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GCSE Geography Revision - Paper 2 (AQA)
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GCSE Geography Revision - Paper 2 (AQA)

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A fully resourced PowerPoint for Paper 2- Challenges in the human environment for AQA GCSE Geography. This PowerPoint contains 36 slides with full information and case studies for each topic. Content Includes: Urban Issues and Challenges Definition and causes of urbanisation Emergence of megacities Case Study of Rio as an NEE along with opportunities and challenges. Case Study - Urban change in a Major UK City - Leeds Sustainable Urban Living - Leeds Greenhouse Project Traffic Management in Leeds The Changing Economic World Measuring development Measuring population and causes of uneven development Tourism in Jamaica UK national and global links Case Study- Nigeria - TNCs causing development Economic and Industrial Change in the UK Modern Industrial Developments in the UK - Cambridge Science Park and Torr Quarry. **Download contains PowerPoint **
Introduction to Fieldwork - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Introduction to Fieldwork - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to describe the importance of fieldwork along with why do fieldwork in geography. This lesson contains the basis for a fieldwork investigation around your school that includes a liter count and bi-polar environmental quality survey. Task 1: Describe which is more accurate data sample set Task 2: Writing a hypothesis Task 3: Conducting research at 3 different locations along with the research sheet. Task 4: Main Task: Write up _ Describe what the research found about the school site. Task 5: Plenary: Homework for litter pick for further data Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Map Reading - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Map Reading - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on an introduction to OS maps, how to read map symbols and why we use map symbols on maps Task 1: Starter - Recap over the last 3 lessons Task 2: Students identify the different symbols on the map Task 3: Students to explain why we use symbols on maps Task 4: Students identify all the symbols and what they mean. Task 5: Main Task - Describe why we use symbols on a map and when would we use them Task 6: Plenary - Map symbol bingo **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Colonisation of Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Colonisation of Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to explain what colonisation is, where in Africa was colonised and by which country/ empire. Students will then learn about the scramble for Africa post slave trade and the reasons for the scramble. Students will then identify the social, economic and environmental. issues that colonisation caused for Africa. Then students will evaluate which is the worst effect and why. Finally they will create a newspaper article about the effects of colonisation on Africa. Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning Task 1: Describe the countries that were colonised and by which country/ empire. Task 2: Identify the social, economic and environmental. issues that colonisation Task 3: Evaluate which of the effects of colonisation was the worst and why. Task 4: Create a newspaper article explaining what colonisation is, why it happened and its effects on the African people. Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Protecting the Amazon Rainforest - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Protecting the Amazon Rainforest - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students to define what sustainability is and how social, economic and environmental factors must be taken into account to make something sustainable. Then students will read through the worksheet and choose which option is the best for sustainability. Finally, students will put everything they have learnt together in a final secondary assessment. Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning Task 2: On whiteboards, come up with a definition of sustainability Task 3: Identify which management strategy is the most sustainable and why. Task 4: Main Task - Secondary Assessment - Evaluate the protection of the Amazon Rainforest. Task 5: Plenary: 3,2,1 - Class Discussion - Why do people cut down the rainforest? Lesson 8 out of 8
Biomes of Russia - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Biomes of Russia - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will identify different biomes throughout Russia and understand how climate affects the locations of biomes. Students will also be able to describe the vegetation and animals that are located through the biomes of Russia. Task 1: Starter: Key words match up Task 2: Describe location of the biomes in Russia Task 3: Fill in sheet with characteristics of different biomes Task 4: Main Task: Students to describe what vegetation/ animals they would see throughout their journey. Task 5: Plenary: Quiz at the end of the lesson to summarise learning.
GCSE Geography Revision - Paper 1  (AQA)
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GCSE Geography Revision - Paper 1 (AQA)

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A fully resourced PowerPoint for Paper 1- Living in the Physical Environment for AQA GCSE Geography. This PowerPoint contains 30 slides with full information and case studies for each topic. Case studies include: Ecosystems - UK Pond Tropical Rainforest - Malaysia Hot Desert - Thar Desert Rivers - River Tees Coasts - Holderness Coast Tectonic Hazards - Christchurch vs Haiti Weather Hazards - Typhoon Haiyan UK Weather Hazards - Beast from the East **Download contains PowerPoint **
Data & Fieldwork - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Data & Fieldwork - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to describe the difference between Primary and Secondary data as well as give examples for each type. Then students will investigate Quantitative versus Qualitative data and what types of data these represent. Finally students will explain why it is important to display data in different methods, specifically bar chart. This lesson was created to be part of a two lesson plan, so the previous lesson will be included in the download to help with planing. Starter: Knowledge Retention on previous learning Task 1: Testing the difference between primary and secondary data Task 2: Testing the difference between quantitative and qualitative Task 3: Why do we choose to present data in a certain way? Task 4: Main Task: Describe the quality of the environment at our school Lesson contains two powerpoints and one worksheet.
