LESSON COVERS: three ways in which Bristol has taken the opportunity to overcome environmental challenges, including: reducing congestion by using the integrated transport system, providing more habitat and green space through urban greening, and saving resources through comprehensive recycling schemes. LESSON INVOLVES: students are told that Bristol is on a mission to become Europe's greenest city, and that there are three steps to achieving this mission: recycling, urban greening, and integrated transport. For each opportunity there is an activity, including a compound graph drawing activity for recycling. Lesson ends with an exam question. RESOURCES: the video is hyperlinked - put the powerpoint in slide show mode, and click on the screen grabbed image of the video. All other resources are attached here, but you will need graph paper for the graph. NOTES: this is potentially a DOUBLE LESSON Please review with any feedback :-)

LESSON COVERS: Exploring what a super volcano is, how they are formed and how they are different to other volcanoes, and the potential extent of the effects of a super eruption (local vs. global) LESSON INVOLVES: Exploring the definition of a super volcano, using a video to introduce the concept and look at how they are formed. Developing map skills and data skills through comparing eruption size to regular eruptions. This task has a support graph for students to use. Using a video to introduce the idea of local and global effects, using notes taken from these videos to add information to maps of the world or North America - depending on ability. RESOURCES: Support graph template is available to complete or simply use as a guide for students to create their own. The two types of maps are in the same file on different slides - print as required. NOTES: The link the video is embedded, put the slides into slide show mode and then click on the video screen grab. Please review with any feedback or if you spot any weevils in the lesson :-)

LESSON COVERS: to case study areas in Bristol (Filwood and Stoke Bishop) and the contrasting quality of life residents experience in each area. LESSON INVOLVES: a practice exam question to describe the location, a thinking task to interpret photos and a long photo sorting and annotation task. Lesson ends with a verbal debate. RESOURCES: only resources will be the sheet of photos. You will need a good supply of scissors and glue though. Alternatively you can ask students to glue in the entire sheet and create a code for each image and to annotate with really long arrows, or through numbering the photos. NOTES: this lesson plan is based on a 75 minute lesson, but can be streamlined using the above adaptation. Please review with any feedback :-)

THIS IS NOW FOR THE OLD AQA A SPEC (some parts can be used depending on areas of study chosen in new spec - file can also be modernised/updated) Colourful, memorable slides with attached questions to help geography students remember key case study information. USES: I use them as starter memory-style quizes at the start of revision lessons, as a one-slide way to re-teach a case study and have uploaded them as a revision resource for the students. They are all hyperlinked, so it can be used like a website when in slideshow mode. Completely editable so you can change the questions, facts, etc as best suits what you have taught. INCLUDED CASE STUDIES: Restless Earth: The Alps, Montserrat, Yellowstone super volcano,Indian Ocean Tsunami, Haiti, Kobe. Coasts: The Maldives, Holderness (erosion and management), Studland. Population: China, Kerala, UK. Tourism: Lake District, Jamaica, Antarctica. Urban: Curitiba, Cabot Circus Bristol, Favela Barrio. Rivers: Somerset Level, Bangladesh, Rutland Water. ALSO AVAILABLE AS PART OF A BUMPER REVISION PACK HERE https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/bumper-exam-question-pack-revision-extras-aqa-a-gcse-geography-11470618 Please leave a review and feel free to include any feedback for improvements :-)

LESSON COVERS: environmental problems relating to traffic and congestion, water pollution, air quality/pollution and waste collection. LESSON INVOLVES: handing out Rio resident roles and role playing favela residents forum where n they complain about environmental issues. There are cue cards for the residents with the specific issue in bold along with the details of how that issue relates to them. There are two cue cards per issue for 4 issues (so 8 in total). Students record the issues in a as they are listening table. The next tasks is differentiated on-board reading task where students find solutions to match the issues. End's with an exam practice question. RESOURCES: Rio residents complaint cards to be sliced out and handed out as you see fit (then intact copies can be used as help sheets for students to fill in gaps afterwards). The on-board solutions task slide can also be printed out seperately. NOTES: you can also choose a student to take the "minutes" of the meeting, type them up on a slide as the meeting takes place. Students can then use these notes as a reminder when filling in their tables afterwards.

