YEAR 7 |
10 wks
10 wks
8 wks
4 wks
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1) WEATHER
2) SETTLEMENT / CONNECTIONS
3 WATER
4) PLANNING AND URBAN AREAS
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Elements of the weather. Measuring and analysing weather maps
Sites, situation, origins, form and functions. Atlas and basic ordnance survey map skills.
Flooding, rivers, landforms, processes. OS maps - contours and relief.
Living in urban areas, change and planning issues. |
Groupwork -Extreme weather investigation. Peer assessment
Microclimate assessment.
End of Year examination.
Place name assessment using Bradford/ Huddersfield maps
End of year examination
Rivers Assessment
Locating a supermarket role play. |
Weather recording. Microclimate investigation around school
Weathering investigation at school and at home
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Library research (1) learning to plan, locate and present information
Using exciting examples from around world.
Citizenship |
YEAR 8 |
12 wks
12 wks
10wk |
1) CLIMATE & ECOSYSTEMS
2) POPULATION
3) FOOD, RESOURCES AND INDUSTRY
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Equatorial, Desert, Antarctica climate and how this affects people and the environment. Management/sustainable development
Continents and oceans. Latitude and longitude.
Pop growth in UK, World eg. China, Brazil or Kenya. Population migration – international, rural to urban
Resources, agriculture, GM crops, food.
Types of industry. Local, National and international examples eg. retailing, tourism, |
End of year examination.
End of year examination.
Migration project – views and attitudes.
Changes in retailing -fieldwork project |
Retail changes -
Rawdon Shops Fieldwork |
Including sustainability in rainforest ecosystems
Library research (2), food and farming – at the start of this unit.
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YEAR 9 |
12 wks
10 wks
6 wks
8wks |
1) Sustainable futures
2) HAZARDS
3) CRIME AND LOCAL COMMUNITY
4) GLOBALISATION, TRADE, AID AND DEVELOPMENT
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4 Scenarios to evaluate and discuss. Optional fieldwork to Gibson Mill.
Types of energy resources and effects of use. Climate change. Sustainable development eg. resource uses, biodiversity, transport, buildings, recycling and pollution
Plate tectonics. Earthquakes /volcanoes- the causes and effects on people and the environment.
The geography of Crime – spatial distribution, causes, effects and solutions
Measuring and comparing Development, Child labour and education,
Types of aid – effective, appropriate.
Globalisation – causes and effects.
Free trade and fair trade. |
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Assessment.
Sustainable future project
End of unit examination
Local project
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Crime/environment survey
Decision making activities. |
Citizenship.
Library research (3)
Critical thinking, Awareness of world economic and political affairs
Use of Eye to Eye (Save the children) photos and resources. Topical campaign resources eg. Send my friend to school/ make poverty history/ comic relief. |
