A specialist documentary resource shop featuring worksheets and challenge activities to support learning and thinking around educational documentaries. Resources are created by an experienced geography teacher and subject leader.
A specialist documentary resource shop featuring worksheets and challenge activities to support learning and thinking around educational documentaries. Resources are created by an experienced geography teacher and subject leader.
Documentary BBC: Dynasty: Emperor Penguins
Episode: 2
Length: 48 minutes (+10 minutes for ‘how we filmed’ section
Question and answer sheet to go alongside the BBC documentary filmed in the Antarctic. Look at how the seasons in polar regions impact one animals survival and how they adapt to meet the challenges. Teacher answer sheet provided.
India Documentary: India Natures Wonderland Episode 1.
Question and answer sheet linked to the BBC documentary on India. The content covers different animals and habitats across India and how humans interact with nature. Designed for KS3 as a homework sheet but could be used in lesson to introduce or sum up the diverse environments found in India.
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Alaska - Earths Frozen Kingdom
Available on Netflix and BBC
A question and answer sheet on how animals and humans prepare for spring in Alaska. Could be used to support learning around tundra ecosystems, spring food chains, animal adaptations or as a USA place specific study. Can cover a lesson or used as a stand-alone homework. Teacher sheet provided.
A question and answer worksheet based around Netflix / BBC documentary Life, episode 1. Focuses on the challenges experienced by different animals in a range of ecosystems around the world. Could be used to support learning around ecosystems, animal habitats and adaptations. Can be used as a full lesson or used as a stand-alone homework. A teacher sheet with answers is included.
Frozen Planet Documentary - Spring Episode
A question and answer worksheet based around BBC documentary Frozen Planet episode: Spring. Could be used to support learning around polar ecosystems, climate change, animal adaptations or place specific study of Polar and Arctic regions. Can cover a lesson or used as a stand-alone homework. Teacher sheet provided.
Topics included:
Climate in polar regions
Tundra ecosystem
Taiga ecosystem
Antarctica
Documentary currently found on Netflix and BBC iPlayer.
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Easy to use question and answer worksheet for students to accompany the BBC documentary Earth’s Greatest Rivers, The Mississippi River. Questions span the full 50 minutes of the documentary. A detailed answer sheet is provided for teachers. An optional worksheet is included to round up ideas from this documentary (summarising questions and mapping task).
Documentary time: 50 mins (+10 how we filmed section)
Topics include:
Upper course - river landscape
Melt water and it’s impact on wildlife
Middle course - river landscape
Agriculture
Transport
Lower course - river landscape
Flood risk - New Orleans
Flood plains
Downloaded bundle provides all sheets i both Word and PDF formats.
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A question and answer worksheet based around Netflix documentary our planet, episode 4, Shallow Sea. Could be used to support learning around marine ecosystems, animal habitats and adaptations. Can be used as a full lesson or used as a stand-alone homework. A teacher sheet with answers is included.
A question and answer worksheet based around Netflix documentary Our Planet, Frozen Worlds, episode 2.
Could be used to support learning around polar and tundra ecosystems, animal habitats and adaptations or place specific study of Polar and Arctic regions. Some discussion on climate change impact in Antarctica and the Arctic. Can cover a lesson or used as a stand-alone homework.
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Help your students get the most from episode 3 of the BBC documentary exploring mountain environments, using a comprehensive 21 question and answer worksheet.
David Attenborough explores frozen mountain habitats, found on every continent on Earth, and looks at the unique challenges for its surprising and remarkable life.
How to use this sheet
The worksheet has 21 questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet with timings for teachers.
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Questions on the worksheet explore the following environments and topics:
• Mountain environments
• Animal adaptation
• Avalanches
• Extreme weather
• Climate change
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Unit: National Parks, Wild Spaces
Help your students engage meaningfully with this National Parks documentary.
What is included?
There are 27 different questions, spanning the** full 50 minutes** of this documentary, keeping your students interested throughout. A teacher answer sheet, with helpful timings is included, to minimize your planning.
You will find a two page follow on activity included, which can be used within the lesson or as homework to help your children think further around the topic. The follow on task is differentiated so it can be used with a mixed ability class.
All worksheets downloaded in this bundle are both in Word and PDF format.