LESSON COVERS: the positives and negative impacts of TNCs operating in a LIC/NEE (Shell) and the role of international aid (Action Aid). Considering which best assists development. LESSON INVOLVES: Students start off by defining TNCs and considering their positive and negative impacts. They then are prompted to focus on the positives using an exam question to practice gleaning information from images. The negatives are presented through a video (hyperlinked - accessible in slideshow mode) and students asked to differentiate between making a point and showing understanding. Aid is introduced by a video (hyperlinked) on Action Aid and then an activity using a differentiated article on a health centre case study. The lesson ends with an exam question. RESOURCES: There are 2 articles: the one denoted "MA" is for middle - lower ability, "HA" is for higher ability. The lesson also includes a 5 minute "Review Previous Learning" task, as a revision tool - feel free to omit or adapt. Please review with any feedback or if you spot any weevils in the lesson :-)

LESSON COVERS: A range of impacts of climate change, including: increased drought, extreme weather events, spread of disease, sea level rise, extinction, etc. As well as how these impact each other. LESSON INVOLVES: A starts with a range of images of impacts, asking students to think about how they are connected. The main activity is a round the room information hunt with different posters on different impacts (the text on these is differentiated) students then create a visual representation in their books of how these effect human, plants and animals, and in turn how the impacts are interconnected. Last task is an exam question. RESOURCES: The posters are differentiated with simpler text and more complex text (the key is on the slides). These can also be simply displayed on the screen or given out as information packs. There are also a selection of graphs for more able students to use to add specifics to their impact descriptions. NOTES: The images on the first slide are on a timer. Click to make the first image appear, the rest will then appear in turn automatically after 15 seconds or so. Please review with any feedback :-)

LESSON COVERS: DOUBLE LESSON...the cause and result of urban industrial decline and the consequent urban regeneration, as well as the causes of urban sprawl and the advantages and disadvantages of commuter settlements. Case studies used are Bradley Stoke (commuter settlement) and Bristol Harbourside (urban regeneration). LESSON INVOLVES: looking at key terms: housing demand, greenfield site, urban sprawl, regeneration, brownfield site. Link to a video to find positives and negatives for developing both greenfield and brownfield sites, with back up photocopy resource. A verbal domino task gives the back story for industrial decline of Bristol's harbourside. Students then create their own dominoes with Q&As on the regeneration of the harbourside and the commuter settlement, Bradley Stoke. Bradely Stoke is explored more with a statement match up task before finishing with an exam question. RESOURCES: There are dominoes templates of two different sizes for students who write in different levels of detail/size of handwriting. The case study sheets are saved separately as HIGHER files for more able students, and a DIFFERENTIATED version in simpler text. NOTES: probably a double lesson. Youtube video link can be accessed by clicking on the video screen grab while in slide show mode. Dominoes for industrial decline can be handed out and read out for the whol class to hear, or can be given out in pairs or groups. Please review with any feedback :-)

LESSON COVERS: reviews all elements of the HIC city part of the urban unit (focsuing on Bristol), including: urbanisation, megacities, social challenges and opportunities, environmental challenges and opportunities, health and education vs. crime and unemployment and opportunities for economic development. LESSON INVOLVES: starts with a "find somebody who" 9 question review activity, followed by a key word sheet completion activity (the extension task for which can be used for the following mini plenary (take some sample dominoes from a student and distributed them around the class and then play verbal dominoes)). then the main task of the lesson is to complete a unit review sheet on which students rate their confidence on different aspects of the topic then use their previous work to make notes/visual reminders. lesson ends with a class-made quiz. RESOURCES: review sheet should be printed A3 if possible. The screen grab on the slide of the "find somebody who" sheet does not match the actual sheet (just in case you get confused). NOTES; this lesson is designed to be very un-teacher led.

