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Head of Geog (Duncan John)

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Here to share Geography teaching resources and ideas. Head of Department since 2006. #geographyteacher . Google drive link here:

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Teaching rivers: this is the best single diagram I’ve used to support student understanding. Long profile, cross profile and key landforms. It’s linked above along with tasks and a black and white version which photocopies nicely. #geography #geographyteacher

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6-figure grid references: I made this using a Powerpoint table and lines. A good way to introduce 6 figures without 3rd/6th number estimation which can come later. Slides also have a link to the #SteveBackshall video with @OrdnanceSurvey . Link above. #geography #geographyteacher

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Fast fashion: Here’s a question sheet (+ answers) to go with Stacey Dooley’s documentary. Lots to analyse about the impact of cotton farms on the Aral Sea, and river pollution in Indonesia. Includes a ‘To what extent’ enquiry question. Resources linked above. #geographyteacher

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Drawing tectonic plate margins: I made this sheet to help students do simple line diagrams of the physical processes required in the AQA GCSE natural hazards topic. Based on the OUP textbook. Resource with animated gap-fill answers in shared folder. #geography #geographyteacher

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Geography in the news display: Here are 7 stories from 2023. Works well with each slide enlarged to A3. Including the title slide this fits on the classroom wall nicely as a grid of 8 tiles. Powerpoint file – see pinned tweet. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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China’s population: What’s happening 8 years after the 1-child policy ended? Sharing here a 2024 BBC News article edited onto 1 A4 page, question sheet, answers and video links. Plus a rare 1983 documentary clip from the early years of the policy. #geography #geographyteacher

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GCSE Geography 1 week to go! Here are 15 top tips for AQA Paper 1 on a single page (PDF printed 1x2). Plus a similar 1 page guide to recap the question command words. Link above. #aqageog #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Geography in the news display 2023 - updated: I’ve added a section about India becoming the world’s most populated country. This display works well with each slide enlarged to A3. Powerpoint file – see pinned tweet. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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GIS investigation: I made this worksheet to help students study Geographic Information System examples at ArcGIS. Step by step, without needing to sign in. Looks at earthquakes and megacities. Link above. Feedback welcome maybe from @Dav1dM0rgan ? #TeachWithGIS #geographyteacher

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Let’s go to the Geography GYM: Geog Your Memory. My students have been doing this starter a lot recently. Great idea inspired by many other teachers I follow here - thanks! Animated Ppt examples in shared folder. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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River fieldwork: I made this A4 sheet to help students collect data on width, bankfull width, wetted perimeter, depth, load particle size and velocity. Includes how to draw a cross-section and other data presentation example slides. Link above – KS4. #geography #geographyteacher

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Cayman Islands port plan: I turned the AQA GCSE 2023 pre-release topic into an enquiry for KS3 students. Lesson slides, key words, tasks, video clips and reading sheets in shared folder. Also includes a 9-mark assessment question with feedback codes. #geography #geographyteacher

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Map skills assessment: Includes symbols, grid references, distance, direction, treasure route, contour lines and general British Isles questions. Recommended to add OS map questions for your school’s local area. Files and mark scheme in KS3 folder. #geography #geographyteacher

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Mount St. Helens, USA: I always include the 1980 eruption in my volcano lessons. Pyroclastic flow events are rare so this is an interesting example. Case study sheet, video and sketch task in my shared folder, plus some personal photos I took in 2019. #geography #geographyteacher

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Command words – helping students understand each type for AQA GCSE Geography. This is a 1-page guide (PDF printed 2x1), with examples for the Paper 1 exam. PDF in shared resource folder linked in pinned tweet above. #geography #geographyteacher

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World population passes 8 billion: Here’s a lesson with a graph task displaying the increase from 1804 (1 billion) to 2022 (8 billion). Includes how to set up the graph paper! Lesson slides, videos and resources - see pinned tweet. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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GCSE AQA Paper 3 pre-release booklet: I made this 4-page extra research task about the Cayman Islands port expansion plan. Based on a 2019 BBC article, it includes boxes for students to note key points, plus a YouTube video. Link above. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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The seven continents: In my experience most Year 7s need a recap, or sometimes haven’t had the chance to learn them at all. Ppt slides, A4 continents sheet and ‘stand up when you see’ activity in shared folder. Includes how to say Oceania! #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Geography gold: Four times where wave-cut platforms have featured in past GCSE questions on coastal landforms. With model answers in red animated on each slide. Credit: AQA, Edexcel. In shared folder. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

