Lesson on Microclimates

This game has been designed to get children to think about what they need to create and sustain a settlement. It is my first attempt to may need some tweaking for your class, but the kids seem to enjoy it. If you print out the map with grid lines on the kids can see where to build.

A quick quiz to do with your class.

Introduction to River Basins. Have the children come up with things that they think will effect the water moving from clouds to the river. Explain to them that many things will affect how water gets to a river and that all of these are found within the river basin. At the end Higher level learners can continue with Gradient and learn the formula for Gradient.

A beginner look at Geography

I have take many different sources and condensed them into one presentation for KS3

My students in KS3 were really struggling with how to write an essay in a different way to the way they had learnt in their English lessons. This seemed to help them.

This is for the introduction of Land Use Models for KS3. It can be used to get children thinking about how and why cities are built.

Seeing the world around you. What is Latitude and Longitude

What are map projections