I have been a Geography teacher for many years and enjoy reshaping schemes of learning and creating corresponding lessons. I hope to share these with others who need them! Please ask any questions and rate my resources for others to see! :)
I have been a Geography teacher for many years and enjoy reshaping schemes of learning and creating corresponding lessons. I hope to share these with others who need them! Please ask any questions and rate my resources for others to see! :)
Set of 8 lessons about Resource Management- Energy.
Fits with AQA Paper 2 Geography.
Uses UK and global case studies. Looks at ideas of supply, demand, distribution and sustainability.
Each lesson has exam practice, key words, learning objectives and differentiated tasks and progress checks. Most have embedded videos- all have engaging tasks!
Homework tasks embedded throughout.
Whole Geography lesson- The Chambamontera Micro-Hydro Scheme- Geography GCSE- AQA Spec- Paper 2- Resource Management - Energy- Sustainability and energy production.
Topics- Peru and energy supply- ‘bottom-up’ schemes and productivity.
Uses interactive and differentiated tasks to look at subsistence farming and micro-hydro energy schemes.
Videos embedded about the case study to aid understanding- looks at how the scheme works in Chambamontera and how it benefits the community.
Assessment from year 8 Geography- Weather and climate- suitable for KS3 mostly.
Topics: weather and climate, tropical storms, extreme weather, UK flooding, clouds, measuring weather.
Entire lesson for plant and animal adapatations int he Savanna biome- ecosystems topic. Suitable for KS3 or lower ability KS4.
Suitable for AQA Spec.
Differentiated tasks for low and high ability- sentence starters + challenge tasks.
Exam question implemented for AfL.
Geography lesson- GCSE AQA Spec- can be used for higher ability KS3. - Sustainability in the home- sustainability- domestic usage. Paper 2 Section C.
Learning objectives: To know the term ‘sustainability.’
To understand how we can sustainably manage energy in our home.
Excellent if we are able to evaluate why changes in individuals’ actions are necessary if energy use is to become sustainable.
Key term defined- sustainability- with embedded videos to aid understanding.
Maths skill- graph- household energy usage
Interactive tasks.
Exam question with differentiation.
Lesson to teach students about Brexit. Embedded into a scheme of work about global location, this teaches the students about current events in the world and allows them to access the news further.
Differentiated tasks, videos and images used to teach our students about what Brexit is and the advantages and disadvantages as we know them at the moment. (as of 4/9/19).
Learning Objectives:
Learning Objectives: To know our current Brexit situation.
To understand the location and importance of the key countries involved.
To be excellent in forming an opinion on whether we should leave the European Union.
Extended writing at the end for students to form an opinion on Brexit.
Please ask if you have questions.
Updated unit of work- Where in the World?
Clear Sequencing of learning suited to the new Ofsted Framework.
SOL attached within. Clear homework opportunities and opportunities for public speaking and oracy.
Theses lessons are aiming to welcome and introduce year 7 students into geography. They look at key skills such as location, maps, grid referencing, current events analysis and more…
Tasks are all differentiated, lessons are engaging and many have videos and animations embedded into them.
Challenges misconceptions about location and countries within the British Isles and UK.
Includes two current event lessons from the Summer of 2019- Brexit and Whaley Bridge Dam.
Any Questions, please ask.
Outline of intent and objectives of each scheme of learning and lesson for year 7 geography. Topics include: Location and Map skills, Ecosystems- Savanna and Hot Deserts, Population and Migration to the UK, Economic activity in Egypt, Geology- rocks and weathering, Coastal landscapes in Europe.
Geography Lesson- Challenges in a LIC- India Case study- Slums- Dharavi
Suitable for KS3 or introduction to lower ability KS4.
Learning Objectives:
To know the challenges (push factors) in India.
To understand how challenges are caused by population growth.
Excellent if we are able to explain the social, economic and environmental challenges in India using named examples.
Introduction to slums: using graphs to address data on population increase in Mumbai. Images used for discussion on challenges and disparities in wealth. Key terms- social, economic and environmental explained- students have to then categorise these into a table. embedded videos and engaging tasks. Chloropleth map showing different levels of wealth across India- locational knowledge + numerical skills.
Differentiated plenary with exam style questions to check for understanding.
Whole lesson on understanding the term ‘sustainability’ using UK ideas and knowledge.
Links with AQA spec- Paper 2 Section C Resource Management- Energy.
Ideas taught- How the UK can be sustainable, the country’s most energy efficient house and electic cars- Energy Saving Trust company ideas used throughout to link with major initiatives.
Videos embedded with interactive tasks.
Differentiated plenary to assess knowledge learnt.
A Level Geography- World Cities- AQA- Contemporary Urban Environments lesson
Lesson objectives: To understand the definition of a world city.
To be able to describe the characteristics of world cities and assess reasons for their global distribution.
Lesson: Defines world cities, maps the location of them and addresses how the numbers have changed, looks at characteristics of world cities, gives students their own opportunity to research a world city, addresses some challenges and the realities of world cities, finalised with a differentiated progress check plenary.
Lesson has challenge tasks embedded throughout and images to support mental stimulation of ideas.
Any questions, just ask!
Whole Lesson- GCSE AQA Geography- Paper 2- Resource Management- Energy
Strategies to increase energy supply- evaluating and comparing renewable energy and fossil fuels.
Exam question with sentence starters at the end of the lesson to consolidate learning: Explain why the contribution of renewable energy to world energy production is likely to remain less than fossil fuel production.
literacy and numeracy opportunities.
Focus on renewable energy after teaching a lesson on fossil fuels before. Looks at the global energy mix and evaluates whether we should use and rely on renewable energy.
A Level Geography- AQA- Contemporary Urban Environments- Urban Climate
LO- To be able to define urban climate.
To understand the urban heat island effect.
To be able to explain the effect of urban structures on average wind speed and climate.
Discusses reasons for differences in urban temperature, rainfall and wind speed.
High emphasis on the Urban Heat Island effect (UHI) and the impact this has on urban climate.
Gets students thinking out how urban structures alter the climate of a city in comparison to a rural area.
Data and exam questions implemented to check for understanding. Uses London examples throughout that can be easily altered.
Please ask if you have any questions.
Full Lesson looking at the formation of tropical storms and the effects- Hurricane Katrina used as a case study.
Key words and clear learning objectives.
Videos embedded.
Clear tasks- differentiated- stretch and challenge for higher ability.
Homework task included.
Whole Geography GCSE Lesson- Changing Economic World- NEE- Nigeria Case study.
Identifies advantages and disadvantages of TNCs.
Video embedded with a worksheet to collect information on Shell in Nigeria.
Homework research task on Unilever in Nigeria.
Differentiated tasks for high and low ability.
