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Resource Management - Global Distribution of Water - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Resource Management - Global Distribution of Water - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on where water is distributed globally. This covers areas of deficit and surplus. In this lesson discusses the importance of water security on development, global water consumption and the human/ physical factors that affect water availability. Task 1: Starter - Knowledge retention of previous learning Task 2: Quick quiz on why water is important. Task 3: Describe the distribution of water globally (4 marks) Task 4: Describe the change in water demand from 1900 to 2025 (3 marks) Task 5: Watch the video and answer the questions about conflict and water security. Task 6: Use the information below to complete the table on impacts of water insecurity. Task 7: Main Task -Exam question practice “Explain how both physical and human factors can influence the availability of water. (6 marks)” OR “Explain how human actions can contribute to water insecurity. (6 marks)” Task 8: Plenary - What questions would you ask to find out more about how this building increases water supply/ **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Resource Management - Water Management in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Resource Management - Water Management in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how water in the UK is managed. This includes areas of surplus and deficit along with the case study of Kielder Dam, Northumberland. This lesson also discusses the impacts of water pollution in the UK and ways that is it managed. Task 1: Starter - Knowledge retention of previous learning Task 2: Key word match up for water deficit, water surplus, water stress. Task 3: Three choropleth maps of the UK and students must suggest if there is a relationship between rainfall, population density and water stress. Task 4: Describe the location of Kielder dam and the location of the water transfer scheme (4 marks) Task 5: Colour code the positives and negatives of Kielder Dam. Task 5: Main Task -Exam question practice “Assess the extent to which water transfer systems bring opportunities to local areas (6 marks)" Task 6: Plenary - What questions would you ask to find out more about global water scarcity? **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Resource Management - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Resource Management - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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An AQA specification topic for KS4 in Geography about Resource Management, with a specification on water. Throughout the series of lessons students will be able to accurately describe what resources are, why it is important to management them sustainability. First students start of with an overview of energy in the UK, then the provision of food in the UK along with how to reduce food miles and an introduction to agribusiness. Finally students will focus on the resource of water at the UK scale with Kielder Dam, in Northumberland as a water transfer scheme. Then focus on the larger scale of global distribution of water. With the focus on the south-north water transfer scheme in China. Then how to sustainability increase water supply with the Mali Water Aid case study. Lesson 1:Introduction to Resource Management. Lesson 2: Provision of Energy in the UK Lesson 3: Provision of Food in the UK Lesson 4: Reducing Food Miles and Agribusiness Lesson 5: Water Management in the UK Lesson 6: Global Distribution of Water Lesson 7: Water supply, insecurity and sustainability. Students will improve skills such as graph reading, data interpretation, and case study analysis. This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
Resource Management - Provision of energy in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Resource Management - Provision of energy in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how the UK’s demand for energy has changed, why it has changed along with how the mix of energy the UK has used has changed. This lesson covers fracking, wind and nuclear energy as case studies for the impacts of energy exploitation. Task 1: Starter - Knowledge retention of previous learning Task 2: Graph analysis: Describe how consumption in the UK has changed over time. Task 3: Pie chart analysis: Energy mix of the UK through time. Task 4: Compound line graph analysis: Energy mix of the UK through time. Task 5: Colour code the positives and negatives of wind and nuclear power. Task 5: Main Task -Exam question practice “Explain why the UK’s energy mix will include both renewable and non-renewable sources in the future. (6 marks)" Task 6: Plenary - What are some of the main uses for water in the UK? **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Resource Management - Reducing Food Miles and Agribusiness - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Resource Management - Reducing Food Miles and Agribusiness - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on what consumer demand is, strategies to reduce carbon