The new orders for Geography state 'communicate geographical information in a variety of ways, including through maps, numerical and quantitative skills and writing at length.' Therefore I have been giving extended questions this year; this is one of them. This followed several lessons on; erosion and weathering, coastal features (including finding on an OS map) and formation of stacks & stumps (including making them out of playdoh to make movies!). Planning sheet and success criteria included.
Prepared for AQA Geography B, a guide for students to use GIS to reseach Historic Hurricanes and accompanying PowerPoint. Task, for them to work in pairs to prepare a PowerPoint that uses GIS and explains why GIS is important in the preparation for Tropical Storms
PowerPoint game based on play your cards right format, but for life expectancy. Students are shown life expectancy for first country and then have to work out, using prior knowledge, if the next country will be higher or lower. Great fun, has always worked well with classes and gets them thinking!
Comments welcomed!!
Encourages students to consider food miles and once they have gathered information, locations can be mapped and the food miles of their Christmas dinner calculated
A revision booklet for Urban (Unit 1) that follows the AQA Geography B textbook. Also sheets that can be copied onto A3 for revision in class or at home.
Starter of logos from Japanese companies. How did Japan become a rich country? Why has it slipped from 2nd to 3rd richest in the world? Article looks at who Japan exports to, who it imports from and some of what it imports and exports. Activities include graphs and comprehension, cloze passage for SEN students. Suggest you use my Crib Sheets for Success Criteria for graphs - see TES resources.
A powerpoint and card sort to encourage students to think about the source of one key (depending on your opinion of course) Christmas Dinner. Focuses on Henry Hall who was the first commercial cranberry grower in the USA.
Suggest you might use with my resource - Where did my Christmas Dinner come from?
Please comment as this is an updated version.
I've been trying to develop students skills at writing extended answers that explain, using PEE. To help with the feedback, I've been developing stickers that students can understand and hopefully act upon next time!
Uses NASA images tp show the world's lights and get students thinking about population distribution. Plenary - Play your Life Expectancy Right - based on play your cards right. Will Life Expectancy be higher or lower? My Year 8 students love this!
Links with my other resources on population
Written for my students to help them revise in school and at home from the AQA Geography B textbook by D Payne. Includes a range of activities to promote understanding and aid revision, also includes hyperlinks.
Uses photos and news reports from Oklahoma Tornado on 20th May to consider the effects of the tornado on people and the environment. Starter activity of 'reading photo&' and encouraging empathy, then DARTs (Directed Activity Related to Texts) to colourcode information to find it to answer questions. Differentiated extension; to write a diary. Planned as a standalone lesson in view of the disaster, could fit as a case study in a scheme of work on extreme weather. Please review.
Updated crib Sheets to enable students to produce outstanding maps, graphs and fieldsketches. A 10/10 sheet to ensure they remember title, key etc. A useful reminder for students and another method for ensuring your lesson has success criteria!
All resources for a role play about whether a limestone quarry should be developed in Malham. All roles, writing frame, sample speeches and record sheet provided. I use this as an assessment and the students really enjoy it!
Comments please
Uses images of England to encourage students to consider what England is like, includes plenary game 'A question of England'. Worksheet uses bi-polar analysis to investigate secondary images. Constructive comments please
Uses worldmapper to consider countries with poor sanitation and water quality. Suggest split group into two families to work out which countries/regions firstly have best sanitation and secondly poorest water quality. Makes noises like Family Fortunes,but you will need a copy of the answers for your own information.
Feedback appreciated, thank you
10 photographs showing capital cities of Africa and outline maps, works well if they are laminated and cut up in envelopes. Student use a map of Africa to match cities to countries before considering whether they are rich cities, poor cities and/or attractive to tourists. Comments appreciated please.