Coastal Processes in Action - GCSE Physical Geography Lesson Immerse your students in the dynamic world of coastal processes with our engaging GCSE physical geography lesson. Focused on the impacts of key coastal phenomena such as long shore drift, deposition, and transportation, this session encourages hands-on learning through small group activities. Key Features: Interactive Learning: Facilitate understanding of coastal processes by employing small group work, allowing students to use body movements or coded sign language to vividly demonstrate their comprehension. Focus on Transportation: Delve into the specifics of beach sediment transportation, exploring how constructive waves play a crucial role in moving sand and pebbles along the coast. Exam Readiness: Evaluate students’ knowledge with a 4-mark exam question, providing a practical application of the concepts learned during the lesson. Sketching and Image Analysis: Develop essential sketching and image analysis skills, empowering students to interpret and annotate coastal process-related visuals. Why Choose This Resource? Kinesthetic Learning: Enhance learning through movement and interaction, making coastal processes come alive for students through physical demonstrations. Comprehensive Assessment: Assess students’ understanding through a range of activities, from group work to exam-style questions and visual analysis. Skill Development: Hone sketching and image analysis skills, preparing students for a well-rounded approach to physical geography examination tasks. Ideal for: Geography teachers looking to make coastal processes more engaging and interactive. Educators seeking a comprehensive lesson that incorporates group activities and diverse assessment methods. Bring coastal processes to life in your geography classroom. Download this lesson now to provide an immersive learning experience and build essential physical geography skills!

This resource is designed for a quick recap across all 3 of the Human Paper topics: Urban Issues and Challenges, The Challenge of Resource Management and Changing Economic World. It is made up of a series of 20 questions on each topic ( 60 in total) which only require brief answers ( 1 -2 marks) and is taken from across a broad range of the specification, focusing on the CORE elements. It has been designed for last minute revision and can be done in class or at home. It would be useful for students to complete with access to the BBC bitesize revision website or a revision guide to ease speed of completion. Most of the command words are give, identify, outline, describe etc. Please note these are questions only without answers/ mark scheme.

A good worksheet aimed at exam skills of photo annotation ( of a an arch and a bay) and describing a UK named coastline. Students refer to processes of erosion and deposition to explain the formation of landforms along the Dorset/ Swanage Bay area, which is an ‘example’ needed for the Paper 2 examination for AQA . Students then complete a gap fill exercise to answer a 6 mark examination question; '“Describe the human and physical features of a UK coastline you have studied ( 6 marks).

Hot deserts are known for their harsh climates and unforgiving landscapes, yet their are economic and environmental opportunities in these regions in you look closely enough. Water and resource management becomes even more important in the Sahara as drought and desertification takes hold. This 4 lesson bundle covers everything your students need to know about a desert case study for their examination on the ‘Living World’/ Ecosystems’ topic for the AQA exam board specification. The first lesson analysis the climate of the Sahara using a living graph to cut and stick statements around. The second lesson focuses on hidden resources in the Shel, such as oil, minerals and hidden underground aquifers. Students make a chloropeth map to show where these are found. Students will also take part in group work to present to the class about how different plant and animal life has adapted to the harsh conditions of the Sahara desert. In addition, they will sort statements into a venn diagram to classify the various human causes of desertification (climate change, agriculture or population pressure) before summarising their notes into a mindmap. Finally, they will examine a range of approaches in use to combat desertification, and write up a full report of their findings. By the end of these resources you students will have a sound and detailed understanding on the concepts of; Desertification Adaptions Economic opportunities Social, economic and environ aggroforestry They will also attempt exam questions such as; Explain the human causes of desertification Explain how the desert climate impacts upon the people living there

A differentiated main activity to allow students to find important places within the city of Manchester using an OS map. Could easily be adapted to other cities. Good for a range of abilities and incorporates 4 and figure grid references and extention task for independant work of more able using online Bing maps GIS free website.

