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Coasts of the UK - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Coasts of the UK - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to describe what coastlines are, where they are located and a specific focus on the Holderness Coast. This lesson will cover features such as geology and features such as headland and bays. Finally this lesson will work on improving students OS map reading skills. Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning Task 1: Recap on what the coast is along with the closest coast to us. Task 2: Describe the location of the Holderness Coast Task 3: Describe the type of rock found on the Holderness coast and what features these create. Task 4: Main Task: Using an OS map, complete the sheet on OS map skills Task 5: Plenary: Home Learning on A3 research project. Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Location of Europe - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Location of Europe - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to describe where the continent of Europe if located using hemisphere, lines of latitude and longitude. Then using an atlas students will located each country in Europe and its seas on the handout Starter: Knowledge retention about previous learning Task 1: Describe the location of Europe globally Task 2: Describe the location of Europe using latitude and longitude Task 3: Main Task: Identify the countries of Europe on the sheet as well as the seas, and Alps, and climate areas if possible. Task 4: Plenary: Recap of information. Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Sand Dunes at Sossusvlei - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Sand Dunes at Sossusvlei - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to locate Sossusvlei, in Namibia Africa using the techniques used in the previous lesson. Then students will identify the physical features in Namibia and its human features. Next students will be asked to use data to find the mean median and mode of the data then process it into a bar graph. Now students will be asked to describe how a sand dune forms. Finally students will be asked to identify reasons why tourism is present at Sossusvlei. Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning Task 1: Describe the location of Sossusvlei, Namibia Task 2: Identify the mean, median and mode of the data then create a bar graph from the data. Task 3: Create a flow diagram showing the formation of a sand dune Task 4: Read through and identify features of tourism in Sossusvlei. Task 5: Main Task: Describe the formation of a sand dune at Sossusvlei, and explain what tourism they bring to the area. Task 6: Plenary: Recap of home learning expectation. Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Coasts of Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Coasts of Africa - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will start by recapping hydraulic action and abrasion then identify features using aerial photography of headlands and bays. Students then recap the types of weathering that is present and then describe the formation of a sea stack. Finally students will learn about the formation of a spit and using terms such as longshore drift, swash and backwash they will attempt at explaining its formation. Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning Task 1: Using aerial photography identify the feature on the African coast Task 2: Describe the types of weathering present along the coast Task 3: Explain the formation of a sea stack. Task 4: Describe the location of features of a spit. Task 5: Describe the formation of a spit. Task 6: Plenary: Recap of home learning expectation. Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Deforestation in the Amazon - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Deforestation in the Amazon - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to recap where tropical rainforests are located globally, then they should work on defining what deforestation is, then students should identify the trends of deforestation shown in the choropleth map. Then students investigate the reason why deforestation occurs due to economic reasons. Finally students weigh up the economic benefits with the environmental costs of deforestation. Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning Task 1: Describe the location of tropical rainforests globally. Task 2: Describe the trends shown in the choropleth map. Task 3: Describe the trends in the pie chart for reasons of deforestation Task 4: Main Task: Evaluate if the economic benefits of deforestation are worth the environmental cost Task 5: Plenary: Recap of home learning expectation. Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Water in the Amazon - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Water in the Amazon - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to describe the route the Amazon river takes using longitude, latitude and countries, then students will be asked to identify confluences, tributaries and other physical features associated with rivers. Next students will be asked to knowledge dump everything they can remember about the water cycle in their books and then match up the labels with the correct definition. Finally students will learn about convectional rainfall and asked to describe the water cycle in the amazon through everything they have learned. Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning Task 1: Describe the path of the Amazon river from source to mouth. Task 2: Knowledge dump everything you know about the water cycle. Task 3: match the correct word to the definition. Task 4: Main Task: Describe the water cycle that occurs in the Amazon, then explain how this causes convectional rainfall in the Amazon rainforest. Task 5: Plenary: Recap of home learning expectation. Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
The Amazon River - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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The Amazon River - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will be able to recap the key terms of rivers and the types of erosion that occurs and the coast. Then students learn about Angel Falls in Venezuela as a case study for waterfalls. Students then lean how waterfalls formed and are tasked with describing them on their whiteboards and are then tasked with describing how a meanders and oxbow lakes occur. Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning Task 1:Recap the location of the Amazon River, and the key terms associated with them Task 2: Describe how waterfalls form. Task 3: Key terms with meanders and oxbow lakes Task 4: Main Task: Create a comic strip about how a meander and oxbow lake forms using key geographical terms. Task 5: Plenary: Recap of home learning expectation. Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.
Coast of Brazil - KS3 (Key Stage 3)
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Coast of Brazil - KS3 (Key Stage 3)

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Students will use some GIS to work along the coastline of Brazil to see the different features present at each location, then students will recap hydraulic action and abrasion. Next students will identify features of the coast on an OS map using 4-6 figure reference. Finally students will investigate how a sea stack forms using weathering and erosion to describe how. Starter: Knowledge Retention of previous learning Task 1: Describe the Brazilian coastline using GIS to identify features Task 2: Using the OS map, identify headlands and bays using 4-6 figure coordinates Task 3: Using the photograph, identify the feature present on the coast. Task 4: Main Task: Explain the formation of a sea stack. Task 5: Plenary: Recap of home learning expectation. Lesson contains one powerpoint and one worksheet.