Lesson 5 in the Resource Management Scheme of Work. This lesson begins the sub-topic: Water around the world. Pupils will describe the distribution of water availability around the world and then use their own knowledge to suggest whether certain countries around the world will be suffering with water insecurity. They will then use a handout to annotate countries on a map and explain why they have a water deficit.

Lesson in the Resource Management Scheme of Work. Pupils will define the term ‘energy security’ and complete a venn diagram from a card sort, assessing the sustainability of various sources of energy. They will then look at how the UK’s energy mix links to energy security.

A lesson focussing on techniques for revision. Examples used are from the topics of: Resource Management, Rivers, Coasts and Tropical Storm Hazards, . 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 Rivers’ lesson.

Lesson 1 in the Resource Management Scheme of Work. Introduces key terms and asks pupils to draw on their own knowledge and analysis skills to describe and explain graphs and maps to show the distribution of food, water and energy around the world.

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 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.

Mainly aimed at Skills Paper 3 for AQA Geography GCSE 9-1, but could be used with more able KS3, or as a recap for KS4 students too. All resources are included.

To test knowledge and understanding of key geography skills for the AQA GCSE. Also useful for other exam boards or for students who are new to A Level Geography. 30 Minutes approx. Out of 30. Mark Scheme now attached.

This lesson is currently used towards the end of year 7, but would be equally useful for any KS3 group, or as an introduction at GCSE. Pupils will be asked at the start of the lesson to justify whether or not they think that China is developed. During the lesson, a card sort will help pupils to create a map showing the development of different regions of China. At the end of the lesson, pupils are asked to look back at their answer to the question of how developed China is and see explain whether or not they’ve changed their mind. There is a second bellwork included in the powerpoint incase you don’t get through it all in one lesson.

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 first set includes: The Changing Economic World Key terms (indicators of development etc.) Demographic Transition Model Causes of uneven development Consequences of uneven development Strategies to reduce the development gap Tourism in Jamaica- example The Challenge of Resource Management Food in the UK- imports, seasonal food, organic produce, carbon footprint, food miles, local produce, agribusiness Water in the UK- changing demand, water quality, pollution, matching supply and demand, surplus and deficit, water transfers Energy in the UK- changing energy mix, reliance on fossil fuels, move towards renewables, decreasing UK supplies of fossil fuels, economic and environmental issues associated with exploiting natural resources

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

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.

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 that investigates plastic waste and the pollution of Henderson island. Links with current changes in governmental policy and very topical with blue planet highlighting this issue. Used with a year 7 class. The powerpoint includes a booklet for the pupils to fill in as you go through the lesson. Pupils will have to used clues to work out where the island is (map skills) and will have the opportunity to voice their own opinions on the emotive topic.

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.

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

This is a key stage 3 lesson that we currently use in our food unit. The main part of the lesson is a decision making exercise where students have to read an annotated map with information about countries where we might source food from. They then have to make a decision on where to source 6 products for their supermarkets. The planning stage involves thinking about price, environmental, animal and worker standards. The plenary asks students to think about the demographics of who will shop at their supermarket. There is also a glossary for students to stick in their books and refer to, in order to help them with the main task.

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.