footprint and the importance of agribusiness. Task 1: Starter - Application of geographical skills, 3 exam style questions about previous learning. Task 2: Definition of consumer demand Task 3: Students are to complete a table of the positives and negatives of; seasonal produce, locally produced food and limit Uk food imports along with subsistance farming. Task 4: Using your table, categorise the following into positives and negatives of the agribusiness process. Task 5: Main Task -Exam question practice “Assess the extent to which agribusinesses are a beneficial change in food production” (6 marks) Task 6: Plenary - What ways has the energy consumption in the UK changes? **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Resource Management - Provision of Food in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Resource Management - Provision of Food in the UK - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on how the UK’s demand for food has changed through time and how food miles, organic food and seasonal food have changed in the UK. Task 1: Starter - Three choropleth maps on food resources, recap of previous lesson and improve graph reading skills/ data analysis. Task 2: Match up the key terms to their correct description. Task 3: Describe how the demand for food in the UK has changed. Task 4: Describe how importing food for Kenya has positives and negatives for the people of Kenya. Task 5: Using an Atlas, map where the food comes from and how many miles, creating a flow line map. Task 6: Exam Question: Using the table and your own knowledge, discuss the advantages of buying local food products (6 marks) Task 7: Plenary - Which would be the best for UK carbon emissions? **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Introduction to Resource Management - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Introduction to Resource Management - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on an introduction to resource management, this lesson covers the significance of water, food and energy along with the economic and social well being that these resources provide. This lesson also covers the distribution of these resources. Task 1: Starter - Answer questions from previous topics. Task 2: Sort the resources into economic well-being and social well-being. Task 3: Describe the distribution of resources globally. Task 4: From slides 8-11 students have different maps to describe the resources being distributed and how they are linked. Task 5: Exam Question: Using the map and your own understanding, suggest how inequalities in the consumption of resources influence well-being. (3 marks) + Using the graph, suggest how the percentage of income spent on food may influence well-being. (2 marks) Task 6: Plenary - Which lack of resource will cause the most issues and why? **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
The Challenge of Natural Hazards - (Full SOW) (KS4 - Key Stage 4)
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The Challenge of Natural Hazards - (Full SOW) (KS4 - Key Stage 4)

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An AQA specification topic for KS4 in GCSE geography about Natural, Tectonic and Weather Hazards around the world and the effects they have on both LICs and HICs. This bundle also covers the climate change topic as well. Lesson 1: Introduction to Natural Hazards Lesson 2: Structure of the Earth Lesson 3: Plate Tectonics and Plate Boundaries Lesson 4: Christchurch Earthquake Lesson 5: Haiti Earthquake Lesson 6: Tectonic Hazards Mitigation and Adaptation. Lesson 7: Comparing the Christchurch and Haiti Earthquakes Lesson 8: Global Atmospheric Circulation Model (GAC) Lesson 9: Tropical Storms Lesson 10: Future of Tropical Storms Lesson 11: Effects and Responses to Typhoon Haiyan Lesson 12: UK Weather Hazards Lesson 13: Beast from the East Lesson 14: Climate Change: Natural Causes Lesson 15: Climate Change: Human Causes Lesson 16: Climate Change: Effects Lesson 17: Mitigating Climate Change Lesson 18: Adapting to Climate Change Throughout the series of lessons students will be able to accurately describe what natural hazards are, different types of natural hazards, and describe the structure of the earth. Then students will investigate the structure of the Earth along with learning about plate tectonic theory and continental drift, this will then be used to describe the plate boundaries along with their characteristics and physical features. Finally students will learn about the Christchurch 2011 (HIC) case study and the Haiti 2010 (LIC) as two areas of contrasting wealth along with the effects and long term/short term responses. In weather hazards students will be able to accurately describe the distribution of the climate globally using the GAC. Then describe the location and formation of tropical storms along with their effects through the case study of Typhoon Haiyan. Next students will look at the weather of the UK and finally describe an extreme UK weather event. In the last few lessons students will look at our changing climate and how this occurs both naturally and also anthropogenically, they will identify the effects and how we can adapt and mitigate them.
