A 2 truths and 1 lie game. There is a total of 5 rounds. Answers are animated to appear when you click. It comes up with the correct fact, or an interesting fact that is related to the statement.
Title with icons. Rules included with images. This makes it understandable for all abilities, including EAL.
2024 statistics. Extremely fun and is perfect.
These are designed for 1hour. 3 slightly different versions depending on your resources/ class behaviour/ student abilities. You can mix them up. There are some Pokemon themed sections which you can remove/ alter. All materials and helpsheets included. Lesson plans are not included due to confidential data. Gapfill also included for students to try answers.
In seats, short task together, short independent task building towards main independent task. Pair work. Similar to a treasure hunt but using words, to decode a secret word.
Main activity is fun: linking into science, survival in real life using minimal items such as a leaf or a puddle etc. Depending on which resources you want to use and environment, this can be adapted. In this scenario, it’s in the classroom so it uses a bowl. There are other ways of making a compass but this is the minimal as you want magnetic north to address the misconceptions that North is always in front of you like the maps say.
If you happen to not have materials/ or it’s being used by the science department/ don’t have any at home or the budget… you can skip the making compass section and show with your compass/ your phone/ provide compasses (depending on resources). The main activity involves a team game where they have to the teacher from A to B using the classroom. For behaviour control, they can estimate the number of steps (assuming they have also not learnt scale/ distance yet), or if you have a behaved class you can allow one student per team to leave their seat to count steps (limits to about 6 students out their seats at a time for classroom management). The purpose of the lesson is compass directions so the other factors are not important in this class. Future classes will have these skills combined.
2 and 3 looks more into real-life survival skills and involves team activities. There are also extras included depending on the class speed/ lesson time.
If you have a break in classes, you can use it to prepare materials/ set up teams to save time. My students know how to move the tables, who’s in their teams, who is the team leader for collecting items (classroom management), and complete it within 30 seconds with materials. You must model it well if it is your first time with such activities.
Height on maps
Gapfill and word banks
Spot height
Layer colouring
Contour lines
Explanation through colour coding, animations and different perspectives
Example drawing
2 minute video summarising
Option to draw contour lines on landscapes
Short tasks
Worksheet applying map skills onto OS map
All answers pop up
Includes higher thinking skills for those who need challenges
Gapfill plenary
Helpsheet available for low ability
View different biomes
Guess the word starter (4 pictures 1 word)
Definitions
General climate
Video
Word bank
Definitions of words on board
Address misconceptions
All answers fade in
Task to find locations
TEA describe their locations
Challenges included
SEN worksheet
Definitions mix and match boxes
Class activity
Low ability student support
High ability challenges
Examples for scaffold
Lots of imagery to address misconceptions
Worksheets available (differentiated)
Literacy task
Hinge questions for assessing knowledge
All answers (fade out)
All definitions on board under text
Plenary to find definitions of unknown words using dictionary practice
Reading/ knowledge/ linking to rainforest class
1-2hour lesson depending on ability.
Homework included
3 hour lesson
Exam question included (9 marks)
Structures and example answers to scaffold
Level examples (aiming high)
Examples of case studies
1 main case study worksheet
Class feedback for self-marking and improving
Challenges included
Easily amendable
Answers included
2024 Statistics
NASA night lights 2024
Interesting fun facts
Gap fill with word bank
Worksheet available for scaffolding
Definitions of words in detail
Lots of images
Lots of assessment for learning
Visual modelling with students possible
Mind map
Writing task (factors)
Density calculation
Numeracy included
Challenges included
Plenary: challenge both views
Self-assess
Helpsheets available
Both SEN, low ability and high ability covered
2024 Statistics on screen
Population density statistics handout for students absent before/ unaware of stats (extras)
Lots of visuals
Different versions: Easy, Normal, Hard
Can be used differently, e.g. explained for visuals vs. real map vs. less data etc.
Choropleth map (2 versions for difficulty)
Answers (for low ability to use for TEA)
TEA answers usin gap fill/ sentence starters
Definitions on screen
Population Tennis Game (interactive and fun discussion)
Images for prompts
Table of factors that increase or decrease population
All answers available
Plenary debate (fun discussions)
Video of UK history with its population rates increasing / decreasing (5minutes)
2 versions, an easier one for lower ability
There is a lot of content and discussions about the world for learning.
1 hour lesson (my students (many SEN and class dynamics) are trained)
Classes with distractions or not hard-working are likely to need 2 lessons.
BONUS: PowerPoint Name Wheel! AND built in timer. No need to exit the screen, go onto websites etc. Easily adaptable to your student names and time is adjustable.
2 PowerPoints. 1 for lower ability to have them critically think more and focus on tasks first.
Animal adaptations
Lots of images throughout as prompts
Video included
Pair discussion
Writing task with sentence starters
Leads into fun application task as a geographer…
Create your own animal (label with adaptations and why its needed)
There are limitations (numeracy included)
Students share their work (rewards/ votes)
Challenge at end (solo or competition or class)
Lots of activities
Lots of images to prompt thinking
Graph reading
Gapfill graph reading
Address misconceptions
Challenge included (with answers) - history
Definitions using gapfill and image prompts.
Built in timer
Population increase/ decrease/ steady discussion
Gap fill with word bank to scaffold
Birth rate and death rate factors
Lots of factors to choose from
Challenge included
Ranking/ guessing countries rates using a diamond sort (using their knowledge of factors)
Work together through equation of growth rate (they guess it)
Calculators for low ability
Handouts available
Challenge included
Plenary using factors to create population growth
1-2 hour lesson
Theory (involves using whiteboard/ interactive board to explain or get answers)
Notes provided for off powerpoint actions
Label graphs
Interpreting graphs
Tasks on reading graphs
Includes interesting history knowledge
Plotting a graph
DTM challenge (KS3)
DTM included (GCSE)
Video included to summarise
Handouts available
Scale provided for scaffolding (to print)
Develops into DTM stages, conversations on ageing population, policies, developing countries, history (that they mentioned from previous lessons)
2-3 hour lesson.
2024 Life expectancy statistics game (solo, teams, class options)
Involves world statistics, and 8 different countries.
Past and Future of UK, South Korea and Japan population.
In depth discussions about ageing population. Positive, negative, benefits, pro-natal policies, pensions, knock on effects, etc.
Population pyramid readings
Critical thinking/ guessing
Literacy lesson
Reading a newspaper (slide)
Optional: reading the news
Video of elderly explaining their actions
Critical thinking/ guessing with knowledge
Definitions all included
Writing a diary entry using key terms .
Lots of prompts provided with definitions.
Challenge question about resolution
Example provided for low ability
Template included for low ability
Task allows lower ability/ SEN the time the extra time they need for tasks, whilst higher ability work on a higher thinking skill challenge.
Lesson planned for 1-2hours depending how in depth your class can go on discussions/ prompts, critical thinking and their writing ability.