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! :)
LOs: To know the common characteristics of hazards.
To understand the terms ‘risk’ and ‘vulnerability’.
To be able to identify and understand factors influencing the perception of natural hazards.
Address peoples perception of hazard risk and vulnerability.
Uses Iceland as an example of tourism and economic benefits when addressing why people continue to live in these areas despite the risk.
LOs: To know destructive, constructive and conservative plate margins. To understand characteristic processes: seismicity and vulcanicity. To describe formations of associated landforms: young fold mountains, rift valleys, ocean ridges, deep sea trenches and island arcs, volcanoes.
Students end up going through slides and producing a page split in 4 for the following plate boundaries: conservative, constructive, destructive, and magma plumes. Assesses all types of plate boundaries- continental and oceanic.
AFL independent questions and challenges incorporated.
Learning Objectives: To know what a physical feature is.
To understand the importance of physical features in the UK.
To be excellent at mapping physical features and articulating their importance
In depth understanding of the term 'physical feature.'
Looks at major rivers in the UK and the importance of them- analytical skills and differentiated tasks.
Looks at global climate and skills of a climate graph- local study and maths skills.
Clearly embedded in SOL in the PP.
Any questions, please ask.
A Level Geography- Changing Places- Deindustrialisation in the UK- UK cities- Bristol- AQA Spec.
Includes history of deindustrialisation in the UK- causes and effects.
Embedded videos and differentiated tasks for knowledge.
Research task clearly structured for Bristol case study.
Exam question to assess knowledge.
Mathematical skills- graphs of UK employment sectors and change.
Whole lesson.
Learning objectives: To know how we use gas as an energy source.
To understand how gas is extracted.
Excellent if we are able to explain the advantages and disadvantages of using gas as an energy source using a case study example in the Amazonian region.
Range of differentiated activities for students to learn what natural gas is, how it is extracted, the process of fracking, and the advantages/disadvantages of exploiting and using gas.
Clear plenary and AfL opportunities. Exam question at the end to apply knowledge- clearly structured for all abilities.
Works with AQA spec. Can also be used for higher ability KS3 classes.
Geography Lesson- Links to AQA spec- Paper 2- Changing Economic World- NEE Case study- Nigeria.
Topics in this lesson: economic growth and environmental impacts, rapid urbanisation.
Differentiated tasks: mindmaps, images, key terms, fill in the gaps, extended writing and exam practice.
Geography Lesson- Aid, NEE- Nigeria Case study, Development and Quality of Life.
Differentiated tasks- key terms, photograph analysis, graphs, mindmaps and exam style questions.
Focus on differences between emergency and international aid, the aid Nigeria receives, ideas of corruption and how they are using the aid. Quality of life defined plus data tables to analyse- key skills.
LOs: To describe conditions that can lead to wildfires.
To understand how natural causes can result in wildfires.
To evaluate responses to a fire.
Teaches types of wildfire, common causes and responses.
Better if students have internet access for extended research.
Question Embedded: To what extent are long-term responses more efficient at reducing the impacts of forest fires. (9 marks).
LOs: To understand the terms ‘distribution’, ‘frequency’ and ‘magnitude’.
To apply map skills to knowledge.
To understand how magnitude of events are measured and compared.
Map and graph skills utilised and worked upon. Looks at maps of the Ring of Fire. Addresses trends between magnitude and deaths in graphical figures. + Unseen figures and questions.
Learning Objectives: To know what a dam and reservoir is.
To understand the dangers of living beneath a reservoir and dam.
To be excellent in analyzing whether a settlement should have been built next to a dam.
Focuses on Geography in the news and applies it to the knowledge of dams and reservoirs.
Locational knowledge of Whaley. Knowledge and definitions of dams + advantages and disadvantages of them.
Clear justifications and opinions of analysis and evaluation.
Differentiated tasks.
Ask for any information if needed.
Geography Lesson- India and Tourism- Opportunities and challenges- KS3
Learning objectives:
To know the opportunities (pull factors) available in India.
To understand how opportunities can be used for economic gain.
Excellent if we are able to explain the opportunities available in India using named examples.
Introduces KS3 students to the idea of opportunities in LICs. Looks briefly at employment in India and then narrows in to tourism.
Key words and discussion tasks, embedded videos and interactive tasks. Ends with an exam question- GCSE style command word to build up students vocab. Differentiated task for high and low ability.
Any questions- please ask!
Whole lesson for sustainability in the Savanna biome.
Created for KS3- but suitable for low ability KS4.
Includes challenge tasks, and sentence starters for lower ability.
Depth into desertification- definition and concept.
CPD presentation on utilising and enhancing feedback in the classroom and in marking.
Tips, resources and reasons why feedback is so important in and outside of the classroom. Many examples of feedback given in the slides.
Please ask if you have any questions.
Interactive video lesson with information collection sheet on human uses of the tropical rainforest.
Logging, mining, cattle ranching and slash and burn addressed. All videos embedded.
Differentiated exam question at the end to check progress.
What are the aims and roles of global institutions?
You will be able to use this to:
Outline the roles and differences between International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Bank, and World Trade Organisation (WTO).
Describe how one of the institutions above can increase unequal power relations between countries.
This is part of a sequence of lessons for the AQA topic- Global Systems and Governance.
Slides included also present an entire scheme of learning for the global systems and governance topic.
Includes copied information from the CGP Alevel AQA Geography revision guide to support learning. Also includes figures from Hodder textbook fifth edition (Whittaker).
How has globalisation affected the volume and pattern of international trade and investment?
This lesson includes a worked Spearmans Rank example.
You will be able to use this to:
Describe the pattern of international trade.
Explain how different factors have influenced trade.
Outline which countries have received the most Foreign Direct investment (FDI), comment on the trends.
This is part of a sequence of lessons for the AQA topic- Global Systems and Governance.
Slides included also present an entire scheme of learning for the global systems and governance topic.
Includes copied information from the CGP Alevel AQA Geography revision guide to support learning. Also includes figures from Hodder textbook fifth edition (Whittaker).
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- Climate of the Savanna ecosystem and Climate Graph skills.
Exam question utilised for learning.
Sentence starters, success criteria and stretch and challenge for all abilities.
