Geography Department Scheme of Work Summary

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1 Year 7 Geography Department Scheme of Work Summary Exploring Britain 1. What is geography? 2. What is the UK? 3. The physical geography of Great Britain 4. The major cities of Great Britain 5. How is the UK divided up? 6. Where do people live? 7. North South Divide 8. Tourism Challenge Assessment North South Divide assessment and end of unit assessment Growth of Settlements 1. Site of settlements 2. A sense of place 3. Settlement hierarchy 4. Land use zones 5. Local area project 6. How has our population changed 7. Ageing population 8. Radio script Assessment - Local area project Finding Our Way Around 1. What is a map? 2. How can we show direction? 3. Distance 4. What are grid references? 5. 6 figure grid references 6. How is height shown on a map? 7. Using symbols to draw maps Assessment End of unit assessment Why is Britain s Weather so Changeable? 1. Observe and record weather 2. Rainfall graphs 3. Temperature graphs 4. Microclimates 5. How does it rain? 6. Anticyclones 7. Depressions 8. An investigation into the weather Assessment - An investigation into the weather

2 Year 8 An Enchanting Planet The Rainforest 1. Creating a better sense of place 2. What is an ecosystem? 3. Can fantasy be reality? 4. Exploring the rainforest 5. Plant adaptation 6. The tribes of the rainforest 7. Where do I fit in? 8. Deforestation 9. Living sustainably in the rainforest 10. Save the rainforest Assessment Post card home and end of unit assessment Water World 1. The water cycle 2. Drainage basins 3. Rivers hard at work 4. Waterfalls 5. Meanders 6. How land impacts on flooding 7. Boscastle floods 8. Flooding in Bangladesh Assessment Rivers Project and end of unit assessment What is development? 2. The Brandt Line 3. The causes of uneven development 4. How developed is Kenya 5. Kenya s contrasting cities 6. What is aid? Assessment Aid report China- An Emerging Super Power 1. Where is China? 2. Where do people live? 3. How is China linked to the rest of the world? 4. Why are people flocking to China s cities? 5. Why has Nokia chosen China? 6. Is China s development sustainable? 7. Dongtan 8. How and why is China likely to change in the future?

3 Assessment Where does China go from here? Year 9 GCSE AQA.. Assessment -.. Year 10 GCSE AQA.. Assessment -.. Year 11 GCSE AQA A KEY initials of teacher DH = Mr Hayward HN = Mrs Nijjar MP = Mr Porter Challenge of weather and climate HN 1. What is the weather of the UK 2. What causes the weather of the UK? 3. Is weather in the UK getting more extreme? 4. What is the evidence for global warming? 5. What are the possible effects of global warming? 6. What are the responses to global warming? 7. What is the hurricane hazard?

4 Population Change 1. How does population grow? 2. The demographic transition model 3. How do we use population pyramids? 4. How can population become sustainable? 5. Youthful populations issues and opportunities 6. What are the issues and opportunities of an ageing population? 7. What are the impacts of international migration? The Restless Earth DH HN MP 1. Why is the earth s crust unstable? 2. What landforms are found at different plate boundaries? 3. How do people use an area of fold mountains? 4. How do volcanoes affect people? 5. What is a super volcano? 6. What are earthquakes and why do they occur? 7. How and why to the effects of earthquakes and the responses to them differ in richer and poorer parts of the world? 8. Why is a tsunami hazardous? The Development Gap DH HN 1. What are the traditional ways of dividing up the world? 2. How can we measure development? 3. What factors exacerbate global inequalities? 4. How do physical and human factors exacerbate inequalities? 5. How can international efforts reduce inequalities? 6. How successful are aid projects? 7. How do levels of development vary within the EU? The Coastal Zone DH HN MP 1. How do waves shape our coastline? 2. What land processes shape our coastline? 3. What marine processes shape our coastline? 4. What are the distinctive landforms resulting from erosion? 5. Coastal erosion at Swanage Bay 6. What are the distinctive landforms resulting from deposition? 7. Coastal deposition at Hurst Castle, Hampshire 8. How will rising sea levels affect the coastal zone? 9. How can cliff collapse cause problems for people at the coast?

5 10. How can coasts be managed? 11. What are salt marshes and why are they special? Tourism DH HN MP 1. Why has global tourism grown? 2. How important is tourism in different countries? 3. How do we manage tourism in the UK? 4. The importance of National Parks for UK tourism 5. Why do so many countries want mass tourism? 6. What attracts people to extreme environments? 7. How can tourism become more sustainable? Changing Urban Environments MP 1. What are urban landscapes? 2. How are urban areas being improved in MEDCs? UDCs, City Challenge, Sustainable Communities 3. Issues in urban areas MEDCs what are the challenges? 4. What strategies are in place to manage urban areas in MEDCs? - Shopping, traffic, multiculturalism 5. Patterns of urbanisation MEDCs and LEDCs 6. Squatter Settlements in LEDCs 7. Environmental issues and management strategies in LEDCs 8. How can cities become more sustainable? Water on the Land DH MP 1. Movement of water hydrological cycle/drainage basin 2. River landscapes and factors that influence flooding including hydrographs 3. River processes erosion, transportation, deposition 4. River landforms - waterfalls/gorges, meanders/oxbow lakes, flood plains/levees 5. Causes of river flooding physical/human 6. MEDC/LEDC Case Studies causes/effects/responses 7. River engineering hard and soft 8. Water transfer and the purpose of dams/reservoirs