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.

Title - What are the key characteristics of cold environments? Aim - To describe and explain the main characteristics of cold environments: Climate, permafrost, soils, plants and animals. AQA GCSE>Living with the physical environment>The living world>Cold Environments First planned and taught: June 2017 Fully resourced lesson, which includes a research based homework. My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but a pdf is also included.

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.

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 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: What's life like in the Arctic Circle? Aim: To describe what life is like for people who inhabit the Arctic and what challenges they might face. PLEASE NOTE: I recommend you buy 'Arctic with Bruce Parry' DVD to teach this lesson as it's planned here. £6-7 on Amazon. I use it a lot for this Cold Environments unit. AQA GCSE>Living with the physical environment>The living world>Cold Environments First planned and taught: June 2017 My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but a pdf is also included.

Title: What development opportunities do cold environments like Alaska present? Aim: To create a case study of ALASKA as a cold environment that highlights development opportunities and evaluates the impacts of these. HOMEWORK INCLUDED - 9 Mark case study question with plan. PLEASE NOTE: I recommend you buy 'Arctic with Bruce Parry' DVD to teach this lesson as it's planned here. £6-7 on Amazon. I use it a lot for this Cold Environments unit. AQA GCSE>Living with the physical environment>The living world>Cold Environments First planned and taught: June 2017 My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but a pdf is also included.

Title: How can Cold Environments be managed? Aim: To evaluate a range of strategies used to balance the needs of economic development and conservation in Cold Environments. AQA GCSE>Living with the physical environment>The living world>Cold Environments First planned and taught: June 2017 Please note: An AQA Geography GCSE textbook (OXFORD) is required for this lesson, but you could adapt it easily to teach without. My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but a pdf is also included.

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: 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.

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.

Title: What's the geographical context in Nigeria? Aim: To better understand the social, cultural, environmental and political context in Nigeria. AQA GCSE>Challenges in the Human Environment>The Changing Economic World>NEE Case Study There's a 15-20 minute reading homework also included. PLEASE NOTE: The main activity in the lesson currently requires both OXFORD and HODDER AQA text books, but could be easily adapted with your own resources. 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: 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.

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. Thanks for looking.

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 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.

First planned and taught: Oct 2018 This is taught at the end of a unit on China in Year 9 and my students love it. I originally planned it as an observed OFSTED lesson, so this is worth a look if you have an observation coming up. The lesson examines the claims of 5 countries on the South China Sea. There’s differentiation throughout, but really the best part of the lesson is the game. You might want to teach over 2 lessons, as I’ve found that 1 hour isn’t quite enough time. My lessons are planned and taught using Smart Notebook, but a PDF is also included and you can easily use that if you don’t have Smart Notebook. If you and your students enjoy it please leave some positive feedback.

Title: Where's Nigeria and why should we care? Aim: To describe the loaction of Nigeria and account for its global and regional importance. AQA GCSE>Challenges in the Human Environment>The Changing Economic World Fully resourced, FREE lesson. Save yourself some planning time and use this. I've used Nigeria as a CASE STUDY of one NEE experiencing rapid economic growth. First planned and taught: September 2017 The remaining 7 lessons in this unit will be available for £3 each, or the whole unit will be available as a bundle for £6, once I've finished planning and teaching it. My lessons are planned and taught using smart notebook, but a PDF is also included for those that don't use SMART.

Lesson Title: What's the DTM? Aim: To explain how the DTM works and how it links to differing levels of development. AQA GCSE 2017 - Includes exam style homework. Challenges in the Human Environment > The Changing Economic World > The Development Gap Textbook: GCSE Geography AQA (Oxford University Press) - Fairly essential for the lesson, but you could work around it. Planned and taught: March 2017 I appreciate not everyone uses Smart Notebook, so a PDF of the lesson is also included. Thank you for looking.