Fragile environments
Human activity and sustainability
Causes of climate change- natural vs human
Recent + prospective impact of climate change in cold environments
Colour coded: green statistics; yellow definitions; blue dates
Henry VIII: The start of a new era
Wolsey as Chief Minister- Church and State
England's relations with foreign powers, 1509-1529
Henry's quest for a divorce
colour coded: green statistics; yellow definitions; blue dates
Population ecology + growth dynamics
Population ecology applied to the human population
The balance between population + resources
Carrying capacity + ecological footprint
Positive + negative feedback mechanisms
Challenges driven by human population growth
Malthus and Boserup
Colour coded: green statistics; yellow definitions; blue dates
Environment, health and well-being
Economic and social development
Environmental variables + their links to disease
Malaria
Heart disease
The role of the World Health Organisation
The role of other international organisations
Colour coded: green statistics; yellow definitions; blue dates
Population change
Models of natural population change- the demographic transition model
Britain’s demographic transition
Demographic transition model applied to countries with contrasting physical + human settings
Population structure
Migration
European migrant crisis 2015
Colour coded: green statistics; yellow definitions; blue dates
Elements in the physical environment
Role of development processes
Food production and consumption
Polar and tropical monsoon climates
Climate change and agriculture
Soils
Food security
Colour coded: green statistics; yellow definitions; blue dates
Eight page booklet : define geological keywords; compile a fact file about a geological time period; a SPAG exercise about British geology; a page to research how humans use clay, limestone, marble and sandstone; a moral dilemma: spend money on repairing a historic cathedral or to look after the poor and homeless; complete a database about some of the World's holy rocks and stones; and finally a page to research questions about the UK's geology
A decision making exercise (set up as a lesson) based around transnational corporations and developing countries.
How can Nigeria meet the United Nations set a Millennium Development Goal of ‘Halve the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water’?
The Nigerian Government has four options…
-Encourage the use of bottled water in partnership with a transnational company like Nestlé
-Educate Nigerian school pupils to understand the importance of water hygiene
-Form a partnership with a non-government organisation such as Water Aid
-Invest government resources into clean water supplies and sewage treatment works
Includes resources and questions
A decision making exercise (set up as a lesson) looking at future options for protecting New Orleans from hurricanes/flooding
New Orleans lies below sea level with a levee system that was designed for hurricanes of no greater intensity than Category 3. The city’s natural defence of the surrounding marshland has been drained, built on or eroded away. A computer model predicted that up to 250,000 people could die in the next Category 5 storm.
The US Government has four options for the 21st Century…
Option 1:
Regenerate the wetlands of the Mississippi Delta
Option 2:
Maintain and heighten the existing levées
Option 3:
Do nothing, let nature take her course
Option 4:
Evacuate the people of New Orleans in hazardous times
Powerpoint inspired by the RGS scheme of work "China Today". Whole lesson, includes starter (images of China), mapping activity (China's neighbours), differentiated questions (life in China) and plenary (best and worst about China today).
A 'footsteps' project about China in the 21st Century. Pupils research data and illustrations to complete the booklet. Footsteps follow sections called: Hypothese; Expected Outcomes; Background; Methodology; Data Presentation; Analysis; Conclusion; Evaluation.
Questions for research include:
'China’s growth affects the natural environment because ...'
'In the past, the British Empire affected India because...'
'Most of China’s industries are located in........... because...'
'I think that the winners in Changing China’ are.............. because...'
A decision making exercise which could last a few lessons or be set as a homework project
A property developer is looking to build a five star hotel in San Francisco
Pupils have to decide on the most sustainable county in the Bay Area
Introductory Powerpoint, a project workbook and LOTS of resources are included
The completed project/proposal covers:
Background to tourism in California
The physical hazards threatening San Francisco
Explanation for choosing one of the Bay Area counties
Sustainability (PPP) of the various sites
Reasons for rejecting the others
Consideration of how to make the structure safe from earthquakes
Space for the pupils to be imaginative and design the resort
Revision notes about Henry VII's life and role in the establishment of the Tudor Dynasty
England in 1485
Henry VII and the consolidation of power
Removing threats to Henry's power
Relations with other countries, 1485 to 1509
colour coded: green statistics; yellow definitions; blue dates
Powerpoint and worksheets introducing the causes of tectonic movement.