Life in a Favela - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Life in a Favela - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students to write down the characteristics of pictures of favelas and describe what the conditions look like in these areas. Students will identify why people live there and why they have moved there. Advantages and disadvantages of living in a favela and jobs that are there. Task 1: Starter - Recap on previous learning Task 2: Identify why people live in favelas and identify the characteristics of favelas. Task 3: Advantages and Disadvantages of living in a favela along with the jobs there. Task 4: Main Task - Describe the opportunities and challenges of living in a favela Task 5: Plenary: Class question - How would the government fix this issue? Lesson 4 out of 8
Upper Course River Features - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Upper Course River Features - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on the features of the upper course. Students will learn about the erosional features such as interlocking spurs, waterfalls and gorges. Task 1: Starter - Retrieval, Using the information they learnt in the previous lesson. Hook- Students to explain what they think the image means, or what it has to do with the lesson. Task 2: Field sketch and describe the appearance of interlocking spurs. Task 3: Watch a video about how waterfalls form and then turn into a gorge. Task 4: Students to draw and label how a waterfall is formed. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Describe how a feature found in the upper course of a river is formed (4).” High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words. Task 5: Plenary - Using only 20 words, try to summarise how gorges form from waterfalls. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Introduction to WW1 - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Introduction to WW1 - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on World War 1, an introduction into world war 1, where did it occur, and who did it effect. Task 1: Starter - Key Vocabulary of terms used this week that students must go away and research. Task 2: Students to draw a spider diagram and fill it with information they already know. Task 3: Read through information about weapons, battlefields and technology on slides. Task 4: Main Task - create a cover page in their book about what WW1 is and use key facts figures and links to other topics. Task 5: Plenary - With green pen students to fill in their earlier spider diagram with any information they have learnt in this lesson. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Inequality in the UK: North South Divide - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Inequality in the UK: North South Divide - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on inequality in the UK and the north south divide, an introduction on the differences between regions in the UK Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Using the infographic students are to write down three differences between the north and south of England. Task 3: Students to watch a video about the north south divide in the UK and make notes. Task 4: Read through the information on worksheets and evaluate which of them is the most effective and why. Task 5: Main Task - Long form writing- describe the north south divide and its effects on England. Task 6: Plenary - Students to look at GCSE grade results in the UK and explain what the knock on effects for students are in the north of England **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Beast from the East - UK Weather Hazard - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Beast from the East - UK Weather Hazard - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the Beast from the East - an extreme weather event in England in 2018. Students will investigate the location, causes of the storm, the social, economic and environmental impacts along with the short term and long term responses. Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Using the images on the screen, come up with what you think caused the Beast from the East. Task 3: Complete the learning clock with information in the PowerPoint starting with identifying where the beast was affected. Then identify the causes of the storm, next to the social and economic and environmental factors and finally the long term and short term responses. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Suggest how extreme weather in the UK can have economic and social impacts.” "(6 marks) Task 5: Plenary - How could we have responded to the event better? **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Continents and Countries - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Continents and Countries - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the continents and countries of the world, an introduction into scale, at both local, national and global. Task 1: Starter - Name as many countries using the alphabet as possible. Task 2: Student to put the locations in order of size Task 3: Students to name each continent on Earth Task 4: Students use an Atlas to fill in as many countries as possible in the Europe map. Task 5: Label the 4 countries that make up Great Britain. Task 6: Main Task - Describe where we live in the world using scale. Task 7: Plenary **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Map Skills for GCSE - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Map Skills for GCSE - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the different cartographic skills for students at GCSE. This lesson includes: Atlas Skills including reading longitude and latitude and identification of physical and human atlas maps. Ordnance Survey Maps including using a key, scale, four and six figure references and reading contours and spot height. Maps in association with photographs including direction of photograph, identification of features, use of satellite imagery and sketch/ field maps. Task 1: Identify the longitude and latitude of 12 points on an atlas. Task 2: Measuring the distance between features on an OS map Task 3: Identifying four and six figures on a simple OS map Task 4: Identify the maximum and minimum height of the OS map Task 5: Identify the direction the photograph was taken Task 6: Explain the social, economic and environmental impacts of a earthquake from satellite imagery. If you get time you could take your students outside and get them to do a sketch map of the school ground and a birds eye view of the school. