I used this resource in a IGCSE class studying the Coasts topic, focusing on Wave-Cut Platforms.
26 slide PPT includes:
Revision questions about coastal landforms: stacks, arches, headlands, bays
Revision slides about the main types of coastal erosion - hydraulic action, abrasion, solution, attrition.
slide with a written explanation of the formations of a wave-cut platform using key words: erosion, notch, undercutting, overhang, cliff retreat
slide with embedded video showing an animation of the wave-cut platform formation process
various photos and diagrams showing the process
The last slide has an annotated sketch and written task that can be completed using the information from the PPT.
This filled a 60 minute lesson.
This pack includes all of the resources that I developed for the William the Conqueror unit of work. I used this in a KS3 History class.
Pack includes:
6 PPT’s covering the following topics: The Norman conquest, the Feudal System, life in Norman England, Norman Castles.
I have included the source based assessment task that I used for this topic and a few other source based tasks, worksheets, word-finds, cross words etc
There is enough material here for 5-6 lessons.
Pack includes around 15 items, can form the basis for an entire unit of work.
Material included could be modified, enhanced, adapted to your needs.
This resource is for an IGCSE class studying the Earthquakes and Volcanoes topic: San Francisco Quake of 1989 case study.
Pack includes:
Ppt covering:
key words defintions
learning objectives
map locations and plate tectonic situation in the Bay Area,
key points of the quake - date, time, impacts.
Cypress Viaduct collapse
Fact book covering:
causes of the quake
predication, prevention, management
responses
economic and human impacts
Case study questions for students to answer using the information inside this pack.
This filled in a 80 minutes lesson.
Contents of PPT and Factbook could be used to generate further tasksheet or discussion topics.
22 slide PPT covering overpopulation, underpopulation, optimum population including case studies. I used this for an A-Level Geography class studying the Population Core Human Geography topic.
Detailed breakdown of the PPT:
Definition of key words: overpopulation, underpopulation, optimum population, population policies
Bangladesh case study, an overpopulation country. Case study includes embedded video, maps, background information about the country, and information about the causes and impacts of overpopulation.
Australia case study, an underpopulation country. Case study includes embedded video, maps, background information about the country, and info about the causes and impacts of underpopulation there.
Pack includes a task sheet which students can complete using information from the PPT.
This comfortably filled a 60 minute lesson.
Pack includes a 26 slide PPT and two task sheets.
PPT in detail includes:
Definitions of key words
Population distribution explananion using maps from Australia, China and the world.
Population density explanation, including a link to an interactive world map, graph chart showing countries with a high population density, table showing variations in population density
Mini case study on Shanghai, a densely population city
Mini case study on Greenland, a sparcely populated area
Charts showing factors that influence population density and distribution, positive and negative things.
Pack includes 2 task sheets that can be completed using information from the PPT.
Enough material here for 2-3 lessons. I used this with an ICGCE class studying 1.4 Population Density and Distribution.
28 slide PPT that covers the Coastal Processes - Mass movement topic.
The PPT includes:
definition of mass movement, in a coastal context (process and causes)
embedded video explaining mass movement coastal processes
In-depth explanation of land slump, and rockfalls using Holderness Coast case study as an example for land slumping
coastal rockfalls, mud-flows explanation and photographs
Task on the last slide - recall/analysis/exam questions
I used this for an A-Level Coastal Processes lesson focusing on mass movement.
29 slide PPT covering the Causes of Precipitation for the Atmosphere and Weather topic.
I used this for an AS/A Level class. PPT includes a list of tasks for the students to complete.
Details of the PPT-
Definition of precipitation
Detailed explanation of convection rainfall with diagrams and photographs
Description of frontal uplift, including diagram
Description and diagrams of frontal systems
The different types of clouds and where the altitudes where they are found
Explanation of orographic rainfall including diagrams
Radiation cooling explanation
Resource includes a 15 slide PPT describing migration in Qatar.
PPT includes background/historical information about Qatar, plus modern demographic information, and information about the climate, and a population pyramid.
PPT includes detailed facts and statistics about the migration situation in Qatar today, the numbers of foreign workers and their source countries.
The last slide includes discussion/task questions.
Includes also is a written report tasksheet focusing on the issue of migrant mistreatment in the recent World Cup held in Qatar.
There is enough material here for 2-3 lessons.
38 slide PPT which provides a detailed explanation of the depositional coastal landform: Sand dunes.
PPT includes a detailed description of each stage of sand dune succession: embryo dunes, fore-dunes, semi-fixed/yellow dunes, fixed/grey dunes, dune slack and mature dunes.
Each stage includes diagrams, photographs and descriptions of the structure and vegetation found in each stage.
PPT includes embedded videos on the stages of sand dune succession.
PPT also includes information on why dunes are important and the conditions needed for them to form.
I used this in a 60 minute A2 level class studying the Coastal Environments advanced core topic.
This pack contains 2 PPT presentations. I originally used this in an A-Level class studying the advances human geography topic of Environmental Management, then I also used it for an IGCSE class studing the Theme 3 topic of Energy.
There is plenty of material here for 2-3 lessons or more. Content can be used to generate numerous task sheets if you so wished.