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Geography gold: I really like these hydrograph questions because they feature some useful landscape drawings to help understanding. Link in pinned post. Credit: OCR GCSE B, 2015. #geography #geographyteacher #teachers

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GCSE Geography Paper 3 (AQA) – five days to go: Sharing here some example questions and model answers for Question 4 – general fieldwork section. Link in pinned post. #teachers #aqageog #geography #geographyteacher

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6-figure grid references continued: Here’s a way to move onto 3rd/6th number estimations, with one grid square reminding students that squares are divided into tenths. Slides also have a link to the ace @SteveBackshall video with @OrdnanceSurvey . Link above. #geographyteacher

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A-Level Geography statistics - teaching standard deviation: Here’s a worked example for a question about tropical storms. The ppt slides are animated step-by-step and include analysis points. Source: AQA AS 6-marker 2019. File link above. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Teaching map scale: Here’s a way to break down what we mean by 1:25 000 then show examples for 1km, 750m, 500m and 250m drawn on a simple practice grid. Followed by consolidation questions. Link in pinned post - KS3 folder. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Beach profile data presentation: This example compares fieldwork data from Swanage Bay and nearby Studland Bay. A single beach angle recording as shown here can help keep things simple if you have large groups. Includes template and example analysis. Link above. #geographyteacher

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GCSE Geography top tips and command words: 15 key things to remember followed by advice on how to tackle each command word. With examples specific for AQA Paper 1. File link above. #geography #geographyteacher

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Is life in Kibera improving? Here’s a reading sheet and photo task about one of the world’s biggest informal settlements. Includes a video about local man Kennedy who had the idea of making an aerial pipe system to improve water supplies. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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HS2 lesson update: Sharing here an A4 reading sheet, maps showing the route changes, lesson slides/tasks and eight news video links. File link in pinned post. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

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A-Level Geography statistics: Chi-squared test. Here’s a worked example for an Edexcel question on beach sediment size. Resource and animated slides in shared folder. See recent tweets for Spearman’s rank and standard deviation examples. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Geography gold: Coastal features sketch drawing. This beauty from a past GCSE exam shows a headland, cliffs, cave, arch, stack, stump and a beach. In shared folder along with the model answer I wrote. Figure credit: AQA. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

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Atlas skills (continued): With this task sheet students learn more about continents, then try to name 10 countries based on their outlines. Includes answer slide and extra questions for quicker workers. Powerpoint file in shared folder. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Hurricane preparedness: Ways of reducing the hazard - Actions by the State of Florida. With Hurricane Milton in the news, here’s a teaching resource from a GCSE exam figure. Thoughts and prayers with all those affected. Credit: Eduqas. Link above. #geography #geographyteacher

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How Japan tackles its earthquake challenge: This A4 sheet is in my shared drive. It's from a 2011 BBC article, and I still use it today teaching hazard responses. Links with this video of a school earthquake drill: #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Geography gold: The formation of a spit. These diagrams from a past GCSE exam paper help break down the steps in a straightforward way. Boosts understanding of coastal landforms. Credit: AQA Spec A physical 2017 foundation tier. Link above. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

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GCSE Geography pre-release glossary: This is a 1-page sheet/slide to help students with most of the key words used in the AQA Paper 3 2023 pre-release booklet on the Grand Cayman port plan. File in shared folder. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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2021 Census enquiry: Students really get into investigating local statistics. Here’s a simple worksheet using the ONS website. This example looks at wards in Hillingdon and can easily be edited for other areas. Useful KS3-5. Link above. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Coastal fieldwork bi-polar analysis: This method helps students judge erosion and management from one extreme to the other, scored 1-10. Data presentation bars can then be added to a base map. Example here for Swanage Bay and Studland Bay. Link above. #geography #geographyteacher

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Geography gold: Glaciation can be a tricky concept to teach. I found these simple and effective diagrams in a GCSE foundation paper from 2011 (AQA). Useful to explain a U-shaped valley. Resource in shared folder. #geography #geographyteacher #teachers

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Past exam papers can be a treasure trove for lesson planning. This figure (credit @AQA ) is an absolute cracker and recycled here for a flood management activity. Works well solo or in pairs. Slides/resources in shared KS3 folder. #geography #geographyteacher #geogchat

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GCSE Geography AQA Paper 2 – one week to go: Sharing here some past paper questions with advice and model answers. Section A – Urban issues and challenges. From the 2018 past paper. File link above (33 marks total). #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

