. The tasks are very collaborative including a 'draw what you hear' paired activity and an animal design activity. Fully resourced.
Victoria Falls
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Victoria Falls

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A year 7 Geography lesson on Victoria Falls as part of a Fantastic Places SOW. Could be taught to any KS3 class. Covers the location, characteristics and formation of Victoria Falls. The main activities include map work, video clips and creating a storyboard. Differentiated learning objectives and worksheets. Fully resourced.
Comparing the impacts of the Haiti and Christchurch earthquakes
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Comparing the impacts of the Haiti and Christchurch earthquakes

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A lesson originally taught to year 10 GCSE Geography students (for AQA). It introduces the two earthquakes and allows students to see how levels of development affect the scale of the damage. The lesson includes a card sort activity, peer teaching and examination practice. This lesson could also be adapted for KS3 Geography classes. Fully resourced.
The Grand Canyon
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The Grand Canyon

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A year 7 Geography lesson on the Grand Canyon as part of a Fantastic Places SOW. Could be taught to any KS3 class. Covers the location, formation and impacts of tourism in the Grand Canyon. The main activities include map work, video clips and a card sort. Differentiated learning objectives and activities. Fully resourced.
Seven Natural Wonders of the World
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Seven Natural Wonders of the World

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A KS3 Geography scheme of work on the Seven Natural Wonders of the World. Despite looking at natural wonders, the interactions between humans and the environment are explored in each lesson. Lesson 1 - The Great Barrier Reef Lesson 2 - Mount Everest Lesson 3 - Victoria Falls Lesson 4 - The Northern Lights Lesson 5 - The Grand Canyon Lesson 6 - The Paricutin Volcano Lesson 7 - Rio de Janeiro Harbour The SoW contains a wide variety of learning activities such as card sorts, peer teaching, video activities, carousels and mysteries. Each lesson contains differentiated learning objectives, worksheets and activities. Taught to year 7 but could be used with any KS3 class. Fully Resourced.
The Northern Lights
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The Northern Lights

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A year 7 Geography lesson on the Northern Lights as part of a Fantastic Places SOW. Could be taught to any KS3 class. Covers the location, appearance and causes of the Northern Lights. The main activities include map work, code breaking and group work. Differentiated learning objectives and activities. Fully resourced.
Waterfall and Gorge Formation
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Waterfall and Gorge Formation

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A creative lesson to teach GCSE students how waterfalls are formed. Created for the new AQA GCSE Geography specification. The main activities include annotated window sketches and play-doh sequencing. Challenge tasks included for stretch and challenge. Fully resourced.
India's Caste System
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India's Caste System

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A year 8 Geography lesson exploring India's caste system. Was included in an India SOW and could be taught to any KS3 class. The lesson covers the structure of the caste system and how prevalent it is in India today. The main task has a choice of 3 activities - differentiated. Also includes a fact file activity and video clips. Fully resourced lesson.
Relationships between the Native Americans and the English Settlers
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Relationships between the Native Americans and the English Settlers

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A KS3 History lesson looking at relationships between the Native Americans and the English Settlers. Taught as part of a British Empire SOW. Originally taught to a mixed ability year 8 class but could be used across KS3. The lesson includes a source activity, Disney Pocahontas activity and storyboard activity. Students particularly enjoyed discussing how accurate the Disney portrayal of Pocahontas was. Fully resourced.
Living Conditions in Dharavi Slum India
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Living Conditions in Dharavi Slum India

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A KS3 Geography lesson exploring living conditions in the Dharavi slum, India as part of an Investigating India SoW. Students complete a senses board and group labelling activity to explore the characteristics of housing in Dharavi. They the work in groups to create a labelled model of a Dharavi house with Play-Doh. Challenge tasks for more able and writing frames for SEN students. Fully resourced.
The Great Barrier Reef
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The Great Barrier Reef

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A year 7 Geography lesson on the Great Barrier Reef as part of a Fantastic Places SOW. Could be taught to any KS3 class. Covers the characteristics of the GBR and the human impacts on the ecosystem. Main activities include video clips, a significance activity, fact file creation and creating a TV advert. Differentiate learning objectives and worksheets.
AQA The Living World - Causes of deforestation in Malaysia
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AQA The Living World - Causes of deforestation in Malaysia

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Sixth lesson in The Living World section of the NEW AQA GCSE Geography course. The lesson covers the causes of deforestation in Malaysia. Students are required to locate Malaysia in the world, create a mind map of the causes and design a riddle to help them remember the causes. Homework task included on Palm Oil. Fully resourced.
The Impacts of Climate Change in Africa
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The Impacts of Climate Change in Africa

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A KS3 Geography lesson on the impacts of climate change in Africa as part of an Investigating Africa SoW. The lesson was taught to a mixed ability year 7 class but could be taught across all of KS3. Students investigate the different impacts of climate change and locate them on a map. Differentiated worksheets are provided and challenge tasks are incorporated into the PowerPoint. Fully resourced.
End of Year Geography Quiz
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End of Year Geography Quiz

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A generic Geography quiz that is ideal for a fun end of term activity. The quiz is suitable for both KS3 and KS4 classes and has 5 rounds consisting of: Famous Landmarks Flags of the World Geographical Movie Titles Country Outlines Megacity Locations The answers are provided at the end of the presentation and there is a worksheet that students can complete. The total marks for the quiz are out of 50.
AQA The Living World - A freshwater Pond Ecosystem
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AQA The Living World - A freshwater Pond Ecosystem

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Second lesson in The Living World section of the NEW AQA GCSE Geography course. The lesson focuses on an example of a small scale freshwater pond ecosystem. Food webs, food chains and the impact of change within an ecosystem are explored. Fully resourced.
AQA The Living World - Global Biomes
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AQA The Living World - Global Biomes

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Third lesson in The Living World section of the NEW AQA GCSE Geography course. The lesson covers the distribution and characteristics of the worlds biomes. Factors affecting their distribution are also covered. Peer teaching activity included. Fully resourced.
Introduction to ecosystems AQA GCSE Geography
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Introduction to ecosystems AQA GCSE Geography

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The first 3 lessons in the Living Word section of the new AQA GCSE. Lesson 1 - Introduction to ecosystems. Lesson 2 - A small scale ecosystem. Lesson 3 - Global Biomes Fully resourced.
The Football War
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The Football War

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A KS3 Geography lesson from a year 9 war and conflicts SoW. The lesson introduces students to the 4 day war that was sparked by a world cup qualifier between El Salvador and Honduras. This lesson was created to capture the interest of a challenging boy-heavy class. The main tasks include map work, a timeline card sort activity and a discussion of how responsible football was in causing the war. Fully resourced.
Secondary Geography Taster Session
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Secondary Geography Taster Session

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These resources were used as part of a carousel activity during a Summer School event for year 7 students before they joined high school. The students were split into groups and spent 20 minutes on each of the tasks that covered different aspects of Geography. Activities include: 1. Making a jigsaw of Pangaea 2. Designing earthquake proof buildings 3. Designing a 7* Dubai hotel 4. Designing traditional African masks 5. Creating a shoe box that could be sent to Syrian child refugees All activities were enjoyed by students and encouraged them to work as part of a team while promoting enthusiasm for Geography.