Tectonic Hazards - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Tectonic Hazards - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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An AQA specification topic for KS4 in geography about Tectonic Hazards around the world and the effects they have on both LICs and HICs. Throughout the series of lessons students will be able to accurately describe what natural hazards are, different types of natural hazards, and describe the structure of the earth. Then students will investigate the structure of the Earth along with learning about plate tectonic theory and continental drift, this will then be used to describe the plate boundaries along with their characteristics and physical features. Finally students will learn about the Christchurch 2011 (HIC) case study and the Haiti 2010 (LIC) as two areas of contrasting wealth along with the effects and long term/short term responses. Lesson 1: Introduction to Natural Hazards Lesson 2: Structure of the Earth Lesson 3: Plate Tectonics and Plate Boundaries Lesson 4: Christchurch Earthquake Lesson 5: Haiti Earthquake Lesson 6: Tectonic Hazards Mitigation and Adaptation. Lesson 7: Comparing Christchurch and Haiti Earthquakes Students will improve skills such as graph reading, data interpretation, and case study analysis. This bundles contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
Comparing the Christchurch and Haiti Earthquakes - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Comparing the Christchurch and Haiti Earthquakes - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on comparing the 2010 Haiti earthquake with the 2011 New Zealand quake. This lesson is the last in the series and works really well with the others in the series. Students recap the effects and impacts of the quakes and then identify to what extent they agree with the statement “The effects of tectonic hazards are worse in LICs.” This 9 mark question has high levels of scaffolding that allow students of all abilities to access to question and work through each section with sentence starters and key words on each. Task 1: Starter: Recall on each type of graph and revision of coast topic. Task 2: Recap quiz on plate tectonics to see how confident they are on the lessons. Task 3: Identify the relevant differences in the quake between the two locations. Task 4: The effects of tectonic hazards are worse in LICs. To what extent do you agree? (9 marks +3 Spag) Task 6: Peer Feedback **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Tectonic Hazards Mitigation Adaption - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Tectonic Hazards Mitigation Adaption - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the reasons why people live in tectonically active regions, why the effects of natural hazards are greater in LICs than HICs and creating a scientific hypothesis to check the statements. Task 1: Starter: Knowledge recall on previous topic (Coasts) Task 2: Recap on what the effects on natural hazards are. Task 3: Create a scientific hypothesis to investigate why the effects on natural hazards are greater in LICs than HICs Task 4: Watch the news video about the way Naples monitors Vesuvius. Task 5: Either prove or disprove the scientific hypothesis. Task 6: Exam question: Describe and explain how planning for a tectonic hazard might help to reduce the effects of an earthquake or volcanic eruption in Naples (6 marks) Task 7: Peer Feedback Task 8: Revision on geographical skills **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. **
Christchurch Earthquake-2011 Case Study - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Christchurch Earthquake-2011 Case Study - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the 2010 Christchurch earthquake, this lesson establishes what an earthquake is. Where Christchurch 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 New Zealand. Task 3: Identify the primary and secondary effects then place them into social, economic and environmental. Task 4: Watch the news video about the New Zealand 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. **
Plate Tectonics and Plate Boundaries - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Plate Tectonics and Plate Boundaries - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on plate tectonics, plate boundaries and the different features and hazards found at each boundary Task 1: Starter: Knowledge recall on previous topic (Coasts) Task 2: Draw a diagram and label it on destructive plate margins, fill in information and features found here. Task 3: Draw a diagram and label it on constructive plate margins, fill in information and features found here. Task 4: Watch the video to recap what they have just learnt. Task 5: Exam question: “using a diagram, explain what happens at a constructive boundary (4 marks)” Task 6: Plenary- Revision on how a sea stack is formed. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
Structure of the Earth- (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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Structure of the Earth- (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced and up to date lesson on the structure of the Earth along with plate tectonic theory. A great introductory lesson into natural hazards and tectonic hazards. Task 1: Theorize why the Earth is like an egg. Task 2: Describe the characteristics of the structure of the Earth. Task 3: Quick video to recap the structure of the Earth. Task 4: Watch the video about slab pull and convectional currents Task 5: Describe the global distribution of earthquakes and volcanoes (4 marks) Task 6: Peer mark **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. **
The Russia Ukraine Conflict 2022 - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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The Russia Ukraine Conflict 2022 - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to accurately locate Ukraine, identify the build up to the war through the annexation of Crimea and other reasons. Students will then identify the human and physical features of Ukraine and how that has helped to limited the invasion of the country. Task 1: Knowledge Recap on last lesson (Chernobyl) Task 2: Located Ukraine on the map Task 3: Watch video about the build up to the 2022 war. Task 4: Identify the physical features of Ukraine and how they have limited invasion Task 5: Discuss which of the human features have had the largest impact on the war. Task 6: Main Task: Identify Ukraine, Identify one physical factor that has limited Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Identify one human factor that has limited Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Explain which factor (human or physical) is the most important to why Russia hasn’t taken over Ukraine. Task 7: Plenary: How has the war affected people in the UK? Lesson contains powerpoint and worksheet.
