AQA GCSE Geography lesson. At least 1 hour long. This lesson explores what the concept of development is. the students then explore what factors affect development worldwide by annotating the four categories with ideas, Social, environmental, political and economic. We then look at GNI and HDI as measurements of development and consider both their strengths and weaknesses. We then look at global patterns of HDI, and quality of life. Included is:
Map interpretation starter
Factors of development activity
Video clip on development measurements
Activity on development measurements
HDI questions activity.
Hope this helps.
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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.
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Worksheet includes the following topics:
Holocene
Biodiversity
Ecosystem
Habitat
Symbiosis
Variety of marine and land ecosystems
Climate change
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A 30 minute assembly for World Earth Day 2025 focusing on this years theme: Our Power, Our Planet
The assembly covers:
What is World Earth Day
When is World Earth Day
What is this years theme
What does renewable energy mean
Examples of renewable energy
Interactive element - How common is renewable energy, put your hand up if you’ve seen this type of renewable energy before
Interactive element - Higher or lower looking at countries overall renewable energy usage
What you can do to help use more renewable energy
This could also be used as a lesson about renewable energy, or a tutor time based around World Earth Day.
All facts correct as of April 2025.
Our World is a comprehensive Geography topic about Planet Earth, suitable for KS1 and lower KS2 (Y1-3).
The planning overview, topic title page and vocabulary page can be downloaded for free here. Lessons include:
L1 – Completing a world map jigsaw
L2 – Identifying the continents and oceans of the world (FREE)
L3 – Where do we live?
L4 – Identifying human and natural features of the world
L5 – Investigating satellite photos of famous world landmarks
L6 – Introduction to compass directions
L7 – Identifying world climate zones
L8 – Identifying the countries and capitals of the UK (FREE)
Each lesson includes a presentation and differentiated activities/worksheets.
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Some great ideas for lessons and YouTube links for making children thin k about the world that they live in and the impact they have on it.
Could be used for a whole school activity.
15 lesson SOW (w. revision lesson, assessment and feedback lesson) following the KS3 heading towards GCSE textbook (AQA).
Chapter 7: Our Physical World and covering topics including:
A world of extremes
Our underwater world
Earthquakes
Volcanoes
Global weather and climate
Skills focus on comparing maps
Here are lots of different presentations about the different aspects of our world. There is something for everyone in this wonderful collection of different places. It could be used again and again, throughout all the year!
Beautiful, evocative eco-poster. Words - ‘Our World - in our hands’ - on natural scene of wild flowers.
Celebrates nature. Sends out gentle reminder to care for our natural world.
Will inspire children with the beauty and wonder of nature, and help them understand its vulnerability and our duty of care.
See my other ‘green’ and ‘eco’ resources too, many free.
I have a debut book of poems: ‘SQUEAK! SQUAWK! ROAR! Amazing Animal Poems’, published by Otter-Barry Books.
‘A brilliant resource for schools’ - School Reading List.
I used these two lessons for my early entry class who had to work through the module very quickly. I would print off some off the slides in order to save time
Materials dealing with issues of scientific and religious theories of creation and humans responsibility for the environment.
The resources are suitable for whole class teaching to promote thinking skills and discussion.
Some of the resources are designed to be used with a digital projector, ideally on an interactive whiteboard. Paper based resources are also included with references to recommended WJEC texts.
Materials dealing with issues of scientific and religious theories of creation and humans responsibility for the environment.
The resources are suitable for whole class teaching to promote thinking skills and discussion.
Some of the resources are designed to be used with a digital projector, ideally on an interactive whiteboard. Paper based resources are also included with references to recommended WJEC texts.
This resource contains a fully editable, 100-slide PowerPoint presentation on World Ocean Day which takes place on the 8th of June each year. The PowerPoint focuses on:
The aims of World Ocean Day
The issues affecting the ocean and sea life - global warming, air pollution, plastic pollution and other ocean debris, overfishing, invasive species, destruction of mangroves and saltmarshes
How we can help to improve our oceans
The PowerPoint also contains several video links to the Great Barrier Reef, ocean acidity, the "Pacific Ocean Garbage Patches and World Ocean Day".
Please note, the watermark on the preview images is not present on the resource itself.
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World Environment Day Presentation
This is a fully editable 60-slide presentation on World Environment Day which takes place on 5th June annually. The PowerPoint focuses on:
The origin of World Environment Day
The aims of World Environment Day
The host country of World Environment Day
The issues affecting the environment - global warming, air pollution from factories and traffic, fracking, deforestation
How we can help to look after our wonderful planet earth - recycling, re-using and reducing
The PowerPoint also contains links to a breath-taking, 4-minute video of our planet and a link to a moving song.
Climate Change
Greta Thunberg
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This is a whole lesson introducing Standard Form by looking at Our Universe. This lesson explains using the universe what standard form is and why we use it. The lesson also looks in detail at how to write ordinary numbers into standard form and vice versa. This lesson is ready to go with no prep required. It is also great for home learning. 28-slide presentation + additional resources.
The lesson includes:
+ starter (looking at powers of 10)
+ Learning objectives (differentiated)
+ keywords and key notation slides
+ pictures from around the universe and world (giving maths a real-life context)
+ superb very clear teaching slides
+ lots of examples (writing a small number and big numbers into a standard form and vice versa)
+ Embedded questions for AFL (with answers)
+ Worksheet (with answers)
+ Matching Activities (with answers)
+ Plenary
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This is a 5 lesson RE unit with accompanying resources, focussing on the Christian and Hindu stories of creation and the environment. It is suitable for using with key stage 2.
Lesson 1 gives details of a starter, class discussion, nature walk around school, poetry writing activity and a plenary.
Lesson 2 gives details of a starter, whole class discussion, drama activity, written activity and plenary.
Lesson 3 gives details of a starter, whole class discussion, link to a video clip, drama activity, written activity and plenary.
Lesson 4 gives details of a starter, whole class discussion, headline writing activity and final activity and discussion.
Lesson 5 gives details of a starter activity, whole class discussion, walk around school, poster designing activity and plenary.
Lesson objectives and cross-curricular links are also included in the plan. There is a PowerPoint of the Christian Bible story included in the price and all resources that are needed. The PowerPoint covers the Bible story from Genesis 1 to the end of Genesis 2:3.
All of the resources are included in a zip file. They are:
21 page PDF detailed lesson plans
23 Slide PowerPoint presentation. This is not editable. Click ‘Read Only’ to open it.
1 slide PowerPoint for lesson 1
1 PDF page for lesson 1
1 PDF page for lesson 2
3 PDF pages for lesson 3
1 slide PowerPoint for lesson 3
9 PDF pages for lesson 4
The PowerPoint is also available separately:
Christian story of creation presentation