Powerpoint with resources included and a written lesson plan. This lesson works as an introduction to UK storms and extreme weather. Origninally designed for a high ability year 8 class, it could also be used to introduce extreme weather in the UK to GCSE classes for the AQA spec. This lesson is designed for Storm Doris, but is easily adaptable to a different case study if needed. Pupils will have to classify the effects of the storm and work to try and understand the causes from a card sort.

Lesson aiming to help students learn the importance of physical geography of the local area (Yorkshire). Students will build an overlay map of hills, rivers and settlements and use this to think critically about the interactions between the land and the human environment.

Lesson on urban design for AQA GCSE 9-1. Covers aspects of sustainability such as waste, transport, energy etc. Looks at the example of a housing development in Leeds called CITU, but could easily be substituted for an example nearer your school. Pupils will have to adapt a city to show how it could be more sustainable as well as complete an index to assess the sustainability of the Climate Innovation District in Leeds.

For AQA GCSE Geography Grades 9-1 Economic Features of the UK. Involves creating, discussing and annotating a timeline of Economic Change in the UK. All resources included

For AQA GCSE Geography Grades 9-1 Economic Features of the UK. Includes card sort, discussion, venn diagram information sort. All resources included

For AQA GCSE Geography Grades 9-1 Economic Features of the UK. Discussing effects of HS2, toll roads and other infrastructural changes. Group discussion and note taking sheet. All resources included

This is a 33 mark end of unit assessment on the topic of ‘The Challenge of Natural Hazards’. There are questions on Climate Change, UK Extreme Weather, Tropical Storms and Tectonic Hazards. The Paper 1 GCSE exam, ‘Living with the Physical Environment’ will test this topic in 33 marks, hence the length of the test. I have also written a detailed mark scheme using a similar format to AQA, so this can be used in departments or with students to grade and analyse the assessments.

This is a 30 mark end of unit assessment on the topic of ‘Physical Landscapes in the UK’. There are questions on Coasts, Rivers and Glaciers. Pupils will only answer 2 of the 3 questions, so you can decide as a school to only print the necessary parts to save printing money if necassary. The Paper 1 GCSE exam, ‘Living with the Physical Environment’ will test this topic in 30 marks, hence the length of the test. I have also written a detailed mark scheme using a similar format to AQA, so this can be used in departments or with students to grade and analyse the assessments. This is saved in the same document as the test.

A lesson aimed at key stage 3 geographers, discussing where we get from from in the UK. Also looking at which countries import and export more produce and why. The lesson involves a think pair share, a task for students to work out the meaning of key terms in context and paragraph practise using a handout. There is also a plenary which involves peer assessment.

A revision lesson that has a starter and a plenary based on the challenge of resource management. Our school have taught the water topic, so that is the main focus of the lesson. The main activity is to complete an A3 revision sheet containing exam questions, definitions, photograph annotations and diagrams. There are also mini-plenary slides where you can discuss the answers to some of the questions on the sheet. Please check out my other revision lessons and leave feedback if you like the lesson!

This is a skills lesson based on the country of Nigeria. It fits into the topics of ‘The Changing Economic World’ and ‘Geographical Skills’ for AQA GCSE. Students will calculate Birth Rate and GDP per capita for different states of Nigeria. This should help them to understand these development indicators more clearly and be able to distinguish between Birth Rate and Fertility Rate. They will then create a choropleth map to show the variation in Birth Rate in different states of Nigeria. They will also complete 2 scatter graphs (axes are provided) to show the relationship between Birth Rate and GDP per capita and Birth Rate and Fertility Rate. There are then some exam style questions to help them understand the data and analyse it. Suggested answers are also provided. All worksheets are ‘hidden slides’ on the Powerpoint so that it can be saved as one file.

Lesson 8 in the challenge of resource management topic. Pupils start by thinking about the physical and human factors that affect water supply in Spain and then use clues to locate the water transfer project. They then make notes from a detailed video clip and select one reading to do based on the water transfer project and use this to help them complete a differentiated written activity.

Lesson 9 in the challenge of resource management topic. In this lessons, pupils will look at various strategies for supplying/using water and think about whether each one is more more suited to an LIC, NEE or HIC. They will then annotate a large diagram with these ideas and classify them to show what type of sustainable each idea is.

A lesson focussing on techniques for revision. Examples used are from the coasts GCSE topic. I have written it for the AQA 9-1 GCSE, however I would assume that most, if not all of the ideas are on most specs. The lesson looks at memorising key words, mnemonics, use of pictures to jog memory, ways to summarise and revise processes, practice questions and mind mapping. Slightly more than a lesson’s worth, but you can select what activites your students require. Please note that there is some overlap betweent this lesson and the ‘Revision Technique: GCSE Geography’ lesson.

This is a powerpoint which was originally used as 2 summer school sessions for years 5&6. It would be fine for KS2-3 between years 5 & 8, but ideally as an introduction to continents. The first session allows pupils to use the information sheets provided to decorate a continent with physical features (such as waterfalls, mountains, forests etc.). The second session looks at how humans live across the different continents of the world and asks pupils to focus on one area and create a person from that country and then create a display where the people are labelled onto the physical geography world map. The continent maps are to be printed on A3. If possible, try and print the Asia continent larger so it fits better, but I know this isn’t always possible- I did mine all on A3. The 2 sessions are based on allowing 1 hour for each, but between 1 hour and an hour and a half for each session should work well. I also photocopied some pages to go with the handouts. A favourite book of mine is ‘Children Just Like Me’ by Unicef. Unfortunately I can’t scan these in for copyright reasons, but there’s loads of information in the handouts. These are just really an added bonus.

This lesson encourages to evaluate example questions and answers to examine what enabled them to get higher or lower levels. They will work in groups to discuss example answers and rather than simply marking them, will be asked questions such as, ‘What is required for level 2 analysis?’. There are practice questions for pupils to work through, after group discussion.

I’ve planned a revision timetable for year 11 which includes the topics we teach at GCSE (AQA Geography) broken down into manageable chunks. Each week, students have topics to revise, suggested ways to revise and an exam question to do the following lesson. There are 2 options for the exam question, 1 without annotations and another that has the questions annotated and scaffolded to help. There is also a detailed mark scheme, including example answers for the longer questions. Questions range from 1 mark to 9+3 SPaG. I’ll be adding more of these as I plan them so that our entire course is covered. Hopefully this will be easy to edit if you use different case studies, or sub-topics. This third set includes: The Changing Economic World LIC/NEE- Case Study Economic futures in the UK Environmentally sustainable industry- example The Challenge of Resource Management Large scale water transfer scheme- example local scheme in LIC/NEE to increase sustainable supplies of water- example Living World Hot Desert- Case Study Physical Landscapes of the UK Wave types and characteristics Coastal Processes Coastal Landforms- example Coastal management- example

AQA AS Level- Geography of Heatlh Includes definitions of key terms/statistics e.g. morbidity, mortality, maternal mortality, life expectancy etc. Great to stick around the classroom and use as an information collection exercise so pupils get out of their seats for a break.

Suitable for AQA KS4 Spec A. Links in with Water Availability in UK and in Ghana. Simulation game where pupils have to work out how much money to spend on what and how to adapt to climate change and water shortages. Links with numeracy and encourages decision making skills Group work lesson.

AQA A GCSE: Water on the Land 'I'm a...' Numerous card that are left under pupils' desks. Each pupil reads off his/ her card to explain how different processes affect river discharge. Key terms: interception, percolation, infiltration, permeable, surface run-off, through flow, groundwater flow etc.