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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.
Earthstorm: Volcanoes
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Earthstorm: Volcanoes

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Exploring Four Volcanoes - documentary worksheet A worksheet to support Earthstorm, Volcanoes episode 2 (Netflix Documentary). This worksheet helps students explore four case studies of volcanoes across the world. From Iceland to Italy, experts take an in-depth look and provide an inside look at four imposing volcanoes and how they impact the settlements around them. The worksheet has 21 questions and case study boxes to capture students attention for the full 43 minutes of the volcano documentary. This worksheet comes with a detailed answer sheet for teachers, including answers and timings for each section. Volcanoes: Fagradalsfjall, Iceland Campi Flegrei, Naples, Italy Cumbre Vieja, Canary Islands Masaya, Nicaragua Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics: Distribution of human settlements Research and mapping around volcanoes Impacts of eruptions Aftermath of volcanic eruptions For worksheets to support other science and nature documentaries please see my shop.
Sahara Desert - Africa Documentary
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Sahara Desert - Africa Documentary

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Question and answer worksheet to accompany BBC documentary series Africa, episode 5 - Sahara Desert. Designed for use with a year 8 group studying desert environments, but equally could be used for students as part of a place based study of Africa or ecosystems as questions focus on animal adaptations and climate. A teacher answer sheet is provided and there are optional challenge tasks on teacher sheet to round up ideas on animal adaptation and some short exam based questions. Could be used as a homework activity to round up ecosystems or Africa units.
River Danube - Earth's Great Rivers
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River Danube - Earth's Great Rivers

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Topics: Water, Rivers, Danube River 22 question and answer sheet to accompany the BBC documentary Earth’s Greatest Rivers 2, episode 2, Danube River. The documentary follows the river’s course from source to mouth and looks at how animal and human life depends on the River Danube. The worksheet has 22 questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet for teachers. There is a follow on worksheet with exam questions and mapping exercise for students to complete to think further around this topic. Designed for study alongside rivers unit, but equally could be used for students as part of a place based study in Europe. Topics include: Fact file on the the Danube Upper, middle and lower course characteristics Human activity along the river Flooding Conservation and management Downloaded bundle includes all sheets in both Word and PDF formats. Find other documentary worksheets and the rest of this series at my shop
A Life on our Planet
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A Life on our Planet

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A question and answer worksheet to support David Attenborough: A Life on our Planet (Netflix). This film introduces students to the threats to biodiversity and loss of wilderness facing our planet, caused by human activity. David Attenborough outlines the threats that our planet are facing in different biomes before sharing key solutions, linked to case studies around the world. The documentary sheet has a variety of question types that covers the full 1.32 hour documentary. To support staff the worksheet includes timings for each question and a short guidance to help teachers provide breaking down the questions across different timed lessons. Special offer: If you leave a review, get a free resource from my store for free (see info below) Worksheet includes the following topics: Holocene Biodiversity Ecosystem Habitat Symbiosis Variety of marine and land ecosystems Climate change For a full lesson around this documentary and worksheets to support other science and nature documentaries please see my shop. * If you leave a review after downloading and using this resource please email me with your username and date of review. I will then send you one resource of your chice for free. Please contact docgeog@gmail.com to redeem this offer.*
Green Planet - Tropical World
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Green Planet - Tropical World

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A comprehensive 25 question worksheet and follow on activity for Green Planet, Tropical World (BBC Documentary). David Attenborough explores new filming techniques which allow us to enter the plants’ world and see it from their perspective and on their timescale. From fast-growing trees to flowers that mimic dead animals, this is a journey into a magical world that operates on a different timescale to our own. The worksheet includes 25 different styled questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet, with timings for teachers. There is a differentiated follow on activity for students to complete to think further around this topic. Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics: Rainforest vegetation Tropical plants Photosynthesis plant and animal interactions Climate change Deforestation If you like this resource, please leave a review. Worksheets have been made for other episodes of this series and many other science and nature documentaries for BBC and Netflix, please view them here.
Kalahari Desert - Africa Documentary
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Kalahari Desert - Africa Documentary

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Question and answer worksheet to accompany BBC documentary series Africa, episode 1 - Kalahari Desert. Designed for use with a year 8 group studying desert environments, but equally could be used for students as part of a place based study of Africa or ecosystems as questions focus on animal adaptations and climate. A teacher answer sheet is provided and there are optional challenge tasks on teacher sheet to round up ideas on animal adaptation and some short exam based questions.
Seven Worlds, One Planet - Antarctica
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Seven Worlds, One Planet - Antarctica

