KS3 geography. This lesson is based on an intelligent graffiti task where students watch Kevin McCloud staying in the Dharavi slum. There are examples of WAGOLL for the main task and the lesson then develop into a structured assessment with the success criteria explained. It also includes some printable resources to be provided for use as research on the assessment tasks.

This is a power point lesson encouraging students to use a range of higher level skills to explore the similarities between football and religion. It has a range of clips and activities all the tasks have the printable templates as part of the slide show. There is also a word document for the conversation task where students work in pairs. Starter - completed an open sentence task Linking task - print out the slides with pictures of football and also religious images, students study these and write about how they link on the diagram Video clip - watch and discuss fans of football linking it to religion Conversation task - use the word document template, students work in pairs. Plenary - cloze task to explain understanding

KS3 geography. A mixture of information and activities; a clip, true/false quiz finishing with students applying their learning by creating an India page.

KS3 geography. Explains how India is a world superpower, compares to China. Share the facts with students, main activity is for students to use the worksheet to write about what the different people say about India’s development. Includes an extension activity where students apply knowledge about what India will be like in future.

Simply print and hand out for students to colour, maybe during Friday form time, use as a calming/relaxation tool, discuss mindfulness.

A philosophical lesson that enables learning different beliefs about god. Can be used with year 7's as an introduction to R.E. and philosophy. Can be differentiated easily by outcome. Includes some good examples of low, mid and high tariff literacy work to be shared and discussed before students commence the main written task.

An adaptable options assembly presentation used for students and parents prior to the options process.

New OCR psychology spec. Background information and student activities all in one power point.

KS3 geography. Begins with the odd one out task and discuss the answer. Next cover learning objectives, move onto the images and facts. Students then watch the clips and use the attached thinking hats resource to write about mumbai . The build on key words using the facts slides (these can be printed out). Finally there is a mumbai postcard activity to apply knowledge which can be carried over or completed for homework.

KS3 RE, Includes discussion as a starter, background facts and information, a learning from activity focusing on the clothes we wear. Leads into a student research task (print out slides 5-12) for students alone or in groups to find out about and answer key questions on the 5 K’s. These questions are leveled in detail and difficulty, so easy to differentiate. Finishes with a task on Re-designing the school uniform. Lots of flexibility to adapt this lesson for group work too.

Geography Year 8 students. Amazing world places. This lesson introduces a cluster of lessons which are numbered and should be taught as one unit over a half term. This introduction lesson shares amazing places and their types of geography a blank world map as an activity to get students locating some famous amazing places. There is an extended writing task where students describe and explain their amazing place.

Lesson 3 from the amazing places unit. This combines the northern lights and Slinks to Svalbard. It contains facts, links to clips and extended writing activities to apply understanding of the phenomenon.

A complete set of resources including a power point and set of student hand outs and worksheets to investigate what they know about carbon footprint and how they can work out theirs. This lesson could link to climate change and develops awareness of what we can all do. There are 5 different learning activities included, identifying and categorising key words in the starter, a whole class opinion line (with symbols to print out for this), an activity where students calculate their individual carbon footprint, a creative thinking task where students are given 15 energy saving tips hand out and have to illustrate them but using a limited number of words. Their is a peer assessment task and the review task encourages students to write a pledge about how they can reduce their carbon footprint which links back to the starter. Also the lesson can be easily differentiated and can fit with KS3 topics.

This bundle contains lesson to cover a half term or longer. The them is Religion and how it links to the environment. it contains whole lessons based in the power point format, plus documents, clips and worksheets to support the lessons. Each lesson has clear learning outcomes and opportunities for assessment for learning. It could be used in any KS3 year and easily differentiated.

Amazing places lesson 4-5 all about death valley. Introduces facts, shows the location, has clips. Students summarise knowledge of deserts, complete an extended paragraph to apply understanding and design a creature to inhabit death valley.

A printable worksheet containing key terms about the life of the Buddha. Good opportunity to extend literacy and encourages students to apply their knowledge of Buddhism by writing each word into a sentence or using the words to write a paragraph about Buddhism.

Print onto card. Create a competition to win one of these, pair with some sweet treats. Happy days!

This can work for any KS3 R.E class and can be differentiated easily. You can use the information page to do a text marking task or use it as a comprehension. The learning objectives are clear and you could support less able with a few starter sentences on the written tasks. Very flexible uses, you could read as a class and emphasise literacy or use the resources for some independent learning. You could also adapt and set some tasks as homework.

A power point and student worksheet on the impacts of climate change in the future. The lesson is interactive and gets the class to suggest what their area will be like in 2050, it would fit in well following on from a climate change topic.