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A specialist documentary resource shop featuring worksheets and challenge activities to support learning and thinking around educational documentaries. Resources are created by an experienced geography teacher and subject leader.
Climate Change - The Facts Documentary
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Climate Change - The Facts Documentary

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24 question worksheet with short follow on task to accompany BBC documentary series Climate Change - The Facts. Designed for use with a year 9 group studying climate change. A teacher answer sheet is provided and there is an optional extension exam task. Can also be used as a stand alone sheet or homework task. Key themes: global warming Climate change Fossil fuels Impacts (economic, social, environmental) Ways forward (international cooperation, renewables)
Zambezi River - Earths Great Rivers
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Zambezi River - Earths Great Rivers

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Documentary topic: Water, Rivers, Africa 24 question and answer sheet to accompany the BBC documentary Earth’s Greatest Rivers 2, episode 1, Zambezi River. Documentary follows the river’s course from source to mouth and looks at how animal and human life depends on the river. The worksheet has 24 questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet for teachers. There is a differentiated follow on worksheet for students to complete to think further around this topic. Designed for study alongside rivers unit, but equally could be used for students as part of a place based study in Southern Africa. Topics include: Fact file on the Zambezi upper, middle and lower course characteristics Human activity along the river Flooding Conservation and management Downloaded materials include all sheets in both Word and PDF formats. Find other documentary worksheets and the rest of this series at my shop
Planet Earth 3 - Coasts
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Planet Earth 3 - Coasts

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Documentary exploring coastal environments. This is a question and answer sheet to accompany the documentary Planet Earth 3: Coasts on BBC. Sir David Attenborough explores the dangerous frontiers created by the world’s coasts, where animals fight for survival amidst constant change. This worksheet focuses on changing coastal environments and includes the following topics: • Coastal ecosystems • Seasonal change – Arctic • Coastal predators – Namibia • Coastal sanctuaries – Canada • Protection - Mangrove Forests • Exposed coasts – Mexico • Climate Change This worksheet covers the full 50 minutes of the documentary. There are a variety of question types used to keep kids engaged and comes with a handy teacher answer sheet with guide times to support lesson planning. For worksheets to support other science and nature documentaries please see my shop.
Amazon River Documentary - Earth's Great Rivers
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Amazon River Documentary - Earth's Great Rivers

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Easy to use question and answer worksheet to accompany the BBC documentary Earth’s Greatest Rivers, Episode 1, The Amazon River. Questions span the full 50 minute length of the documentary. An answer sheet for teachers is provided. There is an optional challenge sheet (exam questions and mapping task) to round up ideas from this documentary. Used with a year 8 group studying rivers, but equally could be used for students as part of a place based study in Brazil for example. Topics include: Factfile on the Amazon River Upper, middle and lower course characteristics Indigenous views of the river Manaus Human activity along the river Flooding in the lower course Download will include all worksheets both in Word and PDF formats. Find other documentary worksheets and the rest of this series at my shop
Restoring Our Rivers - Our Changing Planet
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Restoring Our Rivers - Our Changing Planet

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Units: Rivers, Ecosystems, Restoration A comprehensive 27 question worksheet for Our Changing Planet, Restoring our Rivers (BBC Documentary). Documentary details This documentary investigates efforts to protect and revive our dying rivers. Two ambitious river restoration projects are aiming to bring life back to the Klamath in northern California and the Seine in Paris, France. In both locations, presenters look at restoration efforts trialling ideas on how we restore river systems. The bundle includes The worksheet includes 27 different styled questions that cover the full hour long documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet, with timings for teachers. Worksheets are double sided and come in PDF and Word sheets. If you like this resource, please leave a review. Worksheets have been made for other episodes of this series and many other science and nature documentaries for BBC and Netflix, please view them here.
Savannah - Africa Documentary
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Savannah - Africa Documentary

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Question and answer worksheet to accompany BBC documentary series Africa, episode 2 - Savannah. Designed for use with a year 8 group studying grassland and savannah environments, but equally could be used for students as part of a place based study of Africa or ecosystems as questions focus on animal adaptations and climate. A teacher answer sheet is provided and there are optional challenge tasks including short exam based questions and atlas tasks to develop more detailed place based knowledge of savannah environments in Africa.
Wilderness with Simon Reeves - Congo
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Wilderness with Simon Reeves - Congo

