Overview:

This is an outline of topics covered.  Within this, a range of geographical skills is practised, particularly analysing information from a range of sources and presentation of data.  Case-studies and Project work (from both primary and secondary data) develop these skills in preparation for Key Stage 4.  Embedded within this programme of work is study of places at a variety of scales and geographical themes

Autumn Term:

Tropical Rain Forests

• Location

• Ecosystems

• Weather & climate

• Vegetation

• Farming

• Hazards

• Protecting rainforest

Case-Study

• Carajas mining project

River Features

• Hydrology

• River Basins

Spring Term:

River Processes

• Weathering & erosion

• River erosion

• Meanders

• Flooding

• Flood control

Fieldwork

• River Thames and London

Case Study

• Flood control in Egypt

Population

• World distribution

• Distribution within countries

Summer Term:

Population change

• Birth & death rates

• Migration

• Effects on different regions

Brazil regional study

• Human/physical Geography

• Contrasting Regions

• SE Brazil/NE Brazil

Natural Resources and the Environment

• Types of resources

• Sustainable Development

• Global Environmental Impacts