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Redhill School Outline Programmes of Study 2014-15
Year 7
Geography Department Scheme of Work – Summary
Exploring Britain
1. What is geography?
2. What is the UK?
3. The physical geography of Great Britain
4. The major cities of Great Britain
5. How is the UK divided up?
6. Where do people live?
7. North – South Divide
8. Tourism Challenge
Assessment – North–South Divide assessment and end of unit assessment
Growth of Settlements
1. Site of settlements
2. A sense of place
3. Settlement hierarchy
4. Land use zones
5. Local area project
6. How has our population changed
7. Ageing population
8. Radio script
Assessment - Local area project
Finding Our Way Around
1. What is a map?
2. How can we show direction?
3. Distance
4. What are grid references?
5. 6 figure grid references
6. How is height shown on a map?
7. Using symbols to draw maps
Assessment – End of unit assessment
Why is Britain’s Weather so Changeable?
1. Observe and record weather
2. Rainfall graphs
3. Temperature graphs
4. Microclimates
5. How does it rain?
6. Anticyclones
7. Depressions
8. An investigation into the weather
Assessment - An investigation into the weather
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Year 8
An Enchanting Planet – The Rainforest
1. Creating a better sense of place
2. What is an ecosystem?
3. Can fantasy be reality?
4. Exploring the rainforest
5. Plant adaptation
6. The tribes of the rainforest
7. Where do I fit in?
8. Deforestation
9. Living sustainably in the rainforest
10. Save the rainforest
Assessment – Post card home and end of unit assessment
Water World
1. The water cycle
2. Drainage basins
3. Rivers hard at work
4. Waterfalls
5. Meanders
6. How land impacts on flooding
7. Boscastle floods
8. Flooding in Bangladesh
Assessment – Rivers Project and end of unit assessment
80 - 20
1. What is development?
2. The Brandt Line
3. The causes of uneven development
4. How developed is Kenya
5. Kenya’s contrasting cities
6. What is aid?
Assessment – Aid report
China- An Emerging Super Power
1. Where is China?
2. Where do people live?
3. How is China linked to the rest of the world?
4. Why are people flocking to China’s cities?
5. Why has Nokia chosen China?
6. Is China’s development sustainable?
7. Dongtan
8. How and why is China likely to change in the future?
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Assessment – Where does China go from here?
Year 9
Restless Earth
1. The earth’s crust
2. Demolition derby
3. Plate margins
4. The location of earthquakes and volcanoes
5. Volcanoes
6. Iceland erupts
7. Pompeii
8. Earthquake appeal for Haiti
9. Reducing the threat of earthquakes
10. Tsunami
11. How did the world help?
Assessment - Earthquake appeal for Haiti and Investigating a major disaster
Delicate Earth
1. Renewable v non-renewable
2. Global warming
3. Impacts of global warming
4. Food miles
5. Plastic, plastic everywhere
6. Ecological footprint
7. Technological fix
8. Bedzed
9. Endangered species
Assessment – End of unit assessment
Geography of Fashion
1. The Levi’s story
2. What is globalisation and TNC’s
3. Primark on the rack
4. Trainer games
5. Global views on globalisation
6. Global actions v local effects
7. How to look good in rubbish
Assessment – Fashion show and end of unit assessment
Tourism
1. Tourism in Britain
2. Why do people visit Britain?
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3. The Black Country’s got talent
4. Alton Towers
Assessment – Alton Towers project
KS4
Challenge of weather and climate
1. What is the weather of the UK
2. What causes the weather of the UK?
3. Is weather in the UK getting more extreme?
4. What is the evidence for global warming?
5. What are the possible effects of global warming?
6. What are the responses to global warming?
7. What is the hurricane hazard?
Assessment – A series of case studies and past exam papers
Population Change
1. How does population grow?
2. The demographic transition model
3. How do we use population pyramids?
4. How can population become sustainable?
5. Youthful populations issues and opportunities
6. What are the issues and opportunities of an ageing population?
7. What are the impacts of international migration?
Assessment – A series of case studies and past exam papers
The Restless Earth
1. Why is the earth’s crust unstable?
2. What landforms are found at different plate boundaries?
3. How do people use an area of fold mountains?
4. How do volcanoes affect people?
5. What is a super volcano?
6. What are earthquakes and why do they occur?
7. How and why to the effects of earthquakes and the responses to them differ in
richer and poorer parts of the world?
8. Why is a tsunami hazardous?
Assessment – A series of case studies and past exam papers
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The Development Gap
1. What are the traditional ways of dividing up the world?
2. How can we measure development?
3. What factors exacerbate global inequalities?
4. How do physical and human factors exacerbate inequalities?
5. How can international efforts reduce inequalities?
6. How successful are aid projects?
7. How do levels of development vary within the EU?
Assessment – A series of case studies and past exam papers
The Coastal Zone
1. How do waves shape our coastline?
2. What land processes shape our coastline?
3. What marine processes shape our coastline?
4. What are the distinctive landforms resulting from erosion?
5. Coastal erosion at Swanage Bay
6. What are the distinctive landforms resulting from deposition?
7. Coastal deposition at Hurst Castle, Hampshire
8. How will rising sea levels affect the coastal zone?
9. How can cliff collapse cause problems for people at the coast?
10. How can coasts be managed?
11. What are salt marshes and why are they special?
Assessment – A series of case studies and past exam papers
Tourism
1. Why has global tourism grown?
2. How important is tourism in different countries?
3. How do we manage tourism in the UK?
4. The importance of National Parks for UK tourism
5. Why do so many countries want mass tourism?
6. What attracts people to extreme environments?
7. How can tourism become more sustainable?
Assessment – A series of case studies and past exam papers