A fully resourced lesson exploring the environmental challenges in Bristol, focusing on dereliction, brownfield sites, urban sprawl and waste.
It includes pre-made worksheets and challenge tasks which requires the Oxford University Press textbook for ‘GCSE Geography AQA’.
Two heavily scaffolded worksheets on some of the main types of data presentation methods that could be used for geographical data. A good resource for students to revise from and use when applying understanding to exam questions, such as in the unfamiliar fieldwork section of the GCSE Geography exam papers.
Worksheets include:
line graphs
bar graphs
histograms
pie charts
divided/stacked/compound bar graphs
pictogram
scattergraph
proportional symbols
pictogram
flow lines
desire lines
A lesson on the causes and impacts of the Beast from the East (2018).
It explores the causes of the Beast from the East, with the aid of a short video and gives students a written activity based on explaining this.
The second part of the lesson focuses on some of the impacts - with an activity on categorising the impacts into social / economic / environmental and then an extended written piece using a PEEL structure to explain the impacts. The extended written task also includes a model example before students are expected to complete their own independent explanation.
Designed to last 1 hour.
A scaffolded revision worksheet to consolidate students knowledge and understanding of urbanisation trends and megacities. Designed to be used with the AQA 8035 GCSE Geography course.
A worksheet on weather, which includes:
Task 1 - students read the different elements of weather and match them to the correct definition.
Task 2 - students have to identify the type of weather shown in the photographs.
Task 3 - students read some examples of weather and categorise them to show if they have a positive or negative impact on people.
Task 4 - students read a short paragraph explaining the impacts of high temperatures and highlight the connectives and weather elements in two different colours.
Task 5 - students write their own PEEL paragraph to explain how heavy snow can impact people.
A double sided A4 handout used for giving information to parents and students at option evenings. The handout is based around the AQA (8035) GCSE Geography course.
A fully resourced lesson exploring the environmental opportunities in Bristol, focusing on urban greening and integrated transport systems.
It includes a worksheet which requires students to use pages 172-173 in the Oxford University ‘AQA GCSE Geography’ textbook. It also includes an activity focused around how the environmental opportunities can benefit the population’s quality of life.
A scaffolded summary/revision worksheet to consolidate students knowledge and understanding of the first part of the unit on ‘Challenges of Resource Management’.
Designed to be used with the AQA 8035 GCSE Geography course.
A powerpoint which contains photographs from Storm Eunice and summary slides of the key impacts (social, economic and environmental).
Could be used for any lessons or discussions on extreme weather in the UK.
A worksheet designed to be used with the Oxford University Press ‘GCSE Geography AQA’ textbook, pages 204-207, for 8035 specification. A great resource for cover lessons.
**For which specification? **= AQA Geography (8035)
**Specification Link? **= Paper 2 - Urban Issues and Challenges - UK City - Bristol
This x34 slide powerpoint provides a useful summary of the case study on Bristol and is matched to the 8035 AQA GCSE Geography specification. It contains pit-stop questions and summarised content to help with planning and delivering revision sessions, which is specifically linked to the specification.
**For which specification? **= AQA Geography (8035)
**Specification Link? **= Paper 3 – Challenge of Resource Management - Water
This x36 slide powerpoint provides a useful summary of the content on the water topic of Section C of Paper 2. It is matched to the 8035 AQA GCSE Geography specification. It contains pit-stop questions and summarised content to help with planning and delivering revision sessions, which is specifically linked to the specification.
Included examples of:
• Large Scale Water Transfer Scheme – South to North, China
• Local Scheme in a LIC/NEE – Ice Stupas, Ladakh
An A4 worksheet which is based around the different types of settlement.
Task 1 - students have to read each description and match it to the correct settlement name.
Task 2 - students have to complete a diagram of the settlement hierarchy.
Challenge - students have to describe the difference between two settlements.
A simple worksheet which is good for cover work or homework setting. Does not require a textbook and can be used as a standalone resource. Two main activities:
Students create an appropriate graph using data on methods of transport to work.
Students colour code the different statements concerning Rio’s environmental challenges and solutions.
A very simple PDF and word document for Year 7 students to complete remotely based on identifying types of extreme weather in the UK, explaining the impacts of extreme weather in the UK and of the Indian Monsoon.