Title: What fluvial landforms occur in the middle course of rivers?
Aim: To describe the characteristics of Meanders and Oxbow Lakes and explain their formation.
AQA GCSE > Living with the Physical Environment > Physical Landscapes in the UK > River Landscapes in the UK. (But should cover most new GCSE specs)
This is classic Geography, but the lesson provides students (and you) with everything needed to tackle any exam question on either meanders or oxbow lakes. Also included is a really useful revision sheet, which summarises the lot.
My lessons are planned and taught with Smart Notebook, but a PDF is also included.
Thanks for looking.
Title: What's so special about the river Severn?
Aim: To identify the major landforms of erosion and deposition on the River Severn.
AQA GCSE > Living with the Physical Environment > Physical Landscapes in the UK > River Landscapes in the UK. (But should cover most new GCSE specs)
Bored of teaching about the Tees and High Force? Me too. As a teacher based in the South West teaching a more local 'example' makes more sense.
I've also included a PDF of the lesson. I know not everyone uses Smart Notebook.
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Title: How important is tourism in Nepal?
Aim: To explore how tourism in Nepal (LIC) is helping to close the development gap.
Challenges in the Human Environment > The Changing Economic World > The Development Gap
There's a wide range of activities here, therefore no textbook required for the lesson.
This took me 2 lessons to teach well.
Planned: April 2017
Any feedback appreciated.
Thank you for looking.
Lesson Title: What are the impacts of the development gap?
Aim: To ascertain how uneven levels of development have led to disparities in wealth and health.
Challenges in the Human Environment > The Changing Economic World > The Development Gap
Textbook: GCSE Geography AQA (Oxford University Press) - Fairly important for the lesson, but there's a range of activities here, so you could easily work around it.
Planned: March 2017
Any feedback appreciated.
Thank you for looking.
Lesson Title: Closing the Gap - What's the answer?
Aim: To explain how debt relief, fairtrade and microfinance loans can help reduce the development gap.
Homework Included.
Challenges in the Human Environment > The Changing Economic World > The Development Gap
There's a wide range of activities here, therefore textbook not required for the lesson:
Planned: March 2017
Any feedback appreciated.
Thank you for looking.
Title: Can a painting kill someone?
Aim: To chart Sir John Franklin's expedition of the fabled Northwest Passage and find out what happened to Franklin and his crew.
This is a lesson I've always wanted to plan and teach having studied Franklin when I was at Royal Holloway University. (You'll see the link in the lesson).
I'm a Geography teacher, but this could be easily taught as a History, Art, English or PSHE lesson. I teach it at the end of Year 9, as part of the AQA Geography GCSE and will be included in my Cold Environments bundle.
The lesson is designed for students aged 14 and over and should not be taught by an inexperienced teacher, due to the subject matter of mental health, suicide... and cannibalism.
PGCE students turn back...
My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but a PDF is also included.
First planned and taught - July 2017
Title: Flooding -Who's to Blame?
Aim: To identify physical and human causes of flooding and introduce hydrographs.
AQA GCSE > Living with the Physical Environment > Physical Landscapes in the UK > River Landscapes in the UK. (But should cover most new GCSE specs)
This will take you two lessons. It covers the hydrological cycle with key terms, human and physical causes of flooding and finally storm hydrographs, again with key terms.
I appreciate not everyone uses Smart Notebooks so a PDF of the lesson is included, as is a HOMEWORK.
Thanks for looking.
Lesson Title: What do Population Pyramids tells us?
Aim: To understand what population pyramids show and to explain how they link to the Demographic Transition Model.
Challenges in the Human Environment > The Changing Economic World > The Development Gap
Textbook: GCSE Geography AQA (Oxford University Press) - Fairly important for the lesson, but there's a wide range of activities here, so you could easily work around it.
Planned: March 2017
If these lessons prove popular I'll continue to upload the whole unit. Any feedback appreciated.
Thank you for looking.
Title: Source to Mouth or Bank to Bank?
Aim: To describe and explain the long profile and changing cross profile of a river and its valley.
AQA GCSE > Living with the Physical Environment > Physical Landscapes in the UK > River Landscapes in the UK. (But should cover most new GCSE specs)
Panned and first taught: May 2017
This lesson covers drainage basins, long profile, channel cross profile and valley cross profile.
Tasks include map skills and exam questions.
All resources are included, no specific text book is required.
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(Please note. My lessons are planned and taught using smart notebook, but a powerpoint version of the lesson is included.)
Title: How do rivers shape the land?
Aim: To explain how a river erodes its bed, banks and load.
AQA GCSE > Living with the Physical Environment > Physical Landscapes in the UK > River Landscapes in the UK. (But should cover most new GCSE specs)
The content could also be adapted for KS3.
This took me 2 lessons to teach well.
