A revision sheet that summarises the strategies to reduce the development gap as part of the changing economic world unit in the 8035 GCSE Geography course (AQA).
Can be used as a standalone activity or with the blue GCSE AQA Geography textbook. Ideal for revision or as use as a long-term catch up activity for students with poor attendance.
Best enlarged onto A3 when printed.
This is a revision summary sheet for Paper 1 of the AQA 8035 geography specification.
It includes an overview of what a natural hazard is and a summary of why hazard risk varies.
It also includes a section on tectonic hazards, which includes:
distribution
plate tectonic theory
plate margins
It does not include earthquakes or volcano formation in detail, or named examples of tectonic hazards or how to reduce the risk of tectonic hazards.
Perfect for quick revision and to summarise key information.
**For which specification? **= AQA Geography (8035)
**Specification Link? **= Paper 2 – Changing Economic World
This x13 slide powerpoint provides a useful summary of the content on the case study for Section B of Paper 2. It is matched to the 8035 AQA GCSE Geography specification.
If this powerpoint is printed as a 2 slide handout, each powerpoint slide can be cut out and forms a very handy one-sided summary flashcard for students to use. These can then be treasury tagged together to form a set of flashcards to revise from.
Included:
• Case study of a LIC/NEE - India
• Tourism - India
Three board games (made on publisher) for Paper 1 of the 8035 GCSE Geog. Sepcification.
One board game for Section A (Natural Hazards), one board game for Section B (Living World) and one board game for Section C (Rivers and Coasts only).
The board games include some questions focused around named examples and case studies, however these can be very easily adapted in publisher by just changing the names to those relevant to your school/department
Case studies and examples included:
Board Game 1:
Chile earthquake (2010)
Nepal earthquake (2015)
Typhoon Haiyan
Somerset Levels Floods (2014)
Board Game 2:
Freshwater pond ecosystem
Malayisa (TRF)
Sahara (Hot Desert)
Board Game 3:
Swanage coastline for coastal landforms
Holderness coastline for management
Boscastle floods
A two page handout, which can be printed double sided, for parents of Year 11 or Year 10 students outlining:
structure of GCSE Geography (AQA) course
dates of final exams
resources and revision guides that can provide support
space for entering students mock grades
space for entering targets for students
The handout comes as a powerpoint document so therefore can be edited.
A joint bundle of handouts for parents. One set includes an option evening handout which is helpful to outline the GCSE AQA Geography course for parents and students. The second set is a handout for use at parents’ evening for GCSE Geography students.
Both can easily be adapted as they come as powerpoint documents.
Starter questions
A range of explanation slides
A range of short knowledge focused tasks
Opportunity for exam practice at the end
Stretch/challenge tasks on each power-point slide.
Lesson is designed for 55-65 minute lessons.
*Lesson will require students to have access to the GCSE Geography AQA Student Book (GCSE Geography AQA 2016) Paperback – 28 April 2016
A worksheet covering green spaces, energy conservation and water conservation in helping to make urban areas more sustainable.
Designed to be used with the GCSE Geography AQA Oxford textbook.
Questions are based on using the pages in relation to sustainable urban living (part 1).
A handout which can be given out to parents and guardians at parents evenings. Easily adaptable. Version included is for Year 8.
Handout includes sections on:
what is my child studying this year?
what support is available?
what can I do as a parent to support my child?
how do I know if my child is progressing?
to improve in geography I need to…
Worksheet designed to be used with the blue/Oxford textbook for AQA GCSE Geography (pages 240-241 )
Covers the following:
impacts of industry
Tor Quarry and how it is becoming more sustainable.
A simple worksheet which outlines the main threats to biodiversity in the tropical rainforest. Students have to colour code each of the threats into in-direct or direct.
A scaffolded mind-map worksheet which is designed to be used with pages 172-173 of the Oxford University Press textbook ‘GCSE Geography AQA’.
The worksheet is design to give a simple structure to guide students on retrieving key information from the material in the above textbook.
Two summary revision sheets on Bristol as a UK city and on urban sustainability as part of the 8035 GCSE Geography course.
Perfect for revision, cover or catch-up for students with long-term absence.
Advise would be to enlarge to A3 when printing.
Three board games (made on publisher) for Paper 2 of the 8035 GCSE Geog. Sepcification.
One board game for Section A (Urban Issues and Challenges), one board game for Section B (Changing Economic World) and one board game for Section C (Challenge of Resource Management, with a focus on water).
The board games include some questions focused around named examples and case studies, however these can be very easily adapted in publisher by just changing the names to those relevant to your school/department
Case studies and examples included:
Board Game 1:
Bristol as a UK city
Rio de Janeiro as a city in an NEE
Board Game 2:
India as a country in an NEE
Tourism in India
Board Game 3:
South to North Transfer Scheme in China for large scale water
Ice Stupas in Ladakh for sustainable water supplies
A worksheet designed to be used with the GCSE Geography AQA Student Book (GCSE Geography AQA 2016) Paperback – 28 April 2016.
Perfect to consolidate key knowledge quickly using the textbook pages on Rio’s environmental challenges. Worksheet also includes an optional challenge column to stretch the most able.
A set of three worksheets:
Food Crisis in South Sudan - includes location, causes and impacts.
Health inequalities between India and Japan
Water inequalities in the Middle East and grey water in Jordan - causes and impacts.
A lesson designed for Year 7 which introduces the different types of resources and the concept of sustainability.
Includes the following:
key terms and definitions (inc. non-renewable, renewable)
identify and naming the different types of resources
video link to sustainability (in notes of powerpoint)
gap fill explanation paragraph on linking sustainability and resources
MS Forms quiz to assess progress (in notes of powerpoint)
Each extended independent task has a challenge.