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.
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.
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)
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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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A comprehensive 25 question worksheet and follow on activity for Green Planet, Tropical World (BBC Documentary). David Attenborough explores new filming techniques which allow us to enter the plants’ world and see it from their perspective and on their timescale. From fast-growing trees to flowers that mimic dead animals, this is a journey into a magical world that operates on a different timescale to our own.
The worksheet includes 25 different styled questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet, with timings for teachers. There is a differentiated follow on activity for students to complete to think further around this topic.
Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics:
Rainforest vegetation
Tropical plants
Photosynthesis
plant and animal interactions
Climate change
Deforestation
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Documentary to support Weather and Climate lessons.
A question and answer worksheet (and follow on sheet) to support A Perfect Planet - Weather (BBC Documentary). The programme explores how weather controls the distribution of freshwater around our planet. In turn, this shapes the lives of animals across the globe, leading to incredible diversity of species and habitats.
The worksheet has 20 questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary. To support staff a teacher answer sheet is included for staff unfamiliar with the topic. There is an additional differentiated worksheet to allow students to reflect further on their learning.
Documentary and worksheet cover the following topics:
Weather and climate
monsoons
drought
Ecosystems (including Amazon Rainforest and Gobi Desert)
Animal adaptation
Climate change
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A 20 question worksheet and follow on activity to support A Perfect Planet - Weather (BBC Documentary). The programme looks at how weather controls the distribution of freshwater around our planet. In turn, how this water shapes the lives of animals across the globe, rising to an incredible diversity of species and habitats.
The worksheet uses a variety of different questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary. A comprehensive answer sheet is included for staff who are unfamiliar with the documentary. There is a differentiated follow on sheet so students can reflect further on their learning.
Worksheet includes the following topics:
seasonal weather patterns
Global weather and climates
Advantages and disadvantages of different weather patterns
Ecosystems including Amazon Rainforest and the Gobi Desert
Benefits and risks of habitat change
Animal adaptation
Climate change
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BBC documentary: Asia
BBC documentary, currently on iPlayer.
Content: Asia has the longest coastline of any continent and the richest coral reefs on earth. Its seas are connected by some of the world’s most powerful currents and are home to over 60 per cent of all marine species. This groundbreaking film features the charismatic creatures of Asia’s oceans, from ocean giants in the big blue to tiny fish that climb trees.
How to use this resource: This worksheet is ready to use and has 23 questions covering 2 A4 sheets. The worksheet is set out to capture students attention for the full 45 minutes with a variety of question styles. There is a helpful teacher sheet included with timings and answers to each question to support non-subject specialists. Additionally, there is a follow on task to help orientate the south east of Asia (coral triangle).
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Earth’s Tropical Islands: Madagascar
BBC documentary, currently on iPlayer.
A question and answer worksheet based around the 50 minute documentary Madagascar Earth’s Tropical Islands episode 1. This documentary is about the how the ecosystem developed across a range of different habitats in Madagascar.
It could be used to support learning around ecosystems. animal habitats and adaptations or place specific study of Madagascar. Some discussion on how humans impact the landscape and deforestation. Can cover a lesson or used as a stand-alone homework.
I have included additional exam questions and tasks to complete at the end of the lesson or for a home learning activity.
Topics include:
ecosystems - desert, mountainous & rainforest
Madagascan wildlife
Weather and climate
Deforestation
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7 Worlds, 1 Planet: Australia
BBC documentary, currently playing on iPlayer.
A question and answer worksheet based around the 50 minute documentary seven worlds, one planet, Australia. This documentary is all about Australia and the harsh conditions it can presents to wildlife.
It could be used to support learning around ecosystems, animal habitats and adaptations or place specific study of Australia. Questions look at different environments across the country. Can cover a lesson or used as a stand-alone homework.
Topics include:
Animal habitat
climates an environment: mountain, jungle, desert
Adaptations for animals
Australia
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Hurricane Ida - documentary worksheet
A worksheet to support Earthstorm, Hurricanes episode 4 (Netflix Documentary).
This worksheet helps students explore the formation, preparations, impacts and aftermath of Hurricane Ida.
The worksheet has 11 questions and case study boxes to capture physical, economic, environmental and social impacts. The sheet is set out to capture students attention for the full 43 minutes of the hurricane documentary and helps them create a 1 page case study knowledge organiser.
This worksheet comes with a detailed answer sheet for teachers, including answers and timings.
Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics:
Hurricane Formation
Hurricane Track (path)
Impacts of Hurricane Ida
Aftermath of Hurricane Ida
Climate Change
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Seasonal Forests, Seasonal Change
A comprehensive 24 question worksheet for Green Planet, Seasonal World (BBC Documentary). David Attenborough explores new filming techniques which allow us to enter the plants’ world and see it from their perspective and on their timescale. Between the tropics and the frozen poles lies a region dominated by relentless change in the form of the four seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Each one presents plants with huge challenges, from ice and snow to raging fires; from intense competition to surprising enemies. To survive here plants must use strategy, deception and remarkable feats of engineering.
The worksheet includes 24 different styled questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet, with timings for teachers.
Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics:
Spring, summer, autumn and winter
Seasonal plants
Photosynthesis
Plant and animal interactions
Climate change
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Help your students get the most from episode 3 of the BBC documentary exploring mountain environments, using a comprehensive 21 question and answer worksheet.
David Attenborough explores frozen mountain habitats, found on every continent on Earth, and looks at the unique challenges for its surprising and remarkable life.
How to use this sheet
The worksheet has 21 questions that cover the full 50 minute documentary and comes with a detailed answer sheet with timings for teachers.
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Questions on the worksheet explore the following environments and topics:
• Mountain environments
• Animal adaptation
• Avalanches
• Extreme weather
• Climate change
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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.
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Questions on the worksheet includes the following topics:
Fresh water vegetation
Aquatic plants
Photosynthesis
Plant and animal interactions
Climate change
Salt water ecosytem - seagrass
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