The aim of this lesson was for students to see that not all deserts are hot and sandy. Students start by naming deserts that they know, before distributing an information strip with one desert per student. Students then need to complete their table by finding students who have a desert that is a different type to their own. I was pleased with how well it worked. Children then completed a map about where some of these deserts are located (not included)

A set of dominoes for students to have definitions of some key words associated with erosion and weathering on the coast.

Uses the format of a recipe to encourage children to think about what makes a perfect Christmas, includes my suggestions, but open to being extended. Surprising how many children forget Christmas is a religious festival!

I had so many photos of the seasons I decided to use them. Encourages the children to think about the seasons in the UK and how they change. It's worth getting them to realise that not all countries have 4 distinct seasons. Perhaps a nice homework to get them to find out about seasons in other countries?

Updated crib Sheets to enable students to produce outstanding maps, graphs and fieldsketches. A 10/10 sheet to ensure they remember title, key etc. A useful reminder for students and another method for ensuring your lesson has success criteria!

All resources for a role play about whether a limestone quarry should be developed in Malham. All roles, writing frame, sample speeches and record sheet provided. I use this as an assessment and the students really enjoy it! Comments please

Uses images of England to encourage students to consider what England is like, includes plenary game 'A question of England'. Worksheet uses bi-polar analysis to investigate secondary images. Constructive comments please

10 photographs showing capital cities of Africa and outline maps, works well if they are laminated and cut up in envelopes. Student use a map of Africa to match cities to countries before considering whether they are rich cities, poor cities and/or attractive to tourists. Comments appreciated please.

Arlington West is a temporary memorial to soldiers fallen in Irag? Contains images, You Tube link and questions

Any good atlas will have statistics in it about population, birth rate, death rate etc. Starter - what makes a long and happy life? Plenary - Play Your Life Expectancy Right - game using data on Life Expectancy, will it be Higher or Lower. My Year 8's love this! Links with my other resources on population

I made this as a final piece of work on settlement. Worksheet about the founding of towns and cities in England with PowerPoint that can be adapted. Suggest you get the children to map the locations of these cities. Has fun Question of Sport type plenary - uses photos of modern England (I know the Clifton Suspension bridge is not Saxon). Worksheet adapted from http://www.buildinghistory.org/towns.shtml

Uses BBC article (adapted from http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24894529) from 11 November to look at the effects of the typhoon and consider what needs to be done to benefit the people whose lives have been so greatly impacted.

Key word dominoes - cut up and place in envelopes for students - start with START then match key words to definitions, finish with FINISH - simple really. (PS they go in alphabetical order). Feedback appreciated, thank you

Considerd the US response to 9/11, using Newsround and BBC resources

PowerPoint uses Banksy images and images of tags to encourage students to consider what is art and what is graffiti. Accompanying worksheet

As part of our Drop Everything and Read Day on Harry Potter I decided that a habitat study using 'Fantastic Beasts and Where to find them&' (and a lot of imagination) was a tongue in cheek way of getting some Geography in whilst still meeting the brief! You&';ll need a copy of the book to give the children extracts of various creatures.

Following lessons on erosion and weathering, and coastal landforms and before an assessment, students wrote scripts about the formation of stacks and stumps. They then used playdoh to make models, which they filmed using start stop animation to make movies. The results were amazing (and their understanding really thorough!).

Question sheets to accompany the Sahara films - encourages students to consider what is necessary to survive in Desert Environments

A teacher and student version of the Geography level descriptors. For students there is a tick sheet for each of the four strands and for teachers an overview. Very useful for writing differentiated success criteria and assessing pupils progress.

Introduction to volcanoes and earthquakes - what is the structure of the earth. Uses BBC2's How the Earth was formed and students use worksheet and instructions in presentation to make their own cross section of the earth. A very nice activity, if I do say so myself.