This is an independant revision activity designed for the Edexcel Unit 1 examination. Students follow the link provided to a slide-share presentation on the UK travel industry and complete a series of short questions to test their knowlege & understanding on tourist boards, man-made & human attractions and the roles of different organisations within the sector. The worksheets prompt students to look at particular slides for their answers. Ideal for use as a homework or with ICT/ internet access.

This is a short ( 3 mins approx) mid-unit test to check students understanding on the concept of sustainable tourism. It could also easily be set as a classwork or homework task. Students must show they can define sustainable tourism, explain the negative impacts of mass tourism, and annotate an ecolodge with its sustainable features. This was originally written for year 9 as an introduction to the Unit 1 travel and Tourism Btec course ( and unit 1 examination). It could also easily be used for Ks3 Geography. Would go well with my other resource on ’ Sustainable tourism & Ecolodges’.

These resources were created to help students complete learning aim A in their unit 5 coursework for Btec ( climatic factors that effect tourism). There is a help-sheet for students to read about the impacts of Hurricane Sandy on the USA tourism industry. Students then use this information to complete / fill out the Power-Point slide to show their understanding from Pass to Merit level. Links for further study are provided. This template has been used successfully in my school to gain MERIT level awards. please see my other resources for Learning aim A: Snowfall in the Alps.

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This resource is my own predictions for the content from each topic that I think will come up in the summer exams for this spec which I myself have taught for 10 years. I have cross referenced the full exam from 2018 to highlight content not yet covered. It is pupil friendly and would be ideal to plan your departmental revision around or give straight to the students

I have put together a 6 page student workbook to guide GCSE students through the content of the pre-release material on tropical rainforests for 2019 AQA summer examination series. This A4 booklet allows student to work through content at their own pace and includes a series of 3 and 4 mark questions to test their understanding on the visual and written sources. There are also links to numeracy skills like mean/ median and mode. We used this format very successfully last year within our department and it is made accessible for all abilities groups.There is a 9 mark question at the end with a differentiated pupil writing frame to help structure their response. This content should take 2-3 hours to complete.

This lesson is part of the examination assessed unit 1 2013 onwards specification. It covers the role of consumer technologies ; multimedia and online booking systems and their advantages and disadvantages for consumers and businesses. There is so very little out there on this that I hope someone else may benefit from my hours of preparation!

This Powerpoint resource has been designed to be printed out in A3 size to provide a poster revision resource for students that can used at home or on classroom display Students fill out the boxes and prompt questions provided using the issue evaluation booklet from the summer 2019 examination series. It would be an ideal follow on activity from my first student booklet on the issue evaluation. Last Year I photocopied model examples of these a3 sheets done to high standards and gave them to Lower ability groups to copy/ assist in filling in their own. The students independantly analyse the sources in the booklet to find relevant facts and statistics and examine their own opinions on the information given. The structures given help them to evaluate the issues of how far road building in Peru will lead to greater wealth equality, and think in terms of social, economic and environmental. There is a 6 mark GCSE exam type question included plus links to websites for further research. This is suitable for all ability levels and produced by our ofsted Oustanding Geography department with proven success on the paper 3 examination. This resource will help students become independent learners, work at their own pace to study the material, free up teacher time and also create engaging revision content that boosts factual retention in the examination.

A versatile and very popular A3 knowelge organiser based on all aspects of enquiry for the human fieldwork element of the AQA specification A curriculum. This is designed on the investigation of the regeneration process in Salford Quays. Completed model-copies can be displayed as a learning tool poster within the classroom. It’s a great way to summarise all their revision in one place.

This is a teacher-made example of part of a UNIT 5 coursework ( learning aim A); Factors that effect Worldwide Travel and Tourism. The factor here is snowfall, and how this impacts on the appeal of the ALPs, in France. The work shows the difference between describe and explain, and was used to help students understand the detail and quality that examiners look for in MERIT work. There are no formal activities linked to this, however students could use this to judge against their own work.

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