This lesson is part of Our World, a Geography unit designed for students in KS1 and lower KS2 (Y1-3), but can also be taught as a stand alone lesson. The presentation first helps students understand the concepts of ‘human’ and ‘natural’. It then takes them on a journey around the world and challenges them to identify human and natural features of our planet (e.g. mountains, airports). There are two associated activities: Group activity: Students match pictures of features of the world to their names and sort them into human and natural categories. Individual activity: Children identify photos of features of the world. Easier – Students identify features of the world (no writing). Harder – Students identify features of the world (writing). Extension – Students label each feature as human (H) or natural (N). If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.

This lesson is part of Investigating Rivers, a unit designed for upper KS2 (Y4-6). First the presentation looks at sources of water and highlights the importance of this critical resource. It then introduces the main processes of the water cycle including key concepts such as evaporation, condensation and precipitation. The activity then challenges students to label a diagram of the water cycle. It is differentiated three ways: Easier – Students have all the label clues. Medium – Students have only four label clues. Harder – Students have no label clues. Extension – Students complete a cloze procedure paragraph about the water cycle. If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.

This lesson is designed for KS2 children. It can be taught as a stand alone lesson but is also available as part of two wider units, both of which are available on TES: -Earthquakes -Volcanoes & Earthquakes N.B. Ideally children have a grounding in latitude and longitude prior to this lesson. The unit Understanding Latitude & Longitude is an ideal introduction to the topic. First the presentation introduces students to latitude and longitude and goes through how to find the coordinates of a point step-by-step. It then asks them to find the latitude and longitude of several world capital cities. The activity challenges students to locate the world’s biggest earthquakes using their latitude and longitude. It is differentiated three ways: Easier – Students locate 12 earthquakes using latitude and longitude. Medium – Students locate 15 earthquakes using latitude and longitude. Harder – Students locate 18 earthquakes using latitude and longitude. If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.

This lesson is part of Exploring the United Kingdom, a Geography unit designed for KS1 and lower KS2 (Y2-4). N.B. If students are new to compass directions, use Introduction to compass directions to introduce the topic prior to this lesson. First the presentation reminds students of the four cardinal compass directions. It then encourages them to use compass directions to describe the position of towns and cities around the UK. In the activity, students have to find UK cities using compass clues. There are two differentiated activity worksheets: Easier – Students locate cities using compass clues and starting letter clues. Harder – Students locate cities using compass and harder starting letter clues. Extension – Students complete cloze procedure sentence about the location of cities in the UK. If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.

This lesson is part of Understanding Latitude and Longitude, a unit designed for students in upper KS2 and KS3. It can also be taught as a stand-alone lesson. This lesson explains step-by-step how to find the coordinates of a point on a world map using lines of latitude and longitude. In the activity, students are challenged to find the latitude and longitude of 12 points in all four quadrants of a world map. It is differentiated three ways: Easier – Students find coordinates of 12 points in the NE, SE, SW and NW quadrants of the world map respectively. The compass directions are already filled in. Medium – Students find coordinates of 12 points in the NE, SE, SW and NW quadrants of the world map respectively. Harder – Students find coordinates of 12 points randomly distributed across the four quadrants of the world map. Extension – Students are challenged to draw and label 4 more points on to their map. If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.

This lesson is part of Exploring Brazil, a Geography unit designed for students in KS2 (Y4-6), but can also be taught as a stand alone lesson. It is a great introduction to South America. The presentation first locates the continent on a world map and then explores its political and physical geography. There is a choice a shorter or a longer activity. In both, students identify the countries and capitals of South America. They are differentiated three ways: Activity 1 (shorter): Easier – Students have letter clues for countries and capitals marked on their map. Medium – Students have capitals marked on their map. Harder – Students have to mark capitals on their map themselves. Extension – Students identify the capital cities of each country. Activity 2 (longer): Easier – Students have boxes for each country name and capitals marked on their map. Medium – Students have capitals marked on their map. Harder – Students have a blank map and have to mark their capitals themselves. Extension – Students add other features to their map (e.g. Amazon rainforest) and complete a key. If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.

This resource is part of Tropical Rainforests, a Geography unit designed for students in KS2, but can also be taught as a stand alone lesson. All resources are compatible with both Microsoft Office and Google Workspace. This lesson is a great introduction to the world’s largest rainforest, the Amazon. First, the presentation introduces students to the Amazon and its incredibly biodiverse flora and fauna. It then goes on to look at the geography of the Amazon in more detail, specifically its location within the continent of South America. The activity challenges students to identify a range of human and physical geographical features within South America, including the nine countries in which the Amazon rainforest is located. In follow up extension activities, students identify the capitals of those countries and then complete a cloze-procedure paragraph about the Amazon. If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.

This lesson is part of Exploring the United Kingdom, a Geography unit designed for KS1 and lower KS2 (Y2-4). In the lesson, students learn about the four seasons and characteristics associated with each. First they have to guess each season using different clues. They then find out about the different types of weather associated with each season. The colourful activity is differentiated three ways: Easier – Students match 16 pictures (with labels) to the seasons. Medium – Students match 20 pictures (with labels) to the seasons. Harder – Students match 20 pictures to the seasons and label them. If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.