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Help your students get to grips with the tropical rainforest environment of the Congo using this sheet to explore episode 1 of Wilderness with Simon Reeves - The Congo (BBC documentary). Students gain a greater understanding of the environment and the people who live within the Congo, watching while completing this ready to use question and answer sheet. Details on the programme Simon Reeve travels through the Congo, the second-greatest rainforest on earth. In one of the toughest journeys he’s ever undertaken, Simon travels five hundred miles across dense tropical jungle, heading for the region of Salonga, where he searches for one of the rarest and most iconic creatures on the continent - the bonobo **How to use this sheet ** The worksheet has 19 questions that cover the full 60 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet with timings for teachers. Questions on the worksheet explore the following environments and topics: • Tropical rainforest • Congo, East Africa • Ecosystems - plants, animals, climate • Animal adaptation • Deforestation This sheet comes ready to use and in both PDF and Word formats.
A Life on our Planet
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A Life on our Planet

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A question and answer worksheet to support David Attenborough: A Life on our Planet (Netflix). This film introduces students to the threats to biodiversity and loss of wilderness facing our planet, caused by human activity. David Attenborough outlines the threats that our planet are facing in different biomes before sharing key solutions, linked to case studies around the world. The documentary sheet has a variety of question types that covers the full 1.32 hour documentary. To support staff the worksheet includes timings for each question and a short guidance to help teachers provide breaking down the questions across different timed lessons. Special offer: If you leave a review, get a free resource from my store for free (see info below) Worksheet includes the following topics: Holocene Biodiversity Ecosystem Habitat Symbiosis Variety of marine and land ecosystems Climate change For a full lesson around this documentary and worksheets to support other science and nature documentaries please see my shop. * If you leave a review after downloading and using this resource please email me with your username and date of review. I will then send you one resource of your chice for free. Please contact docgeog@gmail.com to redeem this offer.*
Earthstorm: Volcanoes
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Earthstorm: Volcanoes

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Exploring Four Volcanoes - documentary worksheet A worksheet to support Earthstorm, Volcanoes episode 2 (Netflix Documentary). This worksheet helps students explore four case studies of volcanoes across the world. From Iceland to Italy, experts take an in-depth look and provide an inside look at four imposing volcanoes and how they impact the settlements around them. The worksheet has 21 questions and case study boxes to capture students attention for the full 43 minutes of the volcano documentary. This worksheet comes with a detailed answer sheet for teachers, including answers and timings for each section. Volcanoes: Fagradalsfjall, Iceland Campi Flegrei, Naples, Italy Cumbre Vieja, Canary Islands Masaya, Nicaragua Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics: Distribution of human settlements Research and mapping around volcanoes Impacts of eruptions Aftermath of volcanic eruptions For worksheets to support other science and nature documentaries please see my shop.
Planet Earth 3 - Deserts and Grasslands
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Planet Earth 3 - Deserts and Grasslands

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Documentary exploring desert and grassland environments. This is a question and answer sheet to accompany the documentary Planet Earth 3: Desert and Grassland on BBC. This worksheet focuses on the unexpected and evolving way that plants and animals have adapted to desert and grassland environments and includes the following topics: Desert and grassland ecosystems Symbiotic relationships Animal adaptations Climate change This worksheet covers the full 50 minutes of the documentary. There are a variety of question types used to keep kids engaged and comes with a handy teacher answer sheet with guide times to support lesson planning. For worksheets to support other science and nature documentaries please see my shop.
Sahara Desert - Africa Documentary
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Sahara Desert - Africa Documentary

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Question and answer worksheet to accompany BBC documentary series Africa, episode 5 - Sahara Desert. Designed for use with a year 8 group studying desert environments, but equally could be used for students as part of a place based study of Africa or ecosystems as questions focus on animal adaptations and climate. A teacher answer sheet is provided and there are optional challenge tasks on teacher sheet to round up ideas on animal adaptation and some short exam based questions. Could be used as a homework activity to round up ecosystems or Africa units.
The Nile Documentary - Earth's Great Rivers
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The Nile Documentary - Earth's Great Rivers

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The Nile River Easy to follow student worksheet to accompany the BBC documentary Earth’s Greatest Rivers, The Nile River. Questions cover the full 50 minutes of the documentary. There is a helpful teacher sheet with answers. The second page includes some exam style summarising questions and a mapping exercise. Designed for use with a year 8 group studying rivers, but equally could be used for students as part of a place based study in Egypt or Africa for example. Documentary length: 50 minutes (+10 mins how the programme was shot) Downloaded bundle includes Word and PDF formats of all sheets. Currently this documentary is on BBC iPlayer and Daily Motion.
Asia - The Frozen North
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Asia - The Frozen North

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BBC documentary: Asia - The Frozen North BBC documentary, currently on iPlayer. Content: Every year the northern half of Asia is transformed by snow and ice. This documentary explores how some remarkable creatures defy and thrive in some of the harshest conditions on Earth. How to use this resource: Ready to use worksheet, no prep required 20 questions to cover the full 48 minutes Helpful teacher sheet with answers and timings Short extension mapping task for independent work (with atlas provision) PDF and Word format files included. I specialise in worksheets to support science and nature documentaries across BBC iPlayer and Netflix. Check my shop to view materials to support other episodes in this series.
Breaking Boundaries: Science of Our Planet
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Breaking Boundaries: Science of Our Planet

