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Welcome to my selection of Geography resources for KS3 and KS4. Please feel free to suggest topics that you would like covered by email to gsenior1968@gmail.com

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Welcome to my selection of Geography resources for KS3 and KS4. Please feel free to suggest topics that you would like covered by email to gsenior1968@gmail.com
KS3 China Assessment
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KS3 China Assessment

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This is a test on China which is best suited to Key Stage 3 students. It has questions on population distribution, the One Child Policy, air pollution and development. It runs to six pages.
Coasts: A Crossword Puzzle
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Coasts: A Crossword Puzzle

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This crossword contains fifteen clues all of which relate to coasts. Ideal for use as a settling activity or to fill in the last few akward minutes at the end of a lesson. Includes a separate sheet with the answers on it.
Population Crossword
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Population Crossword

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This crossword puzzle has fifteen clues, all of which relate to population. Ideal to use as an activity to get your lesson started or to fill on those awkward few minutes at the end. Includes a separate sheet with the answers.
Superpowers : A KS3 Scheme of Work
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Superpowers : A KS3 Scheme of Work

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These are the resources for our unit, Superpowers, which is what we teach our Year Eights at that crucial time when they are making their option choices - we are a two-year KS3 school. It contains everything you need to teach a seven lesson unit on some of the big issues in the USA, in China and in Russia including immigration, communism, the Cold War, population control, the fight to control the Arctic Ocean and so on. There is even a lesson on Donald Trumps Immigration Policy. There is an assessment available separately on this site.
Glacial Landforms of Erosion: AQA GCSE
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Glacial Landforms of Erosion: AQA GCSE

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This presentation examines the formation of aretes, pyramidal peaks, hanging valleys, truncated spurs, ribbon lakes and so on. There are plenty of photographs to help explain the formation of these features and several questions based on a map extract of the area around Helvellyn to help students to identify these features on a 1:25 000 map.
Wimbledon Geography: Balls and Sustainability
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Wimbledon Geography: Balls and Sustainability

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This lesson takes a look at issues of globalisation and sustainability by considering the 50,000 mile supply chain of the Slazenger tennis balls used for The Championships in Wimbledon. Students have to , first, identify the raw materials (rubber, glue, felt etc.) before going on to look at where they are found and why Slazenger makes balls for a tournament in London 10,000km in Bataan in the Phillippines. The lesson concludes with a variety of differentiated written tasks.
Rivers: A Crossword Puzzle
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Rivers: A Crossword Puzzle

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This puzzle has fifteen clues, all of which relate to rivers. Ideal for use as a settling activity at the start of a lesson or to fill in a few awkward minutes at the end. Includes a separate sheet with the answers on it
KS3 Map Skills Test
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KS3 Map Skills Test

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This is a test of map skills, best suited to KS3. It includes questions on map symbols, grid references, measuring distances, giving directions and following routes. To use it you will need a 1:50 000 map of Ipswich.
Horn of Africa Assessment
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Horn of Africa Assessment

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This assessment broadly matches up with the unit In the Horn of Africa in the Geog.1 series. It consists of a question paper and a detailed mark scheme. The questions relate to knowledge of places, completing and reading a climate graph, the coffee trade, employment and development issues.
KS3 Geography of the UK Scheme of Work
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KS3 Geography of the UK Scheme of Work

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This is the first scheme of work we cover with our Year Seven students once they’ve done their skills and map work basics. It covers the make-up of the British Isles, the location and function of its main cities, an explanation of our temperate maritime climate, a lesson on relief rainfall, a skills exercise to do with migration that involves flow lines and lessons on population distribution, inequality and the North-South divide. It assumes that you have copies of Geog.1 in your department, but you could always edit those references out and substitute questions and activities from books that you do have.
Typhoon Haiyan Case Study
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Typhoon Haiyan Case Study

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This lesson considers the impact of Typhoon Haiyan, specifically on the city of Tacloban in the Philippines. It makes the distinction between primary and secondary impacts of the disaster and looks at the response both locally and globally. Criticisms of the response are also explored. Tasks include sketch mapping, empathy and more ‘traditional’ questions and activities. This resource is tailored to the requirements of AQA’s 9-1 GCSE Geography syllabus.
Migration - Forced and Voluntary: KS3
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Migration - Forced and Voluntary: KS3

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This is presentation Number Two in the unit 'Migration and Identity'. It explores the difference between voluntary and forced migration with unusual examples. It talks about push factors and pull factors and relates them to New Orleans (Hurricane Katrina, 2005) and Australia ('Ten Pound Poms', 1951). Students are encouraged to consider the push and pull factors at play in both these examples. There are several striking images (e.g. Serbian migrants queueing up in a snowstorm for free food) and has a number of activities aimed at students of different abilities.
KS3 Geography - This Is Our World
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KS3 Geography - This Is Our World

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This assessment was used at the end of the first unit of work we covered with our Year Seven classes. It concerns the differences between human and physical Geography and includes questions about plans, latitude and longitude, major global features and a descriptive task relating to Everest Base Camp.
The Geography of Conflict: An Introduction
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The Geography of Conflict: An Introduction

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This resource was used as part of a unit to cross the bridge between KS3 and GCSE. It aims to develop students' geographical skills. This lesson clarifies the difference between war and conflict. Students are then given a number of 'well-known' conflicts to look at in more detail, following which there is an exercise that involves looking at the parts of the world where there is the greatest tension.
Glacial Landforms of Deposition - AQA GCSE
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Glacial Landforms of Deposition - AQA GCSE

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This presentation covers all the common glacial landforms of deposition including drumlins and erratics. It contains some interesting pictures of examples of these features and gets students to consider how these features came to be formed. There is a practical activity included in this lesson which involves making a model of a glaciated valley in a shoe box -not for the faint-hearted!
Tourism in Snowdonia Part One
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Tourism in Snowdonia Part One

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This presentation explores the kinds of activities that are on offer in Snowdonia National Park. It considers the advantages and disadvantages of having many thousands of people on the mountains at once, many of whom are unprepared. It focuses particularly on the issue of second home ownership and there is a map showing the distribution of second homes in the National Park. There are a number of engaging tasks and pictures to focus students of all abilities.
Tourism in Snowdonia Part Two
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Tourism in Snowdonia Part Two

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This presentation looks at the management of National Parks on a large and small scale. It considers the aims of National Parks and looks specifically at what the Snowdonia NPA is doing. It also includes a case study of a small eco-friendly guest house in North Wales where sustainability is taken to the limit. Students are asked to consider whether it is necessary to go to such extremes!
Glaciation in the UK
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Glaciation in the UK

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This bundle is a collection of eight lessons that satisfies the requirements of the optional unit on glaciation in the UK for AQA’s 9-1 GCSE Geography syllabus. Case studies include Snowdonia and the Isle of Skye.
The Geography of Wimbledon
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The Geography of Wimbledon

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Although they have been cancelled for 2020 you can still teach about the Geography of Wimbldeon during lockdown. Here are four complete lessons about The Championships at Wimbledon - as seen by a geographer. Issues discussed include waste management, sustainability, economic geography, explaining the rain and weather forecasting. You can have these four lessons for £5.99.
The Geography of Summer Sports
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The Geography of Summer Sports

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This bundle should see you to the end of the summer term. Eight lessons altogether: four about the World Cup in Russia and then four about Wimbledon, which happens straight after we get knocked out of the football. Lots of concepts covered including waste management, sustainability, weather forecasting, economic geography, classification of industry, hooliganism and an interesting correlation exercise for those who like their statistics. Buy your department an end of year gift - all their remaning KS3 lessons planned and ready to roll for £10.00 or less.