geographygeek_end of term

Seasonal activities for those potentially-difficult end of term lessons.

Halloween


Halloween skills week activities. Lesson 1 plus resources and lesson 2 plus resources. Tests GCSE exam skills using the theme of Halloween. Could be used across years 7 to 11.

Christmas


Download the 13th annual geographygeek Christmas Quiz here (the answers are in the ppt notes if you need them!) Download accompanying resources here	Christmas Skills lesson - making Christmas tree decorations whilst also working on latitude, longitude, continents and oceans. Download lesson and accompanying resource. Globe templates downloadable from Mapscaping.	Christmas Skills lesson - Exam technique and map skills. Download lesson and accompanying resources.


Year 7 lesson White Christmas. Includes a PowerPoint, which leads through a litercy task. Incorporates self and peer assessment and SMSC. This handout is also needed.

If you have your own quiz, there's an editable scoreboard in the 'gameshow geography' section of this website.

Also of 'festive' interest to us geographers is this article on 'how far and fast does santa have to travel?'

Summer Skills


Summer skills week activities. Use these maps and this student recording sheet alongside.	*NEW SUMMER 2021* We're using these as our Summer Skills, but they could be used at any time of year: Lesson 1 Lesson 1 resource 1 & 2 Lesson 2 Lesson 2 resource