This page contains loads of ideas and resources that I didn't know where to put! I've split it into sections:
One Off Lesson Plans/Mini Schemes of Work
Recording sound using Audacity
I do many assemblies so I know how time consuming they are. All of my assemblies are based on a PowerPoint. Please feel free to use or amend any of the resources below.
Consequences This one includes a video clip.
You might be able to find a use for this countdown timer.
I made an 'Akosombo Dam Deal or No Deal'. It's a nice starter to recap on previous work.
This is another starter in the form of Play Your Cards Right using TNCs.
Click here for a great website that makes online jigsaw puzzles of anything and adds a timer. This works really well as a starter, especially for introducing a new topic. Below are three starter activity puzzles that I use for introducing a new module on Coffee to year 9s. I get students to guess the topic of the new module by completing the puzzles in time.
Click here for a Geography aerial photography quiz that I recently made for the Bristol GA Committee. It's too hard for students, but you might be able to use it at some stage!
I have loads of G&T resources that I share through consultancy work. The following are useful if you are a tutor or G&T coordinator, but have nothing to do with geography!
Student Voice questionnaire - for those of you looking at this as a result of my presentation at the recent SW Gate conference, the user manual is also included.
One Off Lesson Plans/Mini Schemes of Work
These one off lessons are all here as I didn't know where else to put them! They're mainly aimed at year 9 as I've been working on improving GCSE uptake. I always teach lower set year 9 so you may have to differentiate some of the resources.
Year 9 module on diamond mining in Sierra Leone. I mashed together a whole load of resources that were already out there, including ideas from Juicy Geography and Global Eye. There are PowerPoints to lead you through each lesson and an IT activity to finish off with.
Year 9 mini scheme of work on the MSc Napoli. Again, this is a series of PowerPoints to highlight the environmental effects of the Napoli. There's a great video to accompany this on the geography at the movies website.
Year 9 lesson on Ghana. This is a one-off lesson that I created to incorporate elements of numeracy.
Year 9 mini scheme of work on superpowers (.rar format; to download as a .zip file, click here). This is mostly all my own work, so please credit me if you pass it on. I created superpower characters (which are intentionally stereotypical!) and a series of lessons to work through each country's strengths and weaknesses. The scheme finishes off with a moviemaker video activity.
GCSE lesson on Tropical Storms. This is a complete lesson plan using a PowerPoint with embedded video and other resources.
A Level lesson on Tourism in Rural Kenya. Another complete lesson plan with photo interpretation resources.
Personalised learning targets are really easy to set up. Most people create targets for students when they mark exam papers anyway, so why not use them?
Click here to see an example. The student names have been replaced with generic student numbers. The Excel spreadsheet contains a whole range of data about each student. The Word document contains a frame to make the data easier to understand. You then need to do a mailmerge in Word to link the data. It is unlikely that this file will download with the mailmerge still in place, but it can easily be re-linked.
This is such an easy thing to do and it has a huge effect on results. Students know exactly what they need to do and parents appreciate the depth of information available to them.
*COMING SOON - MAILMERGE STEP BY STEP INSTRUCTIONS*
Recording sound using Audacity
Audacity is free to download. It will record any sound coming from your computer, which you can then edit. I've used the programme loads to record radio programmes, which I've then edited down to suit my needs.
Click here to see an example of a radio 4 programme that I've edited down. The programme was discussing how many people live on a dollar a day, and what that figure means in reality. There is also a worksheet to go with this resource
Coming soon - write your own revision CDs with Visual Basic!
