A no-prep, 6-lesson geography unit on Physical geography: Plate Tectonics and Geological Time. Written for Year 7 (ages 11-12). Pick it up at lunchtime, teach it that afternoon — every lesson has a full teacher plan, projectable slides, three differentiated pupil worksheets, and an exit ticket.

Driving question: What makes the Earth’s crust move, and why does it matter?

What’s included

• 6 × Teacher lesson plans (Word, fully scripted)
• 6 × Pupil worksheets in 3 differentiated tiers (Support / Core / Stretch)
• 6 × Projectable slide decks (PowerPoint, 16:9 widescreen)
• 1 × Knowledge Organiser (Word, A4 landscape)
• 1 × End-of-unit assessment with baseline + mark scheme
• Factually-accurate maps rendered from public-domain Natural Earth data — not AI-generated
• Hand-coded diagrams for the unit’s key processes and labelled features — never AI-generated
• Original illustrations for every lesson hook and teaching scene

Lesson outline

1. The Structure of the Earth — To describe the structure and composition of the Earth’s four main layers.
2. Tectonic Plates and How They Move — To explain how the lithosphere is broken into plates and what drives their motion.
3. Divergent (Constructive) Plate Boundaries — To explain the processes and features found at divergent plate boundaries.
4. Convergent (Destructive) Plate Boundaries and Subduction — To explain subduction and the features found at convergent plate boundaries.
5. Conservative Boundaries, Hotspots, and Earthquakes — To describe conservative plate boundaries, hotspots, and the seismic hazards each can produce.
6. Geological Time and Continental Drift — To describe the evidence for continental drift and place the breakup of Pangaea in geological time.