A list of knowledge for students when learning or revising the topics of rivers and coasts

A transcript of a short BBC news report about the proposed development of the Tongass National Forest in Alaska, USA. Comprehension questions are included at the end of the article. Useful for looking at issues of developing ecosystems in cold environments, especially at GCSE level.

A detailed lesson that covers the problem of climate change in glacial areas, what the impacts are, and how different resorts are responding to these changes. Lesson includes: An overview of the scale of climate change and what it means for glacial regions A statement-coding activity on the environmental/social/economic impacts of climate change on glacial resorts A comprehension activity on how resorts are adapting and diversifying to cope with climate change, and the positive/negative impacts that these responses can have A summary quiz to check learning All lesson resources and worksheets are included within the powerpoint.

Lesson covers the four key processes of erosion (hydraulic action, abrasion, attrition, solution) using an easy-to-complete A3 summary sheet, suitable video links, and practice exam questions and summary tasks to check understanding. All worksheets and resources are included within the ppt.

** All worksheets and activity resources included ** A fully planned and resourced lesson for teaching about the feast of thanksgiving. Lesson includes a thinking starter, key definitions, video of the history of thanksgiving followed by a timeline activity, a thinking task about the food associated with thanksgiving, and a class activity where students create a thanksgiving display with images of food and cards where they have written what they are thankful for. This is an excellent resource for use as a full lesson (or two) or for using part of it in a tutor time or school assembly. Extensions and challenges are included throughout.

A tried and tested(!) powerpoint that contains a range of activities including a world knowledge quiz and an interactive ‘map-the-world’ task that students can gradually add to as they move in and out of the classroom over the course of the evening. The powerpoint slides contain lots of little sheets (e.g. flags, animals, boxes to write capital cities, mountain ranges, rivers etc) that can be printed out for students to colour and add information to, and then pin onto a larger world map to make a colourful display. A large map and atlases are required to carry this out. This has worked really successfully as a way to engage students and talk to them about geography, and create something visually-exciting and meaningful.

A fun and engaging introduction to the topic of tourism! Lesson includes: A starter about where we go on holiday A quiz identifying famous tourist attractions A tourist attraction mapping activity (requires an atlas) An extended writing task about holidays All resources and worksheets are included within the powerpoint.

Contains seven rounds with all answers supplied Round 1 - general knowledge Round 2 - flags Round 3 - country capitals Round 4 - country outlines Round 5 - sport Round 6 - famous landmarks Round 7 - atlas knowledge (worksheet within ppt)

Summary information covering temperature, rainfall, animals, plants, and locations of six major world biomes (tundra, coniferous forest, deciduous forest, savanna, polar, and desert) Accompanying activity to summarise and locate biomes on a world map

Lesson covers the different types of hazard, describing hazard distribution, and graphing different types of hazards. Activities include describing a map, plotting bar charts, and brainstorming. All worksheets and answers included within the ppt.

Lesson covers the layers of the earth and their characteristics, plate movement theory, convection currents and evidence for plate movement. Activities include identifying the layers, describing the earth’s plates and describing the sequence of convection currents. All worksheets included within the ppt.

Lesson covers the formation and causes of tropical storms, and the impacts and responses of Hurricane Florence 2018. Activities include sequencing statements, describing maps and images, and analysing information. All worksheets included within the ppt.

Lesson covers the environmental, natural, and historical reasons behind uneven development and considers what this means for different countries Includes a card sort activity for each of the different categories All resources included within the ppt

Lesson covers the role of uneven development in the poverty cycle and includes describing activities for wealth and poverty around the world All resources included within the ppt

KS5 Introduction to the carbon cycle Facts about carbon, where and how carbon is stored, and processes that function in the carbon cycle All resources and sheets included within the ppt

KS5 Definition of combustion and a focus on hydrocarbons and wildfires; activities around the use of fossil fuels and impacts of wildfires in Australia and America All activities and resources included within the ppt

KS5 Structured exam question on the affects of human activity on the carbon cycle

KS4 A summary of the whole topic Useful for students at the start of the topic or as a revision guide at the end

KS4 Lesson covers methods of coping with food provision in the UK, organic produce and agribusiness All worksheets contained within the ppt

KS4 Lesson covers how we use water (and waste it), key terms (supply, deficit etc), sources of water pollution and their impacts, and algal blooms All resources contained with the ppt