Our Great National Parks - World of Wonder
Our Great National Parks - Episode 1, World of Wonder
From Africa’s beaches to Japan’s islands to Australia’s Great Barrier Reef - the natural world’s untamed beauty comes into gorgeous focus.
Topics covered in this documentary:
Wide variety of national parks
Advantages of wild spaces
Threats to wild spaces
Animal adaptations to their environments
Extreme environments
Human and animal interactions
Climate Change
Example of sustainable management
What are you waiting for? Download these worksheets to help your classes get 90+ minutes of well planned and captivating activities around this inspiring National Parks documentary.
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Unit: National Parks, Kenya, Tsavo National Park
Help your students engage meaningfully with this National Parks documentary set in Kenya.
Our Great National Parks - Episode 2, Tsavo National Park.
What is included?
There are 28 different questions, spanning the** full 50 minutes** of this documentary, keeping your students interested throughout. A teacher answer sheet, with helpful timings is included, to minimize your planning.
You will find a two page follow on activity included, which can be used within the lesson or as homework to help your children think further around the topic. The follow on task is differentiated so it can be used with a mixed ability class.
All worksheets downloaded in this bundle are both in Word and PDF format.
Our Great National Parks –Tsavo, Kenya
In Kenya’s Tsavo National Park, thousands of elephants roam the breath-taking, vast landscape, along with hippos, rhinos, hornbills and more.
Topics covered in this documentary:
Environment in different parts of the park
Climate and dry seasons
Threats to wild spaces
Animal adaptations to their environments
Extreme environments
Human and animal interactions
Sustainable management
What are you waiting for? Download these worksheets to help your classes get 90+ minutes of well-planned and captivating activities around this inspiring National Parks documentary.
Help your students get to grips with the tropical rainforest environment of the Congo using this sheet to explore episode 1 of Wilderness with Simon Reeves - The Congo (BBC documentary).
Students gain a greater understanding of the environment and the people who live within the Congo, watching while completing this ready to use question and answer sheet.
Details on the programme
Simon Reeve travels through the Congo, the second-greatest rainforest on earth. In one of the toughest journeys he’s ever undertaken, Simon travels five hundred miles across dense tropical jungle, heading for the region of Salonga, where he searches for one of the rarest and most iconic creatures on the continent - the bonobo
**How to use this sheet
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The worksheet has 19 questions that cover the full 60 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet with timings for teachers.
Questions on the worksheet explore the following environments and topics:
• Tropical rainforest
• Congo, East Africa
• Ecosystems - plants, animals, climate
• Animal adaptation
• Deforestation
This sheet comes ready to use and in both PDF and Word formats.
Help your students get to grips with the changing environment caused by climate change using this sheet to explore episode 3 of Our Living World - Breaking Point (Netflix documentary).
Students gain a greater understanding of changing climatic conditions across a wide range of environments, watching while completing this ready to use question and answer sheet.
How to use this sheet
This ready to use worksheet has 24 questions that cover the full 51 minute documentary. It comes with a detailed answer sheet with timings for teachers.
Extended learning worksheet
The documentary worksheet comes along with an extended learning worksheet to delve deeper into this subject. Questions focus on key terms and then offer an differentiated questions which can be used in class or as a follow on home learning task.
The worksheets explore the following topics:
• Ecosystems - plants, animals, climate
• Animal adaptation
• Climate Change
• Extreme weather events: volcanoes and hurricanes
• Changing food webs
This sheet comes ready to use and in both PDF and Word formats.
Help your students get to grips with the changing environment caused by climate change using this sheet to explore episode 1 of Our Living World - Nature’s Networks (Netflix documentary).
Students gain a greater understanding of how different animals and plants interact within a wider network across a wide range of environments, while completing this ready to use question and answer sheet.
How to use this sheet
This ready to use worksheet has 22 questions that cover the full 55 minute documentary. It comes with a detailed answer sheet with timings for teachers.
Extended learning worksheet
The documentary worksheet comes along with an extended learning worksheet to delve deeper into this subject. Questions focus on key terms and then offer an differentiated questions which can be used in class or as a follow on home learning task.
The worksheets explore the following topics:
• Ecosystems - plants, animals, climate
• Animal adaptation
• Extreme events: wildfire, drought
• Changing food webs
• Interconnected networks
This sheet comes ready to use and in both PDF and Word formats.