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I am a teacher specialising in Geography and Religious Studies with over 4 years experience to date. I pride myself on designing lessons that engages students in their learning, with an enquiry-based focus being at the forefront. Any lesson that you download is fully resourced and differentiated ready to use in a flash. I hope they make a real contributing to your own classroom like they have done to mine.

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I am a teacher specialising in Geography and Religious Studies with over 4 years experience to date. I pride myself on designing lessons that engages students in their learning, with an enquiry-based focus being at the forefront. Any lesson that you download is fully resourced and differentiated ready to use in a flash. I hope they make a real contributing to your own classroom like they have done to mine.
Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP)
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Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP)

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This contains a full lesson on the Lesotho Highlands Water Project for WJEC Syllabus. Includes content on what makes a good area for a dam. Water project, water management, dams, hydroelectricity.
Rock Cycle
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Rock Cycle

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This is a fully resourced and differentiated lesson on the Rock Cycle for KS3. It is a combination of adapted resources and some of my own. In particular, it includes several back-up activities due to the difficulties that some students can have grasping the topic
Scale and Distance
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Scale and Distance

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A fully resourced lesson where students are introduced to the skill of measuring scale. It also includes an idea for a class practical on scale, where they have to measure out and scale the classroom itself!
How Can The Impacts Of Earthquakes Be Mitigated
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How Can The Impacts Of Earthquakes Be Mitigated

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on how the impacts of earthquakes can be mitigated. Focused on the 3Ps, the main part of the lesson involves a discussion task on the difference between the three approaches and the techniques it might involve, leading up to an extended note taking task on how the different techniques can help to mitigate the impacts of an earthquake. Learning Objectives: To describe the different approaches to mitigating the impacts of earthquakes. To explain how these approaches work in practice. To evaluate the effectiveness of these approaches.
Climate Graphs
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Climate Graphs

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on how to construct climate graphs. The instructions contained on the slides are from another user on TES, so I simply adapted a starter activity and added pictures and a guide sheet to further support students in this process. Feedback is always appreciated. Learning Objectives: To be able to construct a climate graph. To extract information from the graph and use it to explain climate.
The effects of volcanic eruptions
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The effects of volcanic eruptions

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A fully resourced lesson on the effects of volcanic eruptions. It focuses on the types of volcanic hazard, how they threaten people and how its effects vary with different levels of economic development. Aimed at KS4 classes, in support of AQA Geography B syllabus.
The Simpsons Grid References Worksheet
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The Simpsons Grid References Worksheet

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This worksheet requires pupils to give four-figure and six-figure grid references on various locations featured in the Simpsons. It also includes a section on describing routes between places. Feedback is always appreciated.
Push and Pull Factors
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Push and Pull Factors

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This contains a fully resourced lesson on push and pull factors.In the starter students analyse a cartoon, then work in pairs to work out push and pull factors and test that knowledge with a kinaesthetic activity. Next students look at a case study of rural-urban migration in cities (China) and apply their knowledge by creating their own immigration story.
Coastal Map Skills
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Coastal Map Skills

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on map skills aimed at a GCSE class, namely four-figure grid references and scale. The main part of the lesson involves students annotating an O.S. map with its physical and human features, and then carrying out a range of exercises to practice the use of four-figure grid references and scale. Although this lesson is aimed to be included within the unit ‘Distinctive Landscapes’, it can be easily adapted to suit the needs of any Geography GCSE specification. Learning Objectives: To identify a range of physical and human features from an Ordnance Survey map. To demonstrate a range of map skills.
Volcano Worksheet
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Volcano Worksheet

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This worksheet covers the basics behind a volcano, namely covering its main components and key definitions. Volcano, Components, Magma Chamber, Lava, Magma
Climate of the British Isles
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Climate of the British Isles

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This lesson focuses on the climate of the British Isles, including the difference between weather and climate. Weather, climate, British Isles.
Boxing Day Tsunami
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Boxing Day Tsunami

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Please find attached numerous resources for the Boxing Day (2004) tsunami. Boxing Day Tsunami, Indian Ocean Tsunami, Indonesian Tsunami, Asian Tsunami
Quality of Life in Shanty Towns
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Quality of Life in Shanty Towns

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This is a lesson on the quality of life in shanty towns, and the ways in which it can be improved. There is a big focus on independent learning in this lesson. Shanty town, problems in shanty towns, solutions, quality of life.
Megacities
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Megacities

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This is an independant learning lesson which might be useful as a useful introduction to megacities. It involves a wonder starter, main activity watching the first episode of Andrew Marr's megacities and a differentiated plenary.
The Maasai Tribe
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The Maasai Tribe

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This contains a full lesson on one of the indigenous tribes of Kenya, the Maasai Tribe. Maasai Tribe, Kenya.
Contour Island Practical Lesson
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Contour Island Practical Lesson

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on contours. This lesson, well situated after a lesson on the basics of contours, involves students creating their own 3D cardboard models to show how contours can show the height and shape of the land. It contains a full set of step-by-step instructions and supporting visuals to assist students with this. Learning Objectives: To identify how contours can be represented through 3D modelling. To describe the relief of your models using appropriate geographical terminology.
Space Tourism: The Final Frontier
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Space Tourism: The Final Frontier

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This contains a fully resourced lesson on space tourism. It involves watching Gravity as a starter, drawing information from newspaper sources, debating whether space tourism should be allowed, and creating their own booklet to advertise people to go on holiday in space. The plenary includes encouraging students to reflect on what they might say if recording a message back to earth from onboard a space shuttle.
How Is London Managing Traffic Congestion
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How Is London Managing Traffic Congestion

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This contains a fully resourced, differentiated lesson on how London is addressing the challenge (problem) of traffic congestion in the 21st Century. The main part of the lesson involves an information hunt where they complete a grid on the different techniques the city uses to manage traffic congestion, then they get creative designing their own invention that will help London reduce traffic congestion in the future (a video is included to help scaffold this task). Learning Objectives: To describe the different approaches London uses to manage traffic congestion. To explain their advantages and disadvantages. To explore how traffic congestion could be managed in the future.
Urban Processes
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Urban Processes

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This contains a full lesson on urban processes with resources attached. Urban processes, Settlements, Urbanisation, Counter-urbanisation, centralisation, suburbanisation, gentrification.