Detailed breakdown of the PPT’s:
PPT1 - Non-renewable Energy
What are fossil fuels
Coal, how we use it, pro’s and con’s, how it is formed
Environmental impacts
Natural Gas, how we use it, pros and cons, how it is formed
Oil, how we use it, pros and cons
Last slide includes a short research task on nuclear power
PPT2 - Renewable Energy
Wind power, how it works, pros and cons
Solar power, how it works, pros and cons
Hydroelectric power, how it words, advantages and disadvantages
Biomass - what it is, how it words and the pros and cons
Final slide has a short task - How do we energy task.
Resource that was used with a IGCSE1 class studying the Earthquakes and Volcanoes topic. It easily filled a 90 minute lesson. The content of the PPT could be used to generate more tasksheet, discussion activities.
PPT breakdown. 32 slides cover the following content:
lesson objectives, key words and syllabus links.
the 3 P’s of earthquake preparadness - predict, plan and prepare
Tips to follow in an earthquake event
Engineering techniques that can be used to make buildings more earthquake resistant, includeing padded foundations, dampeners, shock absorbers, cross bracing, deep foundations. Each method has a small animation to aid in the explantion
The final slide has two tasks for the students to complete - a sketch task of an earthquake resistance builidng, and a written explanation of the 3 P’s.
19 Slide PPT covering the main flow types in rivers:
Laminar
Turbulent
Helicoidal
PPT includes written explanation, diagrams of each type of flow.
Helicoidal explanation includes details around meander, pool and riffle formation.
The last slide includes a written task that can be answered using the information in the presentation.
I used this in an AS level class studying the Hydrology and Geomorphology topic.
Easy 40 minute lesson.
Pack includes a 30 slide PPT covering the following:
key word defintions: scree, Felsenmeer, regolith
weathering definition
physical weathering definition
freeze-thaw weathering explanation, using photographs and annotated diagrams, and the resultant land forms and features - scree, felsenmeer
heating and cooling/thermal fracture explanation, definition and photographs and resultant landforms
Pack includes a task booklet with questions that they students can apply their knowledge from the PPT to answer.
I used this in an A-Level Geography class studying the Rocks and Weather core unit.
I used these materials to teach a lesson to an AS Geography class studying hot spots as part of the Rocks and Weathering Core Physical Geography topic.
The pack includes an 18 slide PPT which includes the following:
definition/explanation of hot spots
diagram illustrating the formation of a hot spot and the resultant landforms
maps and diagrams showing the Hawaiian islands hot spot example
world map showing the location of hot spots
map showing Pacific hot spot island chains
Mini case study, Mauna Loa volcano, including new report, video and photographs
The last slide of the PPT contains tasks for the students to do
Task 1: textbook task (scan of textbook page is included)
Task 2: Research task on the Iceland area.
There is enough material here for 1-2 lessons.
36 slide PPT that I used with an A-Level class that was studying the Environment Management Advanced Human Geography topic.
The PPT focuses on the environmental impacts of energy production, use and transport.
Detailed breakdown of the PPT:
-the environmental impacts of renewable sources such as wind and HEP power
the environmental impacts of non-renewable sources such as fossil fuels, fracking etc
the environmental impact of nuclear power with a short case study on Chernobyl and the local, regional and continental scale impacts of this event
the environmental impacts of energy transport, including a short case study of the Exxon Valdez incident
the environmental impacts of energy production: local and regiona and globall. This includes information about acid rain and wet and dry deposition, and global warming caused by the enhanced greenhouse effect.
The final slide includes two exam style questions for the students to attempt.
There is enough material here for 2 lessons.
Pack includes a 24 slide PPT which covers cyclone formation.
I used this PPT in an A-Level class studying the Hazardous Environments topic, however this could easily be adapted for an IGCSE class studying tropical cyclones.
PPT includes:
a description of where cyclones occur and form, including maps.
an explanation of when cyclones occur and why
an explanation of the conditions required for a cyclone to form
an explanation of the process of cyclone formation, including diagrams
an explantion of the structure of the cyclone, including the eye and eye wall
the Simspon scale
3 task at the end of the PPT, including a diagram task and exam type question
There is enough material here for 1-2 class, and more task sheets could be generated using the material in the PPT.
This resource covers the Growth in International Tourism sub-topic in the Global Interdependence topic for A Level Geography.
This resource can also be adapted to use in a IGCSE/GCSE class studying tourism and the reasons for growth in international tourism.
The 26 slide PPT includes:
current trends in international tourism, and the most visited countries in recent times.
factors affecting international tourism: economic, political, social
PPT includes a mini research task on the environmental impacts of tourism. This could also be used as a class discussion/brainstorm point.
The material in the PPT could also be used to generate a task sheet etc
Handy resource for an IGCSE class studying the Earthquakes and Volcanoes topic.
PPT includes a case study of Mt St Helens. PPT includes:
map showing the location
embedded video of the event
causes of the eruption
before and after photos
responses to the eruption
impacts of the eruption
Filled in a 45 minute lesson.
PPT with a 20 questions True/False quiz on the Coast topics for the IGCSE Coasts topic.
Fun revision task, can be modified to suit your needs. Good for a 40 minute lesson.
Questions relate to:
constructive/destructive waves
coastal erosion
wave structure
wave building
True/false quiz presented on a PPT. Quiz covers content from the Population topic for A-Level Geography.
Question are based on:
Population indicators
Demographers
Dependency ratios
Age/Sex diagrams
Population density
Immigration
Demographic Transition Model
Indicators of Development
Global population trends
Human Development Indicators