Powerpoint looking at the Upper Stage of the River Tay Starter: Pupils use maps to discuss the links between the location of Britain’s rivers, patterns of landscape and patterns of precipitation Main activities: video link introducing the Upper Stage of the Tay Carousel of activities about erosion types (memorisation), forestry (exam-style questions), features of upland valleys (SPAG), hill sheep (exam-style question), waterfalls (use mystery clues to annotate sequence of diagrams) and HEP (exam-style questions) Second lesson used for class discussions to recap learning using slides and videos Class debate on the sustainability of forestry, sheep farming and HEP in the Tay Valley Differentiated questions about the features found in the Upper Stage Plenary: simple living graph of the deforestation of Britain over the past 1,000 years Enough for two lessons

Powerpoint looking at the skill of constructing cross-sections from contour lines Starter: recap of the formation of v-shaped valleys (including video link) Main activities: step-by-step slides taking pupils through how to construct a labelled cross-section of the Upper Stage of the River Tay Analysis of a photo of the Middle Stage of the River Tay to compare human and physical features and then to compare those with a photo of the Upper Stage Pupils then construct their own cross-section of the Middle Stage Differentiated questions comparing the cross-sections of the three river stages (the Upper Stage is already completed for them) Plenary: pupils have to look for clues in photos of a completely different river (the Wisla in Poland) to decide in which stages they were taken

Powerpoint looking at the effect of weathering on the UK's landscapes Starter: Pupils discuss what might have damaged various materials shown in photos Main activities: video links, discussion and annotation of diagrams to show sequence of freeze-thaw (frost shatter) and exfoliation (onion skin) weathering Slides about chemical and biological weathering (for note taking) Differentiated questions to explain how weathering has affected the chalk landscape of The Seven Sisters (East Sussex, Southern England) Plenary: video links recapping the four types of weathering covered in the lesson

Powerpoint looking at the formation of meanders and oxbow lakes in the Middle Stage of the River Tay Starter: sketch and match definitions of four types of transportation Main activities: step-by-step slides taking pupils through the formation of meanders and oxbow lakes. Each pupil is given a fact about the processes involved. Sketches are made of meanders in different stages then pupils use their clues to teach the rest of the class about what is happening so they can label their diagrams. Also includes some photo analysis of river valleys in the real world Second part gets pupils to draw and label a cross-section of an asymmetrical meander using width, depth and velocity data Differentiated question: 1-3: Describe how a river channel changes from one side of a meander to the other; 4-6: Explain how a meander can become an oxbow lake over time; 7-9: Explain how meanders and oxbow lakes can be both useful and cause problems for humans Plenary: pupils recap learning by describing and explaining features seen in a series of satellite photos showing a meander turning into an oxbow over time

Powerpoint and worksheets introducing the concept of distinctive landscapes Two main activities: assessment of five landscape photos using description (looking for evidence of physical, human and transitory features) followed by bilpolar evaluations of two further landscapes Differentiated question: 1-3: Describe the main features of the landscape where you live 4-6: Explain the differences between urban and rural landscapes in the UK 7-9: Explain how human and physical features interact to form a named UK landscape Plenary gets pupils to discuss the most beautiful landscapes they have seen locally, nationally and internationally Includes video link ('Beautiful Britain')

England’s relations with foreign powers Factions at court and the succession Position of the church by 1547 Assessment of Henry VIII’s reign Colour coded: green statistics; yellow definitions; blue dates

Powerpoint inspired by the RGS scheme of work "Who wants to be a billionaire?". Whole lesson, includes starter, mapping activity, differentiated questions and plenary.

Case Study: The 2015 Nepal Earthquake One Powerpoint but with enough detail for two or three lessons Starter looks at possible advantages and disadvantages of Nepal's geography when it comes to dealing with earthquakes Main body of the work is divided into: LOCATION: map skills exercise CAUSES: plate tectonics, India/Eurasia collision zone; graphing of historic data to look for tectonic patterns; shallow depth earthquakes below the Himalayas EFFECTS: mapping proportional circles to show aftershocks; choropleth mapping exercise to show deaths by district; discussion of social, economic and environmental effects which are then analysed using an A3 worksheet to link and pairs of effects SOLUTIONS: analysis of the usefulness of accepting foreign aid; grid worksheet to assess the sustainability of alternative earthquake proofing (car tyres, plastic bottles, straw and bamboo!) PLENARY: how was Mount Everest affected by the 2015 earthquake? Includes several resources, differentiated questions and links to internet media

Powerpoint and worksheet covering the Global Circulation System and the effects of latitude on climate. Starter looks at photos and how extreme weather might affect human life in those places. Lesson then goes through why the equator is hot/wet, the formation of deserts at 30 degrees and the reasons for cold deserts at the Poles. The worksheet is filled in through the lesson to explain the links between latitude, atmospheric cells and biomes. Differentiated GCSE style questions at the end of each section.

Eight page booklet : define Geographical keywords; complete data file on China's Last Emperor; SPAG exercise about China's pollution; draw and analyse a graph of China's population; Moral decision comparing Communism and Capitalism; Cultural: copying Chinese characters for some Geographical words; drawing/colouring Chinese dragon and lion

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 worksheet to hold one case study Generic enough for most topics

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...'

Structure of Russia's government, 1917 Russia at war, 1917 The February Revolution, 1917 The Dual Authority and continued dissent The October Revolution, 1917 colour coded: green statistics; yellow definitions; blue dates

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

Breakthrough 1: anaesthetics Breakthrough 2: antiseptics Breakthrough 3: blood transfusions The development of X-rays

Animal cells Plant cells Bacterial cells Mutations Multicellular Mitosis Meiosis Measuring growth (length, wet mass, dry mass) Human growth Aerobic respiration Anaerobic respiration Plasma’s role Red blood cell adaptations Blood vessel types (arteries, capillaries, veins) Circulatory system Genetic engineering Gene therapy Cloning

Latitude Winds Distance from the sea Pressure Altitude Depressions Anticyclones 2003 UK heatwave (impacts, management in the future) Causes of climate change Arguments for and against climate change Economic, social, environmental and political impacts of climate change National and local responses to climate change Tropical storms Hurricane Katrina case study Cyclone Nargis case study

Ecosystems Tropical rainforests (climate, plant adaptations) Hot deserts (climate, plant adaptations) Temperate deciduous forests (climate, plant adaptations) Temperate deciduous forest case study Causes of deforestation Impacts of deforestation The Amazon case study Badia Desert, Jordan case study Sonoran Desert, Arizona case study

Mechanical and chemical weathering Mass movement (slumps and slides) Erosion from waves (hydraulic power, abrasion, attrition, solution) Wave-cut platforms Headlands and bays Caves, arches and stacks Transportation (longshore drift, traction, suspension, saltation, solution) Deposition Sand and shingle beaches Spit formation Bar formation Global warming and resulting coastal flooding impacts The Maldives coastal flooding case study Holderness coastal erosion and management case study Hard and soft engineering Studland Bay, Dorset coastal habitat case study