Mostly clouds, pressure systems and rain (as dominators of UK weather), but easily adaptable to any topics covered on your own SOW.

An introduction to the USA as a case study to KS3 humanities subjects. Images on the PPT are linked to videos, so give them all a click! The worksheet mentioned is covered by copy write law - it's from the Geog Dot set.

3 lessons and one assessment - with accompanying resources - for mixed ability KS3 Geography.

Match the definitions to the terms. Simples!

A Few questions about regional Geography - about the U.K, about Europe etc. Atlases can be useful with this quiz.

Question sheets designed to be used with the BBC series 'wild weather&'. Best used with KS4, but possibly also high ability KS3 and low ability or less experienced post-16 students. Can be used for full episodes or adapted to fit clips within a lesson. No answers provided, so be sure to watch before teaching OR take your own answers at the same time as the class!

With a little help from the Mighty Boosh video linked to the first image as a 'guess the ecosystem' starter. Add your own tasks/ resources :)

a wordsearch and cloze used well as a plenary to review knowledge of the 3 branches of British government: Judiciary, Executive and Legislature.

Points to consider when thinking about behaviour.

A short and sweet round-up of the 6 types of volcanoes; with images.

Various sentences/slips of card that can be sorted into CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES and SOLUTIONS to desertification.

This lesson is designed to introduce/revisit sustainability and its importance. I have used the example of changes in Derby as it is a local example, but this slide/the image on the group enquiry sheet can be easily edited for your preference. Support sheets included for literacy differentiation.

This is a C/B border grade piece that is well written, but lacking quotes and references from key thinkers submitted for homework by a post student who passed with an overall B grade in Politics. Useful for peer reviewing with a generic mark scheme, so that students can see what examiners are looking for.

Information about key thinkers and famous quotes from their works. I used this as a matching exercise as a starter for a revision session, but they could be used in a display or something similar.

This is an assessment piece for KS3 that I use as a differentiated set of handouts when setting up the task with groups I usually see twice a week as a two week project. Giving the students access to maps and computers is crucial during this assessment.

A synopsis of the Gaia theory linked to ecologism. I used this to prompt students to read the books by James Lovelock: a key thinker attributed to this ideology. There was also a BBC series on at the time called Beautiful Minds that was useful: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00s04qp

A short workbook in which AS students can compile some basic research about hurricanes (including Katrina). Very good for showing the importance of organisation of notes and the use of decent questioning and research skills.

This is a gap filler about the history of plate tectonics: a good starter activity to introduce the idea that the Earth is not static or entirely solid.

Overview of each of the major religions to be used in the multiculturalism topic.

Jigsaw class analysing sources from SHP y8 book to consider different charges made about King Charles 1- were they likely to be more true or more false?