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Geography
British Culture: icons
A great fun activity involving a treasure hunt style challenge around the school followed by a research activity and group presentation.
Outstanding Lesson - What is ecotourism? (TES Pick)
Title: What is ecotourism?
Objectives: To describe how ecotourism has developed
To look at strategies that help conserve the natural environment
Contains a review of mass tourism, sustainable strategies, annotated example and a range of video clip hyper links. Ideal for GCSE and International Baccalaureate.
Outstanding lesson: How can the environment be polluted?
How can the environment be polluted?
Learning objectives:
To identify different types of pollution
To describe how they can harm the environment
A stimulating interactive lesson that encourages students to identify a range of pollution types.
Students will also consider how environmental concerns can be categorised on a variety of scales.
Demographics - UK - ageing population
An activity booklet with 7 fantastic tasks that review:
Statistical analysis calculations
Population pyramids
Dependency ratios
Population management
Predictions for the future
Creative task
Critical thinking and speculation related to current population patterns
ESS - How does Global atmospheric circulation work? Environmental Systems and Societies
Learning Objectives:
To describe the processes of atmospheric circulation.
To explain how the circulation of air within the atmosphere causes areas of high and low pressure
Comprehensive and easy to follow guide. Contains -
extension question task, for advanced learners
a template sheet asking students to add information on global atmospheric circulation
writing activity, consolidating all their knowledge
hyper-links to video clips
fantastic general knowledge starter
Good Geography Landmark quiz
Easy quick quiz for the introduction of spatial awareness and global general knowledge.
Also great for the end of term before the run up to the winter/spring/summer holidays - good fun!
Geography and Crime Research Task
Learning objectives:
• To understand that there are different types of crime.
To explain that some crime is more serious than others.
Nice activity task that incorporated ICT to investigate crime.
Asia: An introduction - Where is Asia?
Great lesson that introduces the geography of Asia and its different regions.
Includes a starter, comprehension task, research task and extension activity.
Fantastic lesson - Photochemical smog
Learning Objectives:
To outline the formation of photochemical smog.
To distinguish between primary and secondary air pollutants
Contains:
Fantastic science clips to illustrate how human health is impacted and the chemical reactions that form secondary air pollutants.
Includes news reports for Case studies.
Exam question
Research task.
Live links to air pollution models - in London and across the World.
Introduction to river landforms. GCSE (Outstanding Lesson)
Learning objectives
To identify a variety of river landforms.
To work as a team to assess how rivers shape the land through erosion and deposition.
Comprehensive, interactive lesson that promotes collaboration.
How well do you know Oceania?
Great worksheet to increase spatial awareness and atlas skills.
Excellent for map skills
Air pollution - Is a car free world possible?
Title: Is a car free world possible?
Learning Objectives:
To review the development and impact of cars
To consider how their environmental impact could be managed using an international strategy
Perfect for Criterion C - Communicating
Fantastic lesson assessing the possibility of reducing traffic to improve the urban environment and reduce both air and noise pollution.
Includes reading tasks, comprehension questions and assessment.
LGBT Outstanding lesson PSHE: Modern family structure (TES Pick)
A supurb lesson that reviews how changes in the modern family unit and structure is changing. Student and teachers will gain insight, empathy and understanding of the challenges faced by different families in the 21st Century.
Objectives:
To describe how the modern family has changed
To review why these structural changes are important in the 21st Century
Both students and teachers can predict and prepare themselves for the social, cultural, religious and economic impact that this may have in society at local, national and international scales.
AQA - Measuring development
Chapter 17: Economic Development & quality of life
Learning objectives:
To describe how social development is measured.
To explain why the human development index is important.
Compliments Textbook - AQA GCSE (9-1) Geography Second Edition
ByJohn Widdowson (Author)
Workbooklet containing:
Starter
Key words
Sample GCSE Question
10 Tasks
Student checklist
Differentiated lesson: Introduction to Global Warming & Climate Change (TES Pick)
This lesson has been used and accredited as outstanding within many observations and interviews.
This alternative to a carrousel task allows student to stay in their seat yet rotate the resources as it introduced them to Climate Change and Global Warming. It allows teachers to judge prior knowledge, learning and misconceptions students may have. This is combined with excellent starter and plenary resources that consolidate learning objectives and helps teachers plan for the next lesson on this current important theme of geographical study.
Has been used at KS3, GCSE, IGCE, KS4, MYP and A Level standards.
True or False? What do you know about China?
Useful and engaging - True or False starter for lessons introducing China as a place of study.
Outstanding Lesson - Weather and Climate
Title: Weather and climate
To identify the how weather is described and measured
To suggest a range of weather hazards experienced in the UK
Rated outstanding - A fantastic lesson reviewing the environmental conditions caused by weather and climate factors and their influence on human activity. Involves kinaesthetic collaborative class group task, analysis and evaluation. Includes pit stop plenaries and free plenary placemat.
Great for an introduction to this popular theme and ideal for a lesson observation.
How safe is nuclear energy?
Learning Objectives:
To evaluate the use and growth of nuclear energy
To discuss the social risks linked to this energy choice
Fantastic: Analysis of Global Warming and Climate Change Data (Al Gore)
This introduces students to easy overview of climate change patterns caused by Global Warming.
A great resource that promotes logical, critical thinking and justification.
Can be used as a group task.
What are the effects of floods? (Outstanding Lesson)
Title: What are the effects of floods?
To identify at least 4 effects
To compare the floods in the UK with Bangladesh
A great double lesson that reviews the impact of flooding.
Ideal for KS3-4.
Differentiated resource available for lower ability students.
Includes 6 activities, starter and plenary and assistance for differentiation.
Also includes level question with level descriptors so that students can generate a target answer response.
Lesson plan overview is on slide 2