Creative and innovative resources that meet the needs of every learner in every lesson.
Why create numerous resources when one can do it all.
Most resources are for geography lessons, but many are for whole-school too and cross over into numerous subjects.
Creative and innovative resources that meet the needs of every learner in every lesson.
Why create numerous resources when one can do it all.
Most resources are for geography lessons, but many are for whole-school too and cross over into numerous subjects.
All the resources needed for the pupils to create a shopping list of the key ingredients of tropical storms.
Print off information sheet that pupils use to gain an understanding of the key things needed for tropical storms to occur. Works well on A3.
Pupils can make rough notes first.
They then create their ingredients list, putting the information into their own words.
There is then a sort to complete.
S&C can be to sort their work using the keys provided.
Information created for easy access for pupils to gain an understanding of the causes, effects and adaptations to drought.
It is designed to allow pupils to work independently (in small groups) to create their own news broadcast role play.
Show them the news clip from youtube.
Discuss what makes a great roleplay news broadcast.
Show info sheet (I like them printed in A3 & in colour)
Pupils makes notes on the information. A mindmap works well with 3 branches (causes, effects & responses).
Once notes are done, they then create their news broadcast.
Very simple to teach & kids love it.
Information about the impact that McDonalds is having upon the planet.
Links brilliantly to SMSC, geography and Science.
The lesson is designed to give students an understanding of obesity related to fast food, the reasons for its growth in Asia and the environmental impacts (both good & bad).
I provided the pupils with the information sheet (printed in colour & on A3). They read it & made notes.
They then had to present a 2 minute talk to the class without repetition, hesitation or saying ummm or ok or like.
It truly promotes oracy, literacy and presentation skills along with independent and creative learning.
The kids loved it and it is incredibly simple and easy to teach.
A simple school grounds based project in a self-contained booklet.
The project looks at the best location on the school grounds to build a picnic site.
It involved data collection, presentation, analysis and evaluation. All crucial geographical skills.
It outlines hypotheses and students complete a conclusion based on their findings.
A great end of year activity when the weather improves a little.
Takes about 5-6 lessons to complete.
Perfect for teachers planning PSHE 2020 curriculum or as Tutor Time Resources. Includes everything needed. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last one hour each. An engaging lesson that looks at what it means to be a teenager in Britain today.
It is an active lesson that requires pupils to gather data and then present it.
It works well at both KS3 & 4 and is a key area of the SMSC PSHCE specification.
Students add to the table of things that are important to them.
They then walk around the room and create a tally based on their peers top 3 most important factors from their list.
They then rank the issues from most to least. 1-8.
A histogram can then be create using their data.
In discussion with their partner, pupils then identify what they perceive other people in society think about teenagers.
One done, they complete a simple success critera.
A fantastic lesson that the kids loved doing.
It involves pupils creating their own weather forecast linked to the factors that influence the weather in the UK (NAD & air masses).
They simple read the information provided (I normally print it in A3), make notes on it and create a weather forecast that they then present to the class. They work on their presentations for homework too.
Very simple to teach and usually takes 3 lessons to get through.
A school grounds based project looking at if:
Natural factors impact erosion around the school more than human?
Everything needed is contained and outlined in the booklet.
Takes 4-5 lessons to complete.
You will have to change the map from google earth to a map of your own school.
Worked really well and covers a lot of statistical detail and fieldwork skills.
Perfect for teachers planning PSHE 2020 curriculum or as Tutor Time Resources. Includes everything needed. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last one hour each. An engaging lesson that looks at pay day loans & debt. A lesson that provides pupils with a decision making task for two very different people.
They have to look at each case study and offer advice on the best way for that person to deal with their financial situation.
It covers lifestyle, expenses, living costs, debt, empathy and wise choices.
My kids loved doing this and feeding back what they would do in the situation of each character.
Perfect for teachers planning PSHE 2020 curriculum or as Tutor Time Resources. Includes everything needed. These resources have been designed to be engaging, detailed and easy to follow. All our resources are editable (so easy to adapt for your classes) and are designed to last one hour each. An engaging lesson looking at the cost of living. Great numeracy links too.
Calculate the cost of living for certain things & add to the table.
Decide on other possible expenses that are not listed in the table.
Look at effective ways to reduce spending.
A simple activity that gets pupils thinking about the judgments that they make about people simply based upon their looks.
Used as part of the KS3 SMSC scheme of work, but good for any age range.
Fill in the definition box.
Sort the words around the two pictures to which best matches to the image.
Share & discuss why they may be totally wrong.
Pupils write a short paragraph as to why stereotyping people is such a bad thing to do.
They then explain how stereotyping might have a negative impact upon your current and future life using the table.
They then annotate the Dysney picture to show how media & film portrays heroes & villains, thus building upon social stereotypes.
A simple tracker that breaks down the percentages to grades.
Was used in humanities, but can be easily amended to fit all subjects.
Pupils add their assessment scores onto the tracker to keep a record of progress over time.
Simple, but effective.
An information sheet on the effects & responses management of the great barrier reef KS3 or GCSE. Links to all key learning needed for impacts & responses to an ecosystem. It covers all of the key words & links well to SEN students & G & T. It can be used t create a mindmap, storyboard, diary or just to answer questions.
Outlines for geography marking to speed up feedback & make it manageable. These can be used for a variety of tasks. They are much easier for pupils to read and save repeating the same comments on numerous pieces of work.
A selection of geography skills activities. Choropleth mapping, Isoline mapping, proportional graphs & picture analysis. Covers all new 1-9 specifications. These are very structured and allow pupils to gain the basic detail of graphing requirements for all geography specifications.
A selection of activities that pupils can use mid-way through or at the end of a unit or to top up learning at any point during the course. Students watch a video clip/clips or DVD on the subject. They then add detail to the mindmap. The GCSE question in the centre of the page links all of the content back to a GCSE context. Pupils complete this in purple pen to top up learning & demonstrate understanding. Tricky SPaG has been identified & pupils copy it 3 times. The resources cover much of what schools are asking for, in terms of topping up learning.
A good letter that has gained both myself and many colleagues a middle leadership post. Some of the detail will need changing, but the structure and format is a tried and tested one.
A selection of activities that pupils can use mid-way through or at the end of a unit or to top up learning at any point during the course. Students watch a video clip/clips or DVD on the subject. They then add detail to the mindmap. The GCSE question in the centre of the page links all of the content back to a GCSE context. Pupils complete this in purple pen to top up learning & demonstrate understanding. Tricky SPaG has been identified & pupils copy it 3 times. The resources cover much of what schools are asking for, in terms of topping up learning.
An information sheet linked to the impacts that humans have upon glacial/ski resort areas. Sheet can be given to pupils and used to create a booklet, mindmap, storyboard or to answer questions. It is great for independent learning.
