Get your students used to the descriptive geographical language important when describing locations on a map, using this verbal communication activity.
PowerPoint Slides to use whilst completing the activity as well as for teacher guidance on how to set up the activity
Engaging and fun activity which is sure to get your students thinking
Uses key geographical literacy
Practical and easy to set up, can be used and adapted in many different ways
Update your Geography display boards in your classroom or around the school with the "Geographers Ask?" Posters.
This resource includes two high quality posters available for print in pdf.
- 1 x Physical Geographers Ask? Poster
- 1 x Human Geographers Ask? Poster
- 1 x Global Thinkers Are.. Poster
A high-quality printable resource which can be used as a reference information sheet when teaching case studies or as a revision tool. All sheets come in PDF format.
Case Studies Included:
Volcanic Eruptions
Montserrat 1995 (LEDC)
Eyja, Iceland 2010 (MEDC)
Earthquakes
Haiti 2010 (LEDC)
Kobe, Japan 1995 (MEDC)
Flooding
Pakistan 2010 (LEDC)
Tewkesbury, UK 2007 (MEDC)
A set of 30 cards great for use as a popular game at the start or end of lessons.
Great for laminating to use in lessons or as part of an eye-catching display board. Each country card includes, the capital city, population, area of the country, life expectancy and highest point (altitude).
This high-quality pdf resource consists of a copy of a selection of countries from each colour-coded) continent, including:
Oceania (Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Papua New Guinea
Asia (China, Thailand, Japan, South Korea, India, Saudi Arabia)
Europe (UK, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Switzerland)
Africa (Egypt, Tanzania, South Africa, Morocco, Zimbabwe, Ivory Coast)
North America (Canada, Mexico, USA, Cuba)
South America (Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador)
This scheme of work is suitable for KS2 Year 5-6 Geography and includes an 11-week plan and resources.
Week 1-5: Unit based on ‘Rivers’ focusing on the water cycle, three sections of a river, river features and river processes (erosion, transportation and deposition). The unit culminates in a small assessment piece which requires the children to build a “foil river” using the Learning Power Approach, followed by a written task. All assessment rubrics are included.
Week 6-11: Unit based on ‘Mapping Skills’ including lessons on grid references, compass points, contour lines and location knowledge. The plan also includes a detailed plan and resource for a Compass Fitness lesson outside which is ideal in the Summer Term.
A set of 5 different pdf pages with common keywords and vocabulary used in each topic.
Topics include:
Rivers
Coasts
Volcanoes
Earthquakes
Weather
Each page includes approximately 15-20 keywords with clear definitions and an appealing design.
Great for use in exercise books at the start of a new topic or for use on a working wall or display.
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This resource includes 5 high-quality Geography Revision Crib Sheets for use at the end of a topic or when revising for an exam.
Aimed at the GCSE and Common Entrance Geography curriculums, the sheets include the main points of information as well as some exam-style questions to practise.
The five revision sheets included are:
Rivers - focusing on erosion/weathering, formation of river features, upper, middle and lower course of a river.
Population & Settlement - focusing on birth and death rate, push and pull factors and settlement types and hierarchy.
Weather & Climate - focusing on difference between weather and climate, factors influencing microclimates, types of rainfall and the 'Water Cycle.'
Coastal Landforms - focusing on the erosion and deposition processes that cause landforms such as headlands, bays, spits etc. The crib sheet also focuses on the management techniques in order to protect coastlines.
Earthquakes & Volcanoes - focusing on the layers of the Earth, types of plate boundaries and ways to predict and prepare for an earthquake or volcano.
This resource consists of six different word searches all related to current geographical topics. Each word search has 15 words to find.
The topics/word searches include:
Weather & Climate
Tectonic Hazards
Rivers
Coasts
Population & Settlement
Transport & Industry
Four different geographical quizzes in PowerPoint format. Test your student’s global location, capital city and flag knowledge. Ideal for use as a competitive task in your class either independently or in groups.
Quizzes include:
World Flag Quiz
World Capital Cities Quiz
US State Capital Quiz
World Physical Features Quiz
This resource also includes all of the answers, a generic answer sheet on the final slide of each quiz and the ability for you to edit the resource to suit you, once downloaded. All quizzes are multiple-choice with the option of three answers for each question.
A high-quality resource that can be used time and time again as part of a geography lesson or form time. Available in PPT and PDF Format.
This resource consists of 4 different worksheets focused on mapping sports around the world. The worksheets would suit a Geography of Sport unit of work and include the following skills:
research
grid references
global locations
graphing
All graphics are high quality and include a task outline, all worksheets would be suitable as a printed resource or to upload as part of online learning.
