Water Cycle worksheets that are aimed at higher and lower ability pupils at KS3.
These worksheets take the pupils through terms such as evaporation, transpiration, throughflow, infiltration, surface run off, condensation.
They could equally be used in KS2 or KS4 Geography and Science depending upon the ability level of your pupils.
Use this resource to help pupils discover locations of UK mountain ranges. It is differentiated in to two levels for higher and lower ability pupils.
The resource comes with the lesson outlined on powerpoint, with word worksheet files all ready to print out and use with your class.
It was initally designed for a Year 7 class but could equally be used right down to KS1.
There are two main exercises in this lesson.
Activity 1. - A collaborative group exercise where the pupils organise a UK map of mountain ranges and decide between the group, the appropriate labels and heights. This is a great exercise to visualise the mountains, and not merely view them on a map without any understanding of the vegetation or relief of the land.
Activity 2. This activity consists of differentiated worksheets with and extension task and some higher order thinking questions that provide enough extension for pupils.
The whole lesson comes with a Powerpoint to guide you and the class through the lesson.
This resource is a case study of the 2011 Japanese Earthquake and Tsunami that struck the area of Sendai and Japan. The magnitude 9 earthquake could be felt over a large area, and triggered a 40ft Tsunami wave.
Due to Japan being a HIC/MEDC/ Developed country the country was well prepared for the event and amazingly only 15000 people died. However the quake caused many other significant economic and environmental problems.
This resource uses a BBC News article from the day that is linked from the worksheet. Pupils respond to the video and answer various factual questions and are asked to summarise the events of the day with a tweet. This is a good resource for a cover lesson, home learning, or introduction to the event.
A 35 -60 minute lesson plan aimed at Key Stage 3. Included files are a lesson plan and powerpoint file with all necessary questions and linked videos.
This resource has been updated to take into account the feedback received making the learning objectives clearer. The Powerpoint/Google Slide also progresses through the lesson in a clearer systematic process.
This lesson explores the ethical dilema about what people to save in the event of a train crash. It is a fantastic resource for generating interesting debate and discussion.
A worksheet that is to be used in conjunction with several online resources. Pupils are to seek out answers to questions and terms to build a case study that would be suitable for Geogrpahy at KS3 or KS4.
A worksheet to use when teaching about river transportation. It incorporates the processes of Traction, Saltation, Suspension and Solution when a river transports sediment downstream.
The worksheet is differentiated so that lower ability pupils will have to explain key words, and higher ability pupils will write an extended piece of writing explaining the processes.
This resource uses a number of Youtube videos and Powerpoint presentations to present the students with a series of information about the Himlayas. Pupils then have to locate the Himalayas and identify the countries in which they are found.
There are further questions based on the climate, before going into a more detailed exploration of Everest and Base Camp.
Finally pupils are to write a post card imagining that they are writing from base camp describing the mountain region and its climate.
This worksheet uses the Hans Rosling Youtube documentary called “Don’t Panic” to discover the impacts of global population growth. The questions start with largely factual responses to the documentary, but build towards developing structured answers about population growth.
A worksheet resource that helps pupils understand how Headlands and Bays are formed in coastal processes. Pupils are asked to sketch out the effect of waves on hard and soft rock, before completing a true or false task on headland and bay formation.
The Amazon River is part of the Earth’s Great Rivers Documentary series found on BBC iPlayer. It is an excellent documentary to build up pupils case study knowledge about the river, its vital statistics, ecosystems, wildlife, human interactions and challenges.
The blurb from the programme says:
"This episode is a pioneering exploration of the latest discoveries concerning the Amazon - by far the greatest river on Earth. It is the river of superlatives, flowing more than 4,000 miles from the Andes to the Atlantic. Its 1,100 tributaries drain the greatest river basin on the planet and along its incredible journey it collects and transports one-fifth of the world’s fresh water. Its outflow into the Atlantic Ocean per second is greater than the next six rivers combined. It truly lives up to its mighty reputation. "
This worksheet allows the pupils to watch the documentary answering questions as they go.
There are 5 sections to complete which add variety.
Students have to list species in a table as they watch the film.
Some short written answers about the Amazon’s vital details.
Students are asked to apply their knowledge and construct a food web from the Amazon ecosystem they have observed.
A TRUE or False round based on the central part of the documentary
Some further short questions.
Pupils are then asked to apply their knowledge and discuss whether they think the human interaction with the Amazon is sustainable as a conclusion towards the documentary.
The main link can be found on BBC iplayer here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0bx73pk/earths-great-rivers-series-1-1-amazon
A second source for the documentary can be found here: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x71wszd
A River Meander Worksheet that helps pupils understand how river meanders are formed. The key terms covered include Erosion, Deposition, Slowest River Flow, Fastest River Flow, River Cliff, Slip Off Slope, and Thalweg.
The worksheet starts with a labelling activity on a cross section of a river and a overhead view of a meander. This is followed by a true or false activity where pupils have to consider whether the river would cause a number of different scenarios.
Pupils are then asked to consider what would cause the river to increase in sinuosity and jot these ideas down as a mind map.
Lastly the higher order thinking question asks pupils to think about the implications of rivers on cities such as London or Nottingham.
This worksheet follows a documentary produced on Youtube. The students answer questions based on information presented in the video. These questions build their case study knowledge of HS2 before they attempt to answer a 6 mark question.
This is a revision worksheet for pupils to consolidate and revise their learning. It is designed for the Geography Common Entrance Course but is equally compatible with KS3 and KS4 Geography.
Questions have a link to a Youtube clip that can help them answer the question from the worksheet.
This worksheet asks pupils to respond to the information and questions given in the Youtube Clip that is taken from a BBC News article about how Boscastle is responding to the Flood after 10 years.
Pupils have to identify any short or long term responses shown in the clip, answer simple questions based on information given, and give a response about how people of Boscastle may have responded in the short and long term.
This resources introduces air masses to the weather module. It uses a clip from the Met Office that explains the different air masses, and pupils have to annotate the diagram, match up the definitions and decide which air mass produces different types of weather.
It can be set as a standalone homework task or a cover lesson.
River Processes worksheet featuring exercises on Hydraulic Action, Abrasion, Attrition, and Corrosion. There are further questions on discharge, and a labelling of the drainage basin exercise.
A word search containing key words for Coastal Management. It would be useful as a lesson starter or filler encouraging pupils to learn key words and spellings.
A Geography worksheet asking pupils to identify reasons for global population growth. Pupils have to analyse the trends in the graph alongside some true or false questions that stimulate debate in a class review.