The lesson includes: knowledge rich quiz for a starter a wide variety of activities all resources needed are provided Enjoy teaching

This is a resource that I have prepared for my A Level students after this year marking season. The resource contains structures for explain (3, 6 and 8 marker), assess and evaluate questions including connectives that should be used. When I was marking this year (2022) A level Geography paper 1 for Edexcel, it was very clear that students ‘assess’ or ‘evaluate’ across the board instead of ‘explain’ losing marks with reasonably easy questions. As much as ‘assess’ and ‘evaluate’ answers do not differ hugely in structure and students still can score a decent mark, with ‘explain’ is a different story, when they start evaluating or assessing instead of explaining, students wasting their time together with their marks. Hope you find it useful.

I have prepared this lesson for my students. It covers section 5.1 abc of the Edexcel A level specification. It refers to the Edexcel A Level Book 2 by Hodder Education and Geography for Edexcel A level year 2 by Oxford but it can be done without those textbooks if you provide your students with a diagram of the hydrological cycle. The worksheet for slide 4 is within the PPT but a Word version is also provided. Enjoy teaching

The lesson was designed for Y7 and covers the three most common rainfalls that take place in the UK: frontal relief convectional All resources are within the PPT. Enjoy

The lesson was designed for Y7 and covers the factors that affect the British weather: air masses fronts air pressure wind direction Enjoy

This lesson was designed to introduce Russia to my Y9 students. The lesson covers the location of Russia in the world and physical features within Russia. There are variety of tasks: map, description, annotating, reading comprehension. For the map tasks any atlas that has political world map and physical map of Russia will do. My students enjoyed the lesson, it stretched over two 60-minute lessons, with two middle and bottom set classes. All resources needed are within the PPT. The lesson fulfills the KS3 national curriculum for England. Enjoy

A set of lessons focusing on Russia, China and the USA. L1: Russia: location and physical features L2: Russia: energy resources L3: China: location and physical features L4: China: population: research L5: China: Tibet L6: China: the South China Sea L7: China: Opium wars with the British Empire L8: the USA: location and physical geography L9: the USA: Cuba L10: the USA: the Mississippi L11: the USA: Alaska Those lessons were designed for Y9 as part of the Superpower unit. My students greatly enjoyed them and I teach a mixture of abilities. All resources needed are included in the PPTs, the atlas my department is using is Collins Student atlas but you can use any other one that your school uses. Some lessons last longer than one lesson. In my school a lesson lasts for 60 min and I had to use two to go through some of the lessons. Enjoy teaching

The worksheet is based on GCSE 9-1 Geography AQA textbook p. 244-247. Hope you find it useful.

The worksheet is based on p.298-299 of the AQA GCSE (9-1) Geography by Hodder Education textbook and covers the sustainability aspects of UK industry with Nissan as an example. Hope you find it useful.

The lesson concentrates on collecting data using a transect lines and then comparing different areas of school. The lesson is based on my school but that can be quickly changed into yours. Students present data using scatter and radar graphs. All resources needed are included in the PPT or attached. Enjoy teaching

How does water flow into rivers? is a second lesson in the KS3 Geography Rivers scheme of work. Key ideas: OS map reading (geographical skills), terminology definitions (knowledge), reading comprehension (understanding), assessment focus ‘describe a sequence of…’ (exam skills).

Full introduction lesson to Rivers unit for KS3 Geography national curriculum. Key ideas: definitions of ‘river’ and ‘landscape’ (knowledge), examples of UK rivers (map skills), command word for an assessment ‘describe’ (exam skills), examples of rivers importance (knowledge).

Lesson 5 focuses on waterfall formation, using the High Force Waterfall on the River Tees as an example. Key ideas: using a photo of a waterfall to identify some features of this landform (geographical skills), key terminology and names of waterfall features (knowledge), using resources, i.e.: photos (application of knowledge), assessment type questions ‘explain’ and ‘label’ (exam skills), knowledge recall (knowledge), making 3D model of a waterfall (creativity).

Lesson 4 focuses on long and cross profiles of the River Tees. This lesson requires ‘Progress in Geography KS3’ textbook by Hodder Education. Key ideas: drawing a long profile using data and cross profile using an OS map (geographical skills), key terminology and characteristics of upper, middle and lower course of a river (knowledge), using resources, i.e.: OS maps (application of knowledge), assessment type questions ‘describe’ and ‘compare’ (exam skills), knowledge recall (knowledge).

Lesson 3 focuses on river processes. Key ideas: photo and diagram analysis (geographical and exam skills), key terminology (knowledge), using resources (application of knowledge), resource based assessment type question (exam skills), knowledge recall (knowledge).

Lesson 7 focuses on formation of floodplains and levees. This lesson requires ‘AQA 9-1 GCSE Geography’ textbook by Hodder Education. Key ideas: Geographical skills: analyzing diagrams and an OS map, using an OS map extract to simplify it, calculating distance using 1:50000 scale Exam skills: assessment type questions ‘working with an OS map’, time management, knowledge recall Knowledge: key terms definitions, sequence of a floodplain and levees formation

Lesson 10 focuses on hard and soft management strategies for rivers. Key ideas: Geographical skills: selecting information Exam skills: assessment type question ‘assess’, time management, knowledge recall, information selection from unknown source, reading comprehension Knowledge: key terms definitions, different hard and soft river management strategies

Lesson 6 focuses on meander and oxbow lake formation. Key ideas: identifying different features using a photo, notes taking, diagram drawing (geographical skills), assessment type questions ‘explain’ and ‘name’ (exam skills), key terms definitions, sequence of a meander and ox-bow lake formation, features of a meander and knowledge recall (knowledge).

Lesson 8 concentrates on causes of flooding using the River Ouse and York as examples. Key ideas: Geographical skills: selecting information, applying knowledge using diagrams Exam skills: assessment type question ‘suggest using a figure’, time management, knowledge recall, information selection from unknown source, reading comprehension Knowledge: key terms definitions, human and physical causes of flooding

Lesson 9 concentrates on impacts and responses of 2015 flood in York. Key ideas: Geographical skills: selecting information, differentiating information into impacts and responses Exam skills: assessment type question ‘justify’, time management, knowledge recall, information selection from unknown source, reading comprehension Knowledge: key terms definitions, facts and figures about the December 2015 flood in York