The 4 worksheets include in this resource are:
Researching National Sports Around the World
Identifying/Spotting Patterns in National Sports
Mapping Sports Clubs in Hertfordshire
Mapping National Sports Around the World
With the children now spending more time at home, naturally they might have more time to watch tv programs or movies. Why not encourage your pupils/students to watch something related to humanities-based subjects, geography and history.
‘Geogglebox’ and ‘Historicalbox’ provides geographical and historical-based tv programs, documentaries and movies, divided into four different categories.
Viewer ratings provided include:
A = Suitable for All
G = Some guidance may be needed
PG = Parental Guidance Recommended
All recommendations are suitable for children aged 9 - 14 years old.
Where to watch or purchase the media has been provided for every recommendation.
Inspire, reward and motivate your pupils whilst learning remotely using these fun and vibrant digital stickers.
A selection of ten high quality digital sticker in .png format with a variety of colours, images and words.
Including:
Impressive Work!
Top Geographer!
Mapping Maestro
Geography Whiz!
How to Use in Google Classroom
On Google Slides: Insert Image, Select Sticker (png), move to desired place on slide.
On Google Docs: Insert image/sticker in Heading to avoid disrupting layout/format of document by double-clicking in the Header
How to Use in SeeSaw
Open student assignment, select Edit. Select the camera icon and upload image/sticker.
This resource contains a series of worksheets suitable for a geographical topic based on farming and growing local produce. Easy to make cross-curricular links with DT or Maths, these worksheets will also allow pupils to work on their research, graphing and mapping skills
There are 8 worksheets in this resource:
Farming for Food Mind Map
Mapping Farms in Hertfordshire
Types of Farms Pie Chart Diagrams
Where Does Your Food Come From?
Advantages and Disadvantages of Local Foods
What Makes a Healthy Meal?
Mapping Your Food Miles World Map
Seasonal Foods Chart
The perfect way to begin or end a unit of work around the world’s continents to consolidate keywords and global locations.
This resource is ideal for use with an atlas or digital device and includes clues as well as the keywords/answers at the top of each crossword.
There are seven individual crosswords included:
Global Location
Africa
Europe
Asia
North America
South America
Oceania
Each crossword comes with an answer sheet for use when marking or for pupil’s to self-mark.
Resource downloaded in pdf format.
Link your Geography topics to the Olympic Games with this mapping task.
Pupils are given a list of the host Olympic cities from 1948 to 2024 which they need to map on a blank world map before answering three reflection questions to check for understanding.
This resource includes:
Blank World Map (Best printed in A3)
List of Host Cities (Colour-Coded)
List of Host Cities (Blank)
Reflection Questions
Downloaded in pdf format.
This resource focuses on the geographical topic of Urbanisation. Nine lesson PPT slides are included with 15 individual worksheets. A high quality resource which engages pupils through the use of images, discussions and activities.
Specific lesson slides and resources include:
Patterns of Urbanisation
Factors Contributing to Urbanisation
Megacities
Urbanisation in Rio de Janiero
Rocinha Favela
Management of Favelas
Features of a Sustainable City
Freiburg Case Study
Design a Sustainable City
A high quality unit of work, PowerPoints and worksheets focused on the Geography of Sport.
This resource includes 8 lessons:
Benefits of Sport
National Sports & Geographical Patterns
The Sporting Environment
Factors Affecting Sports Participation
Globalisation & Sport
Mapping the Olympic Games
Choose an Olympic Host City
Exam-Style Question
Each of the eight lessons come with a corresponding PowerPoint with a learning outcome and engaging activities included on the slides.
Essential geographical skills of mapping, handling and displaying data are embedded throughout the lessons.
This resource can be downloaded in PowerPoint format and pdf format and includes 8 PowerPoint presentations and and 14 pages of worksheets.
Celebrate Brazil’s Independence Day in your classroom with this activity pack including different activities to support pupil’s learning.
Activities included in this resource:
Blank Brazilian Flag Template
Independence Day Research Fact File
Independence Day Wordsearch
Independence Day Colouring Page
Dom Pedro Fact File
King Dom João VI Fact File
Independence Day Comprehension Text & Questions
Support your pupils’ learning and interest in Flag Geography with this 16-page colouring resource.
Including 16 pages, covering 6 different continents, pupils will need to research the colours of each flag before colouring the individual flags in themselves.
This resource is ideal as an opening introduction to a Global Location Scheme of Work, as a title page in exercise books or even as a display in the classroom.
Downloaded in PDF format.
This resource focuses on the geographical topic of Sustainability. Six individual lessons have been included with a total of 37 slides and over 20 matching worksheets. A high quality resource which engages pupils through the use of images, discussions and activities and higher-order thinking tasks.
Specific lesson slides and resources include:
What is Sustainability?
Carbon Footprints
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Sustainable Transport
Renewable Energy Sources
Freiburg Case Study