Powerpoint and worksheets beginning with a brief intro to geological timespans. Class and group activities comparing climate data over different periods of Earth history and the reasons for differing conclusions about climate change. Links to videos showing computer simulations of glaciation.
Powerpoint and worksheets using the UK as a Case Study of drought in a developed country. Completion of a climate graph. Differentiated exam-style questions. Comparisons of human and physical maps and data. Sustainability of four drought management methods used in the UK.
Powerpoint and worksheets comparing El Nino with La Nina. Uses the Big Dry drought in Australia as a Case Study. Differentiated question. Carousel activity to complete effects chart. Links to videos included.
Powerpoint and worksheets about the causes, effects and management of the 2011 Brisbane Flood resulting from a La Nina event. Differentiated questions. Links to videos included.
Powerpoint and worksheets about the causes, effects and management of flash floods using Boscastle (2004) as a Case Study. Three differentiated questions. Links to videos included.
A decision making exercise (set up as a lesson) looking at future options for protecting New Orleans from hurricanes/flooding
New Orleans lies below sea level with a levee system that was designed for hurricanes of no greater intensity than Category 3. The city’s natural defence of the surrounding marshland has been drained, built on or eroded away. A computer model predicted that up to 250,000 people could die in the next Category 5 storm.
The US Government has four options for the 21st Century…
Option 1:
Regenerate the wetlands of the Mississippi Delta
Option 2:
Maintain and heighten the existing levées
Option 3:
Do nothing, let nature take her course
Option 4:
Evacuate the people of New Orleans in hazardous times
Powerpoint and worksheets about the effects of Hurricane Katrina. First part deals with levees and subsidence with a differentiated question. Second part looks at social, economic and environmental effects which are sorted and then used to write a newspaper article. Links to videos included.
Powerpoint and worksheet about the causes of Hurricane Katrina. Worksheet diagram to be completed through the lesson. Animations and videos. Differentiated question to check overall understanding.
Powerpoint and worksheet covering the Global Circulation System and the effects of latitude on climate. Starter looks at photos and how extreme weather might affect human life in those places. Lesson then goes through why the equator is hot/wet, the formation of deserts at 30 degrees and the reasons for cold deserts at the Poles. The worksheet is filled in through the lesson to explain the links between latitude, atmospheric cells and biomes. Differentiated GCSE style questions at the end of each section.
Two part fieldwork/coursework booklet
Made with the 2016 GCSE syllabus changes in mind
Follows Footsteps to Investigation (Hypothesis; Expected Outcomes; Methodology; Results; Analysis; Conclusion; Evaluation) plus the chance to write a simple risk assessment for the trip
Part One: COASTAL investigation to answer the hypothesis "Hornsea needs sea defences"
Includes destructive/constructive waves; beach cross section; annotated landscape sketch; tally chart; angle data chart
Part Two: ECONOMIC investigation to answer the hypothesis "Tourism is important for Hornsea"
Includes: Land use survey; bipolar landscape evaluation; visitor questionnaire; sphere of influence; cumulative frequency graph; bar graph; pie graph; Butler's Model
Powerpoint inspired by the RGS scheme of work "China Today". Whole lesson, includes starter (multinational companies), comparison of Shenzhen in 1970 with today, Geographical mystery about Apple's involvement ion China (WHAT were the reasons for moving iPhone production to China? HOW were the Foxconn workers treated? WHY are there nets outside Foxconn factory windows? WHO benefits from Apple products being made in China? ), differentiated questions (Explain why Apple was so interested in making its products in China; Compare the opinions of a Foxconn worker in China with an Apple customer in the UK. Then give your opinion of Foxconn/Apple; Describe the living and working conditions inside a Chinese factory like Foxconn) and plenary (the suicide of Ma Xiang Qian )
Powerpoint inspired by the RGS scheme of work "China Today". Whole lesson, includes starter (images of China), mapping activity (China's neighbours), differentiated questions (life in China) and plenary (best and worst about China today).
A 'footsteps' project about China in the 21st Century. Pupils research data and illustrations to complete the booklet. Footsteps follow sections called: Hypothese; Expected Outcomes; Background; Methodology; Data Presentation; Analysis; Conclusion; Evaluation.
Questions for research include:
'China’s growth affects the natural environment because ...'
'In the past, the British Empire affected India because...'
'Most of China’s industries are located in........... because...'
'I think that the winners in Changing China’ are.............. because...'
Practice DME using OCR B exam resources but split up into Powerpoint screens to lead the class through stage by stage. Topic is MNCs in developing countries. The decision is about FIAT cars in Brazil
Also includes an exam workbook
Eight page booklet : define tectonic keywords, complete a fact file about the Tohoku Tsunami; SPAG exercise about Japan's seismicity; empathise with a parent, a businesswoman and a farmer from Japan after the disaster; a moral dilemma about the continued use of nuclear energy; a question about God's role in natural disasters; draw your own version of The Great Wave by Hokusai
Eight page booklet : define Geographical keywords, map imported items' origins found around the house; SPAG exercise about globalisation; explain the reasons for child labour being so common; questionnaire about shopping habits and attitudes; empathising with opinions of shop owners, shoppers and child labourers; comparison of multi-cultural preferences vs traditional British life
Eight page booklet : define Geographical keywords; map countries and name their main exports; SPAG exercise about consumerism; find job titles to fit the four industrial sectors; moral dilemma about buying resources from developing countries; give own opinions about religious quotes regarding the environment; a question about our disposable society and new technology
Eight page booklet : define Geographical keywords; map the main national religions of the Middle East; SPAG exercise about the earliest civilisations; complete a multiplier effect of the oil industry; moral dilemma about letting refugees come to Britain; research the family tree of religions to find their founding dates; describe the importance of four Middle Eastern locations to religious people