The Earth Solar
System
Section
through
earth
Earths crust
and plates
Volcanic
activity
OS MAPS
Chapter Four The pupils should be able to:

name the eight planets of the solar
system

recognise the importance of the sun
in providing light, heat and enabling
life
Chapter Four The pupils should be able to:

name and explain the three layers of
the earth

understand the interaction between
all three layers
Chapter Four The pupils should be able to:

identify the plate boundary types

explain structures that occur at these
boundaries

understand convection current
mechanism
Chapter Four The pupils should be able to:

explain the formation of mid-ocean
ridges

explain the formation of volcanoes
and their structure

understand volcanic classification

discuss an example of a volcanic
eruption
Scale on O.S. Chapter
maps
Seven
The pupils should be able to:
Grid
references
The pupils should be able to:


understand The National Grid and its
importance
locate a feature given a six-figure
grid reference

Direction
Altitude
The pupils should be able to:

identify the eight compass points

identify features relative to others in
terms of direction
The pupils should be able to:

4 classes
Measuring
distance
Measuring
area
give a six-figure grid reference for a
named feature
identify the methods to show altitude
i.e. colour, contours, spot heights
The pupils should be able to:

measure a straight line distance

measure a curved distance
The pupils should be able to:
Sketch Map

calculate area of map extract

calculate area of section of map
The pupils should be able to:
The Earth Earthquakes

draw a sketch map

show a legend

Give the sketch map a title
Chapter Four The pupils should be able to:

understand why earthquakes occur

understand how they are measured

discuss an earthquake that they have
studies

explain what is a tsunami and how it is
linked to an earthquake
Rocks
Fold
mountains
and
mountains
and people
Chapter Four The pupils should be able to:
Rocks
Chapters
Five
Igneous
rocks
Sedimentary
rocks
Metamorphic
rocks
Resources
from the
Earth.

understand the formation of fold
mountains

understand the location and
importance in Ireland
The pupils should be able to:

identify the three rock types
The pupils should be able to:

identify two igneous rocks

explain how they were formed

locate them within Ireland

give uses to mankind
The pupils should be able to:

identify two sedimentary rocks

explain how they were formed

locate them within Ireland

give uses to mankind
The pupils should be able to:

identify two metamorphic rocks

explain how they were formed

locate them within Ireland

give uses to mankind
The pupils should be able to:

natural resources of use to mankind
Shaping
Denudation
the Earth
Chapters Six

explain various extraction methods

discuss an example they have studied
The pupils should be able to:

understand the basic principals of
weathering and erosion
Mechanical
weathering
The pupils should be able to:
Chemical
weathering
The pupils should be able to:
Karst
scenery
The pupils should be able to:
Mass
movement


Chapter 10
understand how freeze-thaw action
occurs
understand how chemical weathering
occurs

identify features associated with
karst scenery

differentiate between features

give an example of a karst region in
Ireland
The pupils should be able to:

classify mass movement according to
speed

give examples from Ireland