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A 30 question worksheet and follow on sheet to support Breaking Boundaries: The Science of our Planet (Netflix Documentary). David Attenborough and scientist Johan Rockström examine Earth’s biodiversity collapse and how this crisis can still be averted. The programme explores the impacts on earth’s life support systems: our weather, our oceans and the living world. The worksheet has 30 questions that cover the full 1hr 15 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet for teachers. There is a differentiated follow on worksheet for students to complete to think further around this topic. Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics: Holocene Biosphere Freshwater Ocean acidification Energy use Extreme weather events - droughts Climate change Deforestation For worksheets to support other science and nature documentaries please see my shop.
River Danube - Earth's Great Rivers
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River Danube - Earth's Great Rivers

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Topics: Water, Rivers, Danube River 22 question and answer sheet to accompany the BBC documentary Earth’s Greatest Rivers 2, episode 2, Danube River. The documentary follows the river’s course from source to mouth and looks at how animal and human life depends on the River Danube. The worksheet has 22 questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet for teachers. There is a follow on worksheet with exam questions and mapping exercise for students to complete to think further around this topic. Designed for study alongside rivers unit, but equally could be used for students as part of a place based study in Europe. Topics include: Fact file on the the Danube Upper, middle and lower course characteristics Human activity along the river Flooding Conservation and management Downloaded bundle includes all sheets in both Word and PDF formats. Find other documentary worksheets and the rest of this series at my shop
Ganges Documentary
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Ganges Documentary

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Question and answer worksheet that goes with the BBC documentary: Sacred River with Simon Reeves - The Ganges. A geography focus on The Ganges River and how humans interact with the river basin. Looks at how the river landscape changes over time and the range of human activities taking place within the river system. This would be a good introduction to human use of a river or as a place based study on The Ganges. A teacher answer sheet has been provided with a short set of extension/ challenge questions. Could be used in classroom or for homework. Documentary: 1 hour long Topics covered: River landscape -changes India’s development Religion and Shiva Pollution
Seven Worlds, One Planet - Antarctica
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Seven Worlds, One Planet - Antarctica

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7 Worlds, 1 Planet: Antarctica BBC documentary, currently playing on iPlayer. A question and answer worksheet based around the 59 minute documentary seven worlds, one planet, episode 1. This documentary is all about Antarctica and the hostile conditions it presents to wildlife. It could be used to support learning around polar ecosystems, animal habitats and adaptations or place specific study of Polar and Arctic regions. A good amount of discussion on climate change in Antarctica. Can cover a lesson or used as a stand-alone homework. Topics include: animal habitat climate change southern ocean winter / spring seasons Find documentary worksheets to a full lesson on this topic or for other geography documentaries in my shop.
Green Planet Water World
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Green Planet Water World

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Environments covered: fresh water, coastal zone A comprehensive 20 question worksheet for Green Planet, Water World (BBC Documentary). David Attenborough explores new filming techniques which allow us to enter the plants’ world and see adaptations fresh water plants use to survive in their under water environments. The worksheet includes 20 different styled questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet, with timings for teachers. Please consider leaving a review for this resource. Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics: Fresh water vegetation Aquatic plants Photosynthesis Plant and animal interactions Climate change Salt water ecosytem - seagrass If you like this resource, please leave a review. Worksheets have been made for other episodes of this series and many other science and nature documentaries for BBC and Netflix, please view them here.
Peak District Documentary
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Peak District Documentary

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Tales from the National Park: The Peak District. Question and answer sheet to accompany the national park documentary: Tales from the National Park. This episode introduces the viewer to the conflict around green roads throughout the Peak District National Park. We see arguments for and against different uses and includes stakeholder views from local government, police, residents and leisure users. Could be used as an introduction to stakeholder conflict in National Parks or as a study of the Peak District. Teacher answer sheet also provided. Please consider reviewing this free resource. For other worksheets to support other science and nature documentaries please see my shop.
Lake District Documentary
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Lake District Documentary

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Tales from the National Parks: The Lake District. Currently found on YouTube and originally BBC iPlayer. Question and answer sheet to accompany the Lake District documentary: Tales from the National Parks. This episode introduces the viewer to the proposed zip line a across a valley in the Lake District. We see arguments for and against from different park users. Could be used as an introduction to stakeholder conflict in National Parks. Teacher answer sheet also provided. Please consider reviewing this free resource. For other worksheets to support science and nature documentaries please see my shop.