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GCSE Geography model answers: With 5 days to go until AQA Paper 1, here are some past paper questions with example responses. Section A – The challenge of natural hazards. From the 2018 past paper. File link above. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

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Sunday Times best places to live: This can be a good starter for the Changing Places topic (AQA KS5). Discussing the winners helps students consider internal/endogenous factors, sense of and perceptions of place. 2017-2023 file link above. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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4-figure grid references: lesson slides available to help build the skill. Includes whole-class multiple choice section to check understanding. Slides also have a link to the great video made by @SteveBackshall with @OrdnanceSurvey . Link above. #geography #geographyteacher

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Geography gold: How human activity can affect the natural world. Here are four of the most thought-provoking cartoons and drawings I found sifting through past exam papers. Credits: OCR, Eduqas, Pearson Edexcel. Link above. #geography #geographyteacher #teachers

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Geography gold: Dramatic eroding coastline photos to use in class, from various past exam papers. In shared folder – link in pinned post. Credit: AQA, Pearson/Edexcel. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

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Pothole Geography: This BBC News article explains the freeze-thaw weathering process very clearly. The pothole issue can then be linked to helping students understand coastal processes. Ppt slides link in pinned post. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

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Should Heathrow add a third runway? A key issue which returns to the news every few years. This lesson uses BBC maps and reports to debate the suggestion for a 2nd runway at Gatwick vs a 3rd at Heathrow involving an M25 tunnel. Link above. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Geography gold: Old Harry Rocks featuring in past GCSE exam papers. Includes a cracking field sketch of the Dorset landmark. In shared folder – link in pinned post. Credits: OCR and Edexcel. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

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Geography gold: Tropical storm distribution maps found in past GCSE exam papers. Plus a useful table explaining the Saffir-Simpson hurricane scale. Credits: AQA, Eduqas, WJEC. Link above. #geography #geographyteacher #teachers

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Teaching hydro-electric power: This is my effort at a cross-section diagram to explain a HEP dam. Sometimes just a simple drawing can be an effective way to explain key concepts like renewable energy. Powerpoint slide linked above. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Geography gold: In my trawl through past exam papers, here’s the best sketch map I found of the classic discordant coastline around Swanage in Dorset. In shared folder – link in pinned post. Credit: AQA. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

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Geography gold: A collection here of river valley photos. From AQA, Eduqas and Edexcel past GCSE exam papers. In shared folder. #geography #geographyteacher #teachers

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Australia’s Water Wars: Sharing here a guided question sheet for the BBC 'Our World' documentary about water conflicts in the Murray-Darling river basin. Useful for AQA A-Level Resource Security topic and other specs. Includes answers and video link. #geography #geographyteacher

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Coastal management fieldwork: Sharing here a simple place-check survey sheet. Students record what they see then add further details. File link above – GCSE folder. #geography #geographyteacher #teachers

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Geography gold: Four times when cracking coastal spit diagrams / sketch maps have appeared in past exam papers. Handy for teaching physical geography. In shared folder – link in pinned post. Credits: AQA, Pearson/Edexcel, Eduqas. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

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Geography gold: Ecosystem distribution maps. Hot desert, tropical rainforest, temperate deciduous forest, tundra and polar. Figure credit from past GCSE exam papers: AQA. Link above. #geography #geographyteacher #teachers

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Grid reference reindeer: Make your own Rudolph – this can be a fun term-ender for younger students. Remember the phrase, ‘Along the corridor then up the stairs’ to plot the points. In KS3 folder. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Mid-Atlantic Ridge: This video tells the story of Marie Tharp’s ocean floor maps. Initially dismissed as ‘girl talk’, Marie’s work became crucial to the acceptance of plate tectonics. Useful in teaching the constructive plate margin. In GCSE folder. #geography #geographyteacher

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Responses to Japan’s 2011 tsunami: Floating survival pods are always something which students remember. Here are some videos showing the pods and extra tsunami walls being built, plus a reading/task sheet about the event. File link above. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Geography gold: Looking through past exam papers can provide some useful figures to add to lesson slides or worksheets. Four coasts examples here – in shared folder. #geography #geographyteacher

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Indian Ocean tsunami: Sharing here a ‘What happened next?’ video from 2004 and several tasks I use to teach this event. Includes how a warning system was built in 2005, which students then evaluate looking at the 2018 Indonesia tsunami. Link above. #geography #geographyteacher

