Overview
This resource is a comprehensive set of 6 downloadable worksheets designed to reinforce and enhance students’ knowledge of Geography Population and Migration topics.
Worksheet Structure
It includes 6 worksheets, one for each of the following topics:
Population Distribution
Population Density
Migration
European Population Structures
Population Policies and Migration
Population Policies in Asia
Printable Format
The Geography Population and Migration Worksheets is available in a downloadable PDF format, making it easy for teachers, parents, or students to print the worksheets and answers for offline use. Clear instructions are provided to ensure a seamless learning experience.
Answers not included.
An introductory lesson to the topic of population. Written for GCSE but suitable for KS3. Covers the key definitions, exponential growth and looks at how data can be represented in maps and diagrams. Video links included to illustrate the key themes. No textbook necessary as this is a standalone resource but the notes make references to the Oxford Textbook.
This is a whole lesson on teaching on Population, Area and Population Density and is a part of a fantastic bundle on compound measures. This lesson is a fantastic cross-curricular lesson between Geography and Mathematics. This lesson is also great for home learning or flip learning. 23-slide presentation + ORIGINAL VIDEO CONTENT + supplementary resources
This lesson includes:
+ a starter
+ learning objectives (differentiated)
+ keywords
+ Excellent Teaching Slides (lots of great information)
+ Lots of great examples of how to do the calculations
+ FULL ORIGINAL VIDEO CONTENT (7 MINS)
+ AFL questions
+ Worksheet (with answer key)
+ Plenary
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This lesson is designed to last for 1 hour and is resourced with videos, extension questioning, deep thinking and uses graphs/images to aid learning.
This lesson follows the Cambridge KS4 curriculum and looks at population pyramids. Students will look at population pyramids for low income and high income countries before drawing them using data provided. Students will be able to explain the look of the pyramids and be shown some abnormal ones too.
This lesson includes a starter, lesson objective, plenary, exam questions and various student led activities.
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This is a fully resourced 9 lesson scheme of learning based on the module of population and aimed at KS3. The scheme of learning includes:
Lesson 1: Why is the world’s population distribution uneven?
Lesson 2: Why is overpopulation a challenge?
Lesson 3: What factors influence population growth?
Lesson 4: How does the Demographic Transition Model show population change?
Lesson 5: How can we study the population structure of a country?
Lesson 6: What are the challenges and opportunities created by an ageing population?
Lesson 7: What are the challenges and opportunities created by immigration?
Lesson 8: What are the challenges created by rural-urban migration?
Lesson 9: Should refugees be allowed access to the UK?
Full topic for KS3 Population. Created for non specialists so easy to follow.
People on the move (push/pull, global movements etc)
Climate refugees: Example of Bangladesh. Includes guided reading sheet and climate graph work
Economic migrants: Global picture of movement for better jobs/quality of life
War and migration (example of Syria)
Refugees and asylum seekers: Examples of Qater, Azerbaijan, Papua New Guinea, Ukraine and Yemen
Migration in England: Rural to Urban migration, includes population pyramids
Life in a refugee camp: Documentary with question sheet and lesson content
HANDOUTS: Designed to be printed A5 to save on printing!!
Complete lesson on ageing populations, with Japan used as a case study. Designed for KS3 but could be used at KS4 too. Lesson includes:
2 different Do Now activities to choose from
Engagement activity - guess the mystery man
Population distribution of Japan and helpsheet
Video and discussion questions
AfL - correct the mistakes
Newspaper article and questions
Exit ticket questions
Human population growth is a comprehensive lesson designed to help GCSE students develop their understanding of the importance of biodiversity and the effects of human population growth through engaging activities and differentiated instruction.
This lesson is the 1st in a series of lessons and covers the content from the AQA 4.7.3.1 Biodiversity, 4.7.3.2 Waste management and 4.7.3.3 Land use lessons (B7 Ecology unit), and AQA GCSE Biology OUP Scheme B18.1 The human population explosion lesson (B18 Biodiversity and ecosystems chapter).
All resources are included, making it easy to run the lesson straight away. All text is editable, so you can adjust the depth, pace, or challenge to suit your class and the time you have available.
Presentation contains (32 slides)-
● Lesson Prep and Technician Notes: Guidance notes for teachers to prepare the lesson and technician instructions.
● Bell Work / Do Now Activity: Engaging task to activate student prior knowledge and set the stage for the lesson.
● Clear Lesson Aim, Objectives & Success Criteria: Explicitly defined learning targets to guide students and measure their understanding.
● Discussion Slides: Thought-provoking prompts and questions to introduce the topic.
● Information Slides with Levelled Content: Varied levels of information catering to diverse learning styles and abilities.
● Differentiated Activities (Group Work): Collaborative tasks in small groups to encourage active participation and enhance learning.
● Differentiated Questions with Answers: Comprehensive questions with accompanying solutions for self-assessment and note-taking.
● Student Worksheets/Handouts: Printable materials for students to complete and gather notes.
Aimed at a mixed ability class covering content Grades 1-9, with three levels of demand to accommodate different learning styles and levels.
● Level 1: Low demand
● Level 2: Standard demand
● Level 3: High demand
This lesson is also available as a digital worksheet, which is ideal for absent students to catch-up missed work, distance learning, home schooling, or independent study.
