An extended powerpoint that includes a large range of activities all to do with exploring the problem of the fashion industry, based around the recent BBC documentary ‘Fashion’s Dirty Secrets’. Activities can be taken from it to make 1-2 lessons, or if watching the documentary, it could be used as a mini scheme of work. Contents: Video - slides and worksheet to accompany the documentary ‘Fashion’s Dirty Secrets’; Impacts – a statement sorting activity around the environmental, social and economic impacts of the fashion industry Glossary activity - key words and terminology from the documentary Persuasive writing activity – persuading an MP to act on the fashion industry Mapping fashion activity – plotting the areas affected by the fashion industry Bar chart activity – plotting the world’s biggest textile exporters Role play activity – looking at each person’s opinion from all aspects of the fashion industry Campaign – create and design a new item of clothing that is ecofriendly Sweatshops – a series of activities based around another controversial aspect of the fashion industry: sweatshops and child labour

Summary information covering temperature, rainfall, animals, plants, and locations of six major world biomes (tundra, coniferous forest, deciduous forest, savanna, polar, and desert) Accompanying activity to summarise and locate biomes on a world map

KS3 Lesson covers the formation of coal and oil and includes a storyboard task with a peer assessed marking activity All resources included within the ppt

Lesson covers the transition in the UK’s economy from primary to secondary to tertiary industry and explores the factors that can cause the economy to grow Activities include describing tasks and exam practice All resources included within the ppt

Lesson covers Alaska’s location and development opportunities including oil, fishing, mining, and tourism Activities include describing locations, reading text, coding information and summarising All worksheets and resources are included at the end of the ppt

Lesson covers four different management strategies and how they can help, e.g. using technology and involving governments Activities include research and note taking and an essay practice question with model answer All resources and worksheets are included within the ppt

Lesson covers the threats to cold wilderness and why it is important that it is protected; management strategies are explored Activities include statement coding and analysis All resources and worksheets are included at the end of the ppt

Lesson covers the issues of permafrost, thermokarst and solifluction, the challenges of oil exploration and the development opportunities it brings Activities include reading text, analysing information and exam practice questions All resources and worksheets included within the ppt

KS3 Lesson includes an overview of the problems of using, transporting and finding oil Includes discussion and card sort activities All resources included within the ppt

Lesson covers the idea of biomes and all eight of the world’s major biomes. Activities include finding information to complete an annotated world map and a quiz plenary task All resources and worksheets are included at the end of the ppt

Lesson covers Nigeria’s recent industrial history and its transition from primary to secondary to tertiary industry. Activities include describing tasks, a reading race and learning check. All resources included within the ppt

Lesson covers what solar energy is, how it works, and where the best location for solar power is. Activities and worksheets included within the ppt.

Lesson covers the meaning of population pyramids and how they vary Activities include matching pyramids and their descriptions to different stages of the DTM All resources included within the ppt

Lesson covers how to read points of the compass. Worksheets included.

KS3 Describes instruments for measuring the weather (thermometer, rain gauge, wind vane, barometer etc) Scavenger hunt activity Beaufort scale activity Homework and plenary Activities and sheets included within the powerpoint

Lesson covers the three different ways you can show height on a map. Worksheets included.

KS3 Definition of extreme weather Examples of extreme weather Extreme weather mapping task, e.g. plot tornadoes in the USA (requires atlases) Extreme weather photos plenary - guess the caption

Lesson covers an introduction to renewable energy and the basics of wind power, locations of wind farms, and the pros and cons of wind farms

Lesson covers what maps are used for and how to read map symbols

A powerpoint that includes a wide variety of activities to do with thinking about our plastic usage and how we can reduce it. The first activity is based on the BBC’s recent documentary ‘Drowning in plastic’. The other activities are based on reading and analysing text, persuasive writing, plotting plastic waste on a map, drawing a bar chart of biodegrade times, and role plays and creative activities to do with designing new purposes for plastic bottles. All resources and worksheets are included within the ppt. Resources created by The Planet Press, a teacher-written blog that encourages students to keep up to date with world environmental news