This lesson covers vertical and lateral erosion before introducing abrasion, corrosion, attrition and hydraulic action. Students then produce revision cards for each type of erosion and can also produce revision videos. Opportunities to stretch and challenge included. Good evidence if teaching as an observed lesson/interview lesson.
My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but a PDF is also included.
Thanks for looking.
Title: TNCs or Nigeria - Who wins?
Aim: To assess the role of TNCs in Nigeria's development.
AQA GCSE>Challenges in the Human Environment>The Changing Economic World>NEE Case Study
This fully resourced lesson builds towards a 6 mark exam question, which is included as a homework.
First planned and taught: September 2017
My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but PDFs are also included for those that don't use SMART.
Title: How do rivers transport and deposit their load?
Aim: To explain how a river transports and deposits its load.
AQA GCSE > Living with the Physical Environment > Physical Landscapes in the UK > River Landscapes in the UK. (But should cover most new GCSE specs)
First Taught: June 2017
I decided to tag deposition on the end of this lesson. It just doesn't warrant it's own lesson at this stage. More depth is given in Lesson 8 of the unit - Levees and Floodplains.
My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but a PDF is also included.
Thanks for looking.
Title: What landforms does erosion produce?
Aim: To describe and explain how interlocking spurs, rapids, waterfalls and gorges are formed.
AQA GCSE > Living with the Physical Environment > Physical Landscapes in the UK > River Landscapes in the UK. (But should cover most new GCSE specs)
Exam style homework included. 14 marks. Draws on various elements of the unit so far
This lesson covers interlocking spurs, waterfalls and gorges as required by by the specification, but also rapids... because they're cool.
My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but a PDF is also included.
Thanks for looking.
Title: What is Soft Engineering?
Aim: To evaluate 4 soft engineering flood management strategies.
AQA GCSE > Living with the Physical Environment > Physical Landscapes in the UK > River Landscapes in the UK. (But should cover most new GCSE specs)
First Taught - June 2017
My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but a pdf is also included.
If you like this lesson the whole unit (14 lessons) is available as a bundle for just £6.
Questions: Why does Bath need flood defences?
Aim: To understand how Bath is an example of an effective flood management scheme.
AQA GCSE > Living with the Physical Environment > Physical Landscapes in the UK > River Landscapes in the UK.
I'm a Bath based Geography teacher, whose dissertation had a lot to do with Bath's flood defences... This is a very decent lesson, but in reality GCSE students don't need this much detail.
First Taught - June 2017
My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but a pdf is also included.
If you like this lesson the whole unit (14 lessons) is available as a bundle for just £6.
Title - How is hard engineering used to manage river flooding?
Aim - To be able to explain hard engineering techniques and evaluate some of the costs and benefits of these.
AQA GCSE > Living with the Physical Environment > Physical Landscapes in the UK > River Landscapes in the UK. (But should cover most new GCSE specs)
First taught - June 2017
My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but a pdf is also included.
If you like this lesson the whole unit (14 lessons) is available as a bundle for just £6.
Title: Nigeria - Haunted by the past of exicted by the future?
Aim: To explain how Nigeria's economic and political relationships with the wider world have changed and outline the characteristics of these relationships.
AQA GCSE>Challenges in the Human Environment>The Changing Economic World>NEE Case Study
This fully resourced lesson outlines Nigeria's history from slavery through to the 2015 elections. There's then a data presentation/mapping exercise to illustrate Nigeria's existing international trade partners and finally a focus on Chinese investment in Africa.
First planned and taught: September 2017
My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but PDFs are also included for those that don't use SMART.
Lesson Title: Why is there a development gap?
Aim: To identify historical, economic and social causes of uneven development.
Challenges in the Human Environment > The Changing Economic World > The Development Gap
Textbook: GCSE Geography AQA (Oxford University Press) - Not essential, most resources required are included within the lesson.
This takes some classes 2 lessons to complete well.
Planned: March 2017
Any feedback appreciated.
Thank you for looking.
Question: How does Bath defend itself from flooding?
Aim: To understand Bath's flood defence scheme and discuss the social, economic and environmental issues arising from it.
AQA GCSE > Living with the Physical Environment > Physical Landscapes in the UK > River Landscapes in the UK.
I'm a Bath based Geography teacher, whose dissertation had a lot to do with Bath's flood defences... This is a very decent lesson, (the drone video I'm particularly proud of), but in reality GCSE students don't need this much detail.
First Taught - June 2017
My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but a pdf is also included.
If you like this lesson the whole unit (14 lessons) is available as a bundle for just £6.
Title: How's Nigeria's Economy Changing?
Aim: To record how Nigeria's employment structure has changed and to establish the importance of oil and manufacturing in Nigeria's economic growth.
AQA GCSE>Challenges in the Human Environment>The Changing Economic World>NEE Case Study
Fully resourced lesson with a focus on numerical (3.4.3) and statistical (3.4.4) skills.
First planned and taught: September 2017
My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but PDFs are also included for those that don't use SMART.