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An extended powerpoint that includes a large range of activities all to do with exploring the problem of the fashion industry, based around the recent BBC documentary ‘Fashion’s Dirty Secrets’. Activities can be taken from it to make 1-2 lessons, or if watching the documentary, it could be used as a mini scheme of work. Contents: Video - slides and worksheet to accompany the documentary ‘Fashion’s Dirty Secrets’; Impacts – a statement sorting activity around the environmental, social and economic impacts of the fashion industry Glossary activity - key words and terminology from the documentary Persuasive writing activity – persuading an MP to act on the fashion industry Mapping fashion activity – plotting the areas affected by the fashion industry Bar chart activity – plotting the world’s biggest textile exporters Role play activity – looking at each person’s opinion from all aspects of the fashion industry Campaign – create and design a new item of clothing that is ecofriendly Sweatshops – a series of activities based around another controversial aspect of the fashion industry: sweatshops and child labour

A powerpoint that includes a wide variety of activities to do with thinking about our plastic usage and how we can reduce it. The first activity is based on the BBC’s recent documentary ‘Drowning in plastic’. The other activities are based on reading and analysing text, persuasive writing, plotting plastic waste on a map, drawing a bar chart of biodegrade times, and role plays and creative activities to do with designing new purposes for plastic bottles. All resources and worksheets are included within the ppt. Resources created by The Planet Press, a teacher-written blog that encourages students to keep up to date with world environmental news

Lesson covers what maps are used for and how to read map symbols

Lesson covers what solar energy is, how it works, and where the best location for solar power is. Activities and worksheets included within the ppt.

This is a full 1-2 hour lesson which covers the features of the R. Severn from source to mouth, how the river changes, and potential fieldwork that could be done along it. Activities include making an A3 annotated map of the river, watching a detailed video, and completing virtual fieldwork questions (answers included). All worksheets and activities are included within the ppt.

Lesson covers an introduction to renewable energy and the basics of wind power, locations of wind farms, and the pros and cons of wind farms

KS3 Lesson covers the formation of coal and oil and includes a storyboard task with a peer assessed marking activity All resources included within the ppt

Lesson covers the meaning of population pyramids and how they vary Activities include matching pyramids and their descriptions to different stages of the DTM All resources included within the ppt

KS3 Describes instruments for measuring the weather (thermometer, rain gauge, wind vane, barometer etc) Scavenger hunt activity Beaufort scale activity Homework and plenary Activities and sheets included within the powerpoint

Lesson is focused around a series of skills questions that help students unravel how boosting and investing in the tourism industry can help countries like Jamaica to develop All activities and questions included within the ppt

KS3 Definition of extreme weather Examples of extreme weather Extreme weather mapping task, e.g. plot tornadoes in the USA (requires atlases) Extreme weather photos plenary - guess the caption

Summary information covering temperature, rainfall, animals, plants, and locations of six major world biomes (tundra, coniferous forest, deciduous forest, savanna, polar, and desert) Accompanying activity to summarise and locate biomes on a world map

Survey with questions that address a variety of aspects of your daily life and calculate a score to estimate how much carbon you produce Includes summary questions that address how you could alter your carbon footprint, and also question the validity/accuracy of the carbon footprint survey

KS3 Hurricane locations Hurricane formation video and sequence Hurricane fieldsketch and features Hurricane Katrina video Tweet plenary All activities and resources included within the ppt

Lesson covers Nigeria’s recent industrial history and its transition from primary to secondary to tertiary industry. Activities include describing tasks, a reading race and learning check. All resources included within the ppt

Lesson covers how to read points of the compass. Worksheets included.

Lesson covers the UK’s global links, links to the Commonwealth, and links to the EU Activities include describing maps and coding statements into positives and negatives All resources included within the ppt

KS3 Recap of hurricane formation Video of effects Card sort effects activity Newspaper article writing activity (writing frame in separate document) Card sort activity included in ppt

Lesson covers Alaska’s location and development opportunities including oil, fishing, mining, and tourism Activities include describing locations, reading text, coding information and summarising All worksheets and resources are included at the end of the ppt

An engaging lesson that uses photographs and diagrams to show and explain how glacial landforms of erosion are formed. Lesson includes: A clear note-taking frame with photos/diagrams of each landform Definition and photo of a U-shaped valley (glacial trough) Diagrams and photographs to show how truncated spurs and hanging valleys are formed Photos and a diagram with word fill activity to explain how ribbon lakes are formed Summary quiz to check on learning All activities and worksheets are included within the powerpoint.