Geography teaching resources for KS2, KS3, KS4 and KS5. Worksheets and resources are mostly all contained within the lesson powerpoints for convenience.
Geography teaching resources for KS2, KS3, KS4 and KS5. Worksheets and resources are mostly all contained within the lesson powerpoints for convenience.
Lesson covers the various hazards that can occur in Los Angeles and California and possible responses. Hazards include earthquakes, river floods, coastal floods, drought, wildfires and smog.
All activities, research tasks and worksheets included within the ppt.
A fun and engaging introduction to the topic of tourism!
Lesson includes:
A starter about where we go on holiday
A quiz identifying famous tourist attractions
A tourist attraction mapping activity (requires an atlas)
An extended writing task about holidays
All resources and worksheets are included within the powerpoint.
A concise knowledge organiser for the AQA GCSE Geography course (condensed into 20 pages).
NB. Doesn’t contain information for ALL topics, only information for the chosen topics where decisions had to be made, e.g. energy was the chosen resource for the topic ‘The Challenge of Resource Management’
Each topic is condensed into 2-3 A4 pages with blank pages for Issue Evaluation notes and templates for students to add their own fieldwork summaries.
Topics included are:
The Challenge of Natural Hazards - case studies include the Haiti and Christchurch earthquakes, Typhoon Haiyan, and flooding of the Somerset Levels in the UK
The Living World (tropical rainforests & cold environments) - case studies include the Amazon and Alaska
Physical Landscapes in the UK (rivers & coasts) - case studies include the north-east coast (Holderness), the River Severn, and the flooding at Boscastle
Urban Issues and Challenges - case studies include Mumbai and Sheffield
The Changing Economic World - case studies include Nigeria and the UK
The Challenge of Resource Management - focus is on energy with case studies on natural gas in S. America and micro-hydro plants in Nepal
Issue evaluation - space for notes and key words once the pre-release is available
General fieldwork skills
Fieldwork - blank frames for students to complete their own concise summaries
Lesson covers the different types of aid and how they can help Nigeria
Activities include a card sort and discussion/exam practice to weigh up different types of aid
All resources included within the ppt
KS3
Describe what tornadoes are
Tornadoes SEE HEAR FEEL
Conditions needed for tornadoes to form
Oklahoma tornado case study
All activities and resources included within the ppt
A thorough and detailed lesson on processes of glacial transport and how moraines and drumlins are formed.
Lesson includes:
A recap of landforms of erosion
An overview of the processes of transport with note-taking frame
Clear diagrams and definitions of the five different types of moraine (medial, lateral, ground, terminal, recessional)
Clear diagrams and definitions of how drumlins and erratics form with note-taking frame
A mix of revision/consolidation games and activities including: pictionary, taboo, who am I?, and a playdoh round
Final acrostic task to help revise key terms
All lesson activities and worksheets are included within the powerpoint.
Lesson covers what happens when industry declines and the affect this has on the environment
Activities include a card sort of impacts and exam practice questions
All resources included within the ppt
Lesson covers different strategies to close the development gap, e.g. aid, investment, fairtrade. Activities include instructions for student presentations and a final analysis/discussion task
All resources (apart from textbooks) included within the ppt
A fully resourced lesson(suitable for KS3, 4 & 5) that covers the formation of waves, fetch, different characteristics of constructive and destructive waves, and exam question practice.
All worksheets, video links and resources included within the ppt. Lesson contains mini plenaries through to check understanding, and exam questions with answers.
A series of lessons on the carbon cycle complete with activities and worksheets integrated within the powerpoints. Activities include card sorts, research tasks, debates, and practice exam questions.
KS3
Describing how weather affects people like shop owners and farmers
Scavenger hunt activity of people living in different climates around the world
Opinion activity to finish
All activities and resources included within the ppt
An engaging lesson on how trends in tourism have changed.
Lesson includes:
A starter on what kinds of places people like to go on holiday
A mind mapping activity on why tourism has grown
A graph describing activity on global tourism trends
A final discussion on why tourism might begin to decline, e.g. economic recession
A summary quiz
Lesson covers theory behind the global circulation model. Students have a clear A3 worksheet to fill in throughout the lesson to give them a clear and detailed revision sheet for the exams.
Worksheet included within the ppt
A clear and detailed case study lesson on the conflicts that arise as a result of tourism in the UK’s national parks.
Lesson includes:
An introduction to the Lake District and the idea of conflict
A comprehension on the Lake District - why people are attracted there and the conflicts that it has to cope with
A problem solving activity on how best to respond with the conflicts the Lake District experiences
A final plenary to check learning
All lesson resources, comprehensions and worksheets are included within the powerpoint.
Lessons cover the location of the Amazon Rainforest, its features and role within the water and carbon cycles, the impact of climate change on the rainforest and how this would affect water and carbon cycling, and strategies to save the rainforest with a focussed look at ecotourism.
All worksheets and resources are included within the ppt.
Lesson recaps the impact of deforestation on the water and carbon cycles
Activities are used to examine four key strategies to save the rainforest, with card sorting and exam question practice
All worksheets are included within the ppt