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Ranking & Justify Grid Worksheets – Promote Critical Thinking & Evaluation Skills
Perfect for GCSE and A-Level | All Subjects | Editable Word Format
These GCSE and A-Level printable worksheets are ideal for developing critical thinking, evaluation skills, and justification in all subjects. Each worksheet encourages students to rank key concepts and provide reasoned justifications using subject knowledge, helping them master higher-order thinking and prepare for extended writing questions. Perfect for revision, independent learning, exam practice, or stretch and challenge, these fully editable thinking skills resources support success across the exam board and cover all specification points for the exam. There is one worksheet per specification point.
What’s Included:
A scenario or big question linked to the spec content

A ranking table (5–10 key ideas, events, beliefs, processes, or case studies)

Justification prompts to support extended writing and critical thinking

Extension questions for higher-level learners

Fully editable in Microsoft Word

Perfect For:
Stretch & Challenge

Revision activities

AO3-focused exam skills

Group or independent tasks

Homework or cover lessons

DIRT (Dedicated Improvement and Reflection Time)

1.1.1 - Physical landscapes of the UK
1.1.2 - Geomorphic processes
1.1.3 - River landforms
1.1.4 - Coastal landforms
1.1.5 - Case studies of UK landscapes
1.2.1 - UK trading partners
1.2.2 - UK diversity and inequality
1.2.3 - Causes and consequences of UK development
1.2.4 - Changing UK population
1.2.5 - Urban trends in the UK
1.2.6 - UK city case study
1.3.1 - UK climate and extreme weather
1.3.2 - UK flood hazard case study
1.3.3 - Human impact on UK ecosystems
1.3.4 - UK energy sources
1.3.5 - Managing future UK energy
2.1.1 - Interdependence in ecosystems
2.1.2 - Global distribution of ecosystems
2.1.3 - Location of tropical rainforests
2.1.4 - Location of coral reefs
2.1.5 - Case studies: tropical rainforest and coral reef
2.2.1 - Uneven global development
2.2.2 - Causes of uneven development
2.2.3 - Case study of an LIDC/EDC
2.2.4 - Global urban population growth
2.2.5 - Rapid urbanisation in LIDCs
2.2.6 - LIDC/EDC city case study
2.3.1 - Climate change over time
2.3.2 - Causes of climate change
2.3.3 - Consequences of climate change
2.3.4 - Global atmospheric circulation
2.3.5 - Causes of natural hazards
2.3.6 - Drought case study
3.1 - Cartographic skills
3.2 - Graphical skills
3.3 - Numerical and statistical skills
3.4 - Visual and textual source interpretation
3.5 - Fieldwork enquiry skills