LESSON COVERS: Social opportunties for people in Bristol, broken down into cultural, economic/employment and leisure LESSON INVOLVES: students create a perfect city pie, with slices made up of specific information on different types of social opportunities. Once the slices are made up they than designed a packaging label to sell the advantages of the opportunities they have selected. The students are encouraged to select the opportunities that would make Bristol the perfect city for them. RESOURCES: there are 2 differentiated pie templates: one with three slices, the other with 6. Social opportunity cards with details of 9 different opportunities (3 of each type). NOTES: I lay the opportunity cards out at the front of the class for them to come up and select from. Once they have finished with one, they come back and swap for another one. I usually print off the social opportunities on different coloured paper, to make the different categories obvious. Please review with any feedback :-)

LESSON COVERS Improvements to the UK transport infrastructure including: HS2, motorway upgrades, Heathrow third runway, Liverpool port improvements. Going on to look the challenges this presents for sustainability and Torr Quarry as an example of sustainable economic development. LESSON INVOLVES Watching a series of videos and making differentiated targeted notes on the different improvements in transport identified above. Then an exam question to identify that the increase in economic development leads to increased emissions. After this students then create a differentiated mini infographic on Torr Quarry as an example or where development can be sustainable - taking into account social, environmental and economic impacts. Final task is an exam question. Peer assessment mini plenaries, starter and final plenary are also included. LESSON RESOURCES There are sheets for students to make their video notes on, as well as template for the mini infographic. IMPORTANT - for the infographic task the lesson uses the Blue Oxford GCSE Geography AQA text book (edited by S. Ross). If you don’t use this text book the infogRaphic task can be adapted for whichever case study you choose to use. The lesson also includes a 5 minute “Review Previous Learning” task, as a revision tool - feel free to omit or adapt. Please review with any feedback or if you spot any weevils in the lesson :-)

LESSON COVERS: the definition of and difference between adaptation and mitigation and examples of how each in being employed in relation to climate change. LESSON INVOLVES: the main part of the lesson involves watching a selection of short videos or sections of hyperlinked videos. students make notes on a choice of two template sheets and categorise the video as an example of mitigation, adaptation, or both. Following this they choose a role from the COP21 meetings in Paris and write a speech using what they have learnt within the context of their role (prompts for what to include are on the screen). RESOURCES: all the videos are hyperlinked, to access them put the powerpoint in slide show mode and click on the screen grabs. Some videos have a note underneath saying which parts of the video to watch (if they are too long). Pre-teach the term "desalinisation" before showing the desalinisation video. The sheets the students can use to make notes are differentiated - the blank venn diagram is for more able students. Please review with any feedback :-)

LESSON COVERS: how sustainable urban living addresses the issues of waste, water, energy and green space, using Hanham Hall in Bristol as an example. LESSON INVOLVES: exploring the meaning of sustainability, sorting human activities into a sustainability venn diagram. AG&T students are then selected to be architects, each equipped with "Architect cards" (power point slides to be printed double sided). Students then visit the "architect" students to collect info on the various sustainable elements of Hanham Hall. evaluating them as they go, selecting one to not invest in at the end. To end students design a house card to go in an estate agents window advertising a Hanham Hall property (at this point the architect students sit in a group and complete the previous task together). RESOURCES: The video at the end can be accessed by putting the powerpoint in slideshow mode and clicking on the screen grab. The 5 architect cards should be printed double sided. NOTES: If you don't wanted to select "architect" students and have the students visit them you could put the architect slides up with a time limit for each. Please review with any feedback :-)

