Madani Girls School Year 10 Geography
Term 1: Autumn 2014
Thursday 28th August- Friday 19th December
Population Change
Term 2: Spring 2015
Tuesday 6th January - Friday 27th March
Restless Earth (continued)
Reasons for population growth
Reasons for natural increase and decrease
The Demographic Transition Model
Population pyramids: changes in pop, MEDC/LEDC
Rapid population growth in LEDCs
Case studies: China’s One Child Policy; Kerala, India
Aging populations in MEDCs
Case studies: UK, France, Japan
Migration: push and pull factors
Case studies:
migration within the EU (economic migrants)
migration to the EU from Africa (refugees, asylum
seekers)
Supervolcanoes: Yellowstone
Earthquakes: causes
Measuring earthquakes: Richter and Mercalli Scales
Reducing the impact: Prediction, preparation and
protection
Case study: Kobe and Sichuan
Comparing the effects: MEDC/LEDC
Tsunamis: Japan Case study
Restless Earth
Structure of the earth
Plate boundaries and tectonic activity
Landforms associated with different boundaries
Fold mountain case studies: Himalayas, Andes
Structure of a volcano
What happens during an eruption?
Shield and composite volcanoes
Effects of a volcano – primary/secondary,
positive/negative
Case study: Montserrat, causes, effects, responses
Textbooks & Resources:
 AQA GCSE geography Nelson Thornes
 PowerPoints and hand-outs on the Q-drive
 SAM learning
Term 3: Summer 2015
Monday 13th April- Monday 13th July
Living World: Ecosystems
Deciduous forest: features
Case study
Tropical rainforest: features
Case study
Living World: Ecosystems
Water on the Land: Rivers
What is an ecosystem?
Energy flows and balance
Biomes: tropical rainforest, deciduous forest and
hot deserts
Features of a hot desert
Hot desert Case study
Economic activities – LEDc/MEDC
Processes of erosion
Processes of transportation
Long and cross profiles
Vertical and lateral erosion, Deposition
Features: waterfalls and gorges
Meanders and ox-bow lakes
Flood plains
Discharge and hydrographs
Flooding – causes, effects and responses
Engineering – hard and soft
Case Study – LEDC
Case Study – MEDC
Managing the water supply
Assessment:
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GCSE exam style questions throughout each unit of study
GCSE style exam at the mid-point and end of each unit