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7 Worlds, 1 Planet: Antarctica BBC documentary, currently playing on iPlayer. A question and answer worksheet based around the 59 minute documentary seven worlds, one planet, episode 1. This documentary is all about Antarctica and the hostile conditions it presents to wildlife. It could be used to support learning around polar ecosystems, animal habitats and adaptations or place specific study of Polar and Arctic regions. A good amount of discussion on climate change in Antarctica. Can cover a lesson or used as a stand-alone homework. Topics include: animal habitat climate change southern ocean winter / spring seasons Find documentary worksheets to a full lesson on this topic or for other geography documentaries in my shop.
Zambezi River - Earths Great Rivers
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Zambezi River - Earths Great Rivers

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Documentary topic: Water, Rivers, Africa 24 question and answer sheet to accompany the BBC documentary Earth’s Greatest Rivers 2, episode 1, Zambezi River. Documentary follows the river’s course from source to mouth and looks at how animal and human life depends on the river. The worksheet has 24 questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet for teachers. There is a differentiated follow on worksheet for students to complete to think further around this topic. Designed for study alongside rivers unit, but equally could be used for students as part of a place based study in Southern Africa. Topics include: Fact file on the Zambezi upper, middle and lower course characteristics Human activity along the river Flooding Conservation and management Downloaded materials include all sheets in both Word and PDF formats. Find other documentary worksheets and the rest of this series at my shop
Seven World. One Planet - Africa
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Seven World. One Planet - Africa

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7 Worlds, 1 Planet: Africa BBC documentary, currently playing on iPlayer. A question and answer worksheet based around the 50 minute documentary seven worlds, one planet, episode 7. This documentary is all about Africa and the variable conditions it presents to wildlife. It could be used to support learning around ecosystems, animal habitats and adaptations or place specific study of Africa. Some discussion on how humans impact landscapes in Africa. Can cover a lesson or used as a stand-alone homework. Topics include: Animal habitat Rainforest - climate and wildlife Human impacts on animals Africa I specialise in worksheets to support science and nature documentaries across BBC iPlayer and Netflix. Check my shop to view materials to support other episodes in this series.
Climate Change - The Facts Documentary
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Climate Change - The Facts Documentary

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24 question worksheet with short follow on task to accompany BBC documentary series Climate Change - The Facts. Designed for use with a year 9 group studying climate change. A teacher answer sheet is provided and there is an optional extension exam task. Can also be used as a stand alone sheet or homework task. Key themes: global warming Climate change Fossil fuels Impacts (economic, social, environmental) Ways forward (international cooperation, renewables)
Coral Reef
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Coral Reef

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Documentary exploring the changing coral reefs. Question and answer sheet to accompany the documentary: Chasing Coral on Netflix. This film introduces students to the importance of coral reef ecosystems, the threats they are facing, climate change and how what one group of people are doing to let people know what is happening to coral reefs. The documentary sheet has a variety of question types and a teacher answer sheet with guide times for many questions to allow for lesson planning. Three short extension activities to fit around the documentary. Worksheet includes the following topics: Marine ecosystems Polyp structure Symbiosis Coral bleaching Global warming Climate Change
Planet Earth 3 - Extremes
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Planet Earth 3 - Extremes

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**Documentary exploring forest ecosystems. ** This is a question and answer sheet to accompany the documentary Planet Earth 3: Extremes on the BBC. David Attenborough reveals the extraordinary ways in which animals battle to survive the elements in a world of extremes - places where life exists on a knife edge. From mountain summits to scorching deserts, polar tundra to deep underground caves, these remote places are rarely visited, yet the animals that survive there are some of the most resilient and specially adapted on Earth. Animal and plant adaptations across a range of different environments: Polar Mountain Desert Cave This worksheet covers the full 45 minutes of the documentary. There are a variety of question types used to keep kids engaged and comes with a handy teacher answer sheet with guide times to support lesson planning. If you choose to purchase this sheet and leave a review, I would be happy to send you a free resource from my shop as a thank you (docgeog@gmail.com). For worksheets to support other science and nature documentaries please see my shop.
Savannah - Africa Documentary
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Savannah - Africa Documentary

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Question and answer worksheet to accompany BBC documentary series Africa, episode 2 - Savannah. Designed for use with a year 8 group studying grassland and savannah environments, but equally could be used for students as part of a place based study of Africa or ecosystems as questions focus on animal adaptations and climate. A teacher answer sheet is provided and there are optional challenge tasks including short exam based questions and atlas tasks to develop more detailed place based knowledge of savannah environments in Africa.
Perfect Planet - Volcanoes
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Perfect Planet - Volcanoes