LESSON COVERS: different elements of the Favela Barrio project and it is improving quality of life for favela residents. LESSON INVOLVES: the main task is a round-the-room differentiated info hunt activity, followed by a differentiated before-and-after annotation activity. RESOURCES: the info hunt posters should be put up around your room, or alternatively can be printed off as slide show handouts and used while students are sat at their desks. The before and after sheet has a differentiated version with sentences starters (see page 2). Please review with any feedback :-)

LESSON COVERS: an introduction to Bristol's location, it's importance as a city, why it has become so big and what migration means for the city. LESSON INVOLVES: whole lesson creative activity - the creation of a welcome to Bristol mat, to be populated with differentiated info from the slides, and or/supporting photocopy. RESOURCES: welcome mat should be printed out on A3. NOTES: The info slides are on timers and will change every 13 minutes - this can be easily adjusted on the transition settings, or overridden manually. To access the youtube video put the powerpoint in slide show mode and click on the video screen grab. Please review with any feedback :-)

LESSON COVERS: The environmental impacts of development (rapid urbanisation, deforestation, oil extraction) juxtaposed against the improvements in quality of life. LESSON INVOLVES: Students start off by matching images to facts and then to explanations of the environmental issue identified above. They then annotate these images with what they have learned. They then add sketches/doodles to a sketch of a Nigerian person to outline their improvements in quality of life. The final task is to create a proportional symbols map to demonstrate the impacts vs. improvement, leading the students to make a judgement over whether the development is actually worth it. RESOURCES: There is the picture to cut out and annotate, as well as the template of a person to trace (or print and cut out). There is also a map of Nigeria for their proportional symbols task, and the proportional symbols to either cut out or trace. IMPORTANT: For one of the tasks the challenge extension and additional (but not crucial) support material refers to the Oxford GCSE Geography text book (blue cover) if you don’t use this these elements can be deleted or changed. The lesson also includes a 5 minute “Review Previous Learning” task, as a revision tool - feel free to omit or adapt. Please review with any feedback or if you spot any weevils in the lesson :-)

Here are differentiated key word sheets for the below AQA units. Each word has a space for students to write definitions. AQA UNITS COVERED: (sheets are fully editable if you teach different units) PAPER 1: Natural Hazards – Living World – UK Physical Landscapes PAPER 2: Urban Issues and challenges – Economic World – Resource Management RESOURCE CODE: HA = HIGHER ABILITY, MA = MIDDLE ABILITY

LESSON COVERS: the location of the dam, how a dam works, the advantages and disadvantages of the dam and how it may impacts people and the environment. LESSON INVOLVES: students first generate questions for themselves about the dam which they then come back to answer later. The dam is then located by slowly zooming in on google earth (students to identify when they can see it). There is a video to make notes from on how a dam works, then a video for students to collect advantages and disadvantages (each video is hyperlinked if you click on the screen grab once in slide show mode). Students then read people profiles and plot each person on a graph to show how they are effected by the dam (differentiated). The final task is to write a letter as the president to the dam designer arguing for or against the dam's construction in the first place. RESOURCES There is an extra information sheet for any students wanting ore information. Please review with any feedback :-)

LESSON COVERS: Urbanisation, rates of urbanisation, push and pull factors, rural urban migration and natural increase. POSSIBLE DOUBLE LESSON LESSON INVOLVES: main features include key word activities exploring and applying the definition of HIC, LIC, NEE, Push and Pull factor. A timed activity where student have 90 seconds to view an image and decide if it is is a push or a pull factor and explain (it is slide 7 - once on the slide click to start the clock, it should go through each image automatically - you can remove the animations if you prefer). This is followed by an activity using the Brandt line map and a topological style map identifying urbanised countries. The last big activity is a categorising activity for rural-urban migration vs. natural change. RESOURCES: copies of the relevant text book pages, along with shading sheets for urbanisation causes, and gap fill support activity for the demonstrate task. NOTES: the construct activity slide for identifying push or pull factors is on an automatic timer. Open the animation pane on the slide to remove if you wish. Please review with any feedback :-)