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Longshore drift diagram: here’s my effort at explaining this key process of coastal transportation. Includes a gap fill paragraph. Powerpoint slides with colour and black and white versions in shared folder - link above. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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GCSE Geography pre-release 2023: If you teach the AQA specification, here are 56 key knowledge questions on the resources booklet and the Grand Cayman port plan. Includes a few extra Qs using the BBC Cayman Islands profile. Link above. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Coastal management fieldwork: Here’s a way to do a simple beach width measurement on both sides of a groyne, then present a beach width graph using a base map and graph paper. Link above - GCSE folder. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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GCSE Geography Paper 3 general fieldwork questions: Sharing here 7 examples with model answers to help prepare students for question 4 of the AQA exam. The model answers appear animated on the Powerpoint slides. File link in pinned tweet. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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GCSE Geography Paper 2 (AQA) is up next: Sharing again here a guide to explain the command words/phrases, with an example for each specific to Paper 2. Plus 15 general tips. Both resources print on 1 page (PDF 1x2). Link above. #aqageog #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Five days until GCSE Geography Paper 2 (AQA): Here are some more past paper model answers, this time for Section B – The changing economic world. Includes advice on how to approach each question. From 2018 past paper. Link in pinned post. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

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Visualising birth rates: Following previous post about China’s population 8 years after the 1-child policy ended, I added some slides to explain the birth rate changes. This uses 1000 squares to represent 1000 people, with birth rates shown in blue. #geography #geographyteacher

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A-Level Geography statistics - teaching Spearman’s rank: This is a worked example for a question about earthquakes. Worksheet and guided Ppt slides in shared folder. Source: WJEC. See also June 2 tweet for an example on standard deviation. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Teaching direction (continued): Students can try using a compass, draw a labelled diagram, watch Steve Backshall’s videos, give ship directions, then finally create their own treasure route map. Link above (KS3 folder). #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Geography gold: Tectonic plate maps of Iceland and the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, from past exam papers. In shared folder – link in pinned post. Credits: Edexcel, AQA. #geography #geographyteacher #teachers

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Detroit: A popular case study for Changing Places at A-Level. Here are some video links and news reports useful to tell the story, from the Ford Model T to the 2013 bankruptcy, to the city ‘rebirth’ linked to developments at Michigan Central Station. #geography #geographyteacher

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What is climate change? A really simple guide. Sharing here a 1-page A4 reading sheet I edited from the BBC News article. File link in pinned post. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher Full article here:

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Longshore drift diagrams (continued): The best exam figure I’ve found over the years is this illustration from AQA GCSE Geography, Foundation tier 2011. Powerpoint slides and resources in shared GCSE folder. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Teaching water flows and the water cycle: Here’s one of the best exam paper figures I’ve found to explain hydrology basics. This diagram gets used a lot! Resource linked in pinned tweet (GCSE folder). Credit: Edexcel AS Geog 2013. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Geography gold: These diagrams really help explain freeze-thaw weathering in a straightforward way. From a GCSE Foundation exam paper (AQA 2016). Students had to add labels to explain the process. #geography #geographyteacher

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Geography exam date poster for summer 2024 (AQA): I add this in the corner of the whiteboard, enlarged to A3. Also assists with a countdown of days to each exam. See pinned post for the file. #aqageog #geography #geographyteacher

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Coastal erosion worksheet and video: Considering why there is a ‘managed retreat’ policy at Happisburgh in Norfolk. Includes an old video of Griff Rhys Jones on Beach Road in 2005 and a 2014 exam map. 2023 photos from the village shared last tweet. #geography #geographyteacher

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Hoover Dam: Here’s a storyboard task for this famous example of renewable energy. Most students like drawing diagrams, and they are surprised to learn that the Colorado River was put into diversion tunnels. Link above. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Geography gold: I found a few more handy figures for teaching glaciation. From OCR, AQA and Edexcel past exam papers. Link in pinned post. #geography #geographyteacher

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Svalbard in the news: From 2025 cruise ships will only be able to carry up to 200 tourists, and ships will need to stay at least 150m from walruses. Reading sheet in shared folder. Handy for AQA GCSE cold environment case study (Living World topic). #geography #geographyteacher

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Fieldwork statistics skills: Here’s a worked example for median, mode, range and interquartile range. Worksheet with guided answer slide in shared GCSE folder. #geography #geographyteacher #aqageog #edutwitter

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Where can Geography take me? This editable display is in my shared drive (pinned tweet). Students often stop to have a look! The ppt file contains a template to add examples of Sixth Formers who’ve gone on to study the subject at Uni. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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The Geography of HS2: How might the high speed rail project affect places along the route? A4 reading sheet, maps, video links and pros/cons table for class discussion in shared drive (see pinned tweet). #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Head of Geog (Duncan John)