Human population growth Distance learning
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AQA GCSE Geography lesson for the new specification unit 2B. In this lesson we look at how population pyramids can reveal changing population structures and levels of development. There is a literacy starter based on the content learned so far in the unit. We begin with an introductory video on population pyramids and the students have a question sheet to answer whilst they watch the video. Using the information they have gleaned from the video they then annotate two contrasting population pyramids to consolidate how the graphs can reveal a great deal about a country’s level of development. We briefly look at dependency rations and the students have a go at calculating a simple example ratio. We then construct a population pyramid for Nigeria using a worksheet and the students can then consider what it reveals about the country. The students then examine an ageing population but looking at Japan’s changing population structure and the students complete a task looking at the factors that have contributed top this. We then tackle a 6-mark GCSE-style question using the population pyramids they annotated earlier. There is a writing frame for structure and guidance on points to use. .
hope this saves you valuable planning time.
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This is a KS3 lesson on population density. It is also a good lesson for a KS2 group. Key facts about the lesson are:
The content covered by the lesson are; definition of population density, explanation of the concepts densely and sparsely populated, UK population density, world population density and factors that influence population density.
Learning resources used in the lesson are; Starter quiz, sketching task, picture study, cartograms (UK and world) and short writing tasks.
The lesson is planned in detail and all of the resources for teaching the lesson are included in the ppt; starter, learning activities with resources, clear outline of learning tasks and a plenary. Now just download and teach!
This is a KS3 lesson on population. It can also easily be used with a GCSE group. The content and skills are relevant to the nee GCSE specs. Key facts about the lesson are:
The content covered by the lesson are; definition of population, population facts such as current world population, birth & death rates and natural increase, factors that affect BRs and DRs.
Learning resources used in the lesson are; quiz, real time population change weblink, numeracy task calculating natural increase and an analysis task of the factors that influence BRs and DRs.
The lesson is planned in detail and all of the resources for teaching the lesson are included in the ppt; starter, learning activities with resources, clear outline of learning tasks and a plenary. Now just download and teach!
This is a lesson introducing youthful populations. The lesson looks at The Gambia as an example of a country with this demographic. The lesson has activities and writing tasks to help students think through this idea.
Activity for pupils to draw and compare population pyramids for The Gambia and The UK, using 2023 data. There is a outline set of axes with an example plot on it for lower ability pupils and a labelling activity to pupils to demonstrate their ability to interpret the graphs. In addition there is a visual hexagons task which asks pupils to explain various factors and their influence on population size and structure which would make a good homework task.
This bundle includes content for the AQA A Level Biology Topic 19 - Populations and Ecosystems
AQA A Level Biology (A2) - 19. Populations and Ecosystems - Ecosystems & Abiotic factors (Double)
AQA A Level Biology (A2) - 19. Populations and Ecosystems - Variation in population size (single)
AQA A Level Biology (A2) - 19. Populations and Ecosystems - Competition & Predation (Double)
AQA A Level Biology (A2) - 19. Populations and Ecosystems - Succession & Managing succession (Double)
Please see individual lessons for lesson descriptions.
Note: This bundle does not contain resources for Required practical 12: Investigation into the effect of a named environmental factor on the distribution of a given species.
There will be a seperate bundle with this available in it if required due to schools running the practicals differently.
Here is a School Self Evaluation (SEF) for FE and Skills Settings that has been aligned with the NEW Oftsed Framework 2025.
Each section covers the main areas of investigation from Ofsted:
-Safeguarding
-Inclusion
-Leadership and Governance
-Contribution to Meeting Skills Needs
-Curriculum, Teaching and Training
-Achievement
-Participation and Development
Each section is pre-populated with expected, strong and exceptional standard criteria to support the completion of a personalised SEF.
This is 13 page document is to serve as a template and needs to be edited to refer specifically to your setting. It provides a sound baseline to build upon.
Chapter 24 unit from the OCR Biology A A-Level all about populations and sustainability.
The unit was planned with the intention of carrying out flipped learning whereby students do pre-reading on the topic prior to the lesson so that we can consolidate that learning with activities/exam questions during the lesson.
Including:
24.1 Population Size
24.2 Competition
24.3 Predator Prey Relationships
24.4 Conservation and Preservation
24.5 Sustainability
24.6 Masai Mara
24.7 Terai Region of Nepal
24.8 Peat Bogs
24.9 Environmentally Sensitive Ecosystems (split into two lesson, Galapagos Islands and Antarctica in lesson 1 with Snowdonia and the Lake District in lesson 2)
A complete lesson that covers the description and interpretation of population pyramids. It is a fully resourced standalone lesson but follows on from the demographic transition lesson. No other resources are required and worksheets of up to date pyramids for annotation are included. I have also included a past exam question. Aimed at GCSE, this would also be suitable for KS3 as the activities can differentiate by outcome.
A Geography worksheet asking pupils to identify reasons for global population growth. Pupils have to analyse the trends in the graph alongside some true or false questions that stimulate debate in a class review.
Here is a collation of CIE past paper IGCSE questions for the Population Topic - all in one document.
Students can work their way through this document and ‘bullet point’ the ideas they have for what they would use to attempt an answer.
IGCSE Cambridge
Theme 1: Population & Settlement – Population
1: How has the World’s Population changed in the last few hundred years?
Lesson 1 FREE:
This SoW is designed in detail and is both differentiated and engaging and allows you to move pupils through content efficiently. As a result, lessons can take around two periods to deliver and are sequenced to flow through this period comprehensively.
Made to the highest standard and constructed using current research, both dual coding and retrieval practices are at the heart of this unit. A colour scheme also runs throughout to ease both your delivery and students’ comprehension.
Theme 1: Population & Settlement – Population
L1: How has the World’s Population changed in the last few hundred years?
L2: Why Does Population Change?
L3: What Factors Affect Population Density?
L4: What are the Causes and Effects of Underpopulation?
L5: What do Population Pyramids Show?
L6: What Threat does HIV Present?
L7: Why is Dependency Ratio so Important for Development?
L8: How can Government Policy Impact Population?
L9: Population Revision
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