Changing Economic World - UK Case Study - (Full SOW) (KS4 - Key Stage 4)
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Changing Economic World - UK Case Study - (Full SOW) (KS4 - Key Stage 4)

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An introductory topic for KS4 geography about the changing economic world of the UK. This will include how employment structure has changed through time, how industry affects the environment along with changes to rural areas and transport infastructure. Throughout the series of lessons, students will be able to accurately outline how/ why the UK’s employment has changed. Investigate the change in rural areas due to population increase and decrease. How Heathrow’s expansion can be a benefit and a drawback along with the UK’s connections to countries in the wider world. Lesson 1: Changing Employment Structure in the UK Lesson 2: Impacts of Industry on the Physical Environment Lesson 3: Changing Rural Landscapes in the UK Lesson 4: North-South Divide in England Lesson 5: Changing UK Transport Infrastructure Lesson 6: Heathrow Expansion Lesson 7: UK’s Connection to the Wider World Lesson 8: The UK and the Wider World - EU and Commonwealth Students will gain a variety of skills such as data manipulation and interpretation along with graph analysis. This bundle contains fully resourced lessons along with worksheets.
The UK and the Wider World - EU and Commonwealth - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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The UK and the Wider World - EU and Commonwealth - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on how the UK is connected to the wider world through the Commonwealth and the European Union. This will cover the economic and political advantages of each system. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Exam question “Explain the formation of the physical features of the coastline shown in the images above (6) Task 2: Watch the video about the Commonwealth Task 3: Geographic Skills: Description of graphs - Describe what the graph is and analyze the data. Task 4: Watch the video about the EU. Task 5: Identify the economic, political, social, and environmental advantages of the EU. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “Suggest how the UK benefits economically and politically from its membership of either the EU or Commonwealth. (6 marks)” High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 6: Plenary - Revise for the formation of a sea stack. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **
UK's Connection to the Wider World - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)
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UK's Connection to the Wider World - (KS4 - Key Stage 4) (GCSE)

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A fully resourced, differentiated, and up-to-date lesson on how the UK is connected to the wider world through several different ways. In this lesson students will learn about how we are connected through trade, culture, transport and electronic communications. Task 1: Starter - Application of knowledge- Read, Write, Mark, all about the formation of headlands and bays. Task 2: Geographic Skills: Description of graphs - Describe what the diagrams show about UK’s changing trade links. Task 3: Geographic Skills: Description of graphs - What is the graph showing, what is the type of graph, what is the difference, etc. Task 4: Colour code the categories to the information. Task 5: Main Task - Practice exam questions- “How does the UK benefit by having close links with the rest of the world (6 marks)" High-ability students will complete this with limited scaffolding. LA students can use sentence starters and keywords for help. Task 6: Plenary - Revise for headlands and bays exam question. **Download contains PowerPoint and worksheet for the lesson. **