Double-sided A3 revision sheet for Coasts. Includes questions on physical processes, landform recap with key prompt question and other questions on the back of sheet (including an exam question with a figure).
Complete lesson covering the causes and impacts of suburbanisation and counter-urbanisation. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Graph and discussion
Mind map reasons for suburbanisation
Explanation of counter-urbanisation
Printable sheet that students use to categorise the impacts of suburbanisation and counter-urbanisation
Plenary
Complete lesson covering the formation of tropical cyclones or tropical storms. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Video and shared partner work to explain how a tropical cyclone forms
Students use information on the board to put the stages in the correct order on their printed sheets
Correct order
Explanation of why tropical cyclones get weaker once they hit land
Exam question
Plenary
Complete lesson covering mitigation of climate change. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Recap on the human causes of climate change
Optional interquartile range practise slide
Video and prompts about the ecological footprint
Mind map about reducing our own ecological footprint
Card sort activity (printable cards) with different mitigation strategies
Evaluation whole class writing
Plenary
Complete lesson covering the reasons why some Middle Eastern borders are straight lines, with a focus on Syria and the Sykes-Picot Agreement. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Prediction activity
Map of the Sykes-Picot agreement
Printable reading sheet (with differentiated one also available) and comprehension activity - can be done independently or as paired work
Writing task
Atlas challenge plenary
Complete lesson covering water conflict and water scarcity in the Middle East, with a focus on the Jordan River. Lesson includes:
Do Now - locating the Jordan River
Comparison of precipitation between Jordan and the UK
Keyword match-up activity and extension
Link to Water Scarcity Atlas for discussion
Video
Annotate and complete the sentences on the map of the Jordan River - printable handout
Plenary
Bonus video and questions
Complete lesson covering the geography of the Middle East. Lesson includes:
Do Now - map labelling activity
Think, pair, share with key images from the Middle East
Video and questions
Labelling map task (Atlas required)
Plenary
Complete lesson covering solutions to water scarcity and water insecurity. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Video and question about desalination
8 information cards about different strategies, with table to complete
Extension questions
Diamond 9 categorising activity
Plenary
Complete case study booklet (14 pages) for the Human Geography paper in Edexcel A GCSE Geography. Includes detailed case study information on all the relevant case studies in the spec, including:
River Severn
Isle of Wight
Hurricane Sandy - impacts and responses
Typhoon Haiyan - impacts and responses
California drought - impacts and responses
Namibia drought - impacts and responses
Sustainable management of the Amazon
Sustainable management of Epping Forest
Complete lesson covering greenfield and brownfield sites. Lesson was designed for the Edexcel A GCSE Geography Spec, but could be used with any GCSE specification or with KS3. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Partner activity to remember the definition of greenfield and brownfield
AfL activity
Definitions
Printable handout covering the pros and cons of each site; students complete a table using the information
Answers
Extended writing activity
2 mark exam question plenary
Complete case study booklet (30 pages) for the Human Geography paper in Edexcel A GCSE Geography. Includes detailed case study information on all the relevant case studies in the spec, including:
Global Development in India (case study page for each part of the spec)
Changing Cities - London and Sao Paulo (case study page for each part of the spec)
Energy developed country case study - Germany
Energy emerging country case study - China
A3 sheet with detailed ideas about how to respond to the threat of earthquakes in Haiti. Students have $20 billion to spend using the costed ideas and must justify it in the boxes.
Complete lesson covering the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami in the Indian Ocean. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Video and questions
Printable maps and data to create a choropleth map to help students decide which country was worst hit
Decision making activity with 2 options to prevent future tsunamis (printable sheet)
Plenary
Complete lesson covering the 4 main terrestrial ecosystems found in the UK. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Photos and prompts on each ecosystem
Categorise activity - categorise descriptions into each ecosystem
Challenge task on threats to each ecosystem
Spot the mistakes AfL activity
Plenary
Complete lesson covering the global distribution of ecosystems. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Summary of the different types of ecosystems
Printable map and match-up activity
AfL - which ecosystem?
Explanation of why ecosystems are affected by local factors
Speed dating (question your partner) using printable handouts
Complete lesson covering the key human and physical reasons why the UK is a developed country or HIC. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Key development indicators for the UK
Think, pair, share questions about the UK
Card sort or categorising activity using key info cards
Whole class AfL activity
I do, we do writing tasks
Plenary
Complete lesson looking at the physical reasons for low development in East Africa. Lesson includes:
Do Now - map labelling activity
Summary of East Africa’s low development level
Rainfall and soil quality maps with sentences to complete
Comprehension questions using printable reading (differentiated sheet also available)
AfL to check for understanding
Plenary - whole-class evaluation
Complete lesson covering the human factors that have slowed down development in East Africa. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Keyword definitions
Comparison of colonial map of Africa with contemporary map
Reading and comprehension questions (longer double-sided reading and shorter option in the slides)
AfL check for understanding
Ranking the key factors activity (including physical factors from a previous lesson)
Scaffolded writing about the most significant factor
Plenary
Complete lesson on different strategies to reduce the development gap. Lesson is set up as a decision making exercise. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Definition of the development gap
Link to videos describing why it’s important to reduce the gap
Decision making activity with printable differentiated worksheets
Teacher-led evaluation of the best strategy
Plenary
Complete lesson covering how countries develop over time. Lesson is focused on Rostow’s Modernisation Model of development. Lesson includes:
Do Now
Keyword match-up
Explanation of Rostow’s model of development with printable models
AfL to check understanding of each stage
South Korea location
Annotate the model activity using information about South Korea
Challenge activity
Plenary