Mix and match Key terminology

Christina Kamali offers this mix and match grid to help youngsters get their key terminology sorted! Key terminology grid.

4 fig grid references

Lucy Wright, the Marches School, noticed that there aren't many map skills resources on SLN. Here is a lesson from Lucy on 4 figure grid references which starts with a chess scene from Harry Potter. (Scene 28 on the DVD). Lucy says it seems to work really well with her Y7 classes

Grid references PowerPoint and activity sheet (Publisher file)

End of term quizzes

An 'observation' quiz for end of term.... it isn't geography specific but it might help get them thinking! from Caroline Robinson, Billingham Campus School

Thank you Jane Veevers, Monmouth Comprehensive School, for these end of term PowerPoint quizzes.
20 flags                  20 questions

Here is an end of term quiz created by David Hancock - its in PowerPoint format; there are 5 rounds of 10 questions. Not all questions are geographical!

Weather and Climate

Types of rainfall PowerPoint for Y8 to be used by pupils, from Brian Mulrennan, St Ambrose College in Trafford.

Why do climates vary? is a visual presentation from Alex Prior, Court Moor School, Fleet, Hampshire.

This PowerPoint presentation will help your students understand how to draw and analyse their climate graphs. Luke Sparkes, Corpus Christi Catholic College, Leeds

GeoFacts and GeoWords

Following a thread on the SLN forum about Geofacts Claire Hales' GeoFacts can be downloaded here.

Jodi John, The British School, Manila, has sent these Geo Facts of the Week and GeoWords of the Week (enough for a different one each week, including the holidays!)

Food and farming

2007 - 2008 is the year of Food and Farming, so it is timely that we think about how and where our food is produced and how it reaches the shelves and our kitchens! Anna Moverley,  Quintin Kynaston School in London, has sent in a Food Miles PowerPoint and accompanying pupil response sheet.

Simon Derrick recommends this website which is promoted on packs of pineapple from Waitrose and lets you find out about the farm where the product comes. The website is called Caretrace and the link is www.waitrose.caretrace.com I think it would be a great idea for kids to bring pineapple into school and then use the site to learn about where it comes from!

Andy Wilson, Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Ashbourne, Derbyshire and 3 other teachers, travelled to the Windward Islands with FACE to investigate Fairtrade in the Banana Industry. As a result they have produced creative resources for Windwards bananas The work is now complete and is well worth looking at.

Websites to support your work on food and farming include Year of Food and Farming  and DEFRA

Summer Holidays

Chris Kelly, Head of Geography at Charles Edward Brooke School, Lambeth offers these activities to engage pupils at the start of the term after the holidays!

Teachers' notes explain the background and purpose of the materials.
Competition sheets
Flyers for Geography poster
Key questions for poster
Greek Forest Fires
Tornado in UK
Typhoon in China
Weblinks for summer events
 

Millennium Development Goals

Sarah Hack, formerly of Bishop Stopford's School, Enfield, shares her PowerPoint presentation to introduce students to the 8 Millennium Development Goals for 2015. The illustrations (I won't spoil what they are for you) were a huge source of discussion amongst her pupils - why had the artist chosen that design?  For homework Sarah asked them to design their own for one of the targets. Read more about the goals on the UN website.

Development Trumps

I've been using this game for several years and at a course today in Glasgow all of the other teachers I explained it to were very excited by its simplicity and urged me to let others know.  The idea is here. Doug Anderson, Blairgowrie High School
 

Virtual Severn

James has sent a virtual fieldtrip down the River Severn PowerPoint. It's a large file (14 Mb) and is designed for the students to work with it in "normal view" - it is not designed for slide show view although it would be great on an interactive whiteboard!

James Hoyle, Joseph Leckie Community Technology College

How to make a river basin

Illustrated instructions of one way of making a miniature river basin.  The finished model shows the main features of a river basin.

Malcolm Kennedy is currently Head of Geography at Sacred Heart Catholic College, near Liverpool.

Quake in the classroom!

Malcolm Kennedy started his teaching career at St Peter's High School in Stoke; watch what happened during one lesson! 

Ecological Footprint quiz

Thanks to Emma Johns for starting us off! Following the thread Ecological Footprints Emma has sent a quiz which she used in an interview lesson. Download the quiz here.