This resource covers variations in the speed of flow within the river channel and the resulting landforms. It mentions slip-off slopes, river cliffs, helicoidal flow, the erosion of the bluff line and the formation of ox-bow lakes. There is a field sketching exercise that is integral to the lesson and some further activities.

This is another Pocket Point resource. It covers the formation of V-shaped valleys, waterfalls and gorges in a river’s upper course. Please consider liking my page on Facebook or reviewing a resource on this website. Pocket Point resources are at https://www.facebook.com/pocketpointresources/ .

This presentation covers the long profile of a river, using the River Lune in South Cumbria / North Lancashire as its example. There are photographs of the river at different stages along its journey to the sea at Plover Scar. There are also diagrams to illustrate the long profile of the river, its changing cross profile as it nears its mouth and the Bradshaw Model. There are numerous tasks and activities. This presentation is also designed to be used in Pocket Point format. For more information, search for Pocket Point Resources on Facebook.

This presentation covers the nuts and bolts of fluvial erosion (hydraulic action, abrasion, attrition and solution), transportation (traction, saltation, suspension and solution) and deposition. It includes some tasks and activities. This is the first of what could be many hundreds of presentations in PocketPoint format, that is to say that if you print the slides off in landscape format, you should be able with the help of your friendly reprographics assistant, to create an A5 booklet in landscape which can be used in class and given to students to keep … a bit like those recipe cards that your grandma had in a box in the kitchen. Enjoy.

These are the teaching materials I created to teach the Tectonic Hazards section of the AQA 9-1 GCSE course. It includes lessons on the classification of hazards, patterns of tectonic activity and processes and land forms at plate boundaries. The two case studies are Amatrice, Italy 2016 and Balakot, Pakistan 2008. The later lessons teach students to write convincing extended answers contrasting the impact of the two earthquakes; finally there are lessons on living with and predicting and planning for hazards. The slides assume you have copies of Geog.1 in your classroom.

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.

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.

This assessment matches up with the unit Landscapes of Vietnam which I wrote for KS3 students rather than have them study China or India like everyone else. I had a Vietnamese lodger staying with me at the time whose mother sent many useful maps and bits of information. The questions are about knowledge of places, climate, delta formation, the monsoon and its impacts and development issues on the Mekong Delta. The lesson slides are available separately on this site.

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.

This is an assessment for Year Eight students, though any KS3 student could probably attempt it. It consists of a question paper, a mark scheme and a resource sheet. The questions are about terminology, features of the upper course, formation of a waterfall, a meander in cross-section, water pollution and water treatment.

This is an assessment to test pupils' knowledge of the Superpowers Unit of Work. It includes questions on what makes a country influential, analysis of graphs, comprehension and the issues surrounding Mexican immigration to the USA.

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.

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.

This is a straightforward and easily marked baseline assessment to give to students on entry to Year 7. It tests the knowledge of places, simple maps skills, the ability to observe and describe a landscape and students' capacity for thinking geographically.

This is a mock examination paper which I wrote to assess a unit on Geographical Skills. We taught the unit as part of the new GCSE AQA 9-1Geography course. The bundle consists of the paper itself, a resource sheet and a detailed mark scheme. It is based on some census data from two wards in the suburbs of Ipswich.