A no-prep, 6-lesson geography unit on Physical geography: Rocks, Weathering and Soils. 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: How are the rocks beneath our feet made, broken down and turned into soil?

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 Three Rock Types — To identify and describe the three rock types.
2. The Rock Cycle — To describe how the rock cycle links the three rock types.
3. Physical Weathering — To describe two types of physical weathering.
4. Chemical and Biological Weathering — To describe chemical and biological weathering with UK examples.
5. From Rock to Soil — To explain how soils form from weathered rock plus organic matter.
6. Geology, Soil and Place — A UK Landscape Case Study — To explain how rock + weathering + soil shape a UK landscape.