Update 2024: KS3, more creative, scaffolding, and materials added.
Lots of visuals
Poster task
Student examples included as ideas.
1hour lesson
Wheel of fortune sharing (built into PPT)
Lesson 7.1: Year 7, first class of climate change (causes)
Lesson plan (1 page bullet pointed each section)
Powerpoint (to follow with the powerpoint) - leaflet/ writing task
PPT has videos and built in timer to help you keep your time management.
Alter as needed.
Powerpoint for a 1hour lesson on waterfall formation. Adjustable depending on students’ ability and lesson time. Each level gets harder for them to remember.
Starter for students to think
Mind map alone/ do together
Label picture and explain/ students guess
Match key terms and definition
Video on formation
What happened in the video (with image): explanation by students
Storyboard explanation
Fill in the blanks(1)
Complete the order (2)
Team activity: spot the mistakes/ correct
Team activity: summarise formation/ feedback
Plenary: checking understanding of key terms by labelling the waterfall
Homework: learning the definitions for pop quiz (literacy skills)
Includes an optional worksheet as homework to reineforce formation
A range of different GCSE questions to help with subject knowledge, KS4 year 10 and 11 revision skills, and practice exam questions.
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Tropical Rainforest Information
4 tasks
Team work option (if students are good)
Pair work option (if you need more control)
Homework available if 4th task is too much.
Homework available if all tasks finished.
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
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
Arrived at Manaus (chapter 3 onwards)
Adaptations based on the story.
Literacy based.
Science included.
Worksheet available.
Homework included (unless you want to do in class. It is also differentiated if needed).
Sound clip (it does not upload here, but feel free to email me for it if you need it)
Music sheet
4 groups of singers
English sheet.
Also includes Korean.
Perfect for young students too.
Updated shorter version: Climate graph creation using template, and compared or interpreted with climate of South Africa. Lots of scaffolding included and animations step by step (otherwise consider visualiser for some parts). Climate graph template allows them enough to do it on their own with prompts, brilliant for a first time use and repetition if done again or removed as they get use to it.
Climate graphs of different biomes
Read climate graphs
Fill in pyramid task based on biomes
Address misconceptions (lots of images)
Draw climate graphs from blank
Lots of different helpsheets depending on students’ ability - line/ bar/ climate graph template
Pyramid template
Challenges included
Plenary on reading climate graphs, easy to assess
Can be 1hour to 2 hour lesson
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
Climate graph recap
Map recap using TEA (gapfill, images and prompts)
Pairwork
Literacy task
Optional background information
Optional adjustable information for lower ability (information as hidden slides)
Silent work
Students teach each other
Comprehension
Well controlled activity
Support low ability (with more time/ prompts)
Gap fill
Worksheets
Challenge (can adapt to involve GCSE geography answers instead)
Fun and supportive class activity
Quick plenary to assess all
starter
definitions of words (break down into 4 sections) - i do, we do, you do model with worksheets
green pen answers
lots of challenge questions -prior knowledge and current news. prompt them if needed during questioning.
pair discussions of images
questioning
print out of the images for annotations option
gap fill task (print out for lower ability with word bank available for all/ some)
back to annotations for those who finished early
glue into books/ keep tidy
answers via questioning/ reading
green pen
exam question modelling
marking
plenary quiz
Key terms
On the spot challenges
Adaptable lesson plan
In seats plan but can change to around the room idea/ or 1 worksheet
Timer use, kept good pace and fun.
Answers
Assessment
Plenary
Print outs available
Spelling test starter
Homework showcase
Peer assessment
Recognition
What went well (more)
How to improve (one)
Confidence builder
Peer assessment worksheet
BLIND voting
Rewards
Kahoot
Students love it, and are very excitable throughout the whole hour.
Adaptable to control energy/ behaviour