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A 20 question worksheet and differentiated follow on activity to support A Perfect Planet - Volcanoes (BBC Documentary). The programme looks at how without volcanoes, there would be no life on Earth. Although destructive, magma from the planet’s molten core builds land, and mineral-rich ash from eruptions fertilises the surface. The worksheet has 20 questions, using a variety of question stems, that cover the full 50 minute documentary. To support staff a detailed answer sheet is included. I have also included a differentiated follow on worksheet for students to reflect on their learning from the documentary. Worksheet includes the following topics: Volcanoes Advantages and disadvantages of volcanic environments Ecosystem Benefits and risks of habitats Variety of land ecosystems Animal adaptation Climate change For worksheets to support other science and nature documentaries please see my shop.
Frozen Planet - One Thin Ice
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Frozen Planet - One Thin Ice

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Title: One Thin Ice / Climate Change in Polar Regions A question and answer worksheet based around BBC documentary Frozen Planet episode: On Thin Ice. 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. Documentary length: 50 minutes (+10 extra ‘how we filmed’ section) Topics included: Climate Change Global warming Tundra ecosystem Taiga ecosystem Antarctica Documentary currently found on Netflix and BBC iPlayer. Find other geography documentary worksheets including other Frozen Planet episodes at my shop
Hurricane Ida Documentary
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Hurricane Ida Documentary

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Hurricane Ida - documentary worksheet A worksheet to support Earthstorm, Hurricanes episode 4 (Netflix Documentary). This worksheet helps students explore the formation, preparations, impacts and aftermath of Hurricane Ida. The worksheet has 11 questions and case study boxes to capture physical, economic, environmental and social impacts. The sheet is set out to capture students attention for the full 43 minutes of the hurricane documentary and helps them create a 1 page case study knowledge organiser. This worksheet comes with a detailed answer sheet for teachers, including answers and timings. Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics: Hurricane Formation Hurricane Track (path) Impacts of Hurricane Ida Aftermath of Hurricane Ida Climate Change For worksheets to support other science and nature documentaries please see my shop.
Seven Worlds One Planet: Asia
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Seven Worlds One Planet: Asia

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7 Worlds, 1 Planet: Asia BBC documentary, currently playing on iPlayer. A question and answer worksheet based around the 59 minute documentary seven worlds, one planet, episode 2. This documentary is all about Asia and the diverse conditions it presents to wildlife. It could be used to support learning around polar ecosystems, animal habitats and adaptations or place specific study of Asia. A good amount of discussion on climate change. A range of environments are covered: deserts, mountains and jungles. Can cover a lesson or used as a stand-alone homework. Topics include: animal habitat animal adaptation climate change Note, the worksheet does not include the 10 minute section at the end on how the programme was filmed. Find documentary worksheets on this topic or for other geography documentaries in my shop.
Green Planet Water World
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Green Planet Water World

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Environments covered: fresh water, coastal zone A comprehensive 20 question worksheet for Green Planet, Water World (BBC Documentary). David Attenborough explores new filming techniques which allow us to enter the plants’ world and see adaptations fresh water plants use to survive in their under water environments. The worksheet includes 20 different styled questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet, with timings for teachers. Please consider leaving a review for this resource. Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics: Fresh water vegetation Aquatic plants Photosynthesis Plant and animal interactions Climate change Salt water ecosytem - seagrass If you like this resource, please leave a review. Worksheets have been made for other episodes of this series and many other science and nature documentaries for BBC and Netflix, please view them here.
Peak District Documentary
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Peak District Documentary

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Tales from the National Park: The Peak District. Question and answer sheet to accompany the national park documentary: Tales from the National Park. This episode introduces the viewer to the conflict around green roads throughout the Peak District National Park. We see arguments for and against different uses and includes stakeholder views from local government, police, residents and leisure users. Could be used as an introduction to stakeholder conflict in National Parks or as a study of the Peak District. Teacher answer sheet also provided. Please consider reviewing this free resource. For other worksheets to support other science and nature documentaries please see my shop.
Lake District Documentary
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Lake District Documentary

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Tales from the National Parks: The Lake District. Currently found on YouTube and originally BBC iPlayer. Question and answer sheet to accompany the Lake District documentary: Tales from the National Parks. This episode introduces the viewer to the proposed zip line a across a valley in the Lake District. We see arguments for and against from different park users. Could be used as an introduction to stakeholder conflict in National Parks. Teacher answer sheet also provided. Please consider reviewing this free resource. For other worksheets to support science and nature documentaries please see my shop.