@HeadofGeog

18 days

Geography gold: A handy table to explain the Richter Scale of earthquake magnitude, from a past GCSE exam paper. Minor, light, moderate, strong, major and great, with descriptions and frequencies. Credit: WJEC. #geography #geographyteacher #teachers

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Head of Geog (Duncan John)

@HeadofGeog

11 months

Wolves in Yellowstone National Park: This story helps explain the concept of ecosystem balance at the start of the GCSE topic Living World (AQA). Sharing here a 1-page reading sheet, opinion line task and 2 x video links. See pinned post for files. #geography #geographyteacher

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Head of Geog (Duncan John)

@HeadofGeog

8 days

Demographic Transition Model: This rollercoaster-themed video from BBC Bitesize is really useful to help teach the concept. Slides in shared folder, and video link here: #geography #geographyteacher

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Head of Geog (Duncan John)

@HeadofGeog

29 days

Geography gold: Four examples of food web diagrams from past exam papers. In shared folder. Credits: AQA, Pearson Edexcel. #geography #geographyteacher #teachers

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Head of Geog (Duncan John)

@HeadofGeog

2 years

High Seas Treaty by @UN : I turned the @BBCNews article into a 3-page school handout. Includes boxes for students to note key points, plus a @YouTube link. Useful in particular for AQA A-level Global Governance topic. Link above. #edutwitter #aqageog #geography #geographyteacher

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Head of Geog (Duncan John)

@HeadofGeog

5 months

GCSE Geography Paper 2 (AQA) – three days to go: Sharing here some more past exam paper model answers. This time Question 3, part of Section C – ‘The challenge of resource management.’ Source: 2018 past paper. Link in pinned post. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

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Head of Geog (Duncan John)

@HeadofGeog

1 month

Geography gold: Trawling through past exam papers I found an artist’s impression of the changing UK high street. Credit: Eduqas GCSE A 2022. Artist unknown but thanks for your work which is stimulating classroom debate. In shared folder. #geography #geographyteacher #teachers

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Head of Geog (Duncan John)

@HeadofGeog

1 year

Where in the world is that toilet? This quiz is a useful discussion point in development studies. Sourced from the Dollar Street section of the Gapminder website. Powerpoint with quiz answers – link above. Just a bog standard lesson. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Head of Geog (Duncan John)

@HeadofGeog

1 year

Is the world doing better than you think? I made this lesson a few years ago thanks to the work of Hans Rosling along with a BBC article. Really helps to emphasise hope and development progress. Link above. See to learn more. #geography #geographyteacher

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Head of Geog (Duncan John)

@HeadofGeog

11 months

US-Mexico border: Sharing here a 2-page reading resource edited from the Newsround website along with a question sheet. Includes photos to discuss and a video clip from North America with Simon Reeve (BBC). Link in pinned post-KS3 folder. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Head of Geog (Duncan John)

@HeadofGeog

2 years

How to draw a population Top 10 graph: This works best in my experience when students present data to the nearest 10 million so all countries sit neatly on a line of the graph paper. Extra task to show the Top 15 then the UK in 21st place. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Head of Geog (Duncan John)

@HeadofGeog

2 years

Flood management activities (continued): here are some more slides from this lesson. @EnvAgency flood risk postcode checker is really engaging for students. Plus flood strategy diagram labelling and a @BBCNews video. Folder link above. #geographyteacher #geography #geogchat

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Head of Geog (Duncan John)

@HeadofGeog

2 years

More Ordnance Survey map symbols: This works best in my experience when you let the class try to work them out, then show a picture to explain each symbol (examples below). For the full lesson Powerpoint and resources – see pinned tweet. #geography #geographyteacher

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Head of Geog (Duncan John)

@HeadofGeog

1 year

Body map: This can be a fun way to explain the Equator, the Prime Meridian, and the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Hemispheres (KS3 atlas skills). Lesson slides and resources – link in pinned post. #edutwitter #geography #geographyteacher

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Head of Geog (Duncan John)

@HeadofGeog

2 years

Volcanoes in Hawaii: Sharing here a way for younger students to draw a simple diagram of a hotspot to learn about volcanoes such as Kilauea. Lesson slides, maps, several video links and an extra reading sheet from BBC News in pinned tweet -KS3 folder. #geography #geographyteacher

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