This lesson is part of Investigating Rivers, a unit designed for upper KS2 (Y4-6). It challenges students to think about all the different ways we use water and where we get it from. Are these necessary (needs) or luxury (wants)? Students then categorise these uses of water as agricultural, recreational, commercial/industrial or community. Lastly, they consider how we can balance human water requirements with those of Earth’s wildlife. In the activity students sort photos of different water uses into six different categories: Household Commercial/industrial Recreational Agricultural Community Wildlife In the extension activity, students classify each water use as either necessary or luxury and explain their reasoning. If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.

This lesson is part of Exploring the United Kingdom, a Geography unit designed for KS1 and lower KS2 (Y2-4). The presentation first introduces students to satellite photos before going on to challenge them to match satellite photos to famous UK landmarks (e.g. Wembley Stadium, Edinburgh Castle). In the activity, students use their geography detective skills to describe satellite photos and infer which famous UK landmark or feature each one is. It is differentiated two ways: Easier – Students write description of each satellite photo on a writing template sheet. Harder – Students stick satellite photos into their exercise book and write descriptions next to them. If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.

This fun jigsaw activity is a great geography resource for reinforcing children’s knowledge of the world. It is also available as part of the Our World topic, an introduction to the geography of Planet Earth for KS1 and lower KS2 The presentation introduces students to a map of the world and highlights physical features including the continents, oceans, rivers and mountain ranges. The jigsaw puzzle activity is differentiated six ways. The age brackets below are a rough guide: 6 pieces – EYFS 12 pieces – EYFS/Y1 24 pieces – Y1/2/3 36 pieces – Y2/3/4 48 pieces – Y3/4/5 60 pieces – Y4/5/6 A guide map is included for students in Early Years and KS1. Challenge more able KS2 students to complete the puzzle without the guide map. If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.

This lesson is part of a wider Geography unit called Great Missenden – A Village Settlement which is designed for students in upper KS2 (Y4-6). The presentation introduces students to the concept of settlements and asks them to categorise them by size (e.g. hamlet, village, town, city, conurbation). It then introduces them to a range of human geographical features found in settlements (e.g. post offices, sports stadiums). In the activity students identify a variety of human geographical features found in settlements. It is differentiated two ways: Easier – Students identify the features of settlements with normal clues. Harder – Students identify the features of settlements with jumbled up clues. Extension – Students identify which types of settlements these features are usually found in. If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.

This lesson is part of Exploring Spain, a Geography unit designed for upper KS2 students (Y4-6), but can also be taught as a stand alone lesson. The presentation first recaps the climate zones of the world (i.e. tropical, temperate & polar zones) and locates Spain within these. It then looks in more detail at Spain’s weather, climate zones and the climate of Madrid. Students are then encouraged to find clues about Madrid’s weather using a climate graph. This lesson includes two activities: Comprehension activity: Students interpret climate graphs for Madrid and London and compare the climates of both cities. ICT activity: Students create their own climate graph for Madrid using Microsoft Excel. If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.

This lesson is part of The Seaside, a Geography unit designed for students in KS1 and lower KS2, but can also be taught as a stand alone lesson. The presentation takes students on a tour of the seaside town of Lyme Regis, home of the famous 19th century paleontologist, Mary Anning. On the way, students find out about a variety of tourist attractions and other features including the harbour, the Marine Aquarium and the Lyme Regis Museum. The activity then challenges students to use their map skills to locate these features on a map of the town. Easier - Students identify each feature of Lyme Regis by writing a number. Harder - Students identify each feature of Lyme Regis by writing a name. Extension - Students locate and circle other features of Lyme Regis using the map key. If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.

This lesson is part of The Seaside, a Geography unit designed for students in KS1 and lower KS2, but can also be taught as a stand alone lesson. The presentation introduces students to the seaside topic and then challenges them to identify features of the seaside (e.g. sandcastle, lifeguard) from partial picture clues. In the activity, students identify and label seaside features: Easier – Students label photos of seaside features (with initial letter clues). Harder – Students label photos of seaside features (no clues) Extension: Easier – Students label seaside features in photos of Brighton Beach and a beach on the Isle of Harris. Harder - Students write sentences about seaside features in photos of Brighton Beach and a beach on the Isle of Harris. If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.

This lesson is part of Exploring the United Kingdom, a Geography unit designed for KS1 and lower KS2 (Y2-4). The presentation first explains how every country – just like people – has its own special features and characteristics. It then introduces a variety of famous UK landmarks, sports and foods and challenges students to work out whether each is from England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland. The activity can be done in two ways: Partner activity: In mixed ability partners, students match 20 features and characteristics to the four UK countries. Individual activity: Students match 20 features/characteristics to the four UK countries. Easier – Students match features/characteristics to each country (using stickers with labels). Harder – Students match features/characteristics to each country and label each one (using stickers without labels). If you like this resource, we would appreciate a review! We will happily send you a free resource in return for a review or useful suggestions/feedback. Contact us at ed@teachitforward.co.uk.