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Haiti Earthquake-2010 Case Study - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Haiti Earthquake-2010 Case Study - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the 2010 Haiti earthquake, this lesson establishes what an earthquake is. Where Haiti is located globally and background on what happened during the earthquake, and the effects including, social, economic and environmental effects. Then students finish off by looking at the long-term and short-term effects of the quake. Task 1: Starter: Knowledge recall on previous topic (Coasts) Task 2: Describe the location of Haiti Task 3: Identify the primary and secondary effects then place them into social, economic and environmental. Task 4: Watch the news video about the Haiti quake. Task 5: Exam question: Exam question: “Earthquakes are another example of tectonic activity.” Using an example, describe the primary and secondary effects of an earthquake. (6 marks) Task 6: Peer Feedback Task 7: Using a volcanic eruption or an earthquake you have studied, describe the short-term responses to the disaster. (4 marks) Task 8: Peer Feedback **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Environmental Impacts Of Economic Development In Nigeria - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Environmental Impacts Of Economic Development In Nigeria - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated and up to date lesson on how the economic development of Nigeria has led to environmental problems. Students will be able to explain how the environmental problems affect both the natural and human environments and then outline the Bodo Oil Spill case study. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Describe how a Levee is formed Task 2: Indicate which of the environmental problems affect the natural vs human environment. Task 3: Watch the video on the Bodo Oil Spill. Task 4: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “The impacts of economic development have been only positive in Nigeria”. Do you agree with this statement? Justify your opinion (6 marks) High ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding and then compare theirs to the model answer. LA students will read through the paragraph and cross out wrong words. Task 5: Plenary - Revise for Levee Read, Write, Wipe as starter for next lesson. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Using a compass - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Using a compass - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how to use a compass, why we use compass directions and then how to apply compass directions to find places. This lesson also comes with an assessment at the end to test student’s knowledge of previous skills lessons. Task 1: Starter -Recap the previous lessons and answer questions about them. Task 2: Identity which students know the four-point compass directions and then the eight-point compass to stretch students. Task 3: Discussion on why we use north orientated maps instead of other orientations. Task 4: Complete a worksheet using compass directions and identifying what characters they end up at. Task 5: Main Task - Secondary Assessment- using an atlas to answer all the questions on the worksheet, this puts all the skills students have previously acquired and puts them to use identifying places in an atlas. Task 6: Plenary **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Health Inequalities in the UK - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Health Inequalities in the UK - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on health inequality in the UK, an introduction into what health inequality is, how life expectancy varies between the north and south. Contains a full assessment to test comprehension on the topic. Task 1: Starter - Answer true and false questions about previous learning Task 2: Define life expectancy then writing the definition on their worksheet Task 3: Read through the different factors on life expectancy and explain which has the biggest effect on life expectancy and why Task 4: Main Task - Long form writing assessment- students to define what inequality is, briefly explain the north south divide in the UK and outline the effects of inequality in the UK using education and health as examples. Task 5: Plenary - On whiteboards, students to give ideas on how the UK could make life expectancy in the UK more equal. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Taiga Forest Threats - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Taiga Forest Threats - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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In this lesson students will be able to state 4 or more threats to the taiga forest and explain why they are occurring. Then they will understand the social, economical and environmental factors that are involved in deforestation. The final task will be a form of formative assessment where students will bring all their knowledge to complete this. Task 1: Starter: True or False Task 2: Identification of different causes of deforestation Task 3: Advantages and disadvantages of deforestation in the taiga Task 4: Main Task- “Describe the characteristics of Russia and assess the threat to Russian biomes” (9 marks) Task 5: Plenary: Tweet about it