This resource covers the advantages and disadvantages of fossil fuels, as well as renewable sources of energy. It fits with the AQA Geography Paper 1 Section A: The challenge of natural hazards (climate change). I have used with KS3 and KS4. It includes a categorising task, a table task and a plenary task (all of which could be copied to a word document and printed if needed.

This lesson is all about the Brandt Line and whether it still applies. Each task is clearly explained and has a challenge with it - to stretch your students. This lesson introduces different classifications of countries as LIC, NEE and HIC at the start. The main activity involves the students shading a map based on GNI per capita for countries around the world. Then the students use this map to discuss if the Brant Line still applies today or not. The plenary involves sentences that the students can copy and complete to explain what they have learnt. I hope you find it useful and that your students enjoy it.

This lesson introduces push and pull factors, and then uses the example of Lagos to demonstrate it. I use this lesson with year 8 - but it could be used at any point in KS3.

This lesson recaps knowledge on the measures of development, and then encourages students to think about the limits of these measures. Starter: a game based on measures of development Activity 1: a gap fill on measures of development Activity 2: oracy task thinking about the usefulness of these measures Activity 3:Map and video introducing the problem of using life expectancy as a measure Main activity: Students shade a map of london boroughs to show life expectancy. This can be used to discuss how an average can hide extremes. Plenary: Mathematical task where students are quized on range, mean, median and mode of the data they are using

A set of knowledge organisers covering the content for AQA GCSE Geography 9-1 Unit 1. They have very condensed notes that can be used for revision or to support teaching. Topics covered include: Tectonic hazards Weather hazards Climate change Tropical rainforests Hot deserts Coastal landscapes River landscapes

A set of knowledge organisers covering the content for AQA GCSE Geography 9-1 Unit 2. They have very condensed notes that can be used for revision or to support teaching. Topics covered include: The urban world Urban change in the UK Sustainable urban development The development gap India: A Newly emerging economy The changing UK economy Resource management Energy management

In this lesson the students create horoscopes for celebrities using the ‘will future’ tense in english. Firstly the students fill in a horoscope for each month, choosing their level of difficulty from three different versions of the worksheet. Then students roll the dice to find the future outcomes for different celebrities, followed by writing that up as a horoscope. The class must then guess who eachothers horoscope is about. Resources included: Powerpoint presentation Differentiated horoscope worksheet Celebrity horoscope worksheet

This lesson uses the Thar Desert as a case study to investigat e the opportunities and challegnes of the Hot Desert, however most of the materials could be adapted to another case study if your school uses another one. The lesson starts with locating the Thar desert, then the students use flash cards to fill out a table with Partner A looking into opportunities and Partner B challenges. They then work together sharing their knowledge to complete a matrix. The final task asks students to create a tweet to show their knowedge. This works well for KS3 however for KS4 it could also be replaced with an example GCSE question from zour exam board on opportunities and challenges. Included Resources Full lesson Powerpoint Worksheet for the lesson Partner A and Partner B table worksheet (differentiated versions of the table also included). Flash cards of opportunities and challenges Stretch and challenge task (The Whatsapp task at the end)

This is a series of 8 fantastic lessons on the Changing Economic World unit of the AQA Geography GCSE. It focuses on the first part of this unit, all about development and the development gap. I have used this with Year 10, but it would work well for any KS4 class. I hope you enjoy!

Series of 9 complete lessons following the specification for AQA GCSE Geography on ‘Case Study of an LIC or NEE’. The Case study is Nigeria. I have used these lessons with Year 10. All printables are included within the slides for easy printing! I hope you enjoy.