Geography overview 2014- 2015
Year 7.
Earth
Plate Tectonics
10 lessons
 Structure of the Earth
 Plate Tectonics
 Earthquakes and SeismologyMonitoring, preparedness, Technology and
reducing impacts, aid short and long term
 Sichan province China, LEDC.MEDC New
Zealand or California. Compare and contrast
outcomes
 Kobe – Japan – extended writing on why so
many were killed.
 Volcanoes, - formation, types, causes,
monitoring and technology, preparedness,
rescue. MEDC-MT ST Helens, USA and
 Tsunami and Liquefaction - Asia 2004/ Japan
2011
 Lahars,
Geology, rock cycle and, soil.
Approximately 5 hours
Year 8.
Atmosphere and Industry
Weather and Climate
8 lessons
 Latitude, Longitude- map skills
 Temperature variations
 Ocean currents
 Why weather varies both UK and
globally.
 The Water cycle
 Types and causes of rain.
 Microclimates –field work
 Weather forecasting
Year 9.
People and environment.
Ecosystems
6 lessons
Suggested fieldwork – Ecosystems – working
with Paul and Luke Pond and Forestry. On
school grounds
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Size, scale and type,
Focus on how they work as a system,
Examples TRFs, Polar, desert.
How humans can affect ecosystems.
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Rock cycle and formation key world landforms
e.g Mountain ranges Himalayas and local
landforms – gravel quarries and Bradgate
Park
Soil types and uses.
Rivers – hydrology
 Processes
 , landform, Storm hydrographs
 flooding and defence
 Focus on Bangladesh LEDC and Boscastle –
possible inclusion of winter floods UK2014.
 Models e,g Bradshaw model
 Possible fieldwork investigation at Bradgate
Park or Dovedale.
10 lessons
Glaciation – 6 lessons
 Causes of Glacial periods and Timeline
 Glacial Systems
 Glacial Erosion processes and landforms
 Glacial transport and depositional landforms
Climatic Hazards
10 lessons
 Preparedness, monitoring and
prediction
 Hurricanes
 Tornadoes
 How consequences can be minimised
using technology, plans and defences.
– Focus on Hurricane Katrina USA
comparison with Philippines 2013.
 Drought and Famine with a Focus on
Ethiopia and Australia for comparison
of severity
 Reducing the risk of drought
Economic Activity
6 lessons
 Energy and Natural resources.
 Focus on key resources such as Oil
and Coal, -formation, extraction, uses,
impacts of use on communities and
Population
9 Lessons
 Causes for population explosion
 Population distribution and density.
 Structures - using Population pyramids
 Case studies – Russia, Africa and Uk
 India and control in China.
 The future of population change.
Settlement –
6 lessons
 Types of settlement
 Urban land use model
 Functions. Mapping of Uk major urban
areas
 Grid references.
 Problems of urban areas and
regeneration schemes.
 Greening or settlements
Development, Trade and Aid
12 lessons
 Mapping of MEDC and LEDC – north
south divide.
 Indicators of development,
 Trade and Aid focus on
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Using OS Maps of Wales or Scotland to
identify Landforms
Humans & Glacial landscapes – e.g. water
supply/tourism
Coasts and Tourism
8 lessons
 Wave type and formation
 Geology and key processes – Erosion ,
Transport and deposition, with associated
landforms
 Coastal defence, hard and soft engineering
 Coastal erosion – case study and investigation
UK Coast line.
environment.
Renewable and non – renewable
energy types with advantages,
disadvantages and consequences.
7 hours
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Climate change
7 lessons
Causes, human and natural
Consequences – economic, social and
environmental.
Solutions, reduction of energy use and
alternative energy. Personal responsibility and
global responsibility.
Key improvements have been to :
Make topics have a more natural themed link
Increase fieldwork and data collection, presentation and analysis.
Increase the use of scientific approaches, practical lessons,
Expansion of case studies used to cover more local and wider world.
Interlink topics e,g industry and climate change,
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Ghana for unfair trade and China for
rapid development.
Environmental impacts of rapid
development.
Projects
5 lessons
Public speaking research
Topics to be confirmed