A lesson designed for Year 7 which introduces the different types of resources and the concept of sustainability.
Includes the following:
key terms and definitions (inc. non-renewable, renewable)
identify and naming the different types of resources
video link to sustainability (in notes of powerpoint)
gap fill explanation paragraph on linking sustainability and resources
MS Forms quiz to assess progress (in notes of powerpoint)
Each extended independent task has a challenge.
A double sided set of unseen fieldwork questions for students to practice in preparation for Paper 3 of 8035 (AQA) GCSE Geography. This has not been taken from any exam paper or revision guide and has been by myself based on key themes and the specification.
Best enlarged to A3 when printing.
A revision sheet that summarises the strategies to reduce the development gap as part of the changing economic world unit in the 8035 GCSE Geography course (AQA).
Can be used as a standalone activity or with the blue GCSE AQA Geography textbook. Ideal for revision or as use as a long-term catch up activity for students with poor attendance.
Best enlarged onto A3 when printed.
A double sided revision sheet for the fieldwork part of the 8035 GCSE Geography course.
It includes a recap of the fieldwork enquiry process and then has a section on each strand in more detail.
It includes a recap on key words and their meanings and sections for students to add details on their own fieldwork investigations e.g. their enquiry questions/hypothesis, data collection, data presentation, conclusions etc.
There are also some practice style questions to apply knowledge, understanding and skills.
Can be easily adapted if needed and can be used as a standalone resource which is ideal for revision or catch-up.
Recommended to enlarge onto A3 when printing.
A summary revision sheet to cover the following parts of the Changing Economic World topic as part of the GCSE AQA Geography course (8035):
development indicators
causes of the development gap
consequences of uneven development
Can be used as a standalone worksheet or with the blue AQA GCSE Geography textbook. Ideal for summarising revision or as catch up resource for students who have large amounts of learning.
Two revision summary sheets on resource management for section C of Paper 2 (AQA 8035 GCSE Geography).
First revision sheet covers food, water and energy in the UK (question 3) and the second covers water (question 4) and uses examples of CAP (Central Arizonia Project) and sand dams in Makeuni, Kenya, however these examples can be easily adapted on the worksheet to match your own.
Great for revision and can be used as a standalone resource and/or with the blue AQA GCSE Geography textbook. Also useful as a catch up tool for students with poor attendance.
Recommended to enlarge to A3 when printing.
A revision sheet covering water and energy conservation, urban transport strategies to reduce traffic congestion and responding to the challenge of waste disposal.
The worksheet has been designed to make links to the city of Bristol where possible rather than focusing on Freiburg to reduce overload for students. Students are not required to study any case study or example for this part of the specification but if students have studied Bristol as their UK city this worksheet will compliment their revision of this exxample.
Could be used as a standalone worksheet for revision or to support catch up for students who have been off for long periods.
A lesson on the causes and impacts of the Beast from the East (2018).
It explores the causes of the Beast from the East, with the aid of a short video and gives students a written activity based on explaining this.
The second part of the lesson focuses on some of the impacts - with an activity on categorising the impacts into social / economic / environmental and then an extended written piece using a PEEL structure to explain the impacts. The extended written task also includes a model example before students are expected to complete their own independent explanation.
Designed to last 1 hour.
An A4 worksheet which is based around the different types of settlement.
Task 1 - students have to read each description and match it to the correct settlement name.
Task 2 - students have to complete a diagram of the settlement hierarchy.
Challenge - students have to describe the difference between two settlements.
Two A4 summary sheets which includes:
summary of why airports, ports, roads and railways are important for the UK economy
improvement / increasing capacity schemes (colour coding activity for each type of transport focusing on: Heathrow expansion, Liverpool2, dualling of A30 in Cornwall and HS2.
Can be used as as stand alone worksheet.
PDF and word copies available in download.
**For which specification? **= AQA Geography (8035)
**Specification Link? **= Paper 2 - Urban Issues and Challenges - UK City - Bristol
This x34 slide powerpoint provides a useful summary of the case study on Bristol and is matched to the 8035 AQA GCSE Geography specification. It contains pit-stop questions and summarised content to help with planning and delivering revision sessions, which is specifically linked to the specification.
A standalone worksheet that could be used as part of a lesson on strategies to reduce the development gap.
It includes x3 tasks:
Task 1 - match each strategy with the correct meaning/description
Task 2 - explain how one strategy reduce the development gap. A model example is given to help.
Task 3 - x4 weakness/challenges are described and students have to suggest which strategy to reduce the development gap it would link to.
A worksheet exploring the economic challenges created by urban growth in Rio de Janerio, Brazil. A range of comprehension questions which includes the growth of the informal economy as well as skills based questions using a line graph. Perfect as a standalone worksheet as part of a lesson or additional homework.
A fully resourced lesson exploring the costs and benefits of urban sprawl and the growth of commuter settlements.
It includes a pre-made worksheet and challenge tasks which do not require the use of any other resources such as textbooks.
A guided reading worksheet on inequalities in Bristol as part of the Urban Issues and Challenges unit. Focuses on the economic and social inequalities between Filwood and Stoke Bishop.
Can be used as a standalone activity or added to a lesson that you already.
Perfect for homework or cover work if needed.
Three sets of self-reflection worksheets for Paper 1, 2 & 3 of the AQA GCSE Geography (8035) exams from May/June 2019.
These are a useful template for students self-reflecting on these exam papers if used as mock exams or general practice papers.
They contain a column for writing their own mark for each exam question as well as a set of self-reflection questions at the end, focusing on their performance in each of the x3 sections of Papers 1 and 2 and in the sections of Paper 3.
A very simple PDF and word document for Year 7 students to complete remotely based on identifying types of extreme weather in the UK, explaining the impacts of extreme weather in the UK and of the Indian Monsoon.