A powerpoint and a 4-page workbook of short answer questions to help students practice reading water budget graphs and analysing what they show. Questions vary from reading direct totals from graphs, to describing patterns, to explaining differences between graphs in the northern and southern hemisphere.

Lesson covers the glacial balance and concept of accumulation & ablation, and advance & retreat. Focus on the Athabasca Glacier and how it has retreated over the decades. Exam question practice included with full answers. All worksheets and activities are included within the ppt. Reference is made to the DVD ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ which is useful to show if you have a copy available (relevant minutes are noted in the ppt).

Lesson covers general impacts of climate change and a range of impacts on the Arctic including a loss of albedo, melting, sea level rise, impacts on local communities All resources are included within the ppt

Lesson comprehensively covers strategies to reduce climate change at global, regional, local and individual levels. Strategies included are the Kyoto Protocol, EU 20 20 20 vision, the UK Climate Change Act and Beddington Zero Energy Development. All policies are covered in detail with resources to help students to make notes

Lesson covers the roles of the rainforest, e.g. atmosphere cleaning and carbon trapping. Activities centre around Bruce Parry’s series ‘The Amazon’ which highlights the issues of mining, foresting and road building in the rainforest. All worksheets included within the ppt.

Lesson covers the meaning of ecotourism and an example in the Amazon rainforest. Activities include internet research and exam question practice. All resources included within the ppt

Lesson covers what happens within ecosystems if certain elements are removed or new species are introduced Activities include thinking about scenarios around a UK hedgerow, and a research task about unplanned species introduction All resources and sheets are included at the end of the ppt

Lesson covers a recap of the links between the water and carbon cyles and how climate change might affect this; it then explores the long term, medium term and short term types of climate change and the evidence for each Worksheets included in the ppt

Lesson covers 7 different strategies to save tropical rainforest Activities include questioning, structured note taking and exam question practice All resources and worksheets included within the ppt

Lesson covers the location of cold environments, their climate, and the difference between polar and tundra Activities include describing a map, coding statements, and interpreting a climate graph All resources and worksheets are included within the ppt

Lesson covers the idea of goods and services and which ones exist in the rainforest Activities include statement sorting, note taking and exam question practice All resources and worksheets included within the ppt

Lesson covers a range of plant and animal adaptations using the BBC’s Frozen Planet and a range of structured questions and research Activities include watching Frozen Planet, answering key questions and carrying out internet research. All resources and worksheets included within the ppt

Lesson covers four different management strategies and how they can help, e.g. using technology and involving governments Activities include research and note taking and an essay practice question with model answer All resources and worksheets are included within the ppt

Lesson covers the threats to cold wilderness and why it is important that it is protected; management strategies are explored Activities include statement coding and analysis All resources and worksheets are included at the end of the ppt

A concise factfile of these two tropical storms from the 2018 storm season Contains key background facts and figures as well as primary impacts, secondary impacts, immediate responses and long term responses (also coded as environmental, social, economic) Would be a good summary for students comparing more and less developed impacts and responses of storms; would also be a good basis for a comparison lesson

A one-sided marking and uplevel template to be used for marking extended writing or long exam questions. Aimed at GCSE level work but can be adapted for KS3 and KS5. Template to be completed and adapted depending on the piece of work being marked.

Students have to design a ski resort map on the given template, and include as many map skills as they can.

A list of knowledge for students when learning or revising the topics of rivers and coasts

A transcript of a short BBC news report about the proposed development of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, USA. Comprehension questions are included at the end of the article. Useful for looking at issues of developing ecosystems in cold environments, especially at GCSE level.

Lesson gives a detailed insight into how glacial areas are affected by tourism. Lesson includes: An overview of the location of Chamonix, France A comprehension activity on the impacts of tourism here, along with a statement coding for positive/negative impacts and identification of environmental/social/economic effects A brainstorming task that gets students to identify how each problem area can be targeted with a solution that will allow tourism to continue sustainably A final summary quiz All lesson resources and worksheets are included within the powerpoint.