KS3 Resources
Resources
The resources in this section aim to inspire teachers, both geographers and non-geographers, to engage with robust geographical concepts in a relevant context, using up-to-date examples for the new KS3 programme of study. This is a growing set of resources;
*NEW* modules,
- You are what you eat
- The Geography of Science
- Geography: The language of Europe
- Changing faces, shaping places
- Our place in history
- Mapping festivals
- Glacial Environments
The resources found in this section have been developed, written and reviewed by teachers, for teachers.
Revealing the importance of Geography
Looking at how we can work with the 'Importance of Geography' statement
London 2012
Using the Games to look at environmental and urban change at a range of scales.
New India
The physical and human processes that are transforming India and its role in the world.
Adventure landscapes
Exploring physical geography and environmental interaction through adventure.
Who wants to be a billionaire?
A fresh approach to uneven development.
Africa: a continent of contrasts
Exploring Africa and its future.
Paradise lost
Tourism in contemporary Thailand.
Risky world
Hazard risk and impact at a variety of scales.
Fantastic places
Stimulating an interest in and a sense of wonder about places.
Impossible places
Sustainability and human impacts on environmental interaction and place.
China Today
Exploring the social, economic, environmental and political interdependence between China and the rest of the world.
Changing Climates
Discussing the facts about climate change and the predictions for the future
Who wants to live forever?
Looking into life expectancy and our ageing population
The geography of my stuff
Exploring food miles, child labour and online purchasing
Are you flood ready?
Looking at resilience, risk and management
Who do we think we are?
Exploring citizenship from a geographical perspective
The Geography of Conflict
Introduces students to the topical and hard to teach issue of conflict
Glacial Environments
Looking at changing glacial environments
Mapping festivals
An insight into festivals worldwide
Our place in history
Investigating the local area
Changing faces, shaping places
Exploring migration
Geography: The language of Europe
Connecting geography and modern foreign languages
The Geography of Science
Exploring the interconnections between science and geography in creating and managing risk to places
You are what you eat
Investigating interdependence in our food supply chain
The KS3 Resources strand of the Action Plan for Geography is run by the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). 
Jump straight to the Interactive activities!
- The Climate System
- Rising temperatures?
- Who can do what?
- China...dramatic city growth
- China...an ageing population?
- China...or not?
- Changing space and place in east London
- Sporting places and spaces
- Can you make a sustainable Games?
- What happened on 26 December 2004?
- Risky World
- Where do most billionaires live?
- Where's bulging with wealth?
- Widening the wealth gap
- Limestone landscapes - Cheddar Gorge -connections
- Limestone landscapes - formation
- Climate Change: Populations at risk from cyclones and rising seas
- Interdependent India
- India monsoon
- Thailand climate graphs
- Thailand Tourism
- Scale of Africa
- Africa's contrasting environments
- What do you know about Africa?
- What are the big killers in the UK today?
- Britain living longer
- Flood types
- Preparing for flood
- Risk diagram
- Pocket money patterns
- Teenage consumers
- Glaciation
- People and Places
- Map massacre
- Development indicators
- OS snap
- Scale and distance
- Contours
- What conflicts?
- Strawberries in Spain
- What might change?
- Mount Vesuvius: Living in a Deadly Shadow
- How can we find out about local history?
- Countries of the EU
- Tech note! To view the interactive activities, please make sure you have the latest version of Flash
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Documents to download
- Embedding ICT, GIS and other ‘Curriculum Opportunities' of the Key Stage 3 Programme of Study using the KS3 Resources from Geography Teaching Today website is a useful collection of exemplars with links to the free ready to use resources on this website.
Download the full modules as a .zip file
Below are links to each of the RGS-IBG's KS3 resources modules as .zip files. These contain all the module plans, worksheets and resources for each module, and also any interactives. Please be aware that they are extremely large files and may take some time to download. You will need to download winzip to view them.
- Revealing the importance of geography
- London 2012
- New India
- Adventure Landscapes
- Who wants to be a billionaire
- Africa
- Paradise Lost
- Risky World
- Fantastic Places
- Impossible Places
- China Today
- Changing Climates
- Who wants to live forever
- The Geography of my Stuff
- Are you flood ready?
- Who do we think we are?
- The Geography of Conflict
- Glacial Environments
- Mapping Festivals
- Our place in history
- Changing faces, shaping places
- Geography: The language of Europe
- The Geography of Science
- You are what you eat