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Earth Overshoot Day: The date when demand on natural resources surpasses the planet’s capacity to regenerate them for the given year. The website says humanity is using the resources of 1.7 Planet Earths, and in 2024 Overshoot Day fell on August 1. #geography #geographyteacher

Resource production and consumption: Here are a few slides, tasks and video links about crude oil. Useful for AQA GCSE Geography Paper 2C on resource management. Link in pinned post. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

Taking a bath in crude oil: This classic and dramatic clip from the BBC’s Planet Oil is still available online and helps discuss the nature and importance of this key resource. With geologist Iain Stewart. More details in previous post. #geographyteacher bbc.co.uk/programmes/art…

Globalisation factors: Meta’s sub-sea internet cable plan. Sharing here a sheet edited from BBC news. “More than 95% of internet traffic is through undersea cables.” Handy for AQA A-level Global Systems and works well with a visit to Submarine Cable Map website. #geographyteacher

Levee and flood plain formation: Here’s a peach of a diagram I found in a past exam paper. Useful because it shows a cross-section to help explain both landforms. Includes model answers. PDF link above. Figure credit: Edexcel. #geography #geographyteacher

Meander maths: Here’s a past exam question where students calculate the mean river speed across the channel in a fieldwork scenario. Also involves data analysis and rivers revision. Model answer in shared folder - link above. Credit: OCR. #geography #geographyteacher #teachers

High Force waterfall: Here’s a lovely question from an old GCSE Foundation paper, which offers a nice way to discuss the features of this impressive landform. File in shared folder. Credit: AQA. #geography #geographyteacher

Which direction was the photographer facing? This is the most helpful example I can find for this type of question which many students find tricky. Meanders with the power station in the background - must be looking east. Credit: Eduqas. Link above. #geography #geographyteacher

River Severn map: This simple figure from a past exam paper helps illustrate that rivers often start in upland areas as they start their downhill journey. It also helps discuss tributaries and flood risk. In shared folder, with Q&A. Credit: Eduqas. #geography #geographyteacher

Another cracking River Severn map: This time showing the upper course with a land height key and tributaries. Map along with questions and answers from an Eduqas past GCSE paper - in shared folder. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

Floodplain zoning: A handy diagram here found in a past GCSE exam paper. Useful to discuss this “soft engineering” approach to flood management. File link in pinned post. Figure credit: Eduqas. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

Flood risk checker: Here’s a step by step guide for students to research flood risk for where they live, their school and other postcode areas. Task sheet in shared folder – all resources linked in pinned post. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

Urban growth cartoon: This is a handy discussion starter when starting units on urban change. Found in a past GCSE exam paper from Edexcel. In shared folder. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

A-level Geography skills: I was commissioned by AQA to write this guide booklet available FREE on the exam board’s website. A few sample screenshots shown here and you can access the whole document via this link: aqa.org.uk/subjects/geogr… #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

Race to the South Pole: My personal favourite Geography lesson. Here’s how I introduce the story with a 1-page reading sheet, travel strategy discussion and diagrams, then a true/false recap quiz. Link above. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

South Pole movie review: I edited some clips from “Scott of the Antarctic” to help teach the 1911-12 Race to the South Pole. As well as learning the heroic story, students enjoy discussing the high quality of film-making in 1948. In shared folder. #geography #geographyteacher

GCSE Geography countdown: With two days to go until Paper 1, I’m sharing again here my 15 top tips and command word advice. Both fit on a single page (PDF printed 1x2). With examples specific for AQA. File link above. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

Captain Scott leadership debate: I researched this one-page reading sheet to hopefully encourage a balanced discussion on the famous 1911-12 South Pole story. In shared folder. See previous posts for more. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

GCSE Geography Paper 2 – five days to go! In my shared folder (link in pinned post) you’ll find several AQA past paper questions with model answers to help last-minute revision. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher

GCSE Geography Paper 3: Four days to go. Here’s a 1-page glossary to help students tackle the unseen fieldwork questions (Q4) and write about their personal fieldwork (Q5) (AQA specific). PDF in shared folder. #teachers #geography #geographyteacher