Starter reviews pupils' prior knowledge of the structure of the Earth and then builds on this with an annotated divided bar graph of the Earth's layers.
Goes on to look at the role of convection, ridge push and slab pull using the Mid-Atlantic Ridge and Iceland as Case Studies.
Includes video links and differentiated questions.
Powerpoint covering spit formation, using Spurn as a Case Study
Starter: simple (revision) sorting activity to sequence weathering, erosion, transportation and deposition
Main activities:YouTube videos and a mystery activity to find out how Spurn Head has formed. Pupils use mystery clues to complete and annotate a base map of southern Holderness and the Humber Estuary. Mini-plenary to recognise associated landforms in aerial photos
Second part uses bespoke, high tech (:D) series of diagrams (an animation if you click your mouse quickly enough!) which show why the point of the spit hooks (the role of secondary winds and wave refraction)
Final part gets pupils to sketch and annotate diagrams of Marram and Glasswort to show how dune and salt marsh plants and habitats are interdependent. Differentiated question... 1-3: Describe how salt marshes and sand dunes are held in position by plants 4-6: Why are salt marsh and sand dune environments natural sea defences? 7-9: What could happen to the Humber Estuary if the vegetation at Spurn Head is not protected?
Plenary: the 250 year cycle of spit formation and destruction at the mouth of the Humber Estuary
Powerpoint covering headlands and bays along the destructive Holderness coast
Starter: use maps to locate Flamborough Head
Main activities: sketch bird's eye view diagrams showing before and after erosion has affected a discordant coastline. Followed by a differentiated question: 1-3: How do headlands and bays form? 4-6: What role have chalk and boulder clay played in the formation of Flamborough Head?
7-9: What is wave refraction and how has it affected the Flamborough landscape?
Second part gets pupils to annotate a diagram to show the sequence of cave-arch-stack formation using a series of mixed-up pieces of info (so can be done as a card sort or a mystery). Class then feeds back verbally by responding to a series of images and questions
Third part: pupils work together to find advantages and disadvantages of headlands and bays using clues from a large scale OS map
Plenary: pupils recap learning by describing and explaining features seen in a photo of the chalk at Flamborough
Powerpoint looking at erosion and transportation along Holderness
Starter: the properties of powerful waves, including fetch
Main activities: map work to measure the fetch from Holderness to various coasts of the North Sea. Then radar diagrams are introduced, using a wind rose as an example followed by the pupils constructing a radar to show dominant wave patterns. Then the link between the UK's SW prevailing wind and how it causes NNE dominant waves. Differentiated question... 1-3: What makes a sea wave powerful? 4-6: Explain why North Sea waves can be powerful and damaging
7-9: Refer to data which suggests that Holderness is threatened by powerful waves
Second part gets pupils to draw and label diagrams to compare the features of constructive and destructive waves. They are then asked to assess photos of Holderness to decide which type of wave is affecting that coastline.
Third part looks at the properties of boulder clay and why that soft geology is a problem. Differentiated question: 1-3: Why are the caravan owners worried about the erosion of the cliffs at Hornsea? 4-6: Explain why erosion of the boulder clay is a problem for Holderness
7-9: Explain why the erosion of boulder clay is an economic problem for Holderness businesses
Plenary: pupils are asked to show how they think a typical wave moves, then are shown an animation that describes the circular motion of real wave patterns
Powerpoint introducing Holderness as a Case Study for coastal processes
Starter: use maps to locate Holderness
Main activities: comparison of the properties of chalk (through a memorisation activity and differentiated question) and boulder clay (pupils learn one fact then swap info to answer... What is boulder clay? Where did it come from? How did it get to Yorkshire? What has it got to do with our lesson about coastal landscapes?
Second part gets pupils to draw a sketch map of Holderness then to annotate features that could be lost if erosion continues (using info researched from the internet)
Differentiated question: 1-3: Why are there weaknesses found in chalk? 4-6: Why is Flamborough Head prone to erosion? 7-9: What are the geological reasons for the faults found in the chalk at Flamborough Head?
Plenary shows the wide range of origins for sediment found along Holderness