Adding a bit of fun and crazy to Geography! All proceeds will help our ever shrinking department budget, which I need to stop supplementing with my own money!
July 24 - thank you all for your support, with some fundraising and money on here, the eco committee and I have been able to purchase outdoor recycling bins for school!
Adding a bit of fun and crazy to Geography! All proceeds will help our ever shrinking department budget, which I need to stop supplementing with my own money!
July 24 - thank you all for your support, with some fundraising and money on here, the eco committee and I have been able to purchase outdoor recycling bins for school!
Progression steps:
Recall the stages of how coffee is made
Discuss the key players in the coffee making process and explore their earnings
Suggest how the coffee making process can be made fairer
Lesson, worksheet, frayer model and DIN (all editable)
Sustainable industry, Geography GCSE, AQA, 9-1
Based upon Jaguar Land Rover
Worksheet designed to go alongside PPT
DIN retrieval activity
***NEW - Includes revision infographic
Revision infographics
Character & importance of Bristol
Opportunities and Challenges
Bristol regeneration (Harbourside & Temple Quarter)
Contained in zipped file (must extract/ open to access resources)
Lesson for Geography GCSE, AQA, 9-1
Worksheet designed to go alongside PPT
DIN retrieval activity
Will require access to Oxford Geography GCSE AQA, pages 236-7
(otherwise will need information hand outs for ‘evidence of a post industrial economy: IT, research, service & finance’
Brazil country profile lesson and differentiated worksheets:
Used to support learning in KS3 Geography but can be used for a variety of ages and subjects.
Includes:
Brazil country profile worksheets (best printed A3)
Lesson with ‘Do now’ activity based on retrieval practice.
Bristol city pie & packaging and associated lesson
Includes a ‘Do now’ tasks based on retrieval practice.
Worksheet structured alongside recipe cards, covering;
Social, economic & environmental changes
Meander and oxbow lake comic strip and associated lesson
Includes two ‘Do now’ tasks based on retrieval practice.
Worksheet structured alongside powerpoint, covering;
Meander and ox-bow lake formation
Factors that change ecosystems lesson & worksheet AQA
Worksheet in a ‘mat style’ with differing tasks along the course of the lesson.
The lesson pays particular attention to the reintroduction of wolves to Yellowstone and trophic cascade.
Includes a ‘Do Now’ task based on retrieval practice.
Also, a poster showing red squirrels affect on ecosystems.
Introduction to the coast and waves AQA GCSE lesson & worksheet
Worksheet in ‘mat style’ with differing activities that correlate to the lesson on the powerpoint.
Includes two ‘Do Nows’ based on retrieval practice.
The UK’s Place in the Wider World, Geography GCSE, AQA, 9-1
Worksheet designed to go alongside PPT
DIN retrieval activity
Will require GCSE Oxford textbook, Pages 251 or a similar resource on the UK in the wider world: electronic communication and transport.
Updated to include information on BREXIT and the repercussions…
Progression steps
Describe characteristics of oceans and why they are important.
Explore coral reefs’ biodiversity and the threats they face.
Explain the largest threats to the world’s oceans.
Full lesson and worksheets, editable versions also.
Progression steps
Describe what causes rain and different types of rainfall.
Define air pressure and compare high pressure systems.
Explain low pressure systems using an example.
Lesson, worksheet and DIN (editable)
Progression steps
Define what soil is and its characteristics.
Explain why soil is important.
Explain the importance of peat and peatlands.
Lesson, worksheet and DIN (editable)
Progression steps:
Identify what a hazard is and link to key concept(s)
Explain the causes of the Sichuan earthquake
Identify and evaluate the effects and responses to the Sichuan earthquake
Lesson, worksheet and matching info sheet, frayer model and DIN
Nigeria section of The Changing Economic World (Paper 2)
Lessons, resources, worksheets and retrieval starter (Do it Now)
Introducing Nigeria
Nigeria Economic Connections
TNCs in Nigeria
Environmental Impacts in Nigeria
Aid and Quality of Life in Nigeria
***NEW - Includes revision infographics
We were keen to separate Paper 1 and 2 from fieldwork units, and reduce workload, so I created this ‘mini unit’ for the department which includes:
Fieldwork data collection booklet, methods include: Pebble shape, angularity, wave count, beach profile and bipolar analysis. ‘Spot the engineering’, fieldwork sketch space and risk assessment table included for activities to fill gaps if required.
50 page workbooklet (integrated titles, DINs, lesson tasks, exam questions and plenary tasks)
Knowledge organiser
Lessons 1-6:
How do we set up a suitable enquiry question, link it to theory and evaluate risk?
What are the different types of data and how do we construct our methodology?
What are the different types of data presentation method, and why do we use them?
How can our data sets be matched to appropriate data presentation techniques?
How do we analyse and explain our results?
What conclusions can we make from our analysis and how do we evaluate our enquiry?
This coastal fieldwork is based on the enquiry question '“Destructive waves are responsible for forming the beach at Budleigh Salterton” but would apply to any coastal setting. PDF and powerpoint versions are included in order to edit should you wish (enquiry location, school logos, DIN questions…)
All proceeds will help our evershrinking department budget, which I need to stop supplementing with my own money.
My year 11s loved the idea of choosing their own finding nemo character to reflect on their progress. Inspired by a fellow Geographer who had this as a wall display.
Enjoy!