Passive Transform (PT) sits at the Passive row and Transform column of the PICRAT grid. Below: real Geography lessons for KS3 that classify as PT, plus anti-examples that look PT but are not.

Live satellite imagery of weather formation

Year 8 · 30 min · Class display

The class watches live satellite imagery on the projector showing current weather systems globally, with the teacher pausing on a depression forming over the Atlantic, a high-pressure ridge over central Europe, and a developing cyclone in the western Pacific. Students observe the cloud movement, sea-surface temperatures, and isobars. The teacher links what they see to the textbook diagrams.

Tools: Windy

VR Google Earth tour of the Amazon basin

Year 8 · 45 min · 1 device per student plus optional VR headsets

Each student navigates a guided Google Earth tour of the Amazon basin. The tour stops at six locations: the river mouth, three tributary junctions, two deforestation fronts. At each stop students observe the satellite imagery and the timeline slider that shows the same place ten years ago, twenty years ago. Pairs share three observations after.

Tools: Google Earth

360-degree street view of an Indian megacity

Year 9 · 40 min · 1 device per student

Students explore three preset locations in Mumbai using 360-degree Street View: Dharavi, Bandra-Kurla Complex, and the airport district. They are asked to record three observations per location about housing density, infrastructure, and visible economic activity. The class discusses contrasts after.

Tools: Google Earth

Lessons that look PT but are not

Useful counter-examples when you are checking your own lesson placement on the PICRAT grid.

This page is one of a growing set of PICRAT examples by cell, subject and